'A lot of great unknown': Brookline's food pantry, community fridge brace for demand amid SNAP uncertainty

'A lot of great unknown': Brookline's food pantry, community fridge brace for demand amid SNAP uncertainty

Local food providers like the Brookline Food Pantry and the community refrigerator known as Jennifer Coolfridge are bracing for increased need amid uncertainty around federal food programs.

Mission Community Food Pantry celebrates five years

Leaders of the Mission Community Food Pantry say their goal is no one goes hungry, making it the kind of operation they hope goes out of business one day. But in the past five years, the Mission Community Food Pantry has significantly grown from serving 49 families at its first-ever distribution in October 2020 to regularly serving 170 to 180 families twice a month in 2025. Started by community members Suzie Gibbs and Lynn Kring, the food pantry…