Food Justice

We support People Helping People, sponsor of the Burlington Food Pantry, 21 Murry Ave., Burlington, MA. The pantry serves more than 200 Burlington families per month, >600 people. Learn more about the Food Pantry, their current needs, and donate by clicking on their logo. Go to the People Helping People Facebook Page for additional news and information.

See Farmer Dave’s website for farm share dates, pick-up times and locations.

The Presbyterian Church in Burlington, MA partners with Farmer Dave’s Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) as a weekly pick-up site for Burlington and surrounding communities. CSA is a partnership between a farm and a community of consumers. Paying for produce upfront, consumers become “shareholders” of the farm’s harvest, receiving a share of the harvest each week during the growing season. Farmer Dave follows sustainable agricultural practices and has donated over a million pounds of produce to area food banks and pantries. Farmer Dave’s CSA is featured in this WCVB-TV segment on year-round farming in New England.

The Presbyterian Church in Burlington, MA has participated in Project Bread’s Walk for Hunger for many years, preceded by a “Blessing of the Feet” in our parking lot before the Walk. The walk is the oldest and largest community fundraiser for hunger solutions in Massachusetts! The first Sunday in May, Massachusetts residents—of all ages, backgrounds, faiths, and cultures—come together to raise funds to support solutions to hunger in Massachusetts. Learn more about Project Bread & the Walk for Hunger here.

Matthew 25:31–46 calls us to engage actively in the world. The 2016 and 2018 General Assemblies challenged the PC(USA) to act boldly with compassion to serve people who are hungry, oppressed, imprisoned, or poor. Learn more about the Matthew 25 initiative by clicking on the logo.

Bread for the World is a Christian organization advocating to end hunger at home and abroad. Churches and charities alone can’t end hunger; government must also do its part. Click on the Bread for the World logo, to send a personalized email to your representatives and senators urging them to support legislation to fight hunger. Filling in your name and address in automatically addresses an email to your representatives; you don’t have to fill in their names. You need to have your full 9-digit ZIP code (e.g., 01803-2345) because zip codes can be split between more than one congressional district. Look up your 9-digit ZIP code here.

Minuteman Senior Services offers over 20 programs and services for seniors living in Burlington and other towns in Middlesex County. Their The Meals on Wheels program delivers lunch to homebound seniors who are unable to provide their own meals, and who meet certain guidelines. Click on their logo to learn more about the Meals on Wheels Program. This daily check in by a volunteer driver may be the only social contact an elder has and helps reduce the isolation often experienced by disabled seniors.

The Dwelling Place is a soup kitchen in Woburn center at the United Methodist Church, 523 Main Street. Free hot dinners are prepared by members of local churches and organizations for individuals and families in need. Dinner is served three nights a week and everyone is welcome. If you have a PayPal account, you can donate by clicking here.

The Greater Boston Food Bank works passionately to end hunger across Eastern Massachusetts by providing neighbors in need healthy food and resources they need to thrive. Learn more about their work, with an opportunity to give, by clicking on their logo.

Women’s Lunch Place, housed at Church of the Covenant in downtown Boston opened in 1982 to serve women a hot lunch in a safe welcoming place. They’ve grown into a vibrant, supportive day community open six days a week serving breakfasts and lunches, and providing other basic necessities and services that help restore dignity and hope. Learn more about their work, with an opportunity to give, by clicking on their logo.

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is the largest humanitarian organization saving and changing lives worldwide. They bring life-saving relief in emergencies and use food assistance to build a pathway to peace, stability and prosperity for people recovering from conflict, disasters and the impacts of climate change. An estimated 152 million people eceived assistance from WFP in 2023. For its work, WFP was awarded the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize. In 2019.

In our commitment as a Presbyterian Hunger Action Congregation we have studied “Just Eating? Practicing Our Faith at the Table,” a 7-session curriculum exploring the way we eat and the way we live. The study uses scripture, prayer, and stories to explore our relationship with food. You can download a copy of the leader’s guide here. There is also a single-session Bible study on hunger HERE

You can find 100 Bible verses about feeding the hungry at the Open Bible website.