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The Chronicle Companion: Week of Dec. 12 - 18, 2021

During a recent visit to Codman Square Health Center, I was chided by a staff member who noted that whenever she sees me there, I am taking a group on a tour. She’s probably right. Over my 47 years of involvement in Codman Square, I’ve given hundreds of tours, not just of the health center, but of Codman Square itself. People have come from many countries and dozens of states,

Daily Table announces free grocery delivery to customers Community Content Daily Table, a nonprofit grocery store with three locations in Roxbury, Dorchester and Cambridge, announced it will offer free grocery delivery to customers within a 2-mile radius of each of its stores.  Daily Table made the decision as communities continue to navigate how to best protect the health of their families during the ongoing pandemic. Online shoppers will benefit from the same low prices offered in stores with no markups or fees seen with other delivery options. Customers can easily shop for their groceries...

By Reporter Staff Reporter Staff Mayor Walsh and the Boston Resiliency Fund Steering Committee last week announced the Boston Resiliency Fund’s 28th and final funding round, totaling $3.85 million for 62 nonprofits across Boston, including 14 based in Dorchester and Mattapan. The organizations in this round of funding work to ensure access to food and other basic needs for Boston residents and to promote public health in the city through community-based outreach and engagement. Since its launch in March of 2020, $34.5 million has been donated to the Boston Resiliency Fund (BRF), and 377 B...

The pandemic revealed our food system is broken. We can fix it. Miriam E. Nelson © Provided by The Boston Globe The Daily Table team in Central Square. Two days before his inauguration, Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, loaded groceries into boxes at a food bank in Philadelphia. At the time, Biden reportedly acknowledged that hunger and food insecurity in our country had escalated precipitously since COVID began. Recent survey data show that more than a quarter of US families with children are food insecure — their parents lack regular access to affordable, healthy food. That...