YEAR END APPEAL
Your year-end support will have a lasting impact
YEAR END APPEAL
Your year-end support will have a lasting impact
Dear Friends,
It’s been a busy growing season at Nourishing the North Shore (NNS)! Thanks to the support of our community, dedicated staff, volunteers, and partners, we’re on track to distribute over 70,000 pounds of fresh, local produce this year—providing 280,000 servings to our food-insecure neighbors, a 55% increase from last year.
As we plan for 2025, we’re focused on addressing the growing need in our community, where 1 in 3 adults faces food insecurity in Essex County (Source: Greater Boston Food Bank). To sustain our growth and ensure year-round access to fresh produce, we need your help.
NNS is committed to expanding access to fresh, local produce for low-income families, individuals and older adults. By sourcing highly nutritious produce from local farms and distributing it through our network of hunger relief organizations, we provide a lifeline to our most vulnerable community members.
If you believe everyone deserves access to nutritious food, please consider donating to Nourishing the North Shore this holiday season. Your gift will directly support our programs and help alleviate food insecurity in our region.
Wishing you all the best this holiday season and in the year to come.
Tany Blasko
Executive Director
Our Community Impact This Year:
70,000
30
Pounds of produce donated to hunger relief partners
Farms and 12 hunger relief partners
280,000
145
3,000+
Low-income individuals served each week
Individuals connected to weekly farm shares
Servings of fruits and veggies
Our programs make a big difference
Take it from one of the senior residents at Heritage House in Newburyport that participates in our summer and fall Farm SHARE Program. “I cook and eat more fresh veggies with my farm share. They are wonderfully fresh, beautifully assorted, and the best program ever for me. Thank you.” We couldn’t have said it better ourselves.
We are in this together
Nourishing the North Shore couldn’t do this work alone. We rely on local hunger relief partners to make sure the fresh and nutritious produce grown by local farmers gets to the people who need it most. In our community, it isn’t always obvious who is struggling to make ends meet, but thankfully there are places for our neighbors to turn to when they are hungry. Among Friends, a meal program in Newburyport, ensures that families and seniors have reliable access to meals that include nourishing, locally grown fruits and vegetables. Bonnie Schultz, the Director of Among Friends, and her team of loyal volunteers serve an average of 350 meals every week.
“Nourishing the North Shore provides salads and fresh produce for our meal program, every week and year-round. Year round is such a godsend for us, because it fills in the gaps from the monthly Greater Boston Food Bank deliveries. Nourishing ensures our guests, who are primarily seniors, low-income and homeless residents, have access to fresh food. Thank you to Nourishing for their partnership. Their continued growth has helped us to expand to serve more individuals.”
– Bonnie Schultz, Director, Among Friends
GIVE TODAY AND
Make an Impact
provides fuel for the delivery of 3,000 pounds of produce
$50
supports a senior with a weekly mini-share of fruits and veggies
$100
helps to get our Mobile VEGOUT Market into the community
$250
provides a 20-week farm share for a local family
$500
serves over 500 people a delicious and nutritious salad
$1000