Bread of Life impact in 2018

Bread of Life distributed 1 million meals, helping stop hunger right here at home. BOL helps local families, senior citizens and individuals who are struggling financially put food on the table so they don’t have to choose between eating and paying for the other essentials of living.

Our Malden Food Pantry (serving 10 communities) • 544,000 meal-equivalents as groceries • 1,400 households • 4,300 men, women and children • 24,400 total number of visits • Located at 54 Eastern Avenue, Malden • Open Wednesday (4-6 pm) and Friday (2-4 pm) • Receive groceries once per month • Serves neighbors from Malden (60%), Everett (31%), Medford (6%), Melrose (2%), and the remainder are from Stoneham, Saugus, Wakefield, Reading, North Reading and Winchester.

Our Everett Food Pantry • 101,000 meal-equivalents as groceries • 500 households • 1,400 men, women and children • 5,200 total number of visits • Located at Everett City Hall, 484 Broadway, Ground floor • Open every 3rd and 4th Thursday of the month (3-5 pm) • Receive groceries once per month • Serves residents of Everett only • Operated through a grant from the City of Everett, Mayor’s Office and Office of Community Development

Bessie is one of the 1,200 senior citizens for whom we provide free groceries during the year through our Malden and Everett food pantries. A low-income widow living alone, she finds the need to come to our pantry several times a year when things get tight. Since she uses a walker, this isn't easy for her but she has no choice. According to a survey commissioned by the AARP Foundation, approximately one-third of older adults said they cut the size of meals or skipped meals because they did not have enough money to buy food.

Our Senior Nutrition Outreach • 250,000 meal-equivalents as groceries • 700 vulnerable, low-income seniors living in 13 subsidized housing complexes in Malden, Everett, Melrose and Medford • Monthly free grocery order delivery of fresh fruit & produce, canned & dry goods • Operated in partnership with Mystic Valley Elder Services (MVES)

Our Homeless Families Motel Meals Outreach • 15,000 meals as prepared meals and groceries • 80 prepared meals per week • 63 bags of groceries per week • 20 families on average at 3 motels • Community partners include Anthony’s of Malden, Bobby C’s of Melrose, Cheverus School of Malden and Community Cooks of Somerville • Children’s clothing, diapers, baby wipes, formula and baby food • Advocacy & referrals to connect families with housing, education, employment, health, nutrition and school services. • Assisting some of the last homeless families in the Commonwealth still to be sheltered in motels

A family was burned out of their house the week before Thanksgiving and became homeless. A social worker from Hallmark Health called the BOL office looking for help for them. This family of seven – two adults and five kids – were living in a hotel on Route 1 to which BOL had never delivered food. The worker asked if we could help them with food, especially with Thanksgiving coming up. They had no food and no car. They did not speak English. We immediately assured her we would deliver meals to the family since BOL delivers hundreds of meals on Thanksgiving Day to elderly, disabled and homeless people. About ten minutes later, the manager of the hotel called to say they had another family that had also been burned out. “Can you add eight more meals to your delivery?” she asked. These parents had six kids, including a newborn, and the mother had just lost her sister. “My heart is breaking for these families,” the manager said. “We don’t realize how good we have it!” She was so happy BOL would be able to deliver the food. “This is such a great thing you do. What a wonderful organization!" We have continued to deliver to these and new families being sheltered in this motel.

Our Teen Outreach program • 6,000 meal-equivalents as prepared meals and groceries • Snacks such as fresh fruit, cheese & crackers, and power bars • 80 at-risk teens per week at the Malden Teen Enrichment Center (MTEC)

Our Food Access Project • Goals: o improve access of immigrant and non-native English-speaking populations to BOL services and volunteer opportunities; o improve BOL provision of nutritious & culturally-appropriate foods; o empower populations being served. • Food Access Committee of volunteers includes speakers of Mandarin, Cantonese, Vietnamese, Korean, French, Haitian Creole, Arabic, Spanish and Portuguese • Routine translation of various programmatic flyers and brochures into the five most frequently used languages amongst our pantry patrons and volunteers: Chinese (traditional), Haitian Creole, Spanish, Portuguese and Arabic • Interpreting services for food pantry applicants, members and volunteers • Recruited, trained, supervised new volunteers in the office/pantry • Initiated posting and distribution of nutrition education and food safety information in multiple languages • Do ongoing face-to-face interviews with pantry members to learn about their food wants and needs, barriers to food access, and opinions on BOL services • Solicit food, book and school supply donations • Market our programs in multiple languages using social media, email, newspapers, posters • Distributed flyers in multiple languages in local neighborhoods • Operated weekly English and Mandarin classes taught by volunteers

Our Meals Program • 47,000 meals as evening meals, lunches, snacks • 30 - 50 people per evening • 50 - 100 meals per evening with second helpings and take- out meals • 4 nights per week, Tuesday through Friday, 5:30-6:30 pm • 450 volunteers from our 45 Partner Organizations and the broader community • Provide opprotunity to link people to additional resources such as the new Malden Warming Center, other shelter and housing opportunities, healthcare, fuel assistance and SNAP benefits • Dinners on Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day at Malden High School, providing about 900 meals at each, including 300-400 meals delivered to the elderly

Meal site dislocations: We continue to have issues with maintaining the stability of our meal sites because we have to rent facilities. In early 2018, the American Legion building on Pleasant Street - where we had been serving our meal every Wednesday and Thursday - was sold. For several weeks we served the meal out of our van parked in front of the American Legion until we found an alternate meal site. On April 11, 2018 we partnered with the Salvation Army at 213 Main Street, leasing their kitchen and dining hall for our meal every Wednesday and Thursday. In November, they experienced a devastating flood requiring major renovations and we were again without a meal site. For several weeks we served the meal out of the foyer of our office until we found an alternate meal site. On December 18, 2018 we partnered with the First Baptist Church, corner of Salem & Main Streets, which has been donating the Friday meal site for years, to serve all four of our weekly evening meals at their facility.

BOL empowers individuals and families by offering them volunteer opportunities with our meals or pantry so they can give back to the community while developing skills useful for future employment and goals: • Community Service volunteer opportunities for hundreds of students during the course of a year from Mystic Valley Regional Charter School, the Malden K-8 schools, Malden High School, Malden Catholic High School, Arlington Catholic and others.

• Weekly afterschool enrichment program for the Malden Public Schools 6-8 Afterschool Program. Students in grades 6, 7, and 8 who sign up for the program from the Beebe, Forestdale, Linden, and Salemwood Schools come in on a rotating basis for an hour and make sandwiches, salad, fruit salad, smoothies, etc. to be distributed at the evening meal.

• Work site every Thursday afternoon for Malden High School Transition Program students. Supervised by their instructor and our staff, they practice job skills volunteering in our food pantry and office.

• Weekly Day Services volunteer site in our food pantry for six or so disabled adults who participate in the TILL Day Services program out of Chelsea, MA.

BOL works with community agencies to connect people with other vital services, such as job training, educational opportunities, low-cost housing, healthcare and clothing. We host the monthly Tri-City Hunger Network meeting of emergency food pantries & programs, partnering with the GBFB and Project Bread/The Walk for Hunger. We also host the monthly meetings of the newly formed Malden Food Assessment Advisory Group bringing together about two dozen agencies.

Highlights of 2018:

January: Big Blue World band donated sales from release of their new album "Agitate d'Love." Our board member Chris Chitouras is a member of the band.

February: Melrose Unitarian Universalist Church volunteers donated school vacation food bags for the 4th year in a row, coordinated by Kathy Foulser, for the homeless families sheltered in motels.

March: A 3rd Grade Class at the Linden STEAM Academy in Malden donated cans of soup for neighbors in need, coordinated by teacher Mary Jane McDonagh.

Stop & Shop Store #62 on Charles Street in Malden held their annual "Food For Friends" campaign" during the holiday season, raising $1,729.20 for BOL. Special thanks to Roy Foster, Store Manager.

April: Easter Sunday Dinner April 1st provided a special meal for 130 people who are homeless or who would have been alone. Thanks to Marty Murphy/ Marty's Caterers in Stoneham and Hoff's Bakery in Malden who donated food, and to Tom Feagley and our wonderful volunteers for this event!

Beer + Bites April 7th benefit sponsored by Melrose Highlands Congregational Church raised $5,000 for the BOL Building Fund.

Salvation Army in Malden partnered with BOL to provide Wednesday & Thursday meal site beginning April 11th.

Capital Campaign Kickoff Breakfast at The Four Points Sheraton Hotel in Wakefield on April 12th was attended by about 60 donors, elected officials, business people and volunteers who learned about BOL’s building project and capital campaign, and heard some heartwarming stories from people who have benefitted from our free food programs.

May: Our annual Volunteer Recognition Banquet May 4th was an uplifting night of celebration. About 180 volunteers enjoyed a meal at Anthony's, sponsored by Lee Sullivan of A & A Window Products. Volunteers of the Year were: the Albright Family (First Lutheran Church, Malden), Teri Barchard (Malden & Everett Food Pantries), Donald Keddy (BOL Office), Liz Lombardozzi (Motel Outreach & Evening Meals, St. Joseph's Malden), Yumo Tang (Malden Food Pantry), Eric Zhu (Malden Food Pantry), and Rolf & Edda Bandle (Evening Meals, First Lutheran Church Malden). Allison Torres (Evening Meals, Church of the Good Shepherd, Reading) and Paul Albright were awarded the Barbara & Francis Brown / BOL Scholarships. Thank you to Tufts Health Plan and board member Andrea Munoz for donating two fitness bands for the raffle, Sue Hamilton for donating a gift basket, and Teri Barchard for donating a fitness watch. The raffle raised over $600.

Giggles Comedy Night Fundraiser sponsored by First United Methodist Church of Melrose May 24th raised about $1,300 for the BOL Building Fund.

Project Bread’s 50th annual Walk for Hunger on May 6th featured a BOL team led by Sara Brandon that raised $1660.

July: BOL’s annual Golf Tournament on July 23rd was a great success thanks to our business sponsors and golfers, raising over $14,000. Thanks to Marty Murphy/Marty's Caterers for donating the meal and to our terrific Golf Committee. Wonderful prizes were raffled off and everyone had a great time.

Oral health outreach began thanks to Dr. Kruti Pandya, a dentist with a Master of Public Health degree from MCPHS University, Boston. She distributes oral care supplies, educational materials, and information on dentists who accept Medicaid. MCPHS began offering free teeth cleaning services to BOL patrons, with about 30 people treated so far.

September: Our Capital Campaign committee met over the course of the summer with Leader Rep. Paul Donato, Rep. Don Wong and Sen. Jason Lewis, receiving their support for our "Under One Roof” campaign.

September is National Hunger Action Month and the cities of Malden, Melrose and Everett all issued proclamations recognizing the work that BOL does, urging businesses and individuals to take action in their communities to fight food insecurity and end hunger.

Boutique With A Twist on Sept. 22nd, run by volunteer Liz Emerald out of her home, combined shopping and music to benefit BOL, thanks to pianist/singer/composer Barbara Morash and friends.

Our booth at the Victorian Fair in Melrose on Sept. 9th, sponsored by the Melrose Chamber of Commerce, was a great way to raise the visibility of BOL in Melrose.

October: BOL appointed Gabriella Snyder Stelmack as its new Executive Director on Oct. 1st as longtime ED, Thomas Feagley, stepped aside to move into a new role with the organization doing outreach and promoting BOL in the community. Tom's commitment to serving the hungry, poor, isolated and homeless has inspired many people over the years and is the reason he is respected and loved in this vast network of feeding and nurturing. Tom started with BOL in 1984 and has seen it grow from a small evening meal to an organization that provides over 1 million meals per year. Gabriella started working with BOL in 1988 as a homeless advocate and eventually became the Deputy Director. Together they have 64 years of dedicated service to BOL. Before starting his new role, Tom is on a leave of absence for six months to pursue personal interests and travel.

Our 26th annual Walk for Bread & 5K Run on Oct 7th brought out walkers and runners of all ages to enjoy a great Fall afternoon at Pine Banks Park while raising about $10,000 to feed neighbors in need. Participants received a T-shirt and enjoyed pizza from Pisa Pizza, healthy snacks from Wegmans in Medford, the music of DJ Marc Cherone, and henna tattooing by volunteers from the American Muslim Center of Everett. Special thanks go to all our sponsors, including Tufts Health Plan, Melrose Bank Foundation, Preotle Lane & Associates, Marshall's, In Memory of Fred Rufo - The Rufo Family and Michael & Zoila Corricelli, and In Memory of Charlie Hart - Mark & Alice Golub.

Halloween "Hallow Gene Party" Fundraiser organized by Gene Pinkham raised money to buy turkeys for our Thanksgiving Dinner. Comedian Dave Russo donated his time to make us all laugh!

November: Our annual Thanksgiving Day Dinner Nov. 22nd at Malden High School provided 1,000 meals! Thanks to Gene Pinkham who pulled off his 16th year of organizing volunteers to deliver about 650 of those meals to shut-in senior citizens. Kudos to BOL Meals Coordinator Maria Tiro and guest chef Bill Petcos for coordinating the kitchen. Thanks to the hundred or so volunteers who delivered meals, prepared food, served and cleaned up.

Public phase launch of our Capital Campaign: Moving Forward to a Brighter Future – Under One Roof, with mass mailings, TV ad and press coverage. We have raised more than $1.4 million towards our goal of constructing a new facility bringing all our programs under one roof, and allowing us to serve more people, more efficiently and effectively.

BOL was represented in the 15th Annual Malden Parade of Holiday Traditions Nov. 24th by volunteers Liz Lombardozzi, Cindy Robillard and Gail Rufo.

December: First Baptist Church in Malden partners with BOL to provide Tuesday through Friday meal site beginning Dec. 18th.

Our annual Christmas Day provided 850 meals, including 530 delivered by volunteers to senior citizens in a dozen communities. The deliveries are coordinated every year by the extraordinary husband & wife team Joan Meader & Paul Mongeau. The meal itself is headed up by another extraordinary team: father & son Drs. Ed & Jon Weiner who have done this for 36 years. They recruited family, friends and synagogue members from Temple Tiferet Shalom of Peabody and Congregation Agudas Achim Ezrath Israel of Malden to prepare and serve the meal of roast beef, potatoes, stuffing and vegetables. For dessert, Jon recruited a huge donation of desserts from Bimbo Bakeries. They also brought donated bags of toiletries for each guest. They also raised over $5,000 in donations to BOL for the event. On top of that, they recruited three symphony orchestra players to donate their services serenading the dinner guests!

East Boston Savings Bank’s spectacular 32nd annual Employee Holiday Charity Auction raised $10,000 for BOL though hundreds of donated auction items as well as raffles. Bread of Life Partner Organizations 2019 Bread of Life Board of Directors 2019

Providing meals and major program support President: Séan Twomey Everett (At-Large) American Muslim Center Vice President: Mary Beth Leon Bank of New York Mellon (Partner Org: Cheverus School, Malden) City of Everett, Mayor’s Office of Human Services, Treasurer: Cynthia Robillard Office of Community Development (Partner Org: Good Shepherd U. Methodist, Malden) Malden Secretary: Chris Chitouras Cambridge Health Alliance Malden Family (At-Large) Medicine Center Directors: City of Malden, Malden Redevelopment Authority Jeanne Benincasa Congregation Agudas Achim Ezrath Israel (At-Large) First Baptist Church Michael Cherone First Church in Malden, UCC (Partner Org: St. Joseph’s, Malden) First Lutheran Church Zoila Corricelli First Parish in Malden, Universalist (At-Large) Forestdale Community Church Mark Golub Good Shepherd United Methodist Church (At-Large) Knights of Columbus – Immac. Concep. #13966 Bhavesh Kapadia Malden Catholic High School (At-Large) Malden Public Schools 6-8 Afterschool Program Kathleen McKenna Malden Teen Enrichment Center (Partner Org: Sacred Hearts Parish, Malden) Mass Senior Action Council Metro North Chapter Jamila Mouflih Mystic Valley Elder Services (Partner Org: American Muslim Center, Everett) Outreach Community & Reform Center Andrea Munoz Sacred Hearts Parish (At-Large: Tufts Health Plan) Salvation Army Mystic Valley Corps Dennis Roche St. Vincent de Paul Society of St. Joseph’s Parish (Partner Org: First United Methodist, Melrose) Medford

City of Medford Office of Comm. Development

McNeilly Family & Friends St. Francis of Assisi Church Bread of Life Staff 2019 Sanctuary UCC Andy Abbink, Driver/Volunteer English Teacher Shiloh Baptist Church Teri Barchard, Pantry Volunteer Coordinator Melrose Pumla Bunghane, Doorperson First Baptist Church Malika Erroboa, Food Pantry Cleaner First Congregational Church Thomas J. Feagley Outreach Liaison First United Methodist Church Eric Hall, Driver Green Street Baptist Church Patty Kelly, Development Director Melrose Highlands Congregational Church Brandon King, Everett Food Pantry Coordinator Melrose Rotary Club Anson Kwong, Food Access Coordinator Melrose Unitarian Universalist Church Marcia Manong, Office Assistant Peabody – Temple Tiferet Shalom John Robillard, Meals Program Assistant Reading – Church of the Good Shepherd Doug Rogers, Everett Food Pantry/GBFB Truck Wakefield – Emmanuel Episcopal Church Loader

McKay Russo, Food Pantry Coordinator Motel Outreach Partners: Gabriella Snyder Stelmack, Executive Director Anthony’s Caterers, Malden; Bobby C’s Restaurant, Maria Tiro, Meals Program & Food Delivery Melrose; Cheverus School, Malden; Community Coordinator Cooks, Somerville

Bread of Life Sources of Funds 2018 (unaudited) Total income (cash): $475,663 $12,368 Federal, State & Local Grants Total expense (cash): & Contracts $461,556

$88,714 Foundations & Private Grants Net income: $14,107 $120,702 Donated space, goods & services (inkind estimate): Contributions from Partner $300,000 Organizations, Individuals, $77,310 Businesses, Houses of Total income cash plus Worship and Memorials Fundraising Events inkind: $775,663

$176,569 Admin and fundraising % based on 2017 IRS Form 990 Misc. Income = 21.5%

Strategic Partners - Program Support:

Adelaide Breed Bayrd Foundation

Campbell & Hall Charitable Foundation  Everett Foundation for the Aged

Strategic Partners - Building Project: Beth Israel Senior Citizens Housing, Inc.  The Donovan Family Foundation The Clipper Ship Foundation  The Arthur S. Reinherz Charitable Foundation Amelia Peabody Charitable Foundation  Brookline Bank People’s United Bank

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