The latest Food n’ Friends Family Cafe launched on January 11, 2012 at Second Congregational Church, Attleboro, with a generous donation of $3,000 from the Attleboro Rotary Club. With the expectation of serving over 70 low-income, food-insecure children and families on the second Wednesdays of each month in downtown Attleboro, the funding from Attleboro Rotary Read more
January 30, 2012 by admin
The Attleboro Area Council of Churches has received a grant of $1,000 from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency. This grant was awarded through the MCC’s Local Cultural Council Program and it will support our Food n’ Friends Soup Kitchens, Family Cafés and Summer Kids Cafés by funding a troup of actors from Brickroad Read more
January 30, 2012 by admin
Food n’ Friends would like you to join our team in fighting hunger. After the holidays, the generous donations of the season have been used for those who needed help during that time. The post holiday season is a critical time for replenishing needed supplies. The Souper Bowl of Caring can make a big difference Read more
December 20, 2011 by admin
SOLD OUT!! YAY! CROOKS & COMEDY FOR A CAUSE! Enjoy a night filled with fine food and hilarious interactive entertainment with all proceeds to support those experiencing hunger in the Greater Attleboro Area through the Council’s work and many food programs. We are thrilled to bring Brickroad Productions : a professional traveling theater group Read more
November 22, 2011 by admin
On Sunday, November 20th, at 7:00 pm The Attleboro Area Council of Churches will holding their annual Interfaith Thanksgiving Service. This year the service will be held at St. Mary’s Church located at 1 Power Street in Norton. Members from different faith communities are invited to come together in worship and join in celebration and Read more
November 15, 2011 by admin
About 100 people joined the teens in worship at the Evangelical Covenant Church. Sue Smith, who run the “Homes with Heart” program from the Attleboro Area Council of Churches, spoke to the teens and thanked them for their willingness to walk in the shoes of a homeless person. Smith went to the source and asked Read more
November 12, 2011 by admin
It’s a personal committment of local martial arts school who will again join together to feed hundreds of families and having some fun in the process! The Martial Arts Connection, TMAC, has formed a wonderful relationship with the Attleboro Area Council of Churches and Food n’ Friends to feed local families in need just in time Read more
October 27, 2011 by admin
Board Member Ann McEvoy has begun a Blog on the Attleboro Patch, a local on-line newspaper. You can follow her blog from the Attleboro Patches Local Voices Section What is on your plate? Do you have to worry where your next meal is coming from? For many in Attleboro that food comes from the hands Read more
October 23, 2011 by admin
In its fifth year, more than 150 high school students will spend a weekend without a roof over their heads, without mom’s homecooking, without electronics including phones. Instead, they will begin in worship on Friday night and end in their own church on Sunday morning. Attleboro Area Youth Homelessness Awareness Weekend will take place at Read more
October 22, 2011 by admin
CROP Hunger Walk : The Attleboro CROP Hunger Walk will be held on Sunday, October 16th! Please sign up to walk or sponsor a walker. 25 percent of the proceeds of the Attleboro walk directly benefits our Food n’ Friends Program. In 2010 Food n’ Friends served over 38,500 meals, handed out over 3600 breakfast bags, Read more
September 21, 2011 by admin