Rose’s Bounty Passes 1,000,000 Pounds of Food Distributed in 2025
Rose’s Bounty, West Roxbury’s Food Pantry, distributed over 1,000,000 lbs. of food in 2025! This represents a 29% increase from 2024 and a doubling of the 2020 amount. The uncertainty over SNAP benefits drove an increase in the latter part of the year. (1,000,000 pounds of food equates to 820,000 meals.)
Darra Slagle is the Director of Rose’s Bounty; “Our amazing volunteers really stepped up this year. The support from the community has been great. We have a donation bin at the front of Roche Bros supermarket. When SNAP benefits were under siege, we had to empty that bin every day. Lots of people were donating.” Although Trader Joe’s is new in town, they have already connected and started a donation program.
Rose’s Bounty prides itself on not just the total volume of food distributed but the quality. The Greater Boston Food Bank has hundreds of partners. Rose’s Bounty ranks in the top 10% of Fresh Produce distributed.
Food Pantries run on volunteer hours and donations. In 2025, major donors included The Brickhouse, West Roxbury Crushed Stone, The Corrib Pub Charitable Trust, the Jean Tempel Foundation, The Cooperative Bank, The Jack & Annis Bowen Foundation, Freemason Union Lodge A.F. & A.M., the Children’s Happy Day Art Fundraiser, The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the City of Boston, United Way, Rockland Trust Charitable and Parkway Travel Basketball. Donations were also received in memory of Corinne Brennan, Bill Hull, Robert Lee and Jeff Flagg. “I am so thankful for the hard work of the folks at Rose’s Bounty who manage to consistently and efficiently deliver a vital resource for Boston residents at a time of great need.” said District 6 City Councilor Ben Weber.
Please go to RosesBounty.org for more information
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