Accepting Donations

ABOUT THEIR PASSION FOR VOLUNTEERING THESE FAMILY MEAL BOXES ARE READY FOR TAKEOFF THANKS TO VOLUNTEERS LIKE ALEX TAVARES AND TIM POWELL, ONE A PILOT, THE OTHER A FLIGHT ATTENDANT. THEIR FLEXIBLE WORK SCHEDULES ALLOW THEM TO VOLUNTEER AT THE GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK. ITS A GREAT, GREAT THING TO HELP OUT WITH. THEY HAVE AN AMAZING MISSION HERE AND THEY ACCOMPLISH A LOT EVERY SINGLE DAY. THE TWO FRIENDS FLY THROUGH THE ASSEMBLY LINE, ALL WHILE TRAINING THE NEW VOLUNTEERS. THEY CALL ME THE VETERAN. I ITS ONLY BEEN FOUR YEARS, SO ITS KIND OF WEIRD TO BE CALLED THAT, BUT THEY SAY JUST LET OUT ALEX SHOW YOU WHAT TO DO. EVEN WHEN THEYRE IN THE SKIES, THEYRE STILL HELPING. RECENTLY DONATING THEIR PERSONAL AIRLINE MILES TO A FOOD BANK FUNDRAISER. I HAVE A RELATIVE WITH BEHAVIORAL ISSUES WHO HAS BENEFITED FROM THESE TYPES OF SOCIAL PROGRAMS. SO WHEN IVE SEEN THAT BENEFIT AND THEN MY OWN PERSONAL CONTRIBUTION, ITS LIKE INTRINSIC REWARDING. ITS IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE IN THIS STATE HAVE FOOD EVERY NIGHT AND FAMILIES HAVE WHAT THEY NEED TO LITERALLY SURVIVE. VOLUNTEERS ARE A CRUCIAL PART OF THE MISSION HERE, AND THERE ARE A LOT OF WAYS TO GET INVOLVED. WERE NOT THE ONLY PLACE THAT YOU CAN VOLUNTEER. THERES LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES OUT IN YOUR LOCAL COMMUNITY AS WELL. SO CHECK OUR WEBSITE FOR VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES AND CHECK YOUR LOCAL WITH YOUR LOCAL AGENCY AS WELL. IN JUST THREE HOURS, VOLUNTEERS WILL PACK 360 BOXES. THATS MORE THAN 10,000 POUNDS OF FOOD, WHICH IS THEN DISTRIBUTED ACROSS EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS. EVERYONES HERE FOR A PURPOSE AND ITS GREAT SEEING IT FULL CIRCLE. WE SAW A BUNCH OF THESE BOXES, YOU KNOW, ON OUR OWN, ON OUR OWN STREET CORNERS, IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. SO THAT WAS PRETTY LIKE REALLY ME. ITS LIKE, OKAY, THIS IS REAL. THIS IS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD. THATS WHAT KEEPS ALEX AND TIM COMING BACK NO MATTER WHERE THEIR JOBS TAKE THEM. IN BETWEEN THOSE TRIPS, ILL BE COMING BACK FR