
Cheo Ramos, coordinator of the Center for Self-Reliance food pantry, and Kim Croce, former executive director of the Franklin County Community Meals Program, with food contributed as part of the Bruce and Daydie Hochberg Thanksgiving Project in a previous year.
By Declan Provost
For the Recorder
October 27, 2025
With food insecurity impacting 50% of the households in Franklin and Hampshire counties, Rachel’s Table of Western Massachusetts is calling on community members to help ensure every family can have a Thanksgiving meal.

