Marina Bay Skilled Nursing & Rehabilitation Center is holding a food drive from December 9th, 2009 to December 20th, 2009! Please help Marina Bay donate to those less fortunate in these difficult times. Drop off your food contribution in the box located in our lobby! Our adress is 2 Seaport Drive, Quincy MA.
All of the food collected will go to the Greater Boston Food Bank to benefit hungry families across eastern Massachusetts. This is a wonderful opportunity to help those less fortunate in these difficult times. I encourage you to join in our efforts and make a difference in someone’s life today.
The Greater Boston Food Bank is New England’s largest hunger-relief organization and is working hard to help end hunger in eastern Massachusetts. They distribute over 30 million pounds of food per year to more than 600 hunger relief agencies throughout eastern Massachusetts.
Once the food you donate is collected by the Food Bank, it is distributed to hunger-relief agencies, such as pantries and soup kitchens. The agencies are able to order exactly what they need, whether that be juice, protein products, or canned vegetables.
Here are some hunger facts about Eastern Massachusetts:
- 320,000 people or 7% of the population uses emergency food programs annually
- More than one in three households served has a child under the age of 18
- Over 10% of those who receive emergency food assistance are 65 or older
- 57% of the people served have to choose between food and rent, medicine, or heat
- 84% have a place to live but cannot get the food they need
- Please join us in helping these hungry families by donating non-perishable items.
Some examples of desirable foods are:
- Canned tuna, chicken, or other meats
- Canned soups or chili
- Plastic bottles or cans of 100% fruit juice
- Pasta, rice, or other grains
- Healthy Cereal
- Dry or boxed shelf-stable milk
- Canned Beans
- Peanut butter
- Canned Vegetables
Thank you for your participation in this worthwhile event.
December 8, 2009 at 5:25 pm |
I find it interesting that 57% had to choose between food, rent, heat, and medicine. Nobody had to choose between food and auto insurance. When auto insurance becomes mandatory, that leaves the poor with less money for food, rent, heat and medicine. A food stamp study done by the Montana DPHHS, showed that in Billings, MT, 12 of 96 food stamp applicants said auto insurance was a reason for needing food stamps. (http://www.foodstampstudy.com)
Dr Maril did a study that showed 44% could not buy food or pay rent due to mandatory auto insurance. http://www.autoreform.org/090998mar.pdf
People who suffer damage fromn uninsured drivers should be compensated, but do we have to put millions on food stamps, and stress the food banks, etc?