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Warm Greetings! For the next several days, we will be experiencing extreme cold weather conditions. There are many dangers to person and home to watch out for when temperatures drop this low. Towns and cities across the Commonwealth have opened Warming Centers or shelters to help keep…

Hello on this sunny, cold day! Today is National Poetry at Work Day! Reading and writing poetry has many benefits: from providing an outlet for creative expression to fostering the exploration of one’s relationship with the world. Haikus and limericks are the easiest entry into poetry…

January 28 Coalition meeting information Our first SNAP Coalition meeting of 2025 will be on Tuesday, January 28 from 10-11:30. Zoom link here. Congressman Jim McGovern is planning to join us at the start of the meeting, so please tune in right at 10! We will have a full agenda,…

We hope you all are having a positive start to 2025. Our next SNAP Coalition meeting will be on Tuesday, January 28 from 10-11:30. Zoom link here. We will have a lot to discuss, and look forward to seeing you then. In the meantime, see some timely updates. How to reduce risk of SNAP theft…

Happy New Year! What’s in a name? That which we call a rose / By any other name would smell as sweet;      Shakespeare, Romeo and Julie, Act II Scene II A good name is rather to be chosen than riches…      King Solomon, Proverbs 22:1 Last September, Governor…

Seasonal Salutations! When my children were young and still talkative, we would play a game around the dinner table called “Roses, Buds, and Thorns.”  This conversation game got us to practice gratitude (the Rose), share our day’s challenges (the Thorn), and find one thing that brought us…

We are reaching out with an upsetting and frustrating update before the holidays. We will follow up with more information after January 1, but wanted to update the Coalition in the meantime.    Low-income families struggling to put food on the table are a major casualty of…

Currently, Congress is deliberating a legislative package to keep the government open beyond December 20th. Bipartisan bill language released this week included federal disaster relief, resources for farmers and - importantly to SNAP - continuation of federal dollars to replace…

Happy Monday! There are 15 days left in 2024.  As we approach the end of the year, many may be ready to turn the page on 2024 and never look back.  Others may like to take a moment to reflect on all that has happened this year: the good, the bad, and all in…

Jan 9 and 16, 2025: Know Your Rights  We're also pasting below information from the Massachusetts Immigrant & Refugee Advocacy Coalition (MIRA) Coalition on upcoming Know Your Rights trainings in January along with other resources   Upcoming Virtual Know…