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CHANGE IN DAYS:  The Henniker Food Pantry is changing the night it gives out supplemental food from Wednesdays to Thursdays, 6 to 7 PM.  Please pick up a schedule at the pantry or check on the bulletin board outside the pantry door for the posted calendar.  Call Holly Preble at 428-6015 or Denise Getts at 428-7554 with any questions.

DONATIONS NOW BEING ACCEPTED AT THE LIBRARY:  The Tucker Free Library and the Henniker Food Pantry have teamed up!  The Tucker Free Library is providing a drop off location for food donations. Anyone interested in donating non-perishable food to the pantry can do so during regular operating hours.

The Henniker Food Pantry distributes food to those in need living in Henniker.

The Henniker Food Pantry, in an effort to better serve the needs of our community, is now open for additional hours to distribute supplemental food.

For more information please contact Holly Preble at 428-6015 or Denise Getts at 428-7554

The food pantry is located at 21 Western Ave. in the back of the Grange building, which is to the left of the Tucker Free Library. There is plenty of parking in the back.

2011 Operating Hours:

• January 12 regular distribution: 5:30 to 6 pm
• January 17 11 to 12 pm
• January 20  6 to 7 pm
• January 26 regular distribution: 5:30 to 6 pm
• January 31 11 to 12 pm
• February 3  6 to 7 pm
• February 9 regular distribution: 5:30 to 6 pm 
• February 14 11 to 12 pm
• February 17  6 to 7 pm
• February 23 regular distribution: 5:30 to 6 pm
• February 28 11 to 12 pm
• March 3  6 to 7 pm
• March 9 regular distribution: 5:30 to 6 pm
• March 14  11 to 12 pm
• March 17   6 to 7 pm
• March 23 regular distribution: 5:30 to 6 pm
• March 28  11 to 12 pm
• March 31   6 to 7 pm
• April 6 regular distribution: 5:30 to 6 pm
• April 11  11 to 12 pm
• April 14   6 to 7 pm
• April 20 regular distribution: 5:30 to 6 pm
• April 25  11 to 12 pm
• April 28  6 to 7 pm

PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY

To determine if you are eligible please read the following.

Are you or any member or your household currently eligible for and/or receiving help from any of the following programs?

• Fuel Assistance

• Food Stamps

• Women, Infants and Children (WIC)

• Medicaid (State Welfare)

• Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP)

• Aid to the Needy Blind

• Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF)

• Old Age Assistance

• Aid to Permanently and Totally Disabled (APTD)

• Subsidized Housing

• Head Start

• County, City or Town Welfare

AND/OR

Is your combined Gross Yearly Household Income at or below the following guidelines?

• 1 person - $20,036 3 people - $33,874 5 people - $47,712 7 people - $61,550

• 2 people - $26,955 4 people - $40,793 6 people - $54,631 8 people - $68,469

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If either of these apply then you are allowed to receive food from the Henniker Food Pantry. Proof of residency is needed as well.

Proof of residency would be:

• Car registration (driver’s licenses are not valid)

• Utility bill, most recent (phone, water, gas, electric, trash or sewer, etc.)

• Bank statement, most recent

• Government check, most recent

• Pay check, most recent

• Property tax receipt, most recent

• Housing rental contract of current residence

• Mortgage documents of current residence

If you have any questions call Holly Preble at 428-6015 or Denise Getts at 428-7554. The food pantry is located at 21 Western Ave. in the back of the Grange building, which is to the left of the Tucker Free Library. There is plenty of parking in the back. The Pantry is run by volunteers from Henniker.

DONATIONS:  If anyone would like to donate food, the Henniker Congregational Church and St. Theresa’s Catholic Church collect food on Sundays. Call Holly or Denise for drop off at the pantry. If you would like to donate money, please make a check out to Henniker Food Pantry and send it to Henniker Food Pantry, P.O. Box 55, Henniker, NH 03242