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POLITICO Get the Massachusetts Playbook newsletter Email Sign Up By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or updates from POLITICO and you agree to our privacy policy and terms of service. You can unsubscribe at any time and you can contact us here. This sign-up form is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Presented by Uber Driver Stories MORNING, MASSACHUSETTS. MARKEY MAKES HIS CASE — Remember those couple of weeks at the end of the 2...

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Newtonville resident to participate in Project Bread’s Walk for Hunger Courtesy of Project Bread NEWTONVILLE — On May 2, Erika Cain, of Newtonville, will lace up for Project Bread’s 53rd annual Walk for Hunger.  She will be among thousands of virtual participants to walk in their own neighborhoods to raise more than $1 million to help get food to kids and families during the COVID-19 crisis. Historically, the Walk for Hunger, the nation’s oldest continual pledge walk, takes place the f...

Wicked Local It was 1996 when Paul Collins and his family moved back home to Winchester after spending 16 years as an “economic refuge” in New York state. After reading an article about Project Bread’s Walk for Hunger -- the leading statewide anti-hunger nonprofit -- he thought it would a great civic duty to help the cause. He had been interested in hunger in America from a social-justice perspective for a while and felt he could do something small and teach his kids a lesson about the wo...

The number of Massachusetts households receiving food assistance benefits is 26% higher than it was a year ago, and there could be another 700,000 people who are eligible for the aid but are not receiving it, advocates said Monday. Speakers at a virtual briefing hosted by the Massachusetts Law Reform Institute, Greater Boston Food Bank, Project Bread and Massachusetts chapter of the National Association of Social Workers highlighted a bill that aims to connect that population with nutrition ben...

Reply(1) WALTHAM, Mass. – On May 2, Waltham Fields Community Farm will be among thousands of virtual participants to lace up for Project Breads 53rd annual Walk for Hunger. For the second consecutive year, the Waltham-based nonprofit will participate in the event through The Commonwealth Program which gives 60 percent of all funds raised by teams from likeminded organizations and agencies back to support their own anti-hunger programs, with the remaining 40 percent applied to the statewide an...

(File photograph.) Haverhill Rep. Andy X. Vargas participates in a legislative briefing Wednesday morning on a bill mandating schools “make breakfast and lunch available at no charge to each attending student.” Besides lead House sponsor Vargas, the online briefing is organized by The Feed Kids Coalition, led by Project Bread, and Senate sponsor Sal DiDomenico. Speakers also include Project Bread CEO Erin McAleer, Athol-Royalston Regional School District Superintendent Darcy Fernandes Rebec...

Programs with the Dover Council on Aging: Senior Coffee and Chat Common Content Vaccine information             The Dover Council on Aging is available to assist with scheduling appointments for the COVID-19 vaccination for those eligible under phase 2. They can be contacted at 508-315-5734 and coa@doverma.org. Puzzles and Books             Have you read that pile of books and done the puzzles on your shelf? The COA Library has plenty to share.             Give ...

Programs with the Dover Council on Aging: Puzzles and books available Common Content Vaccine information             The Dover Council on Aging is available to assist with scheduling appointments for the COVID-19 vaccination for those eligible under phase 2. They can be contacted at 508-315-5734 and coa@doverma.org. Blue Moon Bagels and Breads             Thursday, Feb. 18; pickup from 1-2 p.m.             Donated baked goods from Blue Moon Café are available f...

Sen. Sal DiDomenico has once again joined forces with anti-hunger organization Project Bread in sponsoring new legislation to provide free school meals to all children in the Commonwealth. SD519/HD1161, An Act relative to universal school meals, would allow every student who wants or needs a school breakfast or lunch to receive it—at no cost to their family and with no requirement to sign up or provide income or other information. Just as no student is required to pay fees at public schools ...