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Newton Neighbors help feed families in need
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Newton Neighbors Helping Neighbors teamed up with the Rotary Club of Newton and the John M. Barry Boys and Girls Club to support local restaurants and provide meals to families in need during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Volunteers from Newton Neighbors solicited donations and purchased 25 $50 restaurant gift cards from Newton establishments including Cabot’s, Knotty Pine, Tango Mango, Four Spoons, Farm Grill and more. The campaign, Project Takeout, is ongoing and more gift cards are expected to be delivered to more families in the coming days.
The Boys and Girls Club of Newton has operated throughout the pandemic serving children and families from all income levels with both remote school and enriching afterschool programming. In the course of this work, 25 Newton families were identified based on family size and income level to receive this much needed boost.
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Newton-Needham Regional Chamber to administer food assistance program
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A new program that aims to provide financial support for struggling restaurants and healthy meals to those facing food insecurity will launch next month in Newton, Wellesley and Brookline.
The initiative will deliver more than 10,000 restaurant meals to food pantries, senior programs and other persons in need who have been impacted by COVID-19.
It is funded by a $175,000 state budget earmark proposed by state Sen. Cynthia Creem, D-Newton, who wanted to help both restaurants and residents in her district.
The Newton-Needham Regional Chamber is directing the effort, in collaboration with the Rotary Club of Newton, the Wellesley Health Department and the Brookline Chamber of Commerce.
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