At the Oxford Ecumenical Food Shelf, volunteers from seven Christian churches work together to help feed those in need. 

Read the article, Seven Christian Churches Work Together at Oxford Food Shelf, by Bill Doyle, Correspondent, in the November 22, 2024 edition of the Catholic Free Press. 

The Webster-Dudley-Oxford Chamber of Commerce donated $1000 in grocery gift cards to the Oxford Ecumenical Food Shelf to support our mission to provide food for people  in need this Thanksgiving. Thank you for your generosity! 

Another big thank you - this time our gratitude goes out to Table Talk Pies, Inc. for generously donating 100 dessert pies for Thanksgiving dinner. Oxford Food Shelf families and volunteers are so appreciative!

The Bishop of Worcester Most Reverend Robert McManus presented a Catholic Campaign for Human Development Local Grant Award of $1000 to the Food Shelf at a ceremony in Worcester recently. The funds will be used to stock the pantry's shelves.

Churches Supportive

Thank you to all who gave selflessly this Thanksgiving so others may enjoy a meal with their families, including First Baptist Church of North Oxford, First Congregational Church of Oxford, Good Shepherd, Oak Hill Bible Church, St Roch Parish, United Methodist Church, and Zion Lutheran Church.

Fallon Health presented a $1,000 Community Benefits Mini Grant to the Oxford Ecumenical Food Shelf. 

“We applaud the Oxford Food Shelf on the important work they’re doing to address food and nutrition security by improving and expanding access to healthy food sources,” said Cheryl Schmaltz, Community Engagement Manager at Fallon Health.” Read More.

Many thanks to the Oxford Lassie League Softball for holding a food drive for the Oxford Food Shelf in October during the Field of Screams tournament. They collected over 153 pounds of Thanksgiving meal "fixings" for our families. We are truly grateful for your generosity!

Local Yogis Give Back 

A big thank you to all the yogis and teachers at Oxford's Better Life with Yoga who donated boxed food items to help families in need. The items were delivered to Webster Dudley Food Share and Oxford Food Shelf in November, just in time for the holidays. 

We're getting ready for our families this evening! Which reminds us that a big thank you goes out to Crown & Roots Farm for sharing some of their summer squash and zucchini with us. We are grateful for your continued generosity! And, as always, we are thankful for our dedicated, hard-working volunteers who give of their time to serve our community. We are truly blessed.

Many thanks to Overlook Farm in Rutland for providing the Oxford Food Shelf with more than 225 pounds of tomatoes, onions, kale, Swiss chard, broccoli, eggplant, cucumbers, scallions, green peppers, potatoes and 5 types of squash, all just yesterday! 

With the Food Shelf’s Christina St. Martin is Tamara Beland and her father, Chic Beland. They provided us with this bounty this summer. 

Please join Oxford Ecumenical Food Shelf volunteers & others on Sunday, Oct. 20, for the annual Crop Hunger Walk. We begin our easy 3.5-mile walk through town at the First Congregational Church on 355 E. Main St. at 1 pm. Registration at the church is at 12:30 pm. Everyone is welcome!

We’re looking to raise $3500. To participate, go to: https://events.crophungerwalk.org/cropwalks/event/oxfordma and follow the steps from there. 

Or just show up on the 20th! 

We appreciate our volunteers! The Oxford Ecumenical Council and Food Shelf recently celebrated our volunteers with our annual pizza party! P&D Oxford House of Pizza donated 12 pizzas to our evening, with some of our volunteers making salad and baking desserts. We are truly blessed! 

Thank you, Second Chance Animal Services in East Brookfield, for remembering our pets! The pet adoption center has been donating pet food for our families’ cats and dogs for much of this year! We so appreciate your continued generosity! 

Each week, N&J Donuts of Oxford donates trays of freshly made donuts for the Oxford Food Shelf to distribute to our client families. We recently showed our appreciation with a handmade thank you card complete with messages from families and volunteers. Thank you N&J for your continued generosity! 

So grateful for all our volunteers and all they do for the Oxford Ecumenical Council and Food Shelf. Please consider helping out in the garden with our friends at the First Congregational Church of Oxford, MA. Thank you, Robbins Garden Center & Stove Shop.

Girl Scout Leader Ana Caracciolo and her Brownie and Daisy Scouts of troop #35260 visited the Food Shelf, and dropped off donations of Girl Scout cookies and other items. They had a brief tour and helped with shelving such items as juice, jelly, condiments and dog treats. When we receive donations of pet foods, we make available to our families who have pets.

A big thank you to everyone in Oxford who donated food to the #StampOutHunger food drive. You donated 1,845 pounds of food! Also a big shout out to all the volunteers who spent a sunny afternoon indoors sorting, date-checking and storing all the food. And we can't forget the letter carriers - so grateful for all you do. The Oxford Ecumenical Council and Food Shelf and our families appreciate the generosity of our community!

Our friends at the Oxford Senior Center are hosting a Health & Wellness Fair on Thursday at 10 am to 2 pm. We'll be there to answer any questions you may have about the Food Shelf and our services. All are welcome!

We got new new freezers! Many thanks to the hard-working volunteers who took care of all this for us, and our generous donors, enabling the Food Shelf to provide food to our neighbors in Oxford who need our help. We couldn't do it without you! And now we are doing it more efficiently! 

Our heartfelt thanks to the 5th grade students at Clara Barton School who collected 560+ pairs of gloves and mittens to help keep our families warm this winter. 

Teachers of the three homerooms that collected the gloves and mittens are: Mrs. Hornbaker, Mrs. Pierce, and Mrs. Scholl. 

Look who stopped by this evening! We couldn't be more grateful to Carl's Oxford Diner for their generous support of the Oxford Food Shelf. The Council as well as our volunteers and families thank you.

Gordon Cook representing Carl's Oxford Diner presenting the Oxford Ecumenical Council and Food Shelf with a check for $5,800.00 from the annual prime rib raffle. Thank you to all those who donated.