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How You Can Help Neighbors in Need This Holiday Season
There are many ways to lend a hand to help out during the holidays.
'Tis the season when many folks think about helping others.
Being thankful for what they have this Thanksgiving, many will give a little bit of their love, of their time and of their shopping lists to local food pantries and anti-hunger organizations that provide food and serve dinners to the less fortunate.
This year, Hanukkah begins on Thanksgiving. (Yes really, and you can read all about Thanksgivukkah here.) And Christmas comes next month. But the shoppers are already rushing home with their treasures, which means many are also rushing to Toys for Tots drop-offs and other donation collection locations across the area to share gently used and unwrapped gifts.
If you want to lend a hand this holiday season, there are plenty of ways to pitch in around Acton.
For example, the Acton Food Pantry lists its current needs as
- Spaghetti Sauce
- Rice
- Peanut Butter
- Jelly
- Soups and Stews
- Cooking Oil
- Canned Pasta
- SpaghettiOs
- Canned Meat and Fish
- Household Paper Products
- Diapers
Drop boxes for food donations located in Acton are:
- Donelan's Supermarket on Route 2A / Great Road
- Roche Bros' Super Market on Route 111
- US Post Office (Main Branch) off Route 27 in Post Office Square
- All Middlesex Savings Bank locations
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