The Cooperative Bank of Cape Cod will provide $15,000 in financial support to food pantries throughout the region on Giving Tuesday 2024.
The bank’s decade-long tradition of supporting local food pantries on Giving Tuesday, which began in 2014 as a “restock the shelves campaign,” has been expanded this year to include food distribution organizations in all 15 towns in Barnstable County.
Food pantries receiving $1,000 donations include:
- Barnstable – Cape & Islands Veterans Outreach Center (Hyannis)
- Dennis – Hands of Hope Food Pantry and Outreach Center (a program of Cape Cod Council of Churches)
- Harwich – The Family Pantry of Cape Cod
- Mashpee – Mashpee Tribal Council Food Pantry
- Provincetown – Soup Kitchen in Provincetown (SKIP)
- Sandwich – Sandwich Food Pantry/Food4Vets Program of Mass. Military Support Foundation
- Truro – Truro Community Kitchen
- Yarmouth – Yarmouth Food Pantry
Two pantries received an adjusted $500 Giving Tuesday donation. Both Friends Food Pantry in Bourne and Falmouth Service Center in Falmouth applied for and received grants from The Coop Foundation to help defray the cost of purchasing frozen meats, fresh produce and dairy items for their clients.
The Coop has also donated $3,000 to Lower Cape Outreach Council for its food pantries in Brewster, Chatham, Eastham, Orleans and Wellfleet. The additional $2,000 is a directed gift from two retiring trustees of The Coop Foundation.
“There are too many of our friends and neighbors suffering from food insecurity on Cape Cod, which is only exacerbated by inflation and the continuing affordable housing crisis,” said Lisa Oliver, Chair, President and CEO of The Cooperative Bank of Cape Cod. “The Coop applauds the dedication and hard work of our local food pantries and their volunteers to ensure Cape Cod families have food on the table. Please join us and generously support our local food pantries during the holiday season and throughout the year.”
Organizations providing food support to larger regions of the Cape are also part of the Giving Tuesday donations, including the AIDS Support Group of Cape Cod food pantries in Hyannis and Provincetown, Family Table Collaborative, Sustainable CAPE, and Cape Kid Meals.