A SOUP kitchen van is now serving Musselburgh, helping people who are finding times tough during the Covid-19 pandemic. Run by hospitality food service provider BaxterStorey’s Chef Shack, and based outside Musselburgh East Community Learning Centre on Haddington Road, it provides free hot soup to individuals and families from the Musselburgh area. The soup kitchen is open on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11am to 2pm. Meanwhile, Musselburgh Area Partnership is funding initiatives to support people in the community, working with East Lothian Council’s Connected Communities service. Pamela Martin, community development worker, said: “With lockdown in the county, we aim to provide additional support to individuals and families.”
“Show me the money!” No one old enough to have seen the 1996 movie, Jerry Maguire, will ever forget that memorable phrase. That simple but powerful phrase could apply to every person who punches a clock for a living and just about every business, including community-based organizations (CBOs) and Connected Communities of Care (CCC). For CCCs and other non-profits, a parallel but no less powerful phrase, “No margin, no mission,” also rings true― just ask Sister Irene Kraus of the Daughters
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CHERRY HILL, N.J., Jan. 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ TD today announced that six U.S. recipients will receive 2020 TD Ready Challenge grant awards totaling $2.8 million to address the widespread impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The recipients are located across TD Bank s Maine-to-Florida footprint. The COVID-19 pandemic created a healthcare crisis that exposed social, economic and racial inequities, and we know it continues to disproportionately impact vulnerable populations across the U.S., said Greg Braca, President and CEO, TD Bank. This year, we focused the TD Ready Challenge competition on organizations that provide innovative solutions to the communities where we live and work.