The Greater
Boston Food Bank (GBFB) is the largest hunger-relief organization in
New England and among the largest food banks in the country. More than 54
million pounds of food was distributed by GBFB last year, enough to
provide healthy meals to over 500,000 people. GBFB acquires food through
food industry product donations, food drives, and financial contributions
that enable them to purchase additional high nutrient quality food.
Over 25,000 volunteers help to sort and distribute donated food
products. On September 16, 2016, Director of Public Health and Research Kathryn
Brodowski, MD, MPH, and Manager of Community Initiatives Christina
Peretti met with staff of
Stanley
Street Treatment and Resources (SSTAR)
to explore how SSTAR's
South End Services location could become a new distribution location
for GBFB. Over the course of the one-hour meeting, Dr. Brodowski and Ms.
Peretti described how the program works and made initial arrangements to
begin a monthly distribution program in the coming months. The initiative
resulted from the City's Mass
in Motion Project and the 1422
Project. Click
here for a 16-minute 
video of the initial
meeting. For more information, contact
Paula
Beaulieu at 508-235-7066. |
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(Top row) Dr.
Brodowski describes the program to staff from SSTAR's
South End Services location where the Food Bank distribution will
take place. (Middle row) Dr.
Brodowski responds to a question from Community Health Worker Wanda
Cruz. (Bottom row) Paula asks a final question of Manager of Community Initiatives Christina
Peretti before Lisa shows the group, including SSTAR Facilities Director, right,
where registration might occur before looking outside the building for
potential distribution areas in the parking lot. |
