The Foundation for MetroWest announced Monday that it distributed $50,000 in grants to 41 food pantries throughout the region, including several in Waltham.
The grants came from the foundation's English Family Fund, and went to food banks from as far as Waltham, Milford and Acton. The foundation hopes the money will go a long way, said Judith Salerno, executive director of Foundation for MetroWest.
"Food pantries have a remarkable ability to do a lot with very little,'' Salerno said. "We are proud that we could play a small, but important role in helping the food pantries of MetroWest do a little more for families throughout the region this holiday season.''
In 2009 the Foundation for MetroWest distributed $600,000 throughout the region and has distributed more than $5.5 million since its inception in 1995.
The food pantries receiving the most recent grants were:
Community Supper Inc, Acton - $1,000; Acton Food Pantry - $1,000; Ashland Emergency Fund Food Pantry - $1,000; Open Table Food Pantry, Concord - $1,000; Gaining Ground, Concord - $1,000; Dedham Food Pantry - $1,000; Dover Food Pantry - $1,000; Hope Worldwide New England Inc., Framingham - $1,000 and Salvation Army Framingham Food Pantry - $1,000.
Also, SMOC/Elderly Nutrition Program/Meals on Wheels, Framingham - $1,000; St. Bridget's Food Pantry, Framingham - $2,000; Lucy & Joes Food Pantry for Frail Elders, Framingham - $1,000; Loaves & Fishes, Harvard - $1,000; Holliston Pantry Shelf - $1,000; Project Just Because, Hopkinton - $5,000; Hudson Community Food Pantry - $2,000; Lexington Food Pantry - $1,000; Marlborough Community Services - $1,000; Maynard Food Pantry - $1,000; Open Table Food Pantry, Maynard - $1,000; and Medfield Food Cupboard - $1,000.
Also, Medway Food Pantry - $1,000; Medway Village Food Pantry - $1,000; Milford Food Pantry - $2,000; A Place to Turn, Natick - $1,000; Natick Service Council Food Pantry - $2,000; Needham Community Council Food Pantry - $1,000; United Parishes of Southborough Food Pantry - $1,000; Stow Food Pantry - $1,000; Sudbury Community Food Pantry - $1,000; and Walpole Community Food Pantry Inc. - $1,000.
Also, American Red Cross/Collins Family Food Pantry, Waltham - $1,000; J.F. & C.S. Family Table, Waltham - $1,000; Sacred Heart Church Food Pantry, Waltham - $1,000; MHSA/Bristol Lodge Meals, Waltham - $1,000; Grandma's Pantry, Waltham - $2,000; Salvation Army/Waltham Pantry - $1,000; Celebration International Church, Wayland - $1,000; Wellesley Food Pantry - $1,000; Westborough Food Pantry - $1,000 and Westwood Council on Aging - $1,000.
