Bread of Life, Inc.
About
Bread of Life is a nonprofit, nondenominational, faith-based food security organization in Malden that provides about 1.3 million pounds of free food a year to economically struggling residents of the North metro Boston area. Its programs include a food mart, food distribution sites, grocery delivery, meal delivery to homeless households and nutrition backpacks for public school students. Its motto is “Food for the body, nurture for the soul.”
The organization was founded in 1980 and today relies on more than 500 volunteers drawn from about 45 partner organizations and the wider community to offer free food to hungry, homeless and isolated people. Its Food Access project provides interpreting, translation, education and referral services to help lower-income residents get past barriers of language, culture, religion, race, ethnicity, age and gender when seeking nutritious food.
What to Know
- Bread of Life distributes the equivalent of roughly one million free meals each year.
- It was incorporated as a nonprofit in 1992.
- It is a member of the Malden, Melrose and Winchester chambers of commerce.
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