St. Francis House, Boston’s largest day shelter for individuals experiencing homelessness, has been partnering with GBFB to feed those in need since the 1980’s.
Your support helps people like Danielle, a former guest of St. Francis House, Boston’s largest day shelter and hunger-relief partner of GBFB.
The Greater Boston Food Bank (GBFB) has announced the launch of Hunger Free Holidays, its 11th annual holiday fundraising campaign. This year, GBFB aims to provide 23 million healthy meals across 190 cities and towns in Eastern Massachusetts.
In the 1980’s, we distributed 5 million pounds of food every year. Today, that number is up to 100 million pounds. Learn more about our forty-year history.
When you support GBFB, you’re helping our network have consistent access to high-quality food, and partners to help distribute it.
The Greater Boston Food Bank (GBFB) will highlight the sustained need for food assistance in Eastern Massachusetts due to the COVID-19 pandemic throughout the month of September in recognition of Hunger Action Month.
GBFB is delighted to announce a new partnership with Amazon. A leader in distribution and operational expertise, Amazon will donate weekly transportation services to GBFB every Wednesday, providing a full-sized tractor trailer and class A driver to deliver much needed healthy food.
New data from Feeding America shows MA had the greatest percentage increase in food insecurity in the country in 2020 due to the pandemic, a 47% increase over 2019.
Food insecurity is a serious matter of public health and it poses an even bigger health threat to our community’s most vulnerable populations.
We’ve launched Hunger Free Holidays, our 10th annual holiday fundraising campaign. This year, we aim to provide 20 million meals to our hungry neighbors in need.