"EMPOWERING VOLUNTEERS TO FEED HOMEBOUND SENIORS ON WEEKENDS AND 3 DAY HOLIDAY WEEKENDS" Homebound Elderly Weekend Meals Program Participants:   North Adams:   All Saints Episcopal - Berkshires Williamstown:   St. Patrick/St. Raphael, St. John's Episcopal and First Congregational Church Pittsfield: Pittsfield Catholic Community (Sharing Our Roots Kitchen, Our Lady's Kitchen*, St. Mark's Kitchen) *prepares meals utilizing Sacred Heart Kitchen Chicopee: The Basilica of St. Stanislaus - Bishop & Martyr  (3rd Sunday of the month)  - St. Rose deLima (The Heartfelt Kitchen) (2nd Sunday of the month) Greenfield: Blessed Sacrament (Bread of Life Kitchen), Second Congregational Church of Greenfield and St. James Episcopal Church - Greenfield and The Knights of Columbus - Greenfield - and Holy Trinity Church - Greenfield South Deerfield: Holy Family Parish Ludlow: Our Lady of Fatima Parish (2nd Sunday of the month)  and St. Elizabeth Parish (3rd and 4th Sundays of the month) Hadley/N. Hadley:  Most Holy Redeemer Parish (2nd Sunday of the month)  and First Congregational Church of Hadley/UCC N. Hadley (1st Saturday of the month) S. Hadley/Granby:  Immaculate Heart of Mary - Granby ("Warm Meals - Warm Hearts"),St. Theresa of Lisieux ("People feeding People"),  St. Patrick's Church and "Food For Friends" ( comprised of The Center Congregational Church, Our Savior Lutheran Church, The Church of Christ Congregational (Granby) and United Methodist Church)  Holyoke: Blessed Sacrament Parish  (2nd Sunday of the month) and Our Lady of the Cross Parish (4th Sunday of the month) Easthampton - Southampton - Westhampton:  Our Lady of the Valley Parish (1st Saturday of the month and 3rd Saturday of the month) and St. Philip's Episcopal Church and Westhampton Congregational (4th Saturday of the month, utilizing Our Lady of the Valley Kitchen) Westfield:  St. Mary's Parish (2nd Sunday of each month) and Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament (4th Sunday of each Month) Agawam/Feeding Hills:  St. John the Evangelist - Agawam (1st, 2nd and 3rd Sundays of the month) Belchertown:  St. Francis of Assisi (2nd Sunday of the month and 4th Sunday of the month)   Springfield: St. Michael's Cathedral (3rd Saturday of each month), Mary, Mother of Hope (last Saturday of each month) and Holy Cross (4th Sunday of each month) W. Springfield - St. Thomas the Apostle (3rd Saturday of each month Ware: All Saints Church (1st Saturday of each month beginning April 2018)     Over 3,000 homebound elderly are currently served by this program.  Since its inception in 2003, through the efforts of the 3,000+ volunteers currently part of this program,  in excess of  550,000 meals have been provided through  2018... over 50,000 of those meals were provided in 2018 alone.  The initial annual estimate for 2019 is to maintain the number of  meals provided during 2018 and to further expand and develop our service area and participating volunteer base  in Berkshire County,  Franklin, Hampden and Hampshire Counties (The Pioneer Valley).  St. Stanislaus Meals Ministry - Chicopee, MA "Food for Friends" - S. Hadley/Granby Meals Ministry - Chef Steve and Kitchen Helpers Chef Christine and assistant Anthony - preparing First Congregational - Hadley/UCC N. Hadley Meals Food For Friends - Happy Dishwashers St. Patrick's - S. Hadley Kitchen Volunteers Preparing the Sunday Meal St. Patrick's - S. Hadley - Youth Cardmaker Chef Dave and members of the Packaging Team Filling Containers for pick up by the Driver Volunteers of St. Patrick's - S. Hadley Sharing Our Roots - Pittsfield Catholic Community - Packagers along with Msgr. Michael Sharing Our Roots - Chef and Assistant preparing a delicious Meatloaf Meal Sharing Our Roots Drivers arriving to carryout over 100 hot, nutritious meals to the Pittsfield Community Please click on the above individual images to enlarge.

<script type="text/javascript" src="//041fb58.netsolstores.com/add-a-store.aspx?pid=1&lid=11"></script> Take and Eat, Inc.   Take and Eat, Inc. is a Non-Profit 501(c)3 Corporation.  All donations are tax-deductible.                                         Take and Eat, Inc., is a Member Services Agency of the Annual Catholic Appeal of the Diocese of Springfield, MA and is also funded in part by the following organizations:  Amica Foundation, Sacred Heart Friends of St. Vincent de Paul - Pittsfield, MA , Valley Gives  and various other individual donors. We are proud and grateful for the above support which assists Take and Eat to fulfill its mission of continuing to sustain and expand the weekend meals program to homebound elders in ever increasing numbers of communities throughout Massachusetts.