Author: Robert Sondak
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Tufts University’s Free Clinic Offers Health Care to the Needy
By Robert Sondak Spare Change News General health concerns, joint pains, colds and flu, confidential sexual health counseling, and case management are some of the services offered by the volunteer Tufts University Sharewood Project. These services are part of a comprehensive clinic program offering a variety of free health services to the medically underserved residents…
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Urban Ag Fair Comes to Cambridge
Robert Sondak Spare Change News High food prices are prompting increased interest in locally grown foods and community gardening — both of which will be on display at this year’s outdoor Cambridge Urban Agricultural Fair in Harvard Square. “The high price for food has opened up Cambridge residents’ eyes to the concept of locally grown…
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Harvard's Food Literacy Project part of the Local/Sustainable Movement
Robert Sondak Spare Change News A group of Harvard University staff members working in conjunction with students helped found a food project promoting food economics and health on campus and in the surrounding city of Cambridge. The Food Literacy Project, which was founded in 2005, introduced four components of food economics and health to the…
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Back On My Feet
[img_assist|nid=545|title=|desc=|link=none|align=center|width=400|height=400] Robert Sondak Spare Change News Running Program Helps Homeless Build Skills A new nonprofit organization is promoting running as a means to building self-confidence, strength, endurance, and self-sufficiency amongst those experiencing homelessness. Back On My Feet (BOMF) is an organization creating running teams made up of primarily males (shelter residents) and non-resident members (volunteers)…
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A Step in The Right Direction Walkers Raise $3.6 Million To Fight Hunger
42,000 walkers traveled nearly twenty miles to raise money and awareness for the fight against hunger on May 1, 2011. The Project Bread Walk for Hunger is the oldest and largest continual fund¬raising walk in the country. This 20 mile pledge walk raises money and awareness to help food panties, meals pro¬grams, food banks, and…
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Power Play: NHL, Bruins Team up with Rock and Wrap it Up Inc. To Score Major Points In Fight Against Hunger
Win or lose after each home game at the TD Garden the Boston Bruins score major points for the Boston Rescue Mission. Throughout the 2010-2011 hockey season the Boston Bruins have been donating surplus concession food at the end of each home game to the Boston Rescue Mission. The Bruins contributions to the Rescue Mission…
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Crittenton Women’s Union: A Path to Economic Self-sufficiency
They help 1,300 people a year and run one of the largest emergency and transitional housing programs in the state, serving 350 families a year. The Crittenton Women’s Union is a Boston-based non-profit organization that combines a mission of direct service programs, independent research and public advocacy to help low-income women attain economic independence. CWU…
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100 Years of Empowerment: Boston One of Ten Cities to Host International Women’s Day Celebration.
Some of the country’s most successful women gathered at the Back Bay Sheraton Hotel in Boston to celebrate century of activism, empowerment and progress during the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day, March 8th. This year, International Women’s Day Boston was sponsored by the Boston Women’s Network. According to IWD’s website [internationalwomensday.com], the first official…
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Making The Count: Cambridge/Somerville Conduct 2011 Homeless Census
Cambridge and Somerville conducted their annual census of homeless individuals on January 28. Cambridge and Somerville have conducted a joint homeless census for the past eleven years. The two cities have co-coordinated a homeless census because homeless individuals cross between neighborhoods like Porter and Inman Square that straddle both cities. “The Cambridge/Somerville homeless census is…
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Making an impact: Cambridge residents and students help build school in Cambodia
A group of Cambridge public school students, teachers, parents, businesses and residents raised $24,000 between October 2007 and June 2008 to build a school in rural Cambodia. The February 2010 dedication of the Cambridge Schools in Cambodia Project School in rural Kauk Rovieng marked the end of three years of fundraising and planning. The school…