Harvest on Vine
Harvest on Vine
September 2025 Schedule
Distributions
Friday, September 12th, 3:00 pm – Set-up
Saturday, September 13th, 9:00 am – Setup tables
Saturday, September 13th, 10:00 am – Food Distribution
Thursday, September 18th, 1:00 pm – Mishawum Park Distribution
Monday, September 29th, 3:00 pm – Set-up
Tuesday, September 30th 4:00 pm – Set up tables
Tuesday, September 30th 5:00 pm – Food Distribution
Thursday, September 25th, 4:00 pm
Boyce Community Kitchen
Nutritious and Easy to Prepare
Cooking Demonstration
Thank you for all that you do!
Tom
Charlestown Catholic Community
Something very special from Harvest on Vine is coming Thursday, Oct. 16.
Watch this space for updates!
Harvest on Vine
August 2025 Schedule
Distributions
Friday, August 8th, 3:00 pm – Set-up
Saturday, August 9th, 9:00 am – Setup tables
Saturday, August 10th, 10:00 am – Food Distribution
Thursday, August 21st, 1:00 pm – Mishawum Park Distribution
Monday, August 25th, 3:00 pm – Set-up
Tuesday, August 26th 4:00 pm – Set up tables
Tuesday, August 26th 5:00 pm – Food Distribution
Thursday, August 28th, 4:00 pm
Boyce Community Kitchen
Nutritious and Easy to Prepare
Cooking Demonstration
Easy Summer Meal
Thank you for all that you do!
Tom
Charlestown Catholic Community
Pictures from Harvest on Vine distribution, Saturday, August 9 and some pics of a few of our volunteers!
Your donations at work. We would like to thank all those who participated in the cereal drive this summer and for the much needed continued support of our Harvest on Vine Food Pantry, which serves about 5 to 6 hundred families per month.
Something very special from Harvest on Vine is coming Thursday, Oct. 16.
Watch this space for updates!
Harvest on Vine
Community Kitchen Dedication
February 8, 2025
Dedication and Blessing of The Frances G. & Joseph F. Boyce Community Kitchen on February 8th.
Charlestown Catholic Community
Harvest on Vine
January 2025 update
On Saturday, January 11, Harvest on Vine volunteers braved the snow to distribute five tons of food to 225 families. They gave out milk, apples, acorn squash, and carrots, as well as chicken, fish, and pork chops. And all the dry goods the clients could carry. Despite the stormy conditions, the mood was joyous and energetic.
Harvest on Vine has again passed the Greater Boston Food Bank’s annual inspection, making it 22 years in a row. We have also been compliant with the City of Boston’s Inspectional Services Department in that time.
Thank you for your ongoing support. This ministry works because of you.
If you would like to become a volunteer at Harvest on Vine—The Heart of
Charlestown Catholic Collaborative—please send an email to tmacdonald@stmarystcatherine.org or call 617-990-7314.
Charlestown Catholic Community
News from Harvest on Vine
a Charlestown Hero
Earlier this month, The John F. Kennedy Family Service Center, Inc. an affiliate of Action for Boston Community Development (ABCD) nominated Tom MacDonald who runs the Harvest on Vine (HOV) food pantry in conjunction with the Charlestown Catholic Collaborative.
He was one of nineteen people selected and celebrated for this award in the city of Boston. ABCD celebrates resolute volunteers like Tom who work tirelessly in their respective communities to assist and empower our neighbors.
HOV has grown from serving seven families in 2003 to more than six hundred today. The partnership with the JFK Family Service Center has been critical to this growth. In addition, the relationship with the St. Vincent de Paul society has also enabled the distribution of six hundred coats (donated graciously by Ocean State Job lot) over the last two years.
Tom explained his motivation for doing this work, “I love doing it. I get to see the best of humanity. The community is beautiful to me. It is just one big family.”
We give thanks to Tom MacDonald as he is a facilitator of good at each opportunity that comes his way.
The Harvest on Vine volunteers
Sunday, September 29, 2024, Harvest on Vine Fundraiser at Brewer’s Fork.
A very big thank you to those who attended and helped raise needed funds for the food pantry and a special thank you to Brewer’s Fork for hosting!
Camp Compassion
Camp Compassion was down at the
Bunker Hill Mall collecting donations
and food donations for our Harvest on
Vine Food Pantry.
We thank Camp Compassion for all of
their efforts on behalf of Harvest on
Vine.
Cereal Drive
Please consider dropping off a box or two of cereal at the
back of the church at the weekend Masses all summer long.
Thank you for all you do.
Cooking Class
On the Juneteenth holiday, Harvest on Vine partnered with the City of Boston’s Office for Food Justice and offered a cooking class to our clients. We made vegetable chili and a tossed salad with homemade dressing. After we prepared the meal, we sat as a community and ate together.
Twenty-five people participated in the cooking process: dicing vegetables, making rice, whisking dressing, cutting lettuce, spicing broth, along with organizing, serving, and cleaning. Twenty-five of us left with full bellies. The next day, Harvest on Vine distributed food to fifty-four families in Mishawum, the highest number to date at that location. Earlier in the month, on Saturday, June 8, we served 204 households at the Vine Street location. Our next distribution is Tuesday, June 25, at 6:00 PM. New volunteers are always welcome.
With gratitude for your support!
Harvest on Vine
Thank you from Harvest on Vine for the donations on Hungry Sunday.
Harvest on Vine serves over 300 food insecure families in Charlestown and the surrounding area twice a month. However at Thanksgiving, our support doubles to upwards of 600 families.