Hunger Relief Non-Profit Expanding Into Somerville

SOMERVILLE, MA — Food For Free, a Cambridge-based hunger relief non-profit, is expanding to a new space in Somerville.

The organization will move into the 12,000-square-foot space at 59 Interbelt Rd. over the next month.

Food For Free rescued 2.2 million pounds of food in 2020 and distributed 4.7 million pounds of food to those in need, which is more than double the amount distributed the previous year. The new space will support expanded programs, cost savings and more flexible volunteer opportunities – including larger groups.

The organization plans to distribute over 5 million pounds of food over the next year to community partners throughout Greater Boston.

"This year, Food For Free is celebrating forty years as a hunger relief organization in Boston, and what better way to celebrate than opening a new space which will allow us to help even more people who are food insecure across the Greater Boston Area," Sasha Purpura, executive director of Food For Free, said in a statement. "We can’t wait to move into the new space and are actively looking for volunteers to help us fill our Just Eats grocery food boxes which will be distributed to Boston area families in need."

Food For Free will keep their office in Cambridge and continue to support the community as they have since 1981. The new space in Somerville will replace a temporary distribution spot in Cambridge and is scheduled to be fully operational by mid-July.

The organization is actively looking for people to volunteer at the new Somerville location, which is close to I-93 and Boston, Cambridge, Charlestown, Everett, Medford, and Chelsea with ample on-street parking. For more information, visit www.foodforfree.org.