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BOSTON — With gas and electric rates climbing to record high prices this winter, Attorney General Maura Healey is collaborating with Project Bread and the
Governor Charlie Baker recently signed into law a one-year extension of School Meals for All, guaranteeing K-12 students access to free meals.
Source: United States House of Representatives – Representative Jahana Hayes (CT-05) College students became eligible for expanded SNAP benefits temporarily during the COVID-19 pandemic. This bill would make that expansion permanent and provide other supports for students’ basic needs. Washington, D.C. – Today, United States Representatives Jahana Hayes (D-Conn.), Al Lawson (D-Fla.), and Norma Torres (D-Calif.) and United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), and Bernard Sanders (I-Vt.) introduced the Student Food Security Act of 2...
Roslindale/West Roxbury senior notes Community Content Note: In response to concerns about the coronavirus, area events may be subject to cancellation, postponement or attendance limits. Please contact organizers to confirm event details. Attention seniors The West Roxbury and Roslindale Transcript welcome your news. We publish every Thursday and are eager to publish your activities in this section. Please email any updates to this list to transcript@wickedlocal.com by the Wednesday prior to publication. The Villagers The Villagers of Roslindale meet at St. John Chrysostom Church hall, 4740 W...
Norwood Food Pantry taking part in Project Bread's Walk for Hunger Project Bread helped support 1,196 meal sites for children in Massachusetts. Through the Walk for Hunger, Project Bread hopes to raise $1.3 million for its programs. NORWOOD – Nick Campagna has walked the walk for 36 years. He has supported Project Bread through the annual Walk for Hunger, which is going virtual for the second straight year. “In normal years we would put up a display at the Town Hall and put up posters around town. But last year and this year we have had to rely mostly on social media and the Food Pantry w...