Wellesley Girl Scouts Support the Greater Boston Food Bank: 19th Annual Chain of Giving Event

By Mr Aabis Credit: Google media

Residents across Boston gathered once again Thursday morning to distribute hundreds of turkeys to their neighbors and kick off the holiday season as part of the Greater Boston Food Bank's annual "Chain of Giving."

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"This helps bring awareness to people so they understand that hunger is a serious problem in Massachusetts," said GBFB President and CEO Katherine D'Amato

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And they say "it's a huge problem, with one in three people facing food insecurity. That's important they represent young people, college students, veterans, military personnel. They represent homeless people, not homeless. People who own their homes.

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More than 150 participants, including a Wellesley Girl Scout troop, gathered at the food bank Thursday morning to hand out 1,200 turkeys from a delivery truck to the warehouse to give to families in need, all while stepping up to help

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All told, D'Amato said, the bank will give away chicken and produce during the holiday season, as well as about 220,000 turkeys and turkey parts.

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The president noted that before COVID-19, about one in seven people in Massachusetts went hungry. Since the outbreak and even today, about one in three people in the state are hungry.

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Wellesley Girl Scouts Support the Greater Boston Food Bank: 19th Annual Chain of Giving Event

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