Oxford Webster Pirates Youth Football & Cheer 9U team held a food drive for our families at the Oxford Food Shelf - and they stopped by to drop off their collection. Here is some of the team with Christina St. Martin, Chairperson of the Oxford Ecumenical Council. Thank you, team, for stepping up to help our neighbors in need. 

A big heaping serving of thanks to Table Talk Pies who provided our families with delicious crumb cakes as part of their Thanksgiving dinner bag of fixings in the week leading up to the holiday. We appreciate your generosity!

'Tis the season for a bowl of hot chili. The Oxford Food Shelf thanks the Oxford Assembly #89 of the International Order of Rainbow Girls for their recent donation of chili kits. The kits were a hit with our families on a recent night. They were all gobbled up before the evening was over!

A big thank you to Hope Eressy, Senior Executive Administrator, (on right in photo) and everyone at Wilson Language Training for your recent food donation. It will be put to good use in our busiest season of the year!  

Thank you, Better Life With Yoga, for your recent donation of holiday dinner fixings to the Oxford Food Shelf. Your generosity will go a long way toward helping our families enjoy a traditional holiday dinner this Thanksgiving.

Join the Oxford Ecumenical Food Shelf volunteers and others on Sunday, Oct. 19, 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 $2500 this year, which will help stock the  shelves of our community food pantry in the weeks ahead. To participate, go to: https://events.crophungerwalk.org/crophung.../event/oxfordma and follow the steps from there.

Or just show up at the church on the 19th. Volunteers will be on site to help you get started.

Thank you, Oxford, for your continued generosity!

The Oxford Ecumenical Council and Food Shelf is very grateful to two of our dedicated volunteers who participated in Oxford's Goodbye to Summer fair in September. They were on hand to share with residents info about the services of our food pantry and to answer questions. Thank you, both!

Food pantries are adding pet food to their shelves, including the Oxford Ecumenical Food Shelf, reports WHDH 7 News. 

Much of the pet food at the Oxford Food Shelf is supplied by Second Chance Animal Services at the Second Chance Community Engagement Center, which donates to more than 20 organizations in the area.

“People are trying to feed themselves and their pets and the sad reality is that some can’t do it, says Lindsay Doray of Second Chance Animal Services. 

Watch a video: When Pets Go Hungry — The Hidden Toll of Food Insecurity.

Cucumbers, lettuce, tomatoes, green beans, squash, peppers, herbs and a whole lot more have been planted in the Share Garden at the First Congregational Church of Oxford. Their harvest will come to the Oxford Food Shelf to help our families. Many thanks to all the volunteers who are making this happen! 

We love our volunteers! Many turned out for our Volunteer Appreciation event. The Oxford Ecumenical Food Shelf couldn't do it without you! We also love P & D Oxford House of Pizza! They donated a dozen pizza pies to our event, which were enjoyed by all. Thank you for all you do for our community.

Thank you, Oxford, for donating more than 2230 pounds of non-perishable food — and volunteering - today! Your efforts to Stamp Out Hunger go right back into our community, to help feed our neighbors in need. Pictured here: Volunteers date-check and organize all donations before shelving.

The Oxford Ecumenical Food Shelf participated in the second annual Senior Center Health & Wellness Fair. Christina St. Martin manned the booth where she shared info on the pantry's services with the community's seniors. 

The Oxford Food Shelf thanks the women of Workout for Women in Webster for their generous donation. 

The gym held a successful food drive - the members collected more than 945 pounds of groceries, paper goods, cleaning products and personal care items. 

Pictured is a sampling of their efforts which they donated to our food pantry. Appreciate the condiments, ladies!

Thank you, Zion Lutheran Church, Oxford, and The Church of the Reconciliation, Webster, for participating in the Souper Bowl of Caring, the nationwide effort to tackle hunger in our local communities. Before and on Super Bowl Sunday, parishioners in the two churches collected 517 cans of soup which they generously donated to the Oxford Food Shelf and Webster Dudley Food Share. Our families and volunteers appreciate you all!

Thank you, bankHometown, and our generous community in Oxford, for your continued support of the Oxford Ecumenical Food Shelf through the 21st annual Neighbors Helping Neighbors fundraising drive. Read more. 

Many thanks to Jenny McDonnell, Community Coordinator, South Central WIC Program, who hosted a table at the Oxford Food Shelf recently and answered our families’ questions about WIC. Learn about WIC.

So grateful to Carl's Oxford Diner for their continued generous support of the Oxford Food Shelf. The proceeds of their annual raffle will go a long way towards helping to fill our shelves this winter. Our families and our volunteers thank you and everyone who participated in the raffle. 

Greater Worcester Community Foundation has presented the Oxford Food Shelf with a 2024 Community Grant, one of 94 general operating grants awarded Worcester County nonprofits, totaling $1.11 million. Read more.