Feed and Nourish
2025

The Need to Move

The Feed & Nourish Capital Campaign is a multi-pronged effort to ensure long-term stability and sustainability of the Merrimack Valley Food Bank. This critical project comes at a time when we’re facing a clear crossroads: our former building could no longer keep pace with the rising need, and space constraints were limiting our ability to serve the community effectively.

For 30 years, the Merrimack Valley Food Bank operated in a small, outdated, multi-level building in Lowell. It was never built for the scale of work we do today—food had to be moved multiple times across floors, and the lot could only handle one truck at a time.

As need across Middlesex and Essex counties surged, it became clear: we needed a safer, more accessible space that could support our mission and allow us to grow.

We’ve Taken a Bold Step Forward

To meet the rising need for food assistance across Middlesex and Essex counties, we made a transformative investment in our future: the purchase and renovation of a 40,000 square foot facility at 1703 Middlesex Street.

This new home is already expanding our reach and strengthening our impact, but we need your help to finish what we started.

We’ve raised $3.9 million to date. With your support, we can reach our $7.8 million campaign goal and fully realize the potential of this space, ensuring no one in our communities goes hungry.

We’re Moved In And Ready to Do More

We are thrilled to be in our new building. Every month that goes by, we find more ways that the new space makes us more efficient and enables us to serve more people. Best of all, we have room to continue to expand our programs in the future!

We now have the space, equipment, and infrastructure to meet today’s demand—and the capacity to grow in the years ahead.

This bold move was a critical step forward. Now, we need your help to cover the costs and unlock the full potential of our new home.

Together, We Can End Hunger Locally

Your generous support of our Feed and Nourish Campaign will help us reach more neighbors with the nutritious food they need to thrive. As demand continues to grow across Middlesex and Essex counties, your gift enables us to expand our reach, grow our programs, and make the most of our new, larger facility. Together, we can ensure that no one in our community goes hungry. Please give generously—every dollar makes a difference.