Somerville Officials, Rep. Capuano Hand Out Food To Area Seniors

SOMERVILLE, MA – Somerville officials and Congressman Michael Capuano joined the Greater Boston Food Bank and the Somerville Council on Aging last week to give out food to local seniors. The free food distribution was sponsored by the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP), a federally funded initiative that supplements the diet of low-income seniors with nutritious options from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

The Greater Boston Food Bank distributes close to 30,000 meals annually through the CSFP program at 27 sites across eastern Massachusetts. In addition to the CSFP, the food bank offers a Brown Bag program for Somerville seniors and serves a total of about 400 local seniors monthly.

Capuano, Somerville Mayor Joe Curtatone and aldermen William White, John Connolly and Mark Niedergang joined Greater Boston Food Bank president and CEO Catherine D'Amato and COO Carol Teinken at the Ralph and Jenny Center on Thursday to help hand out meals.

Yearly, the GBFB provides the equivalent of over 48 million healthy meals across eastern Massachusetts through four direct service programs and a network of 350 food pantries, meal programs and shelters.

Photo 1 (L-R): Alderman Dennis Sullivan; Cindy Hickey, Somerville Council on Aging site coordinator; Carol Tienken, GBFB COO; Somerville Joseph Curtatone; Catherine D’Amato, GBFB president and CEO; Somerville Alderman Mary Jo Rosetti; Alderman Bill White; Director of Somerville Health and Human Services, Doug Kress.

Photo 2 (L-R): Somerville Mayor Joseph Curtatone, Catherine D’Amato, GBFB president and CEO (Somerville resident), and Congressman Michael Capuano

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