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Eastie Farm’s Stroll for Starvation group of employees, volunteers, board members, and supporters earlier than the 3-mile
stroll round Boston Frequent.
On Sunday, Might 4, Eastie Farm joined 1000’s of walkers for Undertaking Bread’s 57th Stroll for Starvation. The East Boston-based nonprofit returns to hit the pavement to boost cash to assist statewide meals safety via the Commonwealth Program. The Commonwealth offers organizations addressing meals insecurity 60% of all funds they increase to assist their very own starvation aid packages, with the remaining 40% utilized to Undertaking Bread’s statewide meals safety efforts.
The Stroll for Starvation, Undertaking Bread’s flagship neighborhood fundraiser, introduced collectively a various neighborhood devoted to making sure meals safety throughout the state. The occasion befell 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 completely paved route, lodging for mobility gadgets, and the presence of ASL interpreters and multilingual employees.
“It’s changing into increasingly more tough for folks to afford sufficient to eat,” says Erin McAleer, President & CEO of Undertaking Bread. “One in 5 households with youngsters are frightened about the place their subsequent meal will come from. The Stroll for Starvation is our alternative to make a right away 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 folks 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 schooling, and local weather justice initiatives since 2015. By packages like Produce for the Folks, 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 folks 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 Undertaking Bread’s Stroll for Starvation will assist Eastie Farm’s efforts to shut funding gaps, guaranteeing continued entry to wholesome meals and local weather schooling for all.
“At Eastie Farm, we all know that actual meals justice means addressing local weather change, neighborhood resilience, and entry to contemporary, wholesome meals for everybody—particularly those that face systemic obstacles,” says Morgan Barlin, Meals and Training Program Affiliate for Eastie Farm. “We’re proud to hitch Undertaking Bread’s Stroll for Starvation once more this yr to boost consciousness, construct neighborhood, and assist 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 vital to fund systemic change for starvation aid. Undertaking Bread launched the joint-fundraising Commonwealth Program in 2019. In 2024, 39 nonprofits raised greater than $228,000 to assist their very own packages 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/group/645028.
Folks experiencing meals insecurity ought to name Undertaking Bread’s FoodSource Hotline (1-800-645-8333), which supplies confidential, free help getting linked to a wide range of meals assets in 180 languages and for the listening to impaired. Counselors can pre-screen households and assist them to use for SNAP. Study extra at projectbread.org/get-help.
Undertaking 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 folks of all ages have dependable entry to wholesome meals. Undertaking Bread works collaboratively throughout sectors to create progressive options to finish starvation and enhance lives throughout the Commonwealth. For extra data, go to: www.projectbread.org.
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 bunch of neighbors joined arms to repair up a long-abandoned lot on Sumner Road, reclaiming it as a spot to assemble 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 youngsters 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.
