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…
Posted Mar. 22, 2016 at 3:23 PM CONCORD The Jericho Road Project, a nonprofit organization dedicated to community strengthening and development through talent-matching partnerships with professional volunteers, raised over $72,000 at its annual spring fundraising gala, Bridges to Change. More than 200 local philanthropists, public officials, heads of business and…
TYNGSBORO — A hallmark of an Academy of Notre Dame education is a commitment to community service. One of the ways NDA students, faculty and administration demonstrate that commitment is with the school’s annual food drive. This year, more than 1,740 pounds of nonperishable food items were collected and delivered…
By Amelia Pak-Harvey LOWELL — The Merrimack Valley Food Bank is lobbying for an extra $3 million in next year’s budget for the Massachusetts Emergency Food Assistance Program, stressing that the need for food banks across the state remains high. About 37 percent of people in need across the state…
The Lowell Sun UPDATED: 01/17/2016 06:36:46 AM EST Students at Hellenic American Academy in Lowell recently collected food to support the Merrimack Valley Food Bank. Front row, from left, are kindergartners Mason Hazel-Fookes, Nicholas Gannon, Alexandra Stathopoulos, Emilia Kaliviotis, George Grillakis, Melina Kanavou, Melchizedek Keo-Van, Angeliki Paraschou, Madyson…
The Lowell Sun UPDATED: 01/06/2016 01:27:44 PM EST LOWELL — The John Harrington-Mary Costello family owned The Sun for more than 100 years and were always mindful of being good corporate citizens The Sun was founded in 1878 by John H. Harrington and his newspaper was to be the…
Fred C. Church Inc.’s 2015 charity of choice was the Merrimack Valley Food Bank with more than 80 employees contributing through a payroll deduction program. For many years Fred C. Church has offered its employees a payroll deduction program for charitable giving. In recent years, the agency has supported individual…
Posted by sunthecolumn on June 26th, 2015 When the Jeanne D’Arc Credit Union bid adieu to president/CEO Paul Mayotte in 2007, it had some big shoes to fill. Mayotte was synonymous with the venerable credit union and was a true ‘partner’ in Lowell’s now famous ‘public-private’ partnership. The credit union…
By Dennis Shaughnessey, Sun Correspondent UPDATED: 05/05/2015 07:10:28 AM EDT LOWELL — As it is in almost every household everywhere, so it is with the Merrimack Valley Food Bank; the cupboard shelves do not replenish themselves. But if the past nine years are any indication, Thursday night’s 10th Annual…
