Dan Levine, President of Massachusetts Children's
Fund is a hands-on leader.
Here he's loading another delivery of 2500 jars of baby food for delivery to a
shelter.
From Right, Dan Levine, President of MCF; Steve MCF Director, and Lois, Worcester County Food Bank coordinator supervise the delivery of 25,000lbs of baby food provided by generous donations to the Massachusetts Children's Fund.
The Student Voice Group at Oak Middle School loads 1.5 TONS of food bound for a shelter in Worcester.
Above and below...a load of just over 1000 jars
of baby food collected by the kids at St. Mary's.
We put them right to work loading the truck up for the delivery.
The staff of Smith Barney, Waltham ran a baby food drive for us that raised hundreds of jars of food plus many great donations.
Huge thanks to the staff of New York Mutual Life for their donation of thousands of jars of food.
Another 2000 jars are loaded up, along with some cool toys that were donated by a caring family.
Dan Levine, President of the Massachusetts Children's Fund with another group of kids at a different school. Thanks to Chris Oliveri and his friends, their school raised over 2000 jars of food in four days. Thanks to you and your friends, 50 babies will eat for the next year! Talk about making a difference.
Another impressive Student Council group and
their teacher representatives load over 800lbs
of food bound for the St Paul's Outreach Center.
School children from Spring Street School in
Shrewsbury load up the first
of 6 trucks of donated food on it's way to shelters in our region.
Another group of students just finished loading over 1 ton of donated food onto the truck at right. School food drives are a powerful tool in the fight against hunger, and teach our children to be better citizens of the planet.
One of our founders Steve Levine and his wife
Jamie, who were named Foster Parents of the year by
The Massachusetts Department of Social Services. They have taken in over
25 foster children in
just over a year, and were recognized for raising awareness of the great need
for Foster Parents.
They're shown with Advisory Board member Harry Spence, the Massachusetts DSS
Commissioner,
as well as Barry and Eliot Tatelman of Jordan's Furniture, who have been
incredibly supportive of the cause.
A 4th Grade Student Council group raised 80 full bags stuffed with food for those in need.
Yet another truckload of donated food on it's way.
110 bags full of food in the school lobby, again
from a very thoughtful student council group,
assisted by their friends. (Most of them are already on the truck in this shot)
We received the Hunger Hero award from Rachel's
Table, for donations exceeding 20 tons of food
to needy families. Rachel's Table, a local non-profit group, often acts as
our distribution network, using their trucks and volunteers to get the food into
the hands of needy children within hours.
John Cate, and Maia Sharp perform at the March 11th Benefit Concert for Foster and Adoptive Children. Over $10,000 was raised for children in need here in Massachusetts.
Our President, Dan Levine with one of the Foster babies, many of
whom receive baby food donations.
Delivering food is only half the battle. Educating parents on nutrition is
just as critical, which is why well send our nutritionist to speak at the local
shelters.
Kudo's to Gina Kelly and Kara Frankian's second grade glass for spearheading a baby food drive that raised over 600 jars of baby food in 3 days. Thanks to you, 100 babies will eat this week that would otherwise have gone hungry.
Gina's kids loading up the SUV with boxes and boxes of baby food.
Another load of baby food, over 3500 jars, leaves our storage facility heading for babies in need.
Loading up....unloading the last few cases of 1000+ jars raised by Bryan Dental Associates of Shrewsbury
Ellen Mulroy drops off 25 full cases of baby food that she raised from her
office. Way to go Ellen.
Jamie Levine, our original inspiration for helping children in need prepares to
load the food right up for delivery to a local family.
A donated crib, stroller, baby food, and car seat are loaded up for delivery to an amazing foster mom who has taken in her 3rd baby. She gives these kids all she's got, but needs all the help she can get.
The best holiday gift....the gift of nourishing food. 2500 jars of food, and 4 bins of baby clothes leave for shelters in Central Mass.
Special delivery - a shipment of donated cribs, bassinets, bathing tubs, diapers, formula, and new baby clothes are delivered to the family services administrator for distribution to families moving from homelessness into an apartment where they will hopefully be warm and safe.