Moving Forward with the Southcoast Food Policy Council
July 19, 2021
The newest emergency food provider partnership on the Southcoast began in January 2021 with the Shah Foundation, Stock Pot Malden, and a committed group of community partners. In six months, we have delivered 285,952 catered breakfasts and lunches to children, 18 years and younger, in Wareham, New Bedford, and Fall River. Now, the Southcoast Food Policy Council is turning its attention to setting up the infrastructure of the Food Policy Council. As the Food Policy Council emerges, we will have several Working Groups.
Sippican Week – April 26, 2021 – Marion Institute program creating six new gardens at New Bedford schools
April 27, 2021
The Marion Institute's Grow Education program has received funding to build 6 new gardens & add new features to their 12 existing outdoor spaces at New Bedford Public Schools.
Wareham Week – March 15, 2021 – Free meals for kids at the Gleason Family YMCA, Brandy Hill Apartments
March 17, 2021
Children under the age of 18 from the Tri-Town are eligible to receive ready-made boxed meals at the YMCA and Brandy Hill Apartments. The program, launched by the Marion Institute in collaboration with the Shah Family Foundation and the Greater Boston YMCA, offers boxed meals to-go at the two locations on Tuesdays and Fridays.
Marion Institute to oversee food distribution program
February 23, 2021
The Marion Institute's Southcoast Food Policy Council has collaborated with the Shah Family Foundation and the Greater Boston YMCA to expand a local free meal distribution program designed to combat childhood food insecurity in Wareham, the Tri-Town and surrounding communities. Click to read more.
Oysters from SouthCoast growers help food banks in New Bedford and Fall River
February 23, 2021
The Marion Institute's Southcoast Food Policy Council made connections that facilitated this beneficial partnership to provide oysters to food pantries on the South Coast. Oysters are an abundant, and highly nutritious, source of food that has previously not been offered regularly at local food pantries.
SouthCoastToday.com – October 26, 2020 – Getting their hands dirty: Program connects New Bedford students to local farms, provides 3 million meals per year
October 26, 2020
The city of New Bedford is teaming up with local farmers to provide three million meals per year for students as a part of New Bedford’s Farm to School program, an initiative co-directed by the Marion Institute's Grow Education program.
Wareham Week – October 21, 2020 – NBSO and 3rd EyE Unlimited Collaboration
October 22, 2020
In Wareham, the Marion Institute recently partnered with the Gleason Family YMCA which serves as a distribution site, and has now teamed up with Jowaun Gamble, the founder of Community Youth Empowerment, to hand out 20 pound boxes of fresh produce at the Wareham Boys and Girls Club each Thursday from 4 to 6 p.m.
Edible South Shore & South Coast – Autumn 2020 – Marion Institute: Feeding the Community
October 13, 2020
Getting good food to those in need is a constant challenge in the local food movement. Enter COVID-19 and those hurdles have multiplied. Click to read how the Marion Institute established an inroad to communities in need of a meal and restaurants in need of eaters.