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More than 300,000 students in Massachusetts rely on the food provided by the free and reduced lunch program offered in public schools. So what’s going to happen as more districts announce long closures over coronavirus concerns? WBUR’s Carrie Jung checks in on some of the efforts ensuring families can still access the meals they need.
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Amherst resident Molly Gonzalez would head to the Mill River Recreation Area so her children could pick up free meals being distributed from the North Amherst site.On Thursday afternoon, the children, Alyma, 12,...
Summer meal programs feeding children for free had been successful thanks to pandemic waivers allowing more flexibility. Congress extended the waivers at the last minute, which caused a gap in
Special to the Journal Mayor Brian Arrigo announced Pauline Lyons as July 2022’s Public Servant of the Month. Pauline has been helping to feed Revere’s children for 24 years through the RPS Food Services, and continues her work at the Rumney Marsh Academy. A lifelong resident of Revere, Pauline has also raised her children here,
Rep. Pressley hosted a public conversation on food insecurity in East Boston.