Year: 2014
Every year for the last 22 years, WAAF has dedicated three days of radio air time to fund raise for The Greater Boston Food Bank (GBFB), the Worcester County Food Bank and the New Hampshire Food Bank. During those three days, the radio station and GBFB volunteers man the phones and take s...
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This past September, GBFB Team member, Matt Gray, was honored to be inducted into a new editorial series in The Griffin Report of Food Marketing called "40 Under 40." This list includes the top 40 rising leaders in the grocery industry under 40 yrs. old. We are thrilled for Matt for receiving thi...
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When Tonya McKee tuned to the nightly news while preparing dinner with Jack, her three-year-old son, she didn't anticipate it would lead to her son becoming the youngest Holiday Meal Drive participant in The Greater Boston Food Bank (GBFB) history. McKee and Jack watched as members in their Needh...
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There is no doubt that Boston is a sports town and The Greater Boston Food Bank is Boston team’s #1 fan. We are so thankful to live in a place where our sport’s teams are not only winners, but also give back to their community. Here’s a look back at some recent events we have held with the ...
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"Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds." –William Mitchell Kendall of the firm of McKim, Mead & White Architects who designed the New York General Post Office As the wind, rain and frigid cold swept ...
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On Thursday, November 13, GBFB welcomed over 150 friends at its Yawkey Distribution Center for the 9th Annual Chain of Giving. This yearly event is considered the kick-off to the holiday season and brings the GBFB community together to unload the first of many truckloads of turkeys, passing them ...
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Each year, The Greater Boston Food Bank has over 25,000 volunteers donate their time at our Yawkey Distribution Center in South Boston. GBFB is so grateful to these volunteers because they save us over a million dollars each year in labor costs! Recently, a group of three volunteers from 451 Mark...
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Boston Globe Magazine and The Commonwealth Institute (TCI) recently announced their annual Top 100 Women-Led Businesses in Massachusetts. This year was the first time that nonprofit organizations were included and GBFB's very own President and CEO, Catherine D'Amato, ranked #69! Catherine and mem...
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Skeletons! Spiders! Monsters! Ghosts! Ghouls! And Goblins! All of these spooky characters were found at the 10th annual Haunted House by Sophia Barrett and her family! For 10 years, the Barretts have turned their ancient stone basement into a Haunted House filled with freakish frights to scare an...
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Did you know that October is National Apple Month? Did you also know that The Greater Boston Food Bank has relationships with local Massachusetts farmers to acquire produce, such as apples, each year? One of these apple farms is Carlson Orchards in Harvard, MA. Carlson Orchards is part of the ...
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