The following organizations received grants from Project Bread through its Walk for Hunger and foundation and corporate support during the 2010 – 2011 funding period. They include emergency food programs, schools, summer food programs, health centers, and neighborhood organizations.
“The face of hunger used to be pictures
of a homeless man on the streets or a
child in some other country. The face of
hunger now is the kid in your son’s class;
it’s the senior down the street; it’s your
neighbor; it’s the veteran; it’s somebody
you know. It’s not okay to be hungry, but it’s
okay to ask for help because there are
people out there — 40,000 a year — that
are willing to do whatever they have to
do to get food for those people.”
— Vinny Harte, executive director,
Wellspring Multi-Service Center, Hull, MA
“Today I spoke with a 35-year-old single mom from Haiti who was finding it hard to find a job because she was pregnant. She is paying for rent and utilities with her savings, but her money is dwindling down. It was music to her ears to hear that she would be able to receive help getting food for her two young children.”
— Amy De La Cruz,
Project Bread outreach
worker in Chelsea and Boston