Thanksgiving Food Drive for Charles Street A.M.E.

Blog / Thanksgiving Food Drive for Charles Street A.M.E.

We were honored to be a part of the annual Thanksgiving Food Drive hosted by Jennifer Eckert and Ilene Bezahler at the Boston Center for Adult Education. We were happy to facilitate a new relationship with Reverend Groover of Charles Street A.M.E. and their Women’s Missionary Society, who will distribute this food to families in need this holiday season. Families signup months in advance to receive assistance from the church in order to put food on the table this time of year. Contributions from this event will help the church fulfill requests and bring joy to dozens more families for Thanksgiving. Eileen and Jen encouraged the group to look for consistent opportunities to give back to our communities in need to make sure no children in Boston are going to bed hungry throughout the year. It was a meaningful, fun and food filled event that we look forward to being a part of every year!

All the donations were carefully organized to be compiled into Thanksgiving meal kits, including gift cards for a turkey!
All the donations were carefully organized to be compiled into Thanksgiving meal kits, including gift cards for a turkey!
We stocked the bus with all the Thanksgiving goodness to drive over to the Charles Street.
We stocked the bus with all the Thanksgiving goodness to drive over to the Charles Street.
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Food Day 2014

This year Fresh Truck took Food Day by storm! To give you the best idea of what we were up to, let’s take a look at the numbers:

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625 – Apples and oranges for our #ProjectileProduce campaign

100+ – Engagements on twitter

5 – Food Day sponsors: Boloco, B. Good, Life Alive, Cafe Bartlett Sq, State Park

– Fresh Truck pop-up events and activities

3 – Awesome volunteers working hard to celebrate food!

Food Day was a great opportunity to get back out to share fresh food and celebrate with our communities. We got a head start on all the festivities Thursday morning at Neponset Health Center joining in with their Food Day nutrition curriculum. That night at the Lawrence School we tested out our new lighting concept, and had kids and families out to check out the bus in action.

Fresh Truck dazzles with Christmas lights and kale at the Lawrence School on Food Day.

Friday was action packed from the start, kicking off the day at Hearth at Olmsted and Green hosting over 40 residents in a half hour. Next, with the help of @BostonTweet we launched our #ProjectileProduce campaign, tossing apples and oranges out of the bus as we made our way across the city. Each fruit was tagged with directions for how to enter our #FreshDay14 social media contest for a chance at prizes from Boloco, B. Good, Life Alive, Cafe Bartlett Sq and State Park. After touring Dorchester, Roxbury, JP, Mission Hill, Fenway and Back Bay brightening everyone’s day with fresh fruit, we made a stop at Northeastern to say hi to some old friends, and meet some new ones too!

Our hard working volunteers for #ProjectileProduce spreading the Food Day excitement.
Our hard working volunteers for #ProjectileProduce spreading the Food Day excitement.

 

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Pumpkin Picassos at Whole Foods Newtonville

Blog / Pumpkin Picassos at Whole Foods Newtonville

Fresh Truck spent this sunny fall Saturday at Whole Foods Newtonville for Kids Day. The Whole Foods demo team stocked the bus with pumpkins, paint and brushes for kids to unleash some creativity (and get a little messy). We had a great time sharing the Fresh Truck story and talking food with all the families who stopped by!

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Fresh Truck featured on WCVB Channel 5

Blog / Fresh Truck featured on WCVB Channel 5

Great day out at the Let’s Talk About Food Festival! A big thanks to Louisa Kasdon, Whole Foods and the Globe for having us out for the event.

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Fresh Truck Let’s Talk About Food, 2014

 

Check out the links below to see Fresh Truck featured on WCVB!

Fresh Truck on WCVB evening news

WCVB online piece

A special thanks to Liam Martin for the great coverage.

Follow Liam on Twitter @LiamWCVB

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