Organizations Filed Purposes:
FOOD FOR FREE IMPROVES ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY BY RESCUING FOOD THAT WOULD OTHERWISE GO TO WASTE, STRENGTHENING THE COMMUNITY FOOD SYSTEM, AND CREATING NEW DISTRIBUTION CHANNELS TO REACH UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS.
FOOD RESCUE: FOOD RESCUE PROGRAM WORKS WITH GROCERY STORES, FARMS, UNIVERSITIES AND OTHER BUSINESSES TO COLLECT FRESH AND PREPARED FOOD THAT MIGHT OTHERWISE BE DISCARDED. FOOD RESCUED IS SUPPLEMENTED WITH WHOLESALE PURCHASED FOOD FUNDED BY THE CITY OF CAMBRIDGE AND THE GREATER BOSTON BOOD BANK. APPROXIMATELY 2.8M POUNDS OF FOOD WAS DISTRIBUTED IN FY20; SERVING MORE THAN 30,000 INDIVIDUALS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OVER 90 REGIONAL FOOD PROGRAMS.
CAMBRIDGE WEEKEND BACKPACK PROGRAM: SENDS CAMBRIDGE SCHOOL CHILDREN AT RISK OF HUNGER HOME WITH HEALTHY, KID-FRIENDLY MEALS EVERY WEEKEND. TWO BREAKFASTS, TWO LUNCHES, MILK, AND SNACKS FOR EVERY CHILD IN THEIR HOUSEHOLD ARE SENT HOME. THE PROGRAM SERVES OVER 550 STUDENTS AT 17 CAMBRIDGE ELEMENTARY AND UPPER SCHOOLS IN FY20.
FAMILY MEALS CREATES HEAT-AND-EAT MEALS FOR PEOPLE WHO FACE BARRIERS TO COOKING FOR THEMSELVES. PREPARED FOODS ARE RESCUED FROM UNIVERSITY AND CORPORATE DINING HALLS. FAMILY MEALS SERVED APPROXIMATELY 1,000 PEOPLE IN FY20, INCLUDING COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS, HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES IN HOTEL-SHELTERS, NEW IMMIGRANTS, AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN CRISIS.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Alexandra Purpura | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | 40 | $112,847 |
| Hannah Clark Steiman | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Kirsten Sims | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Marina Seevak | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Heather Saforrian | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Bruce Posner | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Justin Kang | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Alison Gray | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Elan Ezickson | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Anne Cushman | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Amy Copperman | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Kristen Watkins | CLERK | 1 | $0 |
| Marc A Becker | TREASURER | 2 | $0 |
| Abe Ceesay | VICE-CHAIR | 1 | $0 |
| Stephen Pratt | CHAIR | 1 | $0 |
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