by dev | May 28, 2025 | BHCHP, City Engagement, East Boston, Face Masks, Love Thy Neighbor, Malden, Mattapan, Revere, Senior Buddies
< RETURN TO CITY ENGAGEMENT In the early days of the pandemic, Park Street Church organized a COVID Rapid Response team with a focus on mobilizing quickly and jumping in to action to support other organizations in the communities as they provided people with food...
by dev | May 28, 2025 | City Engagement, Face Masks
By Jennifer Powell As the COVID-19 Pandemic unfolded, routines were disrupted at the Brigham House while caregivers at the assisted living facility took drastic measures to protect the residents. Visitors were not allowed. Meals were served in individual...
by dev | May 28, 2025 | City Engagement, Love Thy Neighbor
by Jennifer Powell As a former executive chef, Patrick Lynch knows quite a bit about food shopping, But he was still daunted by the challenge of getting enough of the right kinds of groceries for a family of seven he had never met and knew little about to survive for...
by dev | May 28, 2025 | BHCHP, City Engagement
by Jennifer Powell Scott Forest was just a few weeks into his role as a project manager for one of Park Street’s Covid-19 Rapid Response Teams when he was diagnosed with colon cancer. Although faced with months of treatment that would alter his days and sap his...
by dev | May 28, 2025 | City Engagement, East Boston
By Jennifer Powell The line for the food pantry in East Boston stretched out the door, down the street, and around the corner. And yet, Ricardo waited for an hour and a half. He was out of work, not eligible for benefits, and needed to eat. But by the time he got to...