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.…
Help Food Bank feed the Valley Updated: 02/06/2018 10:48:13 AM EST A “Feed the Valley Fundraiser” was held at Stonehedge Hotel and Spa recently to benefit the Merrimack Valley Food Bank. About $15,000 was raised for MVFB’s food-distribution programs that serve families in the region. From left, MVFB…
Lowell Five donates $8,000 to food bank Updated: 01/09/2018 12:16:30 PM EST (COURTESY PHOTO) The Lowell Five Bank recently honored a pledge made to the Merrimack Valley Food Bank by presenting the food bank with a check for $8,000. Before the food bank’s annual golf tournament in September, at…
ABC Nursery collects for Merrimack Valley Food Bank The Lowell Sun Updated: 12/19/2017 06:35:56 AM EST Susan Swenson’s class at ABC Nursery School in Chelmsford recently collected 275 pounds of food during the Thanksgiving Food Drive for the Merrimack Valley Food Bank. With Swenson are, front row, from left,…
The Lowell Sun Updated: 07/19/2016 06:37:45 AM EDT LOWELL — The Merrimack Valley Food Bank is sponsoring the USDA Summer Food Service Program at multiple locations throughout the city on weekdays through Aug. 17. The summer lunch program provides lunches to children involved in activities at city parks, recreational…
