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…
Crocheting Bernie Sanders for charity in Chelmsford Eileen DeChaves of Chelmsford, co-owner with her brother of Old Mill House Coffee & the Artisans Exchange in Chelmsford Center, made a crochet version of Bernie Sanders with his mittens at the inauguration, which they are raffling off as a fundraiser for the…
EAGLE INDEPENDENT Margaret Smith Wicked Local With the holiday season over — and a coronavirus spike expected — food pantries are bracing for an increased need, and challenges in keeping clients and volunteers safe. “Based on the increased number of customers during the last two months coupled with COVID 19, we…
Lowell-based food bank receives $50,000 donation By John Laidler Globe Correspondent,Updated January 5, 2021, 5:41 p.m. The Merrimack Valley Food Bank is getting some help from a foundation in providing food to needy families during COVID-19. The Eastern Bank Charitable Foundation recently awarded the Lowell-based food bank $50,000 to support its mission of…
Locals will receive addition grants from Eastern Bank charitable foundation By Jill Harmacinski LAWRENCE — Devoted to housing and food security, numerous nonprofits in Greater Lawrence will receive funding from another $3 million donation from the Eastern Bank Charitable Foundation, officials announced. The recent donation of $3 million in funds…
Volunteers, organizations work to keep up with need By Terry Date Dec 28, 2020 Volunteers from local churches unload food from a big box truck at a distribution center on Essex Street in Lawrence. The food is then organized and distributed by pastors and parishioners as part of a hunger…
The book will refer to Ms. Warren’s recent bid for the Democratic presidential nomination, won by Joe Biden, but is not a campaign memoir. U.S. Sen Elizabeth Warren has a book coming out about six key experiences and perspectives. The title should be familiar to those who have followed the…
