Once again, we’re sharing the entire text of the recent letter from Worcester County Food Bank’s Director of Advocacy, Liz Sheehan Castro. Please take the time to learn about the proposed changes to the definition of “public charge” and what it could mean for immigrant families, including many of our friends and neighbors here in […]
Got an extra minute or two today? We’re 2/3rds the way through #HungerActionMonth. Today is a great day to take action against hunger. We’re sharing the letter sent out by Liz Sheehan Castro, advocacy director for Worcester County Food Bank in support of Breakfast After the Bell. Why Breakfast After the Bell Currently, there is […]
Tomorrow, Thursday Sept 13, is National Hunger Action Day.We’re asking all of you to speak up to protect and defend SNAP! As hundreds of food banks and anti-hunger advocacy groups rally to fight hunger in their communities, Congress is debating the future of two of the most important anti-hunger programs in the country, SNAP and […]
In today’s installment of Farmers Market Recipes, we got creative with two favorite kids’ summer vegetables – carrots and corn. Farms all over the region are in the midst of harvesting a bumper crop of both, and you’ll see bushels of corn and bunches of carrots adorning farmers market tables just about everywhere. When my […]
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Today’s installment of Farmers Market Recipes (for National Farmers Market Week 2018) is inspired by these yummy shots from Black Seed Farmers Market: I mean, yes, to the tomatoes and beets and radishes, but child, look at those herbs and greens! Scallions and parsley, mint and cilantro, turnip greens, beet greens, and so much more. […]
School’s out, and that means thousands of families who rely on the school meals program to help feed their children often find themselves struggling to provide nutritious meals. The Summer Food Service Program, known as Summer Eats, helps fill that gap for the 400,000 students who qualify for free or reduced breakfast and lunch in […]
Next week, people across Massachusetts will be eating on $4.56 a day as part of the 2018 SNAP Challenge. For thousands of our neighbors, though, this isn’t a one-week challenge. It’s the daily reality of their lives. We’re inviting everyone to join us in taking the challenge to find out exactly what it means and […]
Support HIP Funding – A Message from Martha and Liz We need your help to support HIP funding and ensure that the Healthy Incentives Program (HIP) is fully funded for the upcoming year. We’re encouraged that our Massachusetts legislators recognize the importance of this vital program, but it needs more support. Please read the letters […]
Your advocacy is working! Thanks to your calls and emails, the House Ways and Means Committee included $2.15M for HIP funding in the supplemental budget bill that will be voted on THIS MORNING. That money will allow HIP to continue through June, avoiding the planned suspension of the program entirely.That’s just a first step, though. […]
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