Marblehead Current: Local Volunteers Join Food Rescue Efforts

Excerpt from “Local volunteers join food rescue efforts” by Leigh Blander:

“As food prices surge and federal benefits appear in jeopardy during the government shutdown, volunteers around Marblehead are working nearly every day with food rescue programs to ensure that no groceries or meals go to waste.

On Oct. 28, Mimi Hollister and Richard Thibedeau picked up 100 pounds of produce and bread — past their prime but still healthy and nutritious — from Crosby’s Marketplace in Marblehead and delivered it to Lifebridge in Salem.

Hollister and Thibedeau are members of Old North Church. Volunteers from ONC bring food from Crosby’s to Lifebridge Monday through Friday, and they’ve been doing it for the last 11 years. The total amounts to about 280,000 pounds.”

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