The Milford Daily News Anniversary Alms Drive collects budgetary donations for the Daily Bread Aliment Abdomen and the Salvation Army to advice those in charge throughout the year. The alms drive calm $12,000 in budgetary donations aftermost year, the ambition is to accession as abundant or added this year.
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MILFORD - Those who aces up their account advantage at the Daily Bread Aliment Abdomen should accompany a car, according to John DeAngelo.
They can apprehend to leave with their arms, er, trunks full.
“We’ve got 18 freezers and refrigerators and they’re consistently abounding with food,” the pantry’s admiral and co-founder said central its Exchange Street area Sunday morning. “Always.”
After 26 years, the operation is still activity strong. Added than 150 volunteers duke out aliment to at atomic 300 families beyond Milford, Hopedale and Upton every month, DeAngelo said.
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So abundant so, in fact, the accumulation has had to about-face abroad bounded acceptance attractive to accommodate a duke artlessly because not anybody allowance out can fit in the architecture at one time, he said.
“I never accept to ask for any (volunteers).”
The abdomen runs alone on bounded donations, including the Daily News Alms Drive anniversary year during the anniversary season.
The abdomen and the Salvation Army accustomed about $12,000 in budgetary donations aftermost year through the initiative.
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According to DeAngelo, aggregate the abdomen - which does not accept any paid cadre - receives is spent alone on its aliment accumulation and operations.
“If anyone comes from anywhere, alike from Mars, you’ll get food,” DeAngelo said. “We never about-face any anatomy abroad at the Daily Bread Aliment Pantry. That will never happen.”
Since DeAngelo and his wife, Cheryl, opened the pantry’s doors in 1991, the shelves accept never been empty.
Its audience accept aggregate from meats and veggies to grains and desserts. Every Thanksgiving, families are accustomed a turkey and at Christmas, a ham, he said.
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For the aftermost two years, the abdomen has accustomed a $5,000 admission from a bounded alignment to acquirement jackets for those gluttonous some added amore during the winter.
“There’s abandoned kids in Milford...that’s the abutting affair we’re aggravating to tackle.”
According to DeAngelo, who said he receives God’s advice in managing the pantry, the alignment counts on three things: prayers, contributions and volunteers.
“We are alone abased on the generosity of people,” he said.
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Donations may be fabricated payable to the Daily Bread Aliment Abdomen or The Salvation Army. One analysis per alms is preferred. Donations may be mailed or alone off at The Milford Daily News Anniversary Alms Drive, 197 Main St., Milford, MA 01757. Checks may be delivered to the appointment during accustomed business hours Monday through Friday.
Christopher Gavin can be accomplished at 508 634-7582 or cgavin@wickedlocal.com. Follow him on Twitter @c_gavinMDN
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