| Upcoming Events
April 30, 2015
Stay connected -
use #LifeSavor2015
Meals4Moms -
Honor the special women in your life on Mother's Day while making a meaningful difference in the lives of mothers and families living with life-threatening illnesses. Coming soon!
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| Volunteer Opportunities Sign up to volunteer at LifeSavor 2015! Calling all walkers! Join Team Community Servings for the 2015 Avon Breast Cancer Walk. |
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| Thank You! |
To The
Yawkey Foundation for their $25,000 grant in support of our Food and Nutrition Program.
To
Project Bread for their $11,000 grant in support of our Food and Nutrition Program.
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| Featured Recipe |
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| Nutrition Tip |
Greens are the #1 food
you can eat regularly to help improve your health, says Jill Nussinow, MS, RD. This article explains why.
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| Volunteers Shine Despite Trying Winter  Snow mounds piled high, but our volunteers arrived at our kitchen every day to prep, package and deliver medically-appropriate meals to the homes of 1,525 critically-ill individuals throughout Massachusetts. "I have volunteered for 10 years, and this last Saturday's delivery was the most difficult ever. The streets were so narrow, and I couldn't find a place to pull over or park," said Debbi Hildebrandt, who delivered meals shortly after one of Boston's largest snowfalls. To make the delivery, Debbie parked her car on the main road and walked to the homes of our clients. "It helped me remember why we do this. If it is this difficult for me, healthy and with a car, what is it like for our clients to try and get to the market and prepare food? We "do good" at Community Servings and it took a nasty day like last Saturday to remind me of that," she said. |
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| National Volunteer Appreciation Week!
April 12-18  We're celebrating our hardworking volunteers with a week-long series of volunteer appreciation events! Each day of volunteer appreciation week will feature a special themed lunch, raffle prizes, games, and other fun activities! Visit servings.org to find out more information or RSVP to join us for lunch that week. |
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| Support us with a Globe Grant!
 If you're a Boston Globe Subscriber, you can vote for Community Servings to receive free ad space so we can promote our work and feed more of our critically-ill neighbors. It's easy, vote for us for us online by April 30, 2015.
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| Grant Highlights The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust
awarded Community Servings a three-year $900,000 capacity building grant. This grant will serve to deepen the agency's
Food as Medicine work, integrate new technology and software systems, and strengthen the agency's visibility.
The Bank of America Charitable Foundation
named Community Servings as a recipient of its 2014 Neighborhood Builders award. Neighborhood Builders is a strategic investment in high-performing nonprofits that combines $200,000 in unrestricted funding with leadership training for executives. The award, which includes the purchase of a new van, will help Community Servings
expand services to Fitchburg and Leominster, allowing us to bring our innovative approach to hunger to more people in need.
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| You have the power to help us serve more of our sick and hungry neighbors.  |
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