MCC expands services for students in need Meeting the needs of students requires more than academic or intellectual stimulation — bodies need to be nourished and sheltered in order to flourish. A Wisconsin Hope Lab survey taken in 2017 by Middlesex Community College students revealed that 41% of the students…
Lowell Sun | Page A03 Sunday, 24 November 2019 FOOD FOR THOUGHT From left, Greater Lowell Chamber of Commerce Event and Communications Coordinator Tara Morrissey of Chelmsford, Rachel Polizzotti of Dracut, owner of Polizzotti Plumbing & Heating, Lisa Taylor-Montminy of Dracut, from Lowell General Hospital and Amanda Clermont of Lowell,…
Lowell Sun | Page A01 Monday, 11 November 2019 Matt Waterman, 17, led his Boy Scouts troop to collect over $4,000 to purchase turkeys for the Merrimack Valley Food Bank. NICOLE DEFEUDIS / LOWELL SUN Scout leads fundraiser to donate turkeys By Nicole DeFeudis ndefeudis@ lowellsun. com CHELMSFORD » “…
Massachusetts Anti-Hunger Organization Joint Press Statement on the Government Shutdown By: Massachusetts Law Reform Institute, The Greater Boston Food Bank, The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts, Merrimack Valley Food Bank, Worcester County Food Bank, and Project Bread. Massachusetts – Wednesday, January 15, 2019 As MA anti-hunger and advocacy organizations, we…
Middlesex C.C. expands hours at food pantry The Lowell Sun Updated: 12/23/2018 06:36:24 AM EST After a 2018 campus wide Wisconsin Hope Lab survey revealed that 41 percent of Middlesex Community College students identified as having struggled with food insecurity during the past 12 months, MCC has expanded the…
Food for thought at Greater Lowell Tech By Chris Lisinski, clisinski@lowellsun.com Updated: 10/21/2018 09:18:33 AM EDT Sun/Chris Lisinski Sun staff photos can be ordered by visiting our SmugMug site. TYNGSBORO — The new “Gryphon Market” at the Greater Lowell Technical High School is tucked away at the end of…
LC students practice what they preach The Lowell Sun Updated: 12/31/2017 06:36:04 AM EST LOWELL — The month of December, Lowell Catholic Elementary students held a food drive to benefit the Merrimack Valley Food Pantry. Hundreds of items were donated as students continue to learn about the importance of…
From student project grows Lowell High food pantry By Todd Feathers, tfeathers@lowellsun.com Updated: 12/23/2017 05:28:24 PM EST LOWELL — Hunger wasn’t an abstract concept for Jessica Lander’s Generation Citizen class last year. The group of more than 20 students had all come to Lowell as immigrants, some of them…
The Lowell Sun Updated: 02/21/2018 12:00:12 PM EST Theresa Sarrah of Lowell, left, and Anthony Villandry of Boxboro, employees of Clark Insurance, present Amy Pessia, executive director of the Merrimack Valley Food Bank, with a $3,000 gift to support food distribution in the region. Clark Insurance, formerly James L.…
