News Archives - Neighbors In Need Serving Greater Lawrence Tue, 30 Jul 2024 00:26:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://staging63024.needfood.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/NIN-favicon-150x150.png News Archives - Neighbors In Need 32 32 1 in 3 Massachusetts Families are Food Insecure https://staging63024.needfood.org/1-in-3-massachusetts-families-are-food-insecure/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=1-in-3-massachusetts-families-are-food-insecure Thu, 30 May 2024 00:53:00 +0000 https://staging63024.needfood.org/?p=45 The Greater Boston Food Bank (GBFB) completed their 4th annual statewide food access study in 2024. 

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The Greater Boston Food Bank (GBFB) completed their 4th annual statewide food access study in 2024.  Once again finding that 1 in 3 families in Massachusetts face food insecurity, including a food insecurity rate of 36% for Essex County. Food insecurity means running out of food or not having enough money to buy food each month. 73% of those surveyed said that high inflation and rising food costs were to blame.  You can read more here:   

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]]> 45 Food Inflation Article https://staging63024.needfood.org/food-inflation-article/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=food-inflation-article Thu, 30 May 2024 00:51:00 +0000 https://staging63024.needfood.org/?p=39 Check out this recent Boston Globe article about inflation and food prices in Massachusetts.

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Check out this recent Boston Globe article about inflation and food prices in Massachusetts.  The number of families NIN services has doubled since 2020 – we now serve 1,600 families weekly in our mobile market food pantries.  High food prices and inflation is one of the main reasons we are seeing historically high numbers of families visiting our food pantries.

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]]> 39 Annual Meeting https://staging63024.needfood.org/annual-meeting/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=annual-meeting Wed, 20 Mar 2024 00:52:00 +0000 https://staging63024.needfood.org/?p=41 Neighbors In Need held its 41st Annual Meeting on Tuesday, March 19, 2024. 

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Neighbors In Need held its 41st Annual Meeting on Tuesday, March 19, 2024.  A lively crowd celebrated the purchase of a new 18-foot, dock height refrigerated box truck and the NIN Board of Directors conducted their business including a 2023 year in review slide presentation and annual elections.  We hope you can join us next year!   

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]]> 41 New Truck! https://staging63024.needfood.org/new-truck/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-truck Wed, 07 Feb 2024 00:50:00 +0000 https://staging63024.needfood.org/?p=37 Neighbors In Need welcomes a new 18-foot dock height refrigerated truck to “our” food recovery and distribution fleet!

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Neighbors In Need welcomes a new 18-foot dock height refrigerated truck to “our” food recovery and distribution fleet! With the generous help from a Massachusetts Food Infrastructure Grant, NIN took ownership of their new truck at the end of January. Not only has the truck increased the overall amount of food we can transport and put away more safely and efficiently, but also on hot days the frozen food and fresh produce we pick up will stay fresher longer.

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