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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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Thanksgiving represents a time of giving. The Greater Boston Food Bank is grateful for the support it receives from the entire community to help ensure that struggling families in Eastern Massachusetts have a healthy, hunger-free holiday. Each year we kick off the holiday season with our Chain of...
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Meg Staknis doesn’t “believe that anyone in the United States – or anyone, anywhere, really, but especially in the United States – should have to go hungry.” She’s transformed her strong belief into a powerful and generous hands-on response to hunger in Eastern Massachusetts. Meg st...
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