MELROSE — The Melrose High School Chapter of the National Honor Society hosted a “SOUP-ER BOWL” donation drive at Shaw’s Melrose on Friday, February 7 in partnership with local hunger relief nonprofit The Food Drive. The group collected a total of 363 cans of soup and other pantry staples for Melrose’s two food pantries: Pantry of Hope at First Baptist Church in downtown Melrose and A Servant’s Heart Food Pantry at Faith Evangelical Church in Melrose Highlands.
The donation drive served as the MHS National Honor Society’s chapter-wide community service project. Members coordinated every aspect of the drive including creating and posting flyers, decorating collection boxes, soliciting donations from shoppers at Shaw’s and delivering to the food pantries.
Founded in 2001 by a church member, Pantry of Hope is open on Tuesday afternoons from 3 to 5 p.m. Started in 1996 on a basement bookshelf, A Servant’s Heart Food Pantry is open Friday mornings from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Both pantries currently serve and average of 50 to 60 people weekly.
Pantry of Hope, First Baptist Church of Melrose at 561 Main St., melrosefbc.org/pantry-of-hope and
A Servant’s Heart Food Pantry, Faith Evangelical Church at 200 Franklin St., faithchurchac.org/food-pantry.