East Boston-Primarily based Nonprofit Raises Cash for Statewide Starvation Reduction
EAST BOSTON, Mass. – On Sunday, Might 4, Eastie Farm joined 1000’s of walkers for Venture Bread’s 57th Stroll for Starvation. The East Boston-based nonprofit returns to hit the pavement to lift cash to help statewide meals safety via the Commonwealth Program. The Commonwealth provides organizations addressing meals insecurity 60% of all funds they increase to help their very own starvation aid applications, with the remaining 40% utilized to Venture Bread’s statewide meals safety efforts.
The Stroll for Starvation, Venture Bread’s flagship neighborhood fundraiser, introduced collectively a various neighborhood devoted to making sure meals safety throughout the state. The occasion passed off on Sunday, Might 4 starting at 9 a.m. and featured family-friendly actions, meals and leisure. This yr’s Stroll continued its dedication to accessibility with a totally paved route, lodging for mobility gadgets, and the presence of ASL interpreters and multilingual employees.
“It’s turning into an increasing number of troublesome for individuals to afford sufficient to eat,” says Erin McAleer, President & CEO of Venture Bread. “One in 5 households with youngsters are anxious about the place their subsequent meal will come from. The Stroll for Starvation is our alternative to make a direct distinction within the lives of 1000’s of our neighbors. Organizations like, like Eastie Farm, are what make The Stroll for Starvation such a robust occasion. Collectively, as a neighborhood, we’re ensuring individuals can entry meals with dignity and selection every day.”
Eastie Farm has been empowering the East Boston neighborhood via equitable entry to nutritious meals, environmental training, and local weather justice initiatives since 2015. By applications like Produce for the Individuals, which incorporates free produce distributions and a Neighborhood Supported Agriculture (CSA) program, Eastie Farm addresses meals insecurity whereas constructing a resilient, native meals system. From a geothermal greenhouse and hydroponic system to instructional discipline journeys and volunteer workdays, Eastie Farm connects individuals of all ages to sustainable farming and environmental stewardship. Serving a various, immigrant-rich, and environmentally burdened neighborhood, Eastie Farm ensures meals help reaches these most in want, together with non-English audio system and undocumented residents. Funds raised via Venture Bread’s Stroll for Starvation will help Eastie Farm’s efforts to shut funding gaps, guaranteeing continued entry to wholesome meals and local weather training for all.
“At Eastie Farm, we all know that actual meals justice means addressing local weather change, neighborhood resilience, and entry to recent, wholesome meals for everybody—particularly those that face systemic boundaries,” says Morgan Barlin, Meals and Schooling Program Affiliate for Eastie Farm. “We’re proud to hitch Venture Bread’s Stroll for Starvation once more this yr to lift consciousness, construct neighborhood, and help a hunger-free future throughout Massachusetts. Each step we take helps fairness, entry, and sustainability in East Boston and past.”
Starting in 1969 as the primary pledge stroll within the nation, cash raised from The Stroll for Starvation is important to fund systemic change for starvation aid. Venture Bread launched the joint-fundraising Commonwealth Program in 2019. In 2024, 39 nonprofits raised greater than $228,000 to help their very own applications for statewide meals safety.
Fundraising via the Stroll for Starvation will proceed via the summer time. Donate on to Eastie Farm’s Commonwealth fundraiser at https://give.projectbread.org/staff/645028.
Individuals experiencing meals insecurity ought to name Venture Bread’s FoodSource Hotline (1-800-645-8333), which supplies confidential, free help getting linked to a wide range of meals sources in 180 languages and for the listening to impaired. Counselors can pre-screen households and assist them to use for SNAP. Be taught extra at projectbread.org/get-help.
About Venture Bread
Venture Bread is the main statewide meals safety group in Massachusetts. Starting in 1969 with the primary Stroll for Starvation, the nonprofit focuses on driving systemic change to make sure individuals of all ages have dependable entry to wholesome meals. Venture Bread works collaboratively throughout sectors to create revolutionary options to finish starvation and enhance lives throughout the Commonwealth. For extra data, go to: www.projectbread.org.
About Eastie Farm
East Boston, Massachusetts, is a majority-immigrant, Environmental Justice neighborhood on the frontlines of local weather change. Eastie Farm was born in 2015, when a gaggle of neighbors joined arms to repair up a long-abandoned lot on Sumner Road, reclaiming it as a spot to collect and develop meals. Within the following years, Eastie Farm labored to protect and revitalize extra open areas across the neighborhood as instructional city farms. We now function 3 rising areas together with the primary geothermal greenhouse within the Boston area. We train kids about local weather science and the meals system, and we work to alleviate meals insecurity via free meals distributions and our Neighborhood Supported Agriculture (CSA) program. Please go to eastiefarm.com to be taught extra and eastiefarm.com/donate to assist us in our efforts.
