The Arrow Charity - Buying Friends and Families Food

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We are an IRS Registered 501c3 charity
All donations are tax deductible

10/28/2026

The need is extremely real. This is how the Greendale fridge and pantry looked prior to us getting there earlier in the night.

10/28/2026

We will be filling the Greendale Fridge located on 16 Brooks Street in Worcester, Massachusetts

10/19/2026

Tonight , we’ll be stocking up the community refrigerator at the Charlton Federated Church. This Refrigerator is located at 64 Main St in Charlton, MA

10/15/2026

Dropping a bunch of food to the “Bridge Fridge” in Southbridge, MA. Have a great night everyone!

The bridge fridge I’m stocking is at the renaissance medical group building 11–15 Sandersdale Road in Southbridge, MA

10/10/2026

Arrow Charity Update: 10/09/2026

As I eluded to in my latest video, I have decided to change how this charity will disperse food. I no longer will be making personal home deliveries to individual families. It’s just not a business model that is ultimately sustainable.

I have an incredibly busy fall and winter on tap at my full-time job. The last thing that I want to do is tell families “I’ll get them a delivery” and not be able to, in a timely manner

We’ve been delivering for almost 6 years and quite frankly, I do not have enough free time to continue with the way I’ve been doing things.

So here’s what I’ll be doing from today (Oct 9, 2026) going forward:

1. Put a simple spreadsheet together, consisting of the local area towns (Spencer, Charlton, Brookfield(s), Leicester, Southbridge, Sturbridge Warren and Worcester) “fridges” or equivalent and each towns senior centers and use that spreadsheet to keep track of the dates and times of our stocking activities.

2. Stocking 1-2 towns a week and posting on this page when I do so.

3. Strictly adhering to the spreadsheet to equally disburse the food.

This charity has completed 801 deliveries in 12 states. We’ve received so much help and support and I can’t thank everyone enough. The amount of food being donated will probably actually increase doing it this way and that’s always a good thing.

We have a few families that donate to this charity throughout the year and I can’t correctly articulate how appreciative I am of that. I maintain that we still are one of the very few 501(c)3 charities in Worcester County, or the State of Massachusetts where 100% of every dollar donated is used as it was intended. Even though our delivery of food will change, the need is still there and we will do our best to provide as much relief as possible.

I need everyone who reads this and donates to the Arrow Charity to know: We are still doing what we can to lessen the food insecurity of as many people as we can.

If you’ve made it this far, thank you. It’s full steam ahead as I put the spreadsheet together. I’m not guaranteeing that I will never go back to personal family deliveries, it’s just extremely difficult at this time and I think I can still make an impact delivering to the senior centers and fridges.

Thank you for your time,

Eric LaFleche
Director, Arrow Charity

10/09/2026

Just delivered for family #801 this evening. There will be announcement of sorts about a change to the way we disburse our donations going forward. I will post that on this page. Thank you.

10/08/2026

This evening I’ll be delivering for a family #800. I hope everybody enjoys your evening.

08/31/2026

Remember when I mentioned we had some exciting news a little while back?

Well, The Arrow Charity is teaming up with Spencer, Massachusetts' Klem's for their 'Klem's Cares" Fundraiser Event, happening on September 12, 2026.

This will be a fun-filled day of activities, shopping and fundraising. Please see the event flyer below. This is a great opportunity to help out local charities, while shopping at a fantastic store. Klem's is the go-to in the local and surrounding areas for so many items. They have been a mainstay in Spencer since 1946!

NOTE: You MUST use the shopping code below, in order to donate to our charity.

You can also shop online at Klemsonline.com.

Thank you so much to Klem's for this wonderful opportunity. Please feel free to share this post!!

08/07/2026

Here’s what family #786 received this evening. Hopefully, it makes things a bit easier for them ❤️

07/04/2026

Happy July 4th everyone. Stay safe this holiday!

Address

27 Main Street
Spencer, MA
01562

Telephone

+17742625998

Website

http://www.BuyingFood.org/

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