Season 2 Episode 18: MVFB Operation Nourish with Amy Pessia
The Merrimack Valley Food Bank, Inc. (MVFB) has been transporting, storing and distributing food to disadvantaged members of the community since 1991. Founded as a program of the Middlesex Shelter in Lowell, MA (now known as Lowell Transitional Living Center), the food bank continues to respond to the increased need for emergency food in greater Lowell.
Today we’re speaking to MVFB’s Executive Director, Amy Pessia, about an essential and critical program addressing food insecurity for our students in the Lowell Public Schools: Operation Nourish. At the end of this program, we will provide contact information for anyone wishing to support the program financially or through volunteering or donations.
This statement from MVFB resonates - and we are sure it will with our listeners as well.
“We believe that hunger is unacceptable; that everyone should have access to enough food; that you need food to live, food to work, food to learn.”
We are delighted to spotlight and feature the work of the Merrimack Valley Food Bank here on UTL’s StraightTalk podcast.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Visit the Merrimack Valley Food Bank’s website, mvfb.org, to learn how you can support the work of this organization. For those wishing assist, the MVFB website details how one can do so.
For more information on Operation Nourish, visit their page here.
The list of Member Agencies partnering with MVFB can be found throughout the Merrimack Valley. Click on this link to locate Member Agencies.
Special thanks to Amy Pessia, Executive Director of MFVB, and to her team for the tour of the Merrimack Valley Food Bank facility. The phenomenal work being done by this fine organization in ensuring that students and families across the Merrimack Valley have food insecurity needs met is inspiring. The MVFB is welcoming to those who may be looking for ways to give back by volunteering. Please reach out to them by calling 978-454-7272 or by emailing.
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We’ll be off celebrating with our families during the upcoming holiday break and wish all of you a wonderful holiday and a healthy, prosperous 2020.
