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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...

In celebration of Project Bread’s 53rd Annual Walk for Hunger event, Senator Sal DiDomenico participated in a live panel discussion on his Universal School Meals legislation. Each year, Project Bread’s Walk for Hunger gathers people, organizations, and businesses together as a community to make the statement that hunger in Massachusetts is unacceptable. In addition to raising funds to support Project Bread’s anti-hunger work, this year’s Walk for Hunger helped to raise awareness on the new Feed Kids Campaign, an initiative led by Project Bread in support of SD519/HD1161, An Act r...

Walk for Hunger raises money to address a crisis worsened by the pandemic By Lucas Phillips Globe Correspondent,Updated May 2, 2021, 1 hour ago Email to a Friend Kevin Neil (center), a chaplain with the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, walked in support of the Walk for Hunger fund-raiser with a group of people experiencing housing insecurity and homelessness.Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff With food insecurity elevated in Massachusetts due to the pandemic, the annual Walk for Hunger raised more than $1 million as the event took place virtually again this year, according to organizers. “Right now...

KEYNOTES: Thompson family reunites after second vaccination dose Rosemary Rimkus Like families everywhere, the four generations of the family of Hudson residents Raymond and Muriel Thompson look forward to post-COVID, when they can again gather for special occasions. The couple celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on Oct. 3, 2019, just before the pandemic struck, but they have been “masking and distancing” for over a year. With Covid restrictions since March 2020, it has been impossible to visit, hug or see their little ones, or other family members. Recently both received their seco...

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