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Press Room
Press contact:
Stacy Wong
Public Relations Manager
The Greater Boston Food Bank
70 South Bay Avenue
Boston, MA 02118
617.427.5200
October 25, 2009 - Fight against hunger in the Hub expands
Catherine D’Amato, 54, is president of the Greater Boston Food Bank, which supplies food to a network of 600 food pantries and other hunger relief agencies across Eastern Massachusetts. D’Amato recently sat down with Globe reporter Todd Wallack to talk about the food bank’s new building in Boston, which opened in April.
October 5, 2009 - Greater Boston Food Bank
I am lucky to not be one of the estimated 321,500 people going hungry in Eastern Massachusetts. Every week, the Food Bank serves 83,000 of them. Estimates are that “need” is up 11% this year, at some agencies as much as 30%–40%. Part of the Food Bank’s mantra is “Everybody has a role in ending hunger.” So, I wonder, what’s mine?
October 4, 2009 - At new Food Bank, good work inside and out
The new Greater Boston Food Bank building - officially, it’s the Yawkey Distribution Center - overlooks I-93 from an edge of Roxbury. This is about the last place you’d expect to see an architectural gem. But that’s what this building is.
The challenge of completing a major commercial real estate development project in the nonprofit sector is less about crafting the bricks and mortar and much more about raising the money to break ground and see the job to completion.
May 28, 2009 - Top of Mind: D'Amato
An extended version of Boston magazine's interview with The Greater Boston Food Bank's CEO.
April 28, 2009 - Greater Boston Food Bank Moves to New Quarters to Serve More
The Greater Boston Food Bank has moved into a new, larger building in Boston that enables the organization to handle more food while being more energy-efficient and community-friendly – in time to help serve a dramatic growth in people needing assistance.
April 18, 2009 - Food bank in $35m warehouse
The Greater Boston Food Bank is rapidly moving into its much larger facility, known as the Yawkey Distribution Center. It was designed to distribute 50 million pounds of food a year.
December 5, 2008 - Massive new HQ comes at tough time for Food Bank
“It’s not a perfect situation for any business. But we have the ability to manage the debt in a timely fashion,” said Catherine D’Amato, president of the Greater Boston Food Bank. “For a mission-driven organization’s perspective this was absolutely the right thing to do. We don’t control the economy. We have no regrets.”
October 24, 2008 - Greater Boston Food Bank Gets $1M from State Street Foundation
The Greater Boston Food Bank, which feeds more than 320,000 people annually in nine counties in eastern Massachusetts has received a $1 million gift from the State Street Foundation for its Fighting Hunger, Feeding Hope capital campaign to build a new food distribution center in Boston.
October 1, 2008 - Greater Boston Food Bank to open new DC
With a dismal economy and more hungry mouths to feed, The Greater Boston Food Bank is looking forward to the opening of a new 117,000-square-foot facility, slated for opening in February.
September 9, 2008 - Greater Boston Food Bank to build new DC
The Greater Boston Food Bank, one of 200 food banks across the country, is nearly halfway through construction of a new 117,000-square-foot facility, a significant upgrade from its current 60,000-square-foot DC. “It’s a good news-bad news story,” GBFB COO Carol Tienken told Modern. “Unfortunately, we have to have a bigger facility. That’s the bad news. The good news is we have the support to do it.”
July 10, 2008 - City, state to spend $1.7M on street fixup near The Food Bank
The money will improve access to the facility. It will also help fund a full-scale reconstruction of South Bay Avenue, including installation of sidewalks, curbstones, street lighting, and storm drainage.
June 12, 2008 - The Greater Boston Food Bank Tops Off New Warehouse
The Greater Boston Food Bank approached 50 percent completion of its new warehouse facility on June 12 when the traditional white beam – signed by The Food Bank employees, invited guests and members of Ironworkers Local 7 - was lowered in place onto the structure’s frame during a topping off ceremony.
December 6, 2007 - Heavy Lifting at The Food Bank
The nonprofit world can be rewarding and demanding. Just ask Carol Tienken. From overhauling the information-technology system only months into the job to her current role overseeing the construction of a new 96,000-square-foot warehouse, the work has never been dull.
November 30, 2007- Food Banks, in a Squeeze, Tighten Belts
Food banks around the country are reporting critical shortages that have forced them to ration supplies, distribute staples usually reserved for disaster relief and in some instances close.
November 27, 2007 - Governor Patrick signs bill establishing volunteer corps at The Food Bank
Massachusetts Governor Patrick signs a bill creating a volunteer service corps that aims to give people a chance to improve their communities.
August 20, 2007 - A Fortress Against Hunger
The Greater Boston Food Bank is about to double its capacity, building a new 110,000-square-foot home across the street from its current quarters, a few blocks from the Boston Medical Center.
April 20,
2007— Food Bank to purchase land for larger headquarters
The Greater Boston Food Bank is finalizing plans to purchase land to build a new warehouse, doubling its capacity to feed the area's hungry.
April 20,
2007—THE GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK LAUNCHES $30 MILLION CAPITAL CAMPAIGN
“Fighting Hunger, Feeding Hope” campaign to build new distribution
center to meet growing number of hungry people
January 12, 2006—House
and Senate Help Hunger Agency Meet Growing Demand
In a joint response to the growing need for hunger relief, today legislators
approved a bill co-sponsored by Senate President Robert E. Travaglini
and House Speaker Salvatore F. DiMasi that will help The Greater Boston
Food Bank expand its operations.