Year: 2012
Congress recently proposed drastic cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as food stamps. According to the MA Dept. of Transitional Assistance, this could potentially affect more than 120,000 Massachusetts residents, reducing their monthly benefits by $50 - $...
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On Thursday evening, April 26, close to 500 guests and sponsors joined the Board and staff of The Greater Boston Food Bank for its third annual Banquet. Bank of America was the Lead Sponsor for this year’s event, and Robert E. Gallery, Bank of America Massachusetts President and Kerry H. Sulliv...
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On Marathon Monday (April 16) four runners raced 26.2 miles from Hopkinton to Boston in grueling 90 degree heat to raise more than $30,000 to benefit The Greater Boston Food Bank. We caught up with three of them (while they weren’t running!) to find out why they ran for GBFB. For Shore Gregory,...
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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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This spring, join with GBFB and reach out to Massachusetts government leaders to urge them to increase FY 2013 funding for food purchases under the Massachusetts Emergency Food Assistance Program, or MEFAP. With federal USDA-provided food in recent decline by as much as 50%, the nutritious foods ...
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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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Learn more about The Greater Boston Food Bank's 117,000-square-footed distribution warehouse, and how it was built to distribute 36.7 million pounds of food to 545,000 people annually. Video courtesy NBBJ.
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January was “Super Hunger Month” when The Greater Boston Food Bank (GBFB) traditionally teams up with some of the area’s celebrated chefs and restaurants to raise awareness and support for efforts to end hunger in Eastern Massachusetts. This year, our stellar Culinary Committee of Chefs inc...
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GBFB's annual Super Hunger Chef event was held the evening of January 25th at the Four Seasons Hotel Boston. More than 125 guests enjoyed an international culinary tour as they passed from table to table, each with a different regional cuisine prepared by participating chefs featuring their res...
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This past week The Greater Boston Food Bank (GBFB) teamed up with volunteers from New Balance and the Commonwealth Tenants Association (CTA) to distribute almost 10,000 lbs of nutritious food to the residents of the Commonwealth Housing Development in Brighton. The CTA serves more than 1,000 tena...
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