Abundance Boston vs Plentiful

Abundance is your guide for finding local food pantries, farmers’ markets, meal programs, fruit and vegetable pick-up sites, senior dining sites, and markets. Abundance is a free mobile app that empowers families to find free and low cost, high-quality food resources in the greater Boston Massachusetts area. The Abundance app is available for iPhone and iPad. Abundance Features: Find food resources near you: • Search by current location to find the closest food resource o Find a local food pantry or meal program o Find fruit and vegetable pick-up sites o Find a farmers’ market o Find a senior dining site o Find a market or grocery store • List or Map view • Find hours of operation and contact information • Enter an address or zip code if you don’t want to use location Search Filters • Filter your search results by address, zip code, distance and type of food resource Write and Read Reviews • Write reviews of local food sites • Read user reviews of each food site User instructions: Abundance Boston allows you to find local food resources, read user reviews, submit reviews. Please note the resources are located in the greater Boston, Massachusetts area. When you open the app it will navigate to your location. If you are not located in Boston, MA when using the app, enter an address or zip code in Boston in order to see available resources. Click on the icon to see the resource name and address. Next, click on the information button to see the resource details including hours of operation and user reviews. From that screen click "Rate this site" to enter a review and offer a rating. Click "Post a review" to share your review. To edit your review left swipe it to delete. Need Help: Contact abundance.village@gmail.com The Abundance app is developed and maintained by a team at Boston Medical Center Vital Village Network. Learn more about the Data Workgroup here: https://www.vitalvillage.org/data-dashboard/food-access

Plentiful helps you instantly connect with food pantries: find food pantries, make and manage visits, and receive updates from the food pantries you visit. Today we’re proud to introduce the Plentiful Access Map, a map of more than 40,000 food pantries across the U.S. Free and easy to use, Plentiful’s Access Map helps anyone, anywhere, find the food they need. This map bridges the gap between food banks and the communities and food pantries who make food access possible. In this moment of uncertainty and rising need, we hope this app can be a small act of stability and a way for our neighbors to find the help they need.