54 million

neighbors fed

275,000

volunteer hours

$19 million

donated to support this mission

 Food insecurity in Massachusetts—the region's most populous state—now impacts a record 40% of households. This surge is largely driven by relentless inflation, the highest-in-the-nation cost of living, and recent cutbacks to federal benefits.

The way hunger impacts the region has fundamentally transformed across several key areas:

We source bulk USDA approved food materials from the Midwest and through the efforts of our thousands of New England volunteers, package those bulk food materials through an assembly line process into 10 different meal types. Packaging events take place at our Pembroke, MA warehouse and packaging facility AND remote locations throughout New England. Those meals currently support over 690 food banks and pantries, homeless shelters, school backpack and college, veteran, and senior meal programs across the region.

Matthew Martin, End Hunger New England’s Regional Manager, moved to Massachusetts in 2010 from Minnesota with his wife Heidi and young family.  Matthew was an ordained Lutheran Pastor and moved to serve a church in Quincy, MA.  In 2011 he met Floyd and Kathy, Outreach’s founders.  Inspired by their passion and mission, Matthew left the ministry and began a new one: to Feed the Hungry in New England.  In 2011, childhood hunger in America had reached its peak. One in four children suffered from food insecurity and in Maine it was one out of three. Together, with a legion of regional committed volunteers, Matthew set out to feed and care for our hungry neighbors in New England.  He started giving, serving, and connecting because of the sheer need all those years ago. The mission continues because hunger in New England has not gone away.