Project Bread Welcomes Noa Rosen as the New Events Manager

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – This year, the nation’s oldest community pledge walk is back in person for the first time since 2019. On Sunday, May 7, more than 3,000 Massachusetts residents will gather on the Boston Common and hundreds of others will participate remotely for Project Bread’s 55th annual Walk for Hunger. Behind the one-day fundraising event is Cambridge resident Noa Rosen, 26, the nonprofit’s new events manager.

Growing up outside of Chicago, Rosen was no stranger to charity work. From a young age, she’d assist her mother, a fundraiser turned nonprofit consultant, helping to stuff donor ask letters, work registration tables, and execute events. After attending Northeastern University for college, she knew Boston, the nonprofit capital of the country, was where she needed to be. She joined the Project Bread team in January 2023 and has already been the force behind many of the anti-hunger organization’s legislative and community events statewide.

“The mission of Project Bread is what drew me to this position. Anyone living in Boston can see the need in our community,” says Rosen. “Knowing hunger is a solvable problem and the unique approach Project Bread takes to end hunger in Massachusetts is what gets me out of bed in the morning. No one should struggle with guessing where their next meal is coming from. It’s my job to translate that mission for our attendees through their event experience.”

Rosen’s biggest project to date is the Walk for Hunger. Money raised through the hybrid event is funding Project Bread’s urgent mission to ensure kids have reliable access to food, to directly help individuals and families, and to advocate at the state and federal levels for expedited and efficient relief for those in need. Funds will also support community organizations that are providing nutrition resources locally. Likeminded organizations that fundraise as part of The Commonwealth program by forming teams can raise money to support their own work, while also furthering the statewide effort, keeping 60 percent of all funds they raise.

New this year, there will be several family-friendly activations along the Boston Common three-mile route to raise awareness for food insecurity, nutrition resources available and other ways to get involved through the nonprofit to help neighbors in need. In-person and virtual participants will walk to raise more than $1 million to ensure Massachusetts residents of all ages across the state have enough to eat.

“We were initially impressed by Noa’s enthusiasm and skillset, and she’s already been an incredible asset to the team,” shares Erin McAleer, CEO and President of Project Bread. “This year, we’re reimagining the Walk for Hunger and welcoming Walkers back to the Boston Common. Our community is what gives us the ability to achieve our mission of solving hunger in Massachusetts, and Noa is dedicated to bringing our supporters and the whole Project Bread community together.”

Previously, Rosen was an executive assistant for Temple Israel of Boston and project coordinator for ActBlue. While in school, she volunteered for the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, worked as a Massachusetts State House tour guide, and served as a development and event planning associate for Home Base, a Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Program.

To register for Project Bread’s Walk for Hunger, or to support a walker or team, visit projectbread.org/walk or call (617) 723-5000. There is no registration fee or fundraising minimum to participate, although a $250 minimum goal is suggested. Participants who raise $500 or more are recognized as Heart & Sole walkers and receive access to personalized fundraising support, exclusive event gear, and invitations to events.

About Project Bread

Project Bread, the leading statewide anti-hunger nonprofit, connects people and communities in Massachusetts to reliable sources of food, while advocating for policies that make food more accessible—so that no one goes hungry. For more information, visit: www.projectbread.org.

###