Somerville Resident Serves Up Compassion at Local Homeless Shelter
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(Boston, MA – February 12, 2013) Project Bread’s Arielle Jackson of Somerville helped prepare healthy meals at the Pine Street Inn, a Boston-based homeless shelter and one of 430 community organizations funded by The Walk for Hunger. “It felt great to participate in a real hands-on helpful activity,” explained Arielle, one of 13 campaign associates for the 2013 Walk for Hunger. “The staff and the students were very energetic and informative—teaching us how to choose the perfect lettuce leaves, and other small details that go into the healthy food preparation for those who come through the door.” Project Bread is committed to providing people of all ages, cultures, and walks of life with reliable access to nutritious food—because the opposite of hungry is not simply full, but healthy. Registration is now open for the 45th Walk for Hunger on Sunday, May 5th. For details, go to www.projectbread.org/Walk.
About Project Bread
Project Bread is the only statewide antihunger organization committed to providing people of all ages, cultures, and walks of life with sustainable, reliable access to nutritious food. From community-based meal programs, to early childhood and school nutrition initiatives, to improved access to farm-to-table resources, Project Bread approaches hunger as a complex problem with multiple solutions. With funds raised through The Walk for Hunger, the oldest continual pledge walk in the country, and other sources, Project Bread pioneers innovative initiatives and supports effective programs to eradicate hunger in our state. The Walk’s flagship sponsor is Freihofer’s Baking Company; its participating sponsors include Arbella Insurance Group Charitable Foundation and Raytheon Company. For more information, visit www.projectbread.org, www.facebook.com/projectbread, or www.twitter.com/walkforhunger.
AHM
1:14 pm on Sunday, February 24, 2013
Wonderful organization. One of the best. Too bad in this day and age we would even need something like this.
Gabrielle Farrell
12:25 pm on Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Thank you! We hope to see you at our 45th Walk for Hunger on May 5, 2013!
Gretchen Rogers
8:57 pm on Sunday, February 24, 2013
One way to eradicate hunger is to begin educating people in how to grow food ,
which can be taught to everyone and at a very early age, and begin classes in all schools in all grades. Needto eliminate some of the roads and constuction to open up fields for grain and plant growth, it certainly would eradicate a lot of obesity in our country by rightful exercise and definetly eliminate a walk for hunger.
Gretchen Rogers
8:59 pm on Sunday, February 24, 2013
Just finished comments on how I feel about hunger and hunger walks and what could possibly be done about it
Gabrielle Farrell
12:24 pm on Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Thank you so much for your response to our article! You’re absolutely right. Educating the public on how to grow and prepare meals is an essential step in eradicating hunger. The saying goes, “If you feed a man a fish, he eats for a day. If you teach a man to fish, he will eat for a lifetime.” For the reason, Project Bread funds local agricultural initiatives such as the Lutheran Social Services’ New Lands Farm program, which teaches their clients how to grow food in the New England climate and how to start micro-business in Massachusetts. Everyone should have sustainable, reliable access to nutritious, culturally appropriate food that they can prepare for themselves at home.
As for teaching our youth, Project Bread places trained chefs into public schools and Head Start programs to teach students the importance of a healthy diet. Our chefs also train parents on how to prepare these meals at home, at affordable costs and in efficient ways for the family.
We use our Walk for Hunger as an educational tool to reach the public. More than 40,000 Walkers step forth to raise awareness of this problem and stand together on supporting the solutions – because hunger is a complex problem with multiple solutions that work best in combination.