Year: 2026
On April 20, Tom, Ben, and Jasper Sieniewicz will be running the 130th Boston Marathon® presented by Bank of America on behalf of the Greater Boston Food Bank (GBFB). The Sieniewicz family has a special connection to GBFB. Alongside serving as the Vice Chair of our Board of Directors, To...
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GBFB has awarded a $2 million grant to The Salem Pantry to strategically expand food access on the North Shore. The funds will secure a new warehouse in Salem on the borders of Peabody and Lynn. The warehouse’s cold storage and freezer space will enable GBFB and The Salem Pantry to provide even...
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Throughout 2025, the federal food assistance programs that people rely on suffered repeated cuts, magnifying the issue of food insecurity and increasing demand for food at the pantries and community organizations that GBFB supplies. Early in the year, the federal government slashed $4 million fro...
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Rob Dinsmoor loved to ride bikes, hike, kayak, and, perhaps most of all, walk with his beloved dog, Jack. It was on these walks that Rob would stop and say hello to everyone in his South Hamilton neighborhood. “He was a kind and generous soul,” recalls his sister, Mara. “Many years ago, the...
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Location: Natick, MA Households Served: The pantry works off an appointment system, with 280 appointments per week. Amount of Food from GBFB: Forty-one percent of the pantry's food comes from GBFB. Emphasis on Healthy Foods and Client Choice: A Place to Turn offers as much fresh food as possible....
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Rain or shine, you will find Gina greeting food pantry clients as they walk through the Healthy Waltham mobile pantry to pick out fruits, vegetables, and other essential items. Gina is a food pantry client herself, and says it feels “really, really good” to volunteer there as well. “I feel ...
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From a young age, Marlene Kaplan was encouraged to remember those in situations less fortunate than her own. Marlene was raised in Randolph, Massachusetts in a Jewish family who saw the concept of tzedakah (roughly translated to charity or justice) as an integral part of their faith. Marlene...
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