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DO YOU NEED FOOD ASSISTANCE? For a calendar list of the days and hours of Lowell Pantries and Meals click here. Contact the Project Bread Food Source Hotline at 1-800-645-8333 for a Massachusetts pantry or meals program near you.

UPCOMING Events April 26, 2012 – 7th Annual Grape Expectations Wine Tasting and Auction Fundraiser 6:00PM—9:00PM Lowell Memorial Auditorium 50 East Merrimack Street Lowell, MA 01852 Enjoy fine wine sampling and hors d'oeuvres while bidding on distinctive auction items. Tickets - $50.00 Thank you to all our sponsors, donors and attendees for helping make our event a success! Call Debbie at 978-454-7272 for more information. Monetary donations toward the event and auction items gladly accepted! Live Music from the FunRazrs! Our 2012 Sponsors: Premier: Kronos, Inc. Lowell Sun Charities UPS Vintage: Eastern Bank Exchange Club of Salem, NH Klin Vin LowellBank Trinity EMS Champagne: Lowell Five Cent Savings Bank Lofts at Perkins Park Comcast Business Services Creative Years Child Development and Learning Center Jeanne D'Arc Credit Union New England Medical Insurance Agency, LLC Christianson Bus Company, LLC Mill City Management St. Jeanne D'Arc School Merrimack Valley Federal Credit Union DSI Marketing Communications House: Law Office of Tami Dristiliaris Bridgewell Elder Services Of Merrimack Valley Greater Lowell Chamber of Commerce Washington Savings Bank Greater Merrimack Valley Convention & Visitors' Bureau Broadway Pizza Lenzi's Catering Gleason Insurance Agency M/A-Com Federal Credit Union First Tech Federal Credit Union In Memory of Grace A. Jones Soucy Industries Hashem Family Princeton Properties Terry & Kathleen McCarthy Middlesex Savings Bank Lawrence General Hospital Berube Electric Lowell Summer Music Series Two C's Engineering The Ellis Family Northeast Refrigerated Distributing Co., Inc. Michael G. Conway Insurance Cross Point LP Media: Anastas Advertising Associates LRTA 106.3-Frank FM 980 AM WCAP Merrimack Valley Magazine In Kind: Stadium Plaza Wine & Spirits, Tewksbury, MA Labelle Winery Klin Vin, a Division of Klin Spritis, LLC Tutto Bene - Wine and Cheese Cellar Pick Your Poison Cakes The Chowder Factory Cedars Mediterranean Foods Charming Petals Floral Art Designs Frito Lay Jay Foley, Creativist Photography September 10, 2012 – 19th Annual Golf Tournament Fundraiser Check back soon for more details! 2012 Food Drive Campaign We rely on donations every month throughout the year from people like you! Click here for a list of donation suggestions (click here) Register your food drive! (click here) We appreciate delivery of your donations to our warehouse at 735 Broadway Street, Lowell, MA Mon—Fri between 9AM—3PM. Please realize that saving the MVFB a trip to pick up food donations of less than 500 items is equivalent to a donation. Click here for additional information and to customize your flyer.

Congratulations to Kevin Laferriere -
the lucky winner!

Special Raffle:
14 Day Stay at the Caribe Island Resort
Ambergris Caye
San Pedro, Belize
AND $500.00 to be applied to airfare
or spending money!

Tickets are $20.00 each!

Online raffle ticket purchases are closed. Please call 978-454-7272 until 12:00pm on Wednesday, April 25th if you would like to purchase a ticket.

The winner will be drawn at our 7th Annual
Grape Expectations Fundraiser on April 26, 2012.
All funds must be received by April 26.

Details: 1 bedroom condo south of San Pedro. A/C, cable, wireless internet, pool, beach and a 300 ft dock. Centrally located so one day you can explore the Rainforest and the next snorkel the second largest barrier reef in the world!* *Travel must be between June 23, 2012 and November 10, 2012 Because condo is in a constant rental pool dates chosen must be confirmed by owner before reservations are made. Call for more information or to purchase in person 978-454-7272.

HUNGER BYTES

http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/12/15/9461848-dismal-prospects-1-in-2-americans-are-now-poor-or-low-income

An estimated 49.1 million Americans, or 16.4 percent, are food insecure; meaning their access to enough food is limited by a lack of money and other resources. (USDA/ERS, Household Food Security in the United States: 2008)
The food hardship rate is even worse for households with children – nearly one in four such households suffered food hardship in 2009. (Food Research and Action Center –FRAC)
The Merrimack Valley Food Bank serves over 600,000 individuals annually through a network of food pantries, shelters, soup kitchens, day and residential programs in 26 cities and towns in Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
Families who have difficulty buying fresh healthy foods experience types I & II diabetes, obesity and decreased learning abilities and performance in school.
We are entering a new era of food insecurity: the numbers of food insecure people are increasing, and there is no evidence to suggest that this will change.
Good nutrition through hunger relief programs like food pantries, meals programs, shelters and day programs alleviates health problems as well as the cost to our Commonwealth to treat residents whose health problems are related to hunger and poor nutrition.

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