by dev | Sep 18, 2020 | 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 Caitlin | Sep 8, 2020 | City Engagement, East Boston, Face Masks, Love Thy Neighbor, Malden, Mattapan, Revere, Uncategorized
This story is written in the first person by Hannah Tam a young Asian woman who attends Harvard Medical and delivered groceries on the Labor Day weekend. We delivered the groceries this morning at 10am. What a wonderful way to start the day! After attending the 11am...
by Caitlin | Aug 11, 2020 | City Engagement, East Boston, Love Thy Neighbor, Mattapan, Revere
by Jennifer Powell Julianne White was building a career in the corporate world when she felt a tug at her heart five years ago to do something that would enable her to more directly help people. She could not have foreseen the winding path that led her to a critical...
by Caitlin | Jul 29, 2020 | City Engagement, East Boston, Malden, Mattapan, Revere
America is in the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. 1 Recent surveys suggest that people are going hungry. However, surveys also suggest that federal aid packages amounting to more than $2 trillion dollars have prevented a surge in poverty2. This...
by Caitlin | May 16, 2020 | City Engagement, Mattapan
From their Poverty Making Others Rich Voice of the Gospel Tabernacle (VofGT) is a church in Mattapan. They have a congregation of about 40 members consisting primarily of Haitian families many of whom are experiencing poverty. VofGT has a Food Pantry that feeds...
