hunger heroes food drop

The United Way's goal is to put together 1,000 'kid meal packs' to provide young people with something nutritious to eat during vacation week.

Donors can simply drive up to Aldi at the Dartmouth Mall and volunteers will be ready to take your donation for the Hunger Heroes Food Drop from your car.

There was nothing like April vacation as a kid.  The weather was finally starting to turn, and just in time for wiffle ball games, bike riding til the street lights came on and Mario Bros. marathons, it was time for a week off. It's difficult to think about, but April vacation has some unintended consequences for some kids right here in New Bedford and our surrounding communities.  Fo...

The United Way of Greater New Bedford's Hunger Heroes Food Drop is scheduled for Saturday, March 25 from 10 a.m. to noon at the Dartmouth Aldi store.

We’ll be collecting items to serve school-aged children of the SouthCoast nutritious packaged meals and snacks to keep them fed over school vacation week.

For the 30th year, we will be at Buttonwood Park to collect food donations to benefit United Way of Greater New Bedford.

We’ll be collecting items to serve school-aged children of the SouthCoast nutritious packaged meals and snacks to keep them fed over school vacation week.

The New Bedford Starchasers help raise up the vibrations of the SouthCoast community, as they did this past Saturday at the Hunger Heroes Food Drop.

This Saturday from 10-noon at the Buttonwood Park Warming House, the United Way, WBSM and Fun 107 will be accepting donations of non-perishable food items.

We’ll be collecting items to serve school-aged children of the SouthCoast nutritious packaged meals and snacks to keep them fed over school vacation week.