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Meet Lyn: Food Recipient and Volunteer 86-year-old Lyn is like many vulnerable seniors in our community living on a fixed income as living expenses climb. To help ensure she gets the food she needs to stay active and healthy, Lyn receives a variety of groceries each month – including fresh frui...

Through our network of partner food pantries, GBFB has served roughly double the number of seniors during this pandemic than at the same time last year.

In 2014, 5.7 million seniors were food insecure across the country, more than double the number in 2001. In Massachusetts, an estimated 4.5% of seniors were at risk of hunger in 2014. The Problem with Senior Hunger Seniors face unique challenges that increase their risk of hunger. Adequate nutri...

Each month, The Greater Boston Food Bank delivers 10,200 pounds of food to Greater Lynn Senior Services. This food is sorted by onsite volunteers and leaves in 660 Brown Bags, one for each senior in the Lynn Brown Bag program, which provides supplemental grocery items to seniors in need. While th...

Over 7,500 Taunton residents don’t consistently know where their next meal is coming from, a daunting situation. GBFB’s Brown Bag distribution in Taunton helps nearly 500 seniors a month.