Who We Serve

PACH Outreach help is available to all Pepperell residents in need, including seniors, families, and single adults, whether unemployed or under-employed.

Services We Provide

  • Food pantry
  • Personal care items
  • Fuel assistance applications
  • Resource Referrals
Find our location, hours, and contact information here.

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Thank you to the late Mauricio Puente, Sr. for his artwork for the PACH logo.

Our Mission

PACH provides Pepperell residents in need with a caring, compassionate resource to meet their basic needs, including food, personal care items, and referrals to resources for additional assistance.

If you need food or support to get through a difficult time, or if you know someone who does, please call or email PACH Outreach.

YOU CAN HELP by:

Freezer Needed

The PACH Pantry is looking for an upright freezer to replace an old freezer that failed in February. If you have an unused freezer that still runs well, which you can donate to PACH, please call the PACH Office and leave a message. PACH will happily make arrangements to move the freezer.

News & Events

  • PACH to Participate in Pepperell's Annual 4th of July Celebration

    PACH Outreach will participate again this year in Pepperell's 4th of July Parade. PACH volunteers will push Donelan's grocery carts along the parade route and will walk among parade watchers with containers to collect cash donations for the PACH Pantry. We invite everyone in our community to join us at our wonderful annual parade, and please bring unexpired, non-perishable groceries to help us fill our shopping carts. Donated groceries and personal care items will help stock the pantry for the summer so we can help our neighbors stock their kitchens. If you would like to march in the parade with PACH to support our efforts, please call or email the PACH Office.

  • Town-wide Support for Food Drives Fills PACH Outreach Shelves

    Approximately 252 bags of food, personal care items, and paper goods were collected for PACH during the Post Office's annual Stamp Out Hunger Drive on Saturday May 11th. MANY THANKS to the Pepperell Rural Letter Carriers for collecting donations from our neighbors on their routes; to Postmaster Jacqueline Verheyen and the Pepperell Post Office Staff for organizing this event and helping PACH load and deliver food from the Post Office to the pantry; and to the many PACH volunteers who transported, unloaded, and sorted and shelved the donations. Thanks also to the generous people of Pepperell who contributed food and other items through this drive.

    Thanks also to Scoutmaster Shawn Marr and the Scouts of Cub Scout Pack 55 and their families for their extremely successful "2000 Pounds of Food" Drive for PACH Outreach. Over the course of several weeks of collecting, they met their goal and delivered hundreds of items to the Food Pantry in June!

    PACH also thanks the NMRHS Honor Society for their collection of items for PACH at the May 16th High School Band Concert, to the fine musicians who entertained attendees, and to all members of the community who brought donations for PACH to the concert.

**NOTICE: PACH OUTREACH CLOSED on 4th of JULY**

PACH Outreach will be closed for both afternoon and evening hours on Thursday the 4th of July. An extra evening session is scheduled for Tuesday, July 2nd, in addition to the regular Tuesday afternoon hours. If you usually visit PACH on Thursdays, please come to the Tuesday afternoon or evening session during the week of the 4th.

**Volunteers Needed**

PACH is currently seeking a variety of special helpers to meet or pantry needs and expand our services. Please see details for the following positions on our Volunteers page and/or contact PACH Outreach to get your questions answered or to volunteer.

  • One or two Food Drive Coordinator(s) to serve as liaisons between PACH Outreach and the local schools, churches, businesses, and community organizations who regularly hold food drives to stock our pantry.

  • A Summer Cleaning Volunteer for the office and pantry once per week for the months of June, July, and August. This entails light cleaning that can be done in about two hours on any day you wish to come in.
  • One or two Fundraising Coordinator(s) to work with the Board of Directors and PACH volunteers to plan and manage a couple fundraisers each year to maintain our treasury at a level commensurate with the growing demand for services in the ongoing sluggish economy.
  • We also continue to need a Pantry Co-Coordinator to work with present Coordinator Clara Couture to oversee pantry stock, pantry needs, and pantry volunteer staff.
  • Our Volunteer Coordinator would also like to expand her email list of people willing to help periodically with food drives, special events, and fundraisers. If you would like to help PACH but don't have time to take on a regular volunteer position, please call or email PACH to add your name to our email list so we can notify you of one-shot volunteer opportunities that you may be able to fill.

    • Appreciation

    Our sincere thanks to the following businesses, organizations, and individuals for your recent or ongoing contributions or assistance:

    • Cub Scout Pack 55 and Scoutmaster Shawn Marr
    • Donelan's Supermarket
    • Hannafords of Townsend
    • Laurel Haines & the North Middlesex H.S. Honor Society
    • North Middlesex High School Band
    • North Middlesex Savings Bank
    • Oscar Hills, NMRSD Head Custodian
    • Pepperell Post Office Staff and Mail Carriers
    • Post Office Director Jacqueline Verheyen
    • Trader Joe's of Nashua