It Takes A Village

Pat Freiss, Brandon Robbins, Mayra Diaz-Pagan, and Susan Chalifoux-Zephir of Ginny’s Helping Hands, Inc.

Pat Freiss, Brandon Robbins, Mayra Diaz-Pagan, and Susan Chalifoux-Zephir of Ginny’s Helping Hands, Inc.

With the pandemic looming over our communities for the past two months, Susan Chalifoux Zephir, executive director, of Ginny’s Helping Hand, Inc. in Leominster, along with Kym Craven, president of the Townsend Ecumenical Outreach and Dorcus Hurd and JoAnn Mossman, volunteers of the Westminster Community Food Pantry, all agree that making sure communities have their basic necessities is what’s most important.

For over 30 years, Ginny’s mission has been to help those in need throughout the region by providing food, clothing, temporary shelter and by working with other organizations to support those who need assistance. .

“We have seen a lot of people who have lost their jobs and have never been to a food pantry before,” Chalifoux Zephir said. “We want to make sure that everyone in the community knows that’s why we’re here.”

Ginny’s, located at 52 Mechanic St., Leominster, receives food from the Worcester County Food Bank, Hannaford Supermarket and Target; and have received hundreds of pounds of food donated from LEAKTITE, Keller-Williams North Central Realty Group, and Applewild School.

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