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Contact:
Julie LaFontaine
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julie.lafontaine@foodpantry.org
978-283-6776 ext. 200
In The News
- Harry Hamlin ‘sauces’ it up in Gloucester | Gloucester Daily Times | December 13, 2024
- Folly Cove Prints Discovered– and Donated | Gloucester Daily Times | December 5, 2024
- Keeping Cape Ann Fed: Community Comes to Open Door’s Aid | Gloucester Daily Times | November 26, 2024
- Open Door Food Drive More Driven than Ever | Gloucester Daily Times | November 17
- The Open Door Fashion Show Kicks Off Hunger Action Month | Town Common | September 18, 2024
- Fashioning a fundraiser at The Open Door to Combat Hunger | MassNonprofit News | September 17, 2024
- Fashion Putting Food on Neighbors’ Plates | Gloucester Daily Times | September 15, 2024
- North Shore Food Pantries Emerge from Pandemic Smarter and Stronger | Northshore Magazine | September 10, 2024
- Council to Mark Hunger Action Month | Gloucester Daily Times | September 10, 2024
- Moulton talks about food insecurity during tour of The Open Door | Gloucester Daily Times | May 30, 2024
- Congressman Moulton Visits Cape Ann to Address Local Issues | Manchester Cricket | May 30, 2024
- Open Door opens its door as need for food rises | Gloucester Daily Times | March 22, 2024
- Open Door opens its door as need for food rises | Salem News| March 22, 2024
- Get your vintage treasures assessed by Antiques Roadshow appraisers at Gloucester Fundraising Event | Northshore Magazine | March 20, 2024
- Gloucester ARPA funding bolsters The Open Door, Discover Gloucester | Gloucester Daily Times | February 27, 2024
- In-person dining returns to The Open Door | Gloucester Daily Times | January 31, 2024
- Shoppers donate 12,194 pounds of food to The Open Door | Gloucester Daily Times | November 22, 2023
- The Open Door stocks up and delivers holiday meals | Ipswich Local | November 21, 2023
- The Open Door opens its food drive and holiday basket giveaway | Gloucester Daily Times | November, 16, 2023
- ‘We built this project together’ — Community cuts ribbon on The Open Door expansion | Gloucester Daily Times | November 11, 2023
- ‘We built this project together’– Community cuts ribbon on The Open Door expansion | Salem News | November 11, 2023
- Folly Cove designers weave magic at Second Glance | Gloucester Daily Times | November 7, 2023
- The Open Door unveils a game-changer: food and nutrition center | MassNonprofit News | November 6, 2023
- Pathways and The Open Door partner to provide meals to preschoolers | Salem News | October 16, 2023
- Pathways and The Open Door partner to provide meals to preschoolers | Gloucester Daily Times | October 13, 2023
- The Open Door Breakfast Honors Those Who Give of Themselves | Gloucester Daily Times | October 12, 2023
- The Open Door Breakfast Honors Those Who Give of Themselves | Eagle Tribune | October 12, 2023
- The Open Door Breakfast Honors Those Who Give of Themselves | Salem News | October 12, 2023
- As winter nears, need grows at Food Pantries | Gloucester Daily Times | October 9, 2023
- Autumn Breakfast to Honor Volunteers, kick off holiday baskets and drive | Gloucester Daily Times | October 6, 2023
- Open door expansion nearing completion as food insecurity rises | Gloucester Daily Times | September 18, 2023
- City council’s first order back: take on hunger | Gloucester Daily Times | September 9, 2023
- Summer meals program now open in Gloucester and Ipswich | Ipswich Local | July 3, 2023
- Senate budget includes funding for food insecure students | Gloucester Daily Times | June 10, 2023
- Senate budget includes ‘Hunger Free Campus’ funding | Salem News | June 06, 2023
- Stamp Out Hunger Brings Out The Donations | Ipswich Local | May 14, 2023
- Letter carriers do part to ‘stamp out hunger’ | Salem News | May 14, 2023
- Letter carriers do part to ‘stamp out hunger’ | Gloucester Daily Times | May 14, 2023
- Together again: Hundreds attend The Open Door’s Empty Bowl fundraiser | Gloucester Daily Times | May 07, 2023
- Ipswich students walk for hunger | Salem News | May 06, 2023
- Ipswich Students Raise $17,000 to Fight Hunger | Town Common | May 02, 2023
- Two young artists create bowls for Empty Bowl Online Auction | Gloucester Daily Times | May 02, 2023
- Middle School’S Walk For Hunger Hits Its $10,000 Goal | Ipswich Local | April 17, 2023
- A Valentine story: Finding love and the ‘better cape’ | Gloucester Daily Times | February 13, 2023
- Local nonprofits get a boost from Cape Ann Community | Manchester Cricket | Jan. 28, 2023
- 10 Holiday Shopping Nights, Strolls, and Markets on the North Shore | Northshore Magazine | December 08, 2022
- Cape Ann Business Briefcase | Gloucester Daily Times | November 27, 2022
- Drive collects almost 7 tons for Open Door food pantry | The Eagle Tribune | November 26, 2022
- Our View: For holidays and beyond, share the abundance | Gloucester Daily Times | November 24, 2022
- As cost of living grows, so too do pantries | Salem News | November 23, 2022
- As cost of living grows, so too do pantries | Gloucester Daily Times | November 23, 2022
- Drive collects almost 7 tons for Open Door food pantry | Newburyport Daily News | November 22, 2022
- Drive collects almost 7 tons for Open Door food pantry | Salem News | November 22, 2022
- Prospect of holidays sees Open Door step up its efforts | Ipswich Local | November 21, 2022
- Drive collects almost 7 tons for Open Door food pantry | Gloucester Daily Times | November 21, 2022
- Here’s how to help Massachusetts food pantries and those in need | GBH News | November 18, 2022
- Pantry holding food drive at local markets | Salem News | November 17, 2022
- ‘Our emergency food system shouldn’t have to serve 40 percent of Massachusetts families’: Food aid programs showing few signs of diminishing | Boston Globe | November 17, 2022
- Food pantry hosts food drive at 6 markets | Newburyport Daily News | November 16, 2022
- Pantry hosting food drive at 6 markets | Gloucester Daily Times | Nov. 16, 2022
- Farmers truck makes a difference | Gloucester Daily Times | November 7,2022
- Second Glance Expands with SG Home Concept | Salem News | November 05, 2022
- Legion, Open Door Seeking Help to Serve Holiday Meals | Salem News | Nov. 3, 2022
- Second Glance expands with SG Home concept | Gloucester Daily Times | November 03, 2022
- Legion, Open Door seeking help to serve holiday meals | Gloucester Daily Times | November 02, 2022
- The Open Door honors locals, kicks of celebration of the new holiday season |Ipswich Local |October 14, 2022
- The Open Door hosts fundraising breakfast Tuesday | Gloucester Daily Times | Oct. 8, 2022
- Councilors wear orange for hunger awareness | Gloucester Daily Times | September 28, 2022
- Gloucester marks Hunger Action Month | Gloucester Daily Times | September 26, 2022
- Cans of food needed to anchor vigil luminaries | Gloucester Daily Times | August 23, 2022
- Moulton secures funding for North Shore Hunger Network | Salem News | August 10, 2022
- Moulton secures funding for North Shore Hunger Network | Gloucester Daily Times | August 10, 2022
- The Open Door: Mobile markets reducing barriers to stop hunger | The Farmers’ Truck | July 14, 2022
- Black-belt fundraiser nets $466 for The Open Door | Gloucester Daily Times | July , 2022
- The Open Door Summer Meals for Kids program | Town Common Media | June 29, 2022
- Open Door closing summer hunger gap for children | Gloucester Daily Times | June 27, 2022
- The Open Door Food Pantry breaks ground in Gloucester | Tuesday, June 21, 2022 | Ipswich Local
- Why These Food Pantries Love Online Ordering | Food Bank News | June 15, 2022
- Shovels in the ground for The Open Door addition | Gloucester Daily Times | June 14, 2022
- Vintage chic, at just the right price | The Boston Globe | June 02, 2022
- Letter carriers collect 7.6 tons of food for Open Door | Gloucester Daily Times | May 20, 2022
- Mail carriers collect 15,300 pounds of food in Cape Ann area | Ipswich Local News | May 16, 2022
- Mail carriers collect food for pantries | Salem News | May 12, 2022
- Mail carriers to help Open Door stamp out hunger | Gloucester Daily Times | May 12, 2022
- 771 buy soup, raise record $164K for Open Door | The Salem News | May 11, 2022
- Open Door Raises Record-Breaking $164,000 | Town Common | May 11, 2022
- 771 buy soup, raise record $164K for Open Door | Gloucester Daily Times | May 10, 2022
- Drive-through dinner benefits Open Door | Gloucester Daily Times | May 05, 2022
- The Open Door Empty Bowl TO GO 2.0 fundraiser this weekend | Town Common | May 04, 2022
- Getting food to more people: Julie LaFontaine celebrates 20 years leading Open Door | Gloucester Daily Times | April 27, 2022
- Getting more food to more people: Julie LaFontaine celebrates 20 years leading Open Door | Salem News | April 27, 2022
- Walk for Hunger returns with boost in support | Ipswich Local | April 19, 2022
- Ipswich students raise over $18,000 for pantry | Salem News | April 18, 2022
- NSCC Provides Another Food Resource | Item Live | April 01, 2022
- Groceries Available from The Open Door Amid Inflation, Rising Gas Prices | Town Common | March 29, 2022
- As residents feel inflation squeeze, Open Door offers help | Ipswich Local | Monday, March 21, 2022
- Rising food, fuel prices drive greater demand at food pantries | Rising food, fuel prices drive greater demand at food pantries | March 15, 2022
- Rising food, fuel prices drive greater demand at food pantries | The Salem News | March 14, 2022
- Local Groups Paint for Empty Bowl To Go 2.0 | The Cricket | March 10, 2022
- Gloucester Opens of PCR Testing Site for COVID-19 in Collaboration with Curative | Town Common | Jan. 18, 2022
- Shelters get creative as pandemic lingers on | Salem News | Jan. 13, 2022
- Shelters get creative as pandemic lingers on | Jan. 13, 2022 | Gloucester Daily Times
- Coronavirus seen spiking in Gloucester’s wastewater | Gloucester Daily Times | Jan. 10, 2022
- Gloucester Chef Ken Duckworth Uses His Culinary Skills to Feed People in Need | North Shore Magazine | Jan. 7, 2022
- Thrift Stores Seeing Boom | Gloucester Daily Times | Dec. 29, 2021
- Thrift stores seeing boom | Salem News | Dec. 20, 2021
- Temporary, free COVID-19 test site opens at Open Door | Gloucester Daily Times | Wednesday Dec. 1, 2021
- Time for turkey: Legion volunteers serve up 600-plus meals | Gloucester Daily Times | Thursday, Nov. 25, 2021
- Volunteers ready holiday food baskets for Thanksgiving | Gloucester Daily Times | Saturday, Nov. 20, 2021
- New truck widens The Open Door’s scope | Gloucester Daily Times | Saturday, Nov. 13, 2021
- Greater Boston Food Bank honored with Classy Award (The Open Door) | WCVB (Ch. 5) | Sept. 28, 2021
- The Open Door Goes Virtual, and Science Club for Girls Connects Girls with STEM Mentors | New England Weekend iHeart Radio | Sept. 18, 2021
- City, Open Door recognizing Hunger Action Month | Gloucester Times | Sept. 17, 2021
- Online Ordering System At Food Pantry Helps Create More Choices, Eliminate Returns | WBZ/ CBS (Ch. 4) | Sept. 13, 2021
- Food Pantry Launches Online Ordering System | Gloucester Daily Times | Sept. 3, 2021
- Food pantry offering drive-through this weekend | Gloucester Times | January 13, 2021