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OCTOBER 2015

Upcoming Events

- Monday, October 19 at Summer Shack!

To attend:

1. Sign up as a Pie Seller 

2. RSVP to Sam Dubin
 

Pie in the Sky
Learn more about
the "World's Greatest
Bake Sale!"

 

Food is Medicine Symposium - Thursday, October 29 - RSVP to attend
 

Volunteer Opportunities

Sign up to be a Pie in the Sky pie seller! Every $28 Thanksgiving pie you sell provides a week's worth of meals to one of our 1,600 critically ill clients. 


Weekday and Saturday Delivery Drivers wanted! Contact Malissa to
sign up!


Coming soon: sign up for Holiday Basket Makers and Thanksgiving Meal Delivery!
 

Job Opportunities

 

We're in the News! 


Watch Congressman Jim McGovern speak about Community Servings' mission in an effort to raise awareness about the connection between food and health. 

Check us out on the
Dr. Oz Show
  as part of a segment on Doctor Be Dancing , an anesthesiologist who  has been busking around Boston for a number of charities, including Community Servings!

Thank you!  
Thank you to the  Avon Foundation  for their $100,000 grant to provide women and their families with medically tailored meals and nausea packs as they battle breast cancer. The Avon Foundation grant also supports our community nutrition education program. 
Nutrition Tip
The Mediterranean diet has been associated with many health benefits over recent years. Check out these tips  to incorporate healthy and delicious Mediterranean dishes   into your diet! 

Featured Recipe

Autumn Tangine

Boston Globe Features 
Food is Medicine

Photo Credit: Keith Bedford/ Globe Staff

A recent Boston Globe article featured our pilot study examining how medically tailored meals can affect people with diabetes. The study, part of our
Food is Medicine initiative, launched in partnership with Dr. Seth Berkowitz of Massachusetts General Hospital and is supported by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation and BNY Mellon.


October is Breast Cancer
Awareness Month



A critical illness, like breast cancer, can change how our clients are able to navigate their lives

"Community Servings came into our lives at a time when we truly needed help." - Sherys, a client with breast cancer



Sherys is a fighter. You can read her story, and the stories of other clients, in  This is the Voice of Hunger & Critical Illness.

Meet our New Board Members!


Community Servings is pleased to announce the addition of the following to our experienced team of Board Members:
  • Beverly Edgehill, Ed.D., Vice President of Organizational Development and Community Relations at TJX Companies
  • Rick Musiol, Jr., Senior Vice President and Regional Director of Public Affairs (New England Region) for Citizens Bank
  • Dr. Oliver Rosen, Chief Medical Officer at Deciphera Pharmaceuticals
  • Ken Tutunjian, Vice President for Coldwell Banker - Back Bay and Community Servings' #1 Pie in the Sky Pie Seller!
Learn more about Beverly, Rick, Oliver, and Ken.


 
18 Marbury Terrace - Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts 02130
617-522-7777 - www.servings.org

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