State Senator Ed Kennedy joined with an army of volunteers at the Dwelling House of Hope Food Pantry on Saturday, November 19. The food pantry, which is located at 125 Mount Hope Street in Lowell gave out more than 3,000 boxes of food and turkeys for the upcoming Thanksgiving Holiday. This year the Dwelling House of Hope was joined by the United Way and the Greater Boston Food Bank at the Mount Hope Street location. Among the volunteers were State Representative Vanna Howard, State Representative-Elect Rodney Elliott, Lowell City Councilors Erik Gitschier and John Drinkwater and Lowell School Committeeman Dominik Lay.