Here is how you can directly help people in our community who need food assistance:

The LittleStore Food Pantry, a Program operated by Urban Missionaries of Our Lady of Hope, Inc., offers free food to people struggling with hunger.

Only people who are receiving official Transition Assistance benefits from the Commonwealth are eligible to receive food from our pantry. Twice each month they can pick up pre-packaged bags of staples such as pasta, soup, canned vegetables and fruit, tuna fish, beans, ramen, peanut butter, jelly, etc. Each bag contains between 15 and 17 pounds of food.

Rising rent and utility costs, and the end of pandemic-era programs designed to supplement food budgets, means that more and more people are turning to the LittleStore food pantry to put food on the table. The amount of food that we distributed in 2024 exceeded 8,000 pounds! That is double the amount of just two years ago.

As such, our costs have more than doubled, and we are turning to you to help us.

We need your support to meet the rising demands. With enough financial support we also hope to include meat and produce in our future distributions.

Please donate today to provide food to those in our Worcester community who need it the most.

Thank you for your support!