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Mobile Market helps create community
The Mobile Market, a free traveling farmers market serving all Beverly Housing Authority residents, as well as Turtle Woods/Turtle Creek, season ends at the end of the month.
In addition to providing free and nutritious fruits and vegetables to those that might otherwise not be able to afford them, a wonderful thing about this program is the sense of community that has developed at the markets: not only the conversations that happen between people while waiting in line, but also neighbors quite literally helping neighbors. A great example of this is a pair of teenage boys from one neighborhood who show up every week to help us set up the market. They also offer to carry their elderly neighbors' heavy bags home for them. In a time when youth often unfairly get a bad reputation, its heart warming to see these boys doing good deeds.
As of August 31, the program has served 648 individuals and 385 households, and dispersed 21,431 pounds of fresh produce.
Thank you to Beverly Housing Authority, the Doe Family Foundation and Beverly Hospital, a member of Lahey Health for supporting this program.
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