The Northampton Survival Center is an emergency food pantry that provides low-income individuals and families in 18 communities in Hampshire County with free food, clothing, personal care items, and referrals for emergency assistance. From its two locations in Northampton and Goshen, the Center distributes about 700,000 pounds of food each year to over 4,700 Hampshire residents, one third of whom are children. Our Kid’s Summer Food Program provides eligible children with free food packages to help feed them breakfast and lunch every weekday for ten weeks during summer vacation.
I appreciate the wonderful, kind volunteers, the fact the place exists for help with food and clothes, the patience, amiableness and warmth with the people here and their aim to accommodate. – A client at the Northampton pantry.
Take a virtual tour of NSC, and hear from our clients, in this 4-minute video
Northampton Survival Center from Chris Landry on Vimeo.
Many thanks to Chris Landry and L. Van Dyke for the creation of this video.
The Pantry is a very welcoming place, where we don’t feel embarrassed to go for help. It provides healthy foods in a wide variety, plus a few extras each month that we wouldn’t normally be able to have. — A Hilltown Pantry client