Good to Know
Our Food Pantry is open on Monday to Saturday at the FREDERICA M. WILLIAMS BUILDING at 1290 Tremont Street, Roxbury; in addition, staff from our Food Pantry and WIC visit our Whittier satellite clinic at 278 Blue Hill Ave twice a week.
Office Hours
Services Offered
Patients are screened for referral to the Food Pantry using the BMC THRIVE tool. Those determined eligible receive a Prescription for Groceries and are limited to food once monthly. Each bag includes groceries from each food group and meets USDA standards, plus nutrition information.
In response to our service area being categorized as a “food desert,” we screen our patients for food insecurity and refer about 50% to access programs including the WIC Nutrition Program and Food Pantry.
Whittier’s registered dietitians offer comprehensive nutritional assessments and counseling to meet individual needs, with attention to maintaining overall health and managing conditions such as diabetes and hypertension, and develop personalized nutrition plans with patients and providers.
We have a WIC office on-site at our Tremont Street Center and WIC staff visit Whittier @Quincy Commons twice per week
About This Pantry
Our Food Pantry, now in its fifth year of operation, provides reliable and accessible food and nutrition services in an effort to decrease food insecurity and promote healthy diets for our patients. Those who are determined eligible are given a Prescription for Groceries and receive a monthly bag of items from each food group in addition to materials on nutrition and information about neighborhood food banks.