Mission Statement
Bread of Life’s mission is to feed the body and to nurture the soul. We strive to feed the hungry, the homeless, the needy and the isolated; to offer spiritual nurture, support and hospitality; to promote greater peace and justice by addressing broader issues of hunger, poverty, and need; and to conduct our work in a spirit of respect and nonviolence.
Description
Bread of Life is a nonprofit, nondenominational, faith-based food security organization based in Malden, MA that provides over 1.5 million pounds of free food a year for economically struggling and disadvantaged families, individuals, youth and seniors in the north metro Boston area.
Bread of Life brings together hundreds of volunteers and dozens of partner organizations including people from faith communities, businesses, civic organizations, schools, government and social service agencies to distribute food through our programs:
food pantry and mobile market; prepared and congregate meals; grocery delivery to homebound seniors and disabled residents; nutritious backpack distribution to at-risk Everett public school youth; food delivery to homeless individuals and families in shelter; and Food Access project to help overcome barriers to accessing nutritious food encountered by lower-income communities with respect to race, ethnicity, language, culture, age, gender.
We serve residents of Chelsea, Everett, Malden, Medford, Melrose, Lynn, North Reading, Revere, Stoneham, Wakefield, Winchester, Winthrop, Woburn.
