Retrospective They’d grown fond of her St. Francis garden a living tribute to Cecilia Mancini By Debbie Hovanasian, Correspondent ‘I’ll keep doing this as long as i can, because it’s something i really like to do.’ – Cecilia Mancini , before she died recently of cancer Nine years ago a…
a Lifelong Devotion Another ‘Cars and Cans’ held, and local charity is grateful Lowell » Four years ago, I interviewed Alex Lambert at his home in Dracut. Somehow, I learned that he had organized a food drive for the Dracut Food Pantry. He named it “Cars and Cans.” I am always interested…
Helping feed those who are hungry Tewksbury » Lowell Five Bank employees have chosen the Merrimack Valley Food Bank to receive their second quarter Lowell Five Employee Charitable Giving Award. Each year, Lowell Five Bank’s employees choose four charitable organizations from a list of employee- elected nominees to be the recipients of…
By Robert Mills rmills@lowellsun.com LOWELL » U. S. Rep. Lori Trahan visited the Merrimack Valley Food Bank Thursday to help package and distribute food to families as she touted the beginning of enhanced child tax credit payments to families, saying the payments – as well as funding for organizations like the…
Lowell Community Health Center Senator calls facility an ‘even more extraordinary place today’ by Alana Melanson amelanson@lowellsun.com Lowell » Lowell Community Health Center was the first community health center U. S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren had visited shortly after joining the Senate in 2013. At that point, the then- new facility had only been…
Greater Lowell Community Foundation Group awards $180G to address food insecurity by aaron curtis acurtis@ lowellsun. com The Greater Lowell Community Foundation has announced it has distributed a new round of COVID-19 related grants, providing an additional $ 180,000 to 17 area nonprofits in Greater Lowell that will address youth food…
By Scott Shurtleff – Correspondent Merrimack Valley food Bank in L well is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. Executive Director Amy Pessia peers out from the Mobile Pantry storage and assembly area. Julia Malakie / lowell sun Lowell » This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Merrimack Valley Food Bank.…
Members of Lowell High’s chapter of the National Honor Society load bags of food they collected into a Merrimack Valley Food Bank van. COURTESY LOWELL HIGH SCHOOOL By SUBMITTED ARTICLE | May 17, 2021 at 9:50 a.m. LOWELL – Lowell High School’s chapter of the National Honor Society has received three statewide honors…
Merrimack Valley Food Bank, hospice provider receive grants from People’s United Bank Patricia Ahern, president and CEO of Care Dimensions, accepts a check for $25,000 from Patrick Sullivan, Massachusetts president and executive vice president of People’s United Bank. COURTESY PEOPLE’S UNITED BANK April 27, 2021 at 8:00 p.m. The Merrimack…
GLCF tackles food barriers in latest coronavirus response grants Tom Healy, of Lowell, has volunteered for Merrimack Valley Food Bank for a decade, delivering food to homebound residents. MVFB was a Greater Lowell Community Foundation COVID-19 Emergency Response Fund grant recipient to address access to food in Greater Lowell. PHOTO…
