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Grant doubles Damien’s Place’s food-distribution capacity in Wareham
Wicked Local
WAREHAM – The Greater Boston Food Bank, the largest hunger-relief organization in New England, recently provided a $9,264 capacity building grant to The Family Pantry, Damien’s Place in Wareham to expand its ability to efficiently and effectively serve more people. This grant is part of GBFB’s on-going investment in building the capacity of the emergency food network in the region in response to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
This investment will build and strengthen Damien’s capacity to distribute nutritious food to people in need in the Southcoast area. These resources will fund a physical location expansion to handle the increased need for more space for food and an area for pre-packaging bags for clients. The truck needed a lift gate system. Currently, volunteers lift everything up high to get it on the truck. These funds also allow for a much-needed update of the techn
The Courier
Two not-for-profit organizations in Lincoln will benefit from the Community Giving program offered by Integrity Data. Holy Family Food Pantry and Community Action Partnership of Central Illinois (CAPCIL) were named as the recipients of this year’s grant. Integrity Data, which also has remote employees in Fargo, North Dakota, also named Fix It Forward in Fargo, ND as a recipient.
The funds, awarded from an Integrity Data employee giving fund, will be distributed during the month of December.
Keith Snyder, Chief Operations Officer at Integrity Data, said he is proud of the Integrity Data team.
“Helping and giving back are at the heart of everything Integrity Data does. It’s only through the efforts of our amazing team that this program is funded and the recipients are selected. Integrity Data is honored to support these worthy projects,” said Snyder.