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On Wednesday, September 19, three hundred Boston area women joined Gail Graham, SVP of United Capital and Chair of Women Fighting Hunger, at the Mandarin Oriental, Boston for the second annual Women Fighting Hunger breakfast. These business and community leaders honored Massachusetts Attorney Gen...
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During the month of September, The Greater Boston Food Bank will participate in Hunger Action Month, part of a national initiative to “Speak Out Against Hunger.” Across the nation, nearly 49 million people face hunger. In Eastern Massachusetts one in nine residents is food insecure. In childr...
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On August 14 and 15, The Boss rocked Fenway in support of The Greater Boston Food Bank, encouraging fans to give generously to GBFB’s hunger relief efforts. Each night 12 volunteers from GBFB were invited into Fenway Park to collect money from concert goers, collecting over $8,000 each night, f...
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On August 1, GBFB Registered Dietitians and staff members traveled to Camp Welch in Assonet, Massachusetts to put on a nutrition fair for children from the Boys & Girls Club of Fall River. Many of these children are also part of the Kids Cafe program, which provides nutritious meals for disad...
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On July 11, GBFB traveled to Taunton, MA for a cross-dock delivery of 55,000 pounds of food to over 20 of its member agencies. Cross-docking enables GBFB to unload and transfer food from its semi-trailer trucks onto donated shipping docks, and directly to agency trucks, trailers, or cars, with no...
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On Tuesday, June 12, The Greater Boston Food Bank’s Kitchen Cabinet chairs Sarah Biller, Hannah Commoss and Kirby Lunger welcomed Kitchen Cabinet members and friends to Step Into Summer in the Courtyard at CLINK, The Liberty Hotel. The social event is the Kitchen Cabinet’s semiannual fundra...
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Many people believe winter is the season when hunger hurts our community most, but this summer, GBFB is busier than ever. In years past, we saw a slight decrease in requests for food assistance during the summer months, but the slow economy means that more of our neighbors in Eastern Massachusett...
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Just one week before final exams, on May 2, roughly 280 low-income students at Bunker Hill Community College each received close to 40 lbs. of nutritious food at The Greater Boston Food Bank Mobile Market. Carrots, eggs, apples, hummus, tofu, onions, potatoes, sweet potatoes, as well as frozen po...
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The first time Catherine and Jay and their two teenage sons volunteered at The Greater Boston Food Bank (GBFB), they helped sort and pack donated food at its 117,000 square foot Yawkey Distribution Center. “Walking into the warehouse was overwhelming at first,” Catherine recalled. “W...
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Our annual Super Hunger Brunch, held on Saturday, January 28 and Sunday, January 29, was one of our most successful ever. Twenty-three restaurants donated their food, time, and fine service to offer a $25, $35, or $50 brunch to nearly 1600 guests - all to benefit The Greater Boston Food Bank. ...
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