Newton-Needham Regional Chamber to administer food assistance program
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A new program that aims to provide financial support for struggling restaurants and healthy meals to those facing food insecurity will launch next month in Newton, Wellesley and Brookline.
The initiative will deliver more than 10,000 restaurant meals to food pantries, senior programs and other persons in need who have been impacted by COVID-19.
It is funded by a $175,000 state budget earmark proposed by state Sen. Cynthia Creem, D-Newton, who wanted to help both restaurants and residents in her district.
The Newton-Needham Regional Chamber is directing the effort, in collaboration with the Rotary Club of Newton, the Wellesley Health Department and the Brookline Chamber of Commerce.
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The Newton-Needham Regional Chamber is directing a new state-funded effort to partner with local restaurants and deliver meals to food pantries, senior programs, and people in need starting in March in Brookline, Newton, and Wellesley, the organization said in a statement.
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As the Wellesley Chamber of Commerce prepares to join forces with the Newton-Needham Regional Chamber next month, The Wellesley Townsman asked its president, Greg Reibman, about the future of that organization and its present and future members.
WT: Twenty years ago, smaller chambers of commerce were very different entities. They tended to focus on local projects, tax issues and ribbon-cuttings. Today, the business climate is far more challenging, especially since the arrival of the pandemic. Have local chambers been able to keep up with the needs of their business members, or are many just dying off?
GR: In my nine years at our chamber we’ve worked hard to keep up with the times, the trends and the technology.