Chelmsford Food Pantry

Serving everyone because financial difficulties and hunger have no boundary lines.

Our Location:

Physical Address:
50 Rear Billerica Road, Chelmsford, MA
In Beige Trailer

Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 394
Chelmsford, MA 01824

Email: office@chelmsfordfoodpantry.org

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Foods Needed (click here)

Non-Perishable Food:

Cooking oil
Flour
Sugar
Ketchup
Mustard
Mayo
Salad Dressing
Peanut Butter
Jelly
Ramen noodles
Spaghetti Sauce
Canned tuna
Canned Chicken
Canned Black, Garbanzo, and Kidney beans
Canned Corn
Boxed Cereal and Oatmeal
Pancake Mix and Syrup
Apple Juice
Shelf Stable Milk
Mac & Cheese
Corn Tortilla or flour tortilla
Fried Beans
Chili powder
Cake Mix and frosting.
Children snacks
Juice boxes

Personal Care Items:

Shampoo
Soap
Toothpaste
Toothbrush

Amazon Wish List

The Chelmsford Food Pantry has put together an Amazon Wishlist for the pantry. This allows people to buy an item and have it sent directly to the pantry.

Please feel free to use this link for your donation:

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2Q8C5H70VSUHC?ref_=wl_share

Visit Us Weekly During These Hours

Wednesdays:

5:00 PM to 8:00 PM

Thursdays:

2:00 PM to 4:00 PM

Fridays:

6:30 PM – 8:00 PM

Please, Pantry users only to protect confidentiality

Food Drop Offs

Thursdays:

10:30 AM to 1:00 PM
6:30 PM to 7:45 PM

Food donation boxes are also located at Market Basket and Stop and Shop on Chelmsford Street, Chelmsford and at the Chelmsford Public Library.

Free Emergency Home Delivery

If you live in Chelmsford, the Chelmsford Food Pantry can deliver Free to you.

Please give us a call or send us an email and we will do everything we can to help.

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2025 Message From From The Board of Directors

We at the Chelmsford Food Pantry have much to be thankful for in 2024. With community support and the hard work of our volunteers we were able to provide nutritious food to a record number of families. This year we provided food to 175 families each week as compared to 2023 when we provided food to 57 families on average.

This does not occur, however, without community support. It starts with food which is donated to us from the Merrimack Vally Food Bank and continues with financial and food donations from many individuals and companies. They are too numerous to list but we would like to highlight a few.

First up is the Town of Chelmsford through the Town Manager and Board of Selectpersons who have worked to provide us with a new home in 2025. We will be in the same location but will have a new trailer as our existing trailer has been used beyond its useful life. Next is the financial assistance provided to the Table of Plenty and CFP through the fundraising effort of Holcim and the numerous local businesses that are part of their fundraising effort. For the many individuals who donate money or food, their contributions enables us to serve the now 175 families weekly. To the schools such as the Center, Parker and Chelmsford High Schools; the Chelmsford Business Association; and other local businesses and organizations who complete food drives for us or support us financially.

And to the now over 70 volunteers who tirelessly work every week. These volunteers plus the Chelmsford High School students and Merrimack Valley Collaborative students work diligently to provide our families with needed food.

As the saying goes, it takes a village to make this work.

In 2025 we are expanding our operation to include more families at the Chelmsford Housing Authority. We are excited about the prospect of a new operational home. And we are prepared every day to serve those individuals and families in need.

Thank you everyone for your continued support.

How You Can Help

Drop Off Food

Thursdays:

10:30 AM to 1:00 PM
6:45 PM to 7:45 PM

Food donation boxes are also located at Market Basket and Stop and Shop on Chelmsford Street, Chelmsford and at the Chelmsford Public Library.

Volunteer

Learn more about volunteer opportunities

Contact Us

Donate

Send a Check:

Chelmsford Community Exchange, Inc.

P.O. Box 394
Chelmsford, MA 01824

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Our Mission

The purposes of the Corporation are to provide a resource for those in need:

To offer food, clothing, and resources for those in need, as well as to act whenever and however possible as advocates for the disadvantaged, and to engage in other charitable purposes lawful in this Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Chelmsford Community Exchange Inc is nonprofit and is recognized by the IRS as a 501(c)(3) organization (non-profit ID 043194006) . Our institution is prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation), religious creed, disability, age, political beliefs, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity.

Chelmsford Community Exchange, Inc. / Non-Profit ID # 043194006

Sandy Donovan (1938-2020)

Sandy Donovan, founder of the food pantry, our director, and spokesperson passed on September 27, 2020.

She founded Chelmsford Community Exchange in 1993 in a small storage room in the back of the old Chelmsford Town Hall. Sandy expanded the operation over the past 27 years and was able to relocate the Food Pantry operation to its present location.

She provided support to many area residents who needed assistance over these past 27 years. Today’s operation is dedicated to continuing her legacy.

Serving the Greater Lowell Area

We are most appreciative and grateful for all your support – whether you volunteer, contribute to us thru monetary or food donations, or have the courage to come and get much needed food for your families or yourself.

Critical Home Repair Services

Habitat for Humanity of Greater Lowell’s Critical Home Repair program offers assistance to qualified seniors, veterans and families to help alleviate health, safety and code violations. This program is part of an ongoing effort to meet Habitat’s mission that everyone should have a simple, decent, affordable place to live in dignity and safety. As with all Habitat for Humanity programs, this offers “a hand-up, not a hand-out”.

Lasagna Love

Parents everywhere have been affected by the pandemic. Lost income, lost childcare, lost sanity – we’re here to help. If you’re a mom or dad and could use a hand with dinner one night in the coming weeks, sign up here.

The Office of the Community Services Coordinator is able to assist individuals and families experiencing food insecurity. Help is available for those who are isolating due to COVID-19 or just need a little extra support. Contact Community Services Coordinator, Jen Melanson, at 978-254-0446 or jmelanson@chelmsfordma.gov.

Legal Services:

Free legal services for eviction assistance is available thru:

COVID Eviction Legal Help Project – Legal Services, Massachusetts Law Reform Institute

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