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WHEN: 01/01/2022 - 01/31/2022 WHERE: Everett, Lynn, Malden, Melrose, Revere, Saugus, Stoneham, Swampscott, Wakefield, Woburn
The Food Drive started 2022 with a bang, distributing 17,500 pounds of food in ten communities and continuing our practice of hyperlocal rescue with new donor and recipient pairings. At the request of Food Donation Connection, we added Whole Foods Swampscott as a food donor and matched them with recipient My Brother's Table, a soup kitchen five miles away in Lynn, Massachusetts, where 20% of residents live below the poverty level. We also added a new Kentucky Fried Chicken franchise in Malden, which now provides meals for the dinner program at nearby Bread of Life. Sweet Spot Bakery in Melrose also joined us as a donor, and their baked goods will provide dessert for Saturday evenings at the Malden Warming Center. Our volunteers rescued and delivered food alongside us in the midst of the frigid conditions of a New England January...snow, sleet, ice, wind, and bitter cold. Their commitment to recovering good food from landfills and feeding our community instead inspires us every day.