Melrose Non-Profit Needs Donations For Hungry Everett Students

MELROSE, MA – Melrose Kind, a local nonprofit organization helping encourage fellow Melrosians to reach out to each other with random kindness, is in need of donations for Bread of Life's Backpack program.

Bread of Life is a Malden-based organization that runs a Backpack Nutrition Program, where backpacks filled with food are distributed to students experiencing food insecurity, as well as a weekly mobile market and food distribution for Everett families.

Melrose Kind is currently accepting donations for Bread of Life’s Backpack Nutrition Program on their Kindness Porch located at 249 Grove Street.

Melrose community members are encouraged to donate:

• Individually packed (lunch/snack size) crackers, cookies, etc.
• Granola bars
• Small cartons of milk and juice
• Single-serving boxes of cereal, pretzels, chips
• Applesauce, fruit cups
• New bath-size towels

Patch has partnered with Feeding America since 2020 to help raise awareness in our local communities of hunger, a persistent national problem exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Feeding America, which supports 200 food banks and 60,000 local meals programs across the country, estimates that nearly 34 million people, including 9 million children — about 1 in 6 Americans — are living with food insecurity. This is a Patch social good project; Feeding America receives 100 percent of donations. Find out how you can donate in your community or find a food pantry near you.