One year
You’re invited
The Woburn Community Fridge is turning one!
Hosted by The Fox Den
Come celebrate one year of neighbors helping neighbors and reducing food insecurity in Woburn. See you at The Fox Den!
501(c)(3) community nonprofit
Take what you need.Give what you can.
A free fridge behind the United Methodist Church on Main Street, stocked by neighbors for neighbors. No forms, no eligibility checks, no questions asked.
Three ways to keep it full
Money, food, or time — every one of them keeps the shelves stocked.
Give money
Restock a shelf
We buy milk, eggs, and produce when donations run thin. PayPal or GoFundMe, any amount.
Give food
Drop off anytime
Cooked meals, fresh fruit and vegetables, spices, sandwiches — everything is welcome if it is fresh.
Give time
Join the team
Volunteers check the fridge, wipe it down, and collect bulk donations from local shops.
24/7
Open access, day or night — no permission needed.
40%
In 2026, of Massachusetts residents faced a record high number for food insecurity. (approximately 1.1 million households)
100%
Volunteer-run and community-stocked.
Ways to give money
Three ways to send a donation. All of it goes back into the fridge.
PayPal
Give any amount through PayPal.
GoFundMe
Follow the campaign and share it with neighbors.
Venmo
Quickest from your phone — @WoburnFridge.
From the fridge this week
Restock photos and shout-outs, straight from @woburn.communityfridge
What a great day at our Meet & Greet & Grill! 🍔🌭
Board members Mary, Emily, Jess, and Vanessa spent the afternoon grilling up burgers and hot dogs, meeting some amazing people, and connecting with a few new volunteers during PorchFest!
But one conversation really stuck with us.
We met a woman who has been using the Woburn Community Fridge for quite some time. She shared that she and her partner had been between homes and dealing with unemployment. During that time, having access to the fridge was a huge relief.
She explained that they had tried other food assistance programs, but pickup times didn’t work with her partner’s long work hours. She also doesn’t drive, and taking public transportation to pick up food and carry it all home just wasn’t possible for her.
That’s where the Community Fridge made a difference.
No appointments. No paperwork. No need to explain your situation. Just food available when you need it.
And the best part of her story? They’re getting an apartment, and she’s starting a new job soon! ❤️
These are the stories that remind us why we do this.
The Woburn Community Fridge is for EVERYONE. You don’t need to prove you’re struggling or ask permission to take something. If you need a little help, that’s what we’re here for.
We also started welcoming some new volunteers today, and we can’t wait to see our little community continue to grow!
Thank you to everyone who stopped by, grabbed a burger, shared a story, or asked how they could help.
Take what you need. Leave what you can. ❤️
Hey friends! Don’t forget, our Meet & Greet & Grill is happening this Saturday, October 10th, from 1–3 PM!
We’ll be hanging out at the church with FREE burgers, hot dogs, chips, and soda for anyone who wants to stop by!
Come learn a little more about the Woburn Community Fridge, meet some of our volunteers, sign up for volunteer opportunities, or just swing by to drop something off at the Fridge!
No need to bring anything or sign up. Just come say hi! We’d love to meet more of our neighbors and thank everyone who has helped make this little community project possible!
📍 Methodist Church, 528 Main St, Woburn (back parking lot)
Saturday, October 10th | 1–3 PM
Hope to see you there!
These boxes may not look like a lot, but I’m talking THOUSANDS of meat sticks!
Such a great grab-and-go source of protein, plus an abundance of drinks, trail mix, chips and other snacks.
We were able to unload this incredible donation alongside volunteers from other local community fridges, and this is exactly why making these connections matters so much.
When a donation this large comes in, we can share it. One donation gets spread across multiple communities and helps even more people.
We’re so grateful for the connections we continue to make and for every business, organization and person who believes in what community fridges are doing.
Different cities, different fridges, all helping each other keep them stocked. ❤️
“How can I help the fridge?”
We get messages like this all the time, and the answer is: it doesn’t have to be a huge commitment.
You don’t have to shop for the fridge every week or fill the whole thing.
Maybe you meal prepped and made too much. Pack up an extra portion, label it, date it and drop it off.
Maybe you’re grocery shopping and grab an extra dozen eggs, loaf of bread or a few yogurts.
Maybe once a month you see our fridge is getting low and you drop off a few things.
That’s it.
If more of us give a little here and there, this fridge can become something our community helps keep stocked together.
We are SO grateful for everyone who has already stepped up, donated, cooked, shopped, shared our posts or simply asked, “What do you need?”
It all adds up. And it all helps. ❤️
Woburn Community Fridge
Take what you need. Leave what you can.
ONE YEAR! 🥹❤️
It is honestly hard to believe the Woburn Community Fridge has been serving our community for almost an entire year.
This little fridge has taken on a life of its own, and that is completely because of YOU.
The people who stop by with a bag of groceries. The local businesses that donate. The restaurants and schools that share extra food. The volunteers who clean, organize and restock. The people who share our posts. And the people who simply ask, “What do you need?”
Every little bit has mattered.
Now we want to celebrate the first year with all of you!
📅 November 10th
⏰ 6:30–8:30 PM
📍 The Fox Den, Woburn
Your ticket includes a drink and appetizers while you mingle, network, meet our volunteers and some of the amazing people who have helped keep this fridge going.
Every dollar raised goes directly back to supporting the Woburn Community Fridge, helping us keep it clean, stocked and ready for our neighbors who need it.
Come celebrate ONE YEAR with us! ❤️
We really could not have done this without Woburn showing up in so many big and little ways.
Tickets can be purchased from the link in our bio. Hope to see you there!
Community Fridges are a complementary model to other local food resources including food banks and hot meals programs.
The Fridge, ours included, are not meant to replace grocery stores. We see some visitors take armfuls and bag fulls of food thereby leaving little for the person who comes to the Fridge after them.
While we cannot presume to understand where that food is going or how many people it is feeding, we also need to sustain this model to ensure we are helping everyone who is on the brink of food insecurity.
How else can we do this? By talking to our visitors. If you are a visitor to the Fridge, drop us a message in our DMs. Who are you feeding? How is the Fridge helpful? Are you aware of other food programs that might be more sustainable and comprehensive than our Fridge?
This feedback is the only way we can make this resource as effective as possible.
WOO WOBURN! Now’s your chance to come see what the Woburn Community Fridge is all about!
We figured since so many of you will already be out enjoying Porchfest, we might as well fire up the grill too 😂
Stop by Saturday, October 10th from 1–3 PM. We’ll have burgers and hot dogs for anyone who wants to swing by, meet some of the volunteers, check out the fridge and learn a little more about how it all works.
And SO many of you have already donated, dropped off food, shared our posts or helped keep this fridge going. We would LOVE the chance to actually meet you and say thank you in person!
Thinking about volunteering? Add your name to our volunteer roll call sheet while you’re there. No huge commitment required. We’re just looking to connect with more people who want to help when and where they can.
📍 523 Main St, Woburn, back parking lot
📅 Saturday, October 10th | 1–3 PM
Come grab some lunch, say hi, learn about the fridge and then head back out to enjoy Porchfest! ❤️
Meet Sam, one of the very generous lunch ladies over at Reading High!
Sam and her coworker Bernadette had been bringing their excess food to the Medford Community Fridge, but they were looking for somewhere a little closer. Sam happened to come across one of our videos on Facebook and found us!
And look at this donation!!
This was MASSIVE and we are so incredibly grateful. Sam is going to be regularly donating on Fridays. It won’t always be this much, but it doesn’t have to be. Every little bit helps keep this fridge full.
For our core group of volunteers, days like this are really special. We’ve put so much time and work into getting this fridge up and running, keeping it stocked, spreading the word and building connections. Seeing donations like this come in is when we finally get to see some of that hard work paying off.
This is exactly what we hoped for when we started the Woburn Community Fridge. The goal is for it to eventually become self-sustaining, with local businesses, schools, restaurants and neighbors helping keep it going.
It’s also pretty amazing to see how far word about our little fridge in Woburn is spreading!
AND we received another very generous donation from LeanBox of protein brownies, so right now the fridge AND freezer are bursting at the seams and ready to fill some bellies!
Thank you Sam, Bernadette, Reading High, LeanBox and everyone who continues to support this fridge. We are so grateful for every single donation, big or small!
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