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From YouTube: Community Servings Groundbreaking
Description
Community Servings is a non-profit organization that provides medically tailored meals and nutrition services to individuals and their families affected by critical illnesses. Additionally, they offer food service job training to Boston residents struggling with employment, addiction, homelessness, and abuse. Mayor Walsh and other attendees offer their remarks at the groundbreaking of their new branch in Jamaica Plain, which will allow them to triple their capacity to produce meals.
A
A
Well
good
morning,
thank
you
for
coming
today
and
marking
this
exciting
new
chapter
for
community
servings.
I'm
caring,
Bressler
and
I
have
the
great
privilege
of
being
the
board
chair
for
community
servings.
I
came
to
community
servings
on
a
sales
call,
and
we
were
in
Roxbury
in
2001
and
I
have
never
left.
I
am
so
proud
of
where
we
have
come.
Even
since
we
moved
to
this
facility
to.
A
The
project
that
we
collectively
kickoff
today
will
allow
community
servings
to
triple
its
capacity
for
producing
medically
tailored
meals.
This
will
feed
more
people
across
Massachusetts
people
who
suffer
from
critical
and
chronic
illnesses
and
are
unable
to
shop
for
groceries,
prepare
a
meal
and
stand
by
a
stove.
This
will
help
them
to
get
access
to
scratch-made
cooking,
specifically
designed
for
their
medical
needs,
but
this
project
will
do
so
much
more
than
that.
It
will
also
support
people
who
need
a
hand
in
returning
to
the
workforce
in
getting
trained
in
the
culinary
profession.
A
It
will
allow
families
to
come
to
our
facility
and
volunteer
in
our
kitchen,
which
will
then
allow
parents
to
pass
on
the
virtue
of
volunteerism
to
their
children.
This
project
will
also
house
a
food
and
health
policy
center.
We
take
what
we
have
learned
through
our
important
work
here
and
replicated
throughout
other
communities.
We
dream
about
communities
around
this
country
and
around
the
world.
This
is
not
an
easy
project
to
put
together.
It
took
this
village.
We
are
grateful
for
all
the
partners
that
played
a
role
in
making
this
a
reality.
A
Many
of
you
are
here
today
and
for
that
we
thank
you.
The
city
of
Boston
has
been
an
seneschal
partner
to
community
servings
always
and
the
project
could
have
not
advanced
without
the
city's
support.
I
would
like
to
ask
our
mayor,
Marty
Walsh,
to
say
a
few
words,
but
before
I
do
that
I
also
want
to
mention.
The
mayor
is
having
a
coffee
tomorrow
in
Mozart
Park
in
Jamaica
Plain
at
9:30,
but
please
join
me
in
giving
a
hand
to
the
leader
of
the
greatest
city
that
we
know
mayor
Walsh.
C
C
C
Just
thank
everyone
for
me
David
waters.
Thank
you
very
much,
Kevin
Khanna.
Thank
you
very
much,
I'm,
just
picking
different
people
Ellen
and
Peter,
and
merit
for
being
the
co-chairs
of
this
campaign.
Thank
you
very
much
and
I
want
to
congratulate
everyone
in
community
servings
for
the
support
and
the
board
members
that
are
here
that
you
do
every
single
day.
I
want
to
thank
the
people
that
have
made
this
project
possible.
C
Anyone,
whether
it's
a
trauma
that
developed
the
Builder
to
people
investing
to
the
community
to
everyone
as
a
project
like
this
takes,
takes
a
village
as
Hillary
Clinton,
say,
and
certainly
that's
what
we're
here
for
today.
The
good
news
is
that
for
people
facing
tough
challenges
you
don't
just
help
people
survive,
you
give
back
and
give
them
the
tools
to
thrive,
and
that's
really.
What
today
is
all
about,
and
that's
the
great
news
in
the
city
of
Boston
as
well.
It
was
just
as
I
sat
down
from
it.
C
I
was
thinking
about
all
of
the
different
organizations
in
our
city
that
give
back,
and
I
was
just
thinking
that
for
a
second
that,
if
we
didn't
have
these
great
organizations,
we
would
be
as
a
society
and
every
day
we
go
to
a
different
place.
Do
it
helping
different
people
in
different
areas,
and
it
really
is
amazing
that
that
is
the
village
concept
of
helping
and
lifting
everyone
up
so
again,
I
want
to
thank
everyone.
C
It's
what
we
aim
for,
and
our
work
and
food
policy
and
health
services
and
education,
workforce
development
in
the
city
of
Boston
working
to
make
sure
that
people
live
have
good
nutrition.
The
people
have
been
innocent,
lean,
healthy,
safe
environments.
They
have
the
supports.
They
need
that's
what
that's
our
responsibility
as
a
society
to
make
sure
we
do
that.
The
work
that's
happening
here
is
inspiration.
We
look
at
the
tremendous
from
community
partners
like
what's
happening
here
and
look
at
the
incredible
history,
reaching
two
people
facing
stigma
in
isolation
and
that's
something
as
well.
C
When
something
is
rooted
in
true
compassion,
II
can
only
grow
to
produce
great
things
what's
happening
here
is
you're
spraying.
The
compassion
doing
groundbreaking
work
in
health
care
and
in
job
training,
medically
appropriate
nutrition
is
vital
for
the
healthcare
field
in
the
food
industry
is
one
of
the
most
accessible
pathways,
certainly
to
a
good
career,
I'm,
proud
to
be
mayor
of
the
city,
where
this
kind
of
program
can
grow
and
I'm
proud
that
you
are
serving
people
from
all
across
the
region.
Growth
in
many
forms
is
what's
happening
here.
C
I
want
to
again
just
thank
everyone
for
being
here
today.
This
is
a
very
big
day
here
in
the
city
of
Boston,
not
just
in
Jamaica
Plain,
but
throughout
the
entire
city
of
Boston.
So
I
want
to
thank
again
just
I'll
end
where
I
began
anybody
under
this
tent
or
outside
this
tent.
That
had
anything
to
do,
and
you
did
appreciate
here
today
with
with
this
day,
what
we're
doing
here
today
from
the
bottom
of
my
heart.
Thank
you.
D
E
Who
are
you
on
this
beautiful
day
for
this
most
exciting
ground
making?
Thank
you
to
David,
thank
you
to
the
mayor
for
showing
your
support
for
this
important
work
for
rec
mallya
for
the
board
members,
the
supporters.
Most
importantly,
the
staff
and
the
clients
who
benefit
from
this
program
and
the
expansion
to
help
the
most
vulnerable
among
us
as
I,
was
thinking
about
today.
I
thought
back
to
some
of
the
most
valuable
lessons.
E
The
fridge
was
empty
and
sometimes
the
cupboards
of
a
patient
with
very
fragile
heart
failure
was
filled
with
soups,
with
lots
of
salt.
That
I
knew
would
put
their
heart
failure
into
a
worse
State
and
I
also
knew
that
no
medication
that
I
could
write
right
on
my
prescription
pad
would
help
alleviate
this
part
of
the
disease.
E
We
know
that
community
servings,
when
individuals
get
these
nutritionally
culturally
appropriate
medically
appropriate
meals.
Not
only
is
it
better
for
them
nutritionally
it
decreases
emergency
room
visits,
it
decreases
unnecessary,
inpatient
time
and
it's
a
win-win
for
all
of
us
also
really
thought
that
at
the
Department
of
Public,
Health
were
partnering
with
community
services
and
academic
researchers
to
further
look
at
this
home
based
model
that
I
know
is
so
powerful
and
what
it
can
do
to
raise
food
security
and
help
us
treat
disease
and
stay
healthy,
I'm
thrilled
to
be
here.
F
My
name
is
Peter
Zane
and
I'm,
a
very
proud
member
of
the
board
of
community
servings,
and
also
a
co-chair
of
this
capital
campaign.
I.
Thank
you
for
all
all
of
you,
who've
been
here
I'm
honored,
to
introduce
Michelle
Dwight
a
wonderful
example
of
the
impact
of
this
organization.
The
number
of
the
years
ago,
Michelle
is
a
successful
participant
in
our
learning
kitchen
and
in
2016
opened
next
step
soul
food
cafe
in
Dorchester
a
restaurant
that
now
draws
that
draws
upon
her
life's
experience
and
food
memories
and
her
entrepreneurial
spirit.
F
A
G
I
really
feel
blessed
to
be
a
part
of
the
teaching,
the
kitchen
for
Susan
mangoes,
oh
I
mean
she's,
not
here,
but
I
think
her
so
much.
She
really
inspires
me
all
the
time
when
I
was
45
years,
old
I
decided
that
I
wanted
to
switch
and
turn
over
brand
new
leaf.
Art
I
had
a
illustrious
career
and
family
childcare
for
about
30
years
and
my
mom,
she
groomed
me
and
she
retired
so
I
said
you
don't
retire.
It
45,
but
I'm
gonna
find
something
different
to
do.
Well.
G
I
went
to
my
local
health
center,
which
is
common
for
health
center
and
I
talked
to
some
folks
about
health
leads
and
they
recommended
community
service.
Why
don't
you
volunteer
and
community
servings
once
you
check
out
their
teaching
kitchen
program
and
I
was
like
wow
I
guess
so
it
translates
I'm
not
to
cure
children
and
I
had
to
cook
for
them.
You
know
the
parents
kept
coming
back
for
food.
G
I
decided
to
give
it
a
try.
I
mean
I,
went
in
I
took
the
textin
I
started
in
the
sixth
week.
Excuse
me,
12-week
program,
which
was
awesome.
Not
only
am
I,
for
a
head-to
are
glad
to
graduate
from
that
program.
I
also,
my
mother
suffers
from
multiple
myeloma
cancer,
and
so
she
actually
benefited
from
the
food
that
we
would
prepare.
I
would
go
home
and
talk
to
her
about
it
and
how
food
and
nutrition
she
could
really
help
her
know
not
just
she
had
the
best
doctors.
G
She
had
the
people
who
were
generous
and
kind
and
they
pay
for
her
treatments,
which
were
hundreds
of
thousands
of
dollars
a
year.
So
but
my
mother
that
night
there
was
nothing
in
the
refrigerator
to
be
honest:
I
wasn't
there.
There
was
no
one
there
to
prepare
it
for
her,
even
if
she
did
have
food
there.
So
the
fact
that
she
signed
up
a
little
after
I
graduated
from
the
program
and
she
loved
it
every
day
she
would
eat
healthfully
every
day
she
would
just
be
motivated
to
eat.
No
I
must
admit
so.
G
What
happened
is
that
we
decided
to
make
someone
take
some
of
these
recipes
and
add
it
to
our
program.
So
all
the
soups
that
I
learned
how
to
make
from
chef
Kevin
you
somewhere
around
here,
I
use
it
in
my
program
and
people
love
it.
So
the
fact
that
I
not
only
benefit
from
the
teaching
kitchen,
the
fact
that
in
my
restaurant
right
now
we
use
some
of
those
recipes.
There
are
people
in
the
I
talk
about
how
you
don't
want
salt.
Okay,
let's
take
that
salt
out.
You.
G
D
Thank
You
Michelle,
very
inspiring
one
of
the
greatest
things
about
community
service
is
that
it's
not
just
about
providing
a
meal.
It's
provoque,
providing
a
healthy
meal,
and
it's
about
health
and
some
of
the
partnerships
that
we've
been
able
to
gain
with
what
helps
of
healthcare
institutions.
And
with
that
I'd
like
to
introduce
our
next
speaker,
the
director
of
community
benefits
at
the
Dana
Farber
Cancer
Institute,
Magnolia
Contreras,.
H
It
is
a
challenge
for
a
woman
in
particular
to
receive
to
be
at
the
hospital
all
day,
receiving
breast
cancer
treatment
and
then
have
to
go
home
and
think
about
in
prepare
and
plan
for
dinner
for
her
family.
We
are
able
to
support
our
patient
by
connecting
them
to
the
work
of
community
servings,
and
they
no
longer
have
to
do
that.
H
We
see
the
benefit
of
that
partnership
because
it
allows
us
to
talk
to
those
patients
about
focusing
on
their
own
care,
while
somebody
else
another
organization,
another
loving
institution
who
can
support
them
the
rest
of
your
journey
and
that's
why
our
missions
are
aligned.
We
focus
both
on
the
patient.
The
tailored
meals
approach
that
they're
evolving
into
is
something
that
we
know
will
benefit
our
patients
because,
as
we
move
into
the
personalized
medicine
approach,
they're
moving
into
a
personalized
tailored
meals
approach,
and
that
again
is
the
way
that
we
work
together
as
a
referring
organization.
H
The
other
way
that
we
work
together,
because
our
partnership
is
easy
on
the
patient
side,
but
it
also
is
connected
to
us
on
our
staff
side.
Many
of
our
employee
resource
groups
participate
in
volunteer
at
dana-farber,
so
it
isn't
just
a
a
partnership.
Around
patient
care
is
an
institutional
partnership.
They
have
benefited
from
coming
to
volunteer
at
different
campaigns
at
community
servings.
The
volunteer
deliver
meals,
and
so
the
organization
not
only
has
a
relationship
with
our
clinical
department,
but
it
has
a
relationship
throughout
the
organization.
H
Yesterday,
my
staff
had
a
visibility
event
and
one
of
the
organizations
that
was
featured
was
community
servings
and
that's
to
ensure
that
our
patients
and
our
staff
know
the
important
work
that
this
organization
does
so
on
behalf
of
us
at
dana-farber.
Thank
you
for
the
ongoing
partnership
and
I
think
that
community
service
is
an
example
of
what
an
anchor
institution
does
not
only
provide
services
but
look
at
the
whole
community
and
try
to
provide
those
services.
So
thank
you
very
much
have
a
good
night.
F
Ellen
is
a
renowned
voice
in
healthcare
leadership
locally
nationally
and
internationally
she's,
an
expert
in
corporate
governance
and
importantly
as
it
relates
to
community
servings,
Ellen
lectures
regularly
on
cost
drivers
in
health
care.
And
so
it's
my
great
pleasure
to
introduce
my
life
partner
and
campaign
partner.
I
It's
so
much
fun
to
have
a
cheerleader,
isn't
it
what
a
day
this
is
in
the
chapter
of
the
life
of
community
service.
This
is
absolutely
unbelievable
and,
and
the
gods
are
with
us,
there's
no
question
about
it.
This
new
chapter
for
community
servings
will
allow
the
organization
to
triple
the
number
of
medically
tailored
meals
that
it
produces,
and
it
will
also
greatly
expand
its
training
program.
I
This
new
facility
will
help
community
servings,
as
it
thinks
about
bringing
the
program
nationwide
as
an
accelerator,
but
the
part
that
I
think
is
so
very
integral
to
this
organization
is
they
can
prove
they're,
making
a
difference.
All
of
us
have
great
organizations,
terrific
not-for-profits,
who
line
up
to
ask
us
for
our
money,
but
the
truth
is
they
all
do
good
work,
but
very
few
of
them
can
say
more
than
I
do
good
work.
This
organization
can
prove
it
and,
most
recently,
a
very
important
health
journal.
I
Health
affairs
published
an
article
that
talked
about
information
and
data
that
it
received
from
the
AARP
Foundation
at
with
work
that
they
did
at
the
MGH
in
order
to
show
that
16
/
16
percent
reduction
in
health
care
costs
as
a
result
of
community
servings,
Commonwealth
Care
Commonwealth
Care
Alliance
patients
showing
a
significant
60%
reduction
net
reduction
in
trips
and
ambulances
and
inpatient
admissions
and
emergency
room
and
emergency
room
visits.
Having
been
a
CEO
of
an
academic
Medical
Center
in
Boston
I
can
tell
you
how
incredibly
important
that
is
to
our
futures.
I
It's
why
we
do
what
we
do
and
health
plans
are
beginning
to
understand.
That.
Not
only
is
this
the
right
thing
to
do,
it's
very
good
business
because,
by
virtue
of
using
medically
tailored
meals,
health
plans
are
beginning
to
understand,
but
it
isn't
about
the
cost
of
an
MRI
or
a
surgical
procedure.
It's
about
the
total
medical
Spence
that
is
associated
with
the
care
of
a
patient
and
by
feeding
patients
and
their
families
properly.
I
We
are
able
to
reduce
the
total
medical
expense
for
these
patients
and,
more
broadly,
the
the
Robert
Wood
Johnson
Foundation
is
underway.
Giving
more
credence
to
this
analyzing
more
data
to
this
overall
objective,
so
hats
off
to
community
servings
for
doing
something
far
different
and
doing
it
differently.
Better!
Congratulations!.
D
D
J
It's
really
great
to
be
here:
not
a
finance
fund
for
thirty-eight
years
has
been
providing
loans
and
advice
to
meet
organizations
like
community
servings
and
20
more
than
20
years
here
in
Boston,
we
are
around
the
country
and
there's
real
sort
of
thinking.
What
Helen
said
there
is
a
movement
afoot
around
the
country
that
is
proving
that
nutritious
food
is
a
central
part
of
healthcare.
We.
J
With
a
community
garden
in
Oakland
California,
that's
providing
nutritious
food
in
that
community.
We
have
clients
are
bright
or
going
to
health
clinics
where
doctors
are
prescribing
kale.
We
have
a
client
whose
runs
a
medical
center
that
teaches
medical
students
how
to
cook
so
they
can
go
and
teach
their
patients.
So
this
is
really
part
of
something
much
bigger
for
me.
Personally,
it's
really
great
to
be
here
in
Boston
for
two
reasons:
I
grew
up
six
miles
from
here
at
Google
Maps.
My
future,
exactly
six
miles
is
my
childhood
home.
J
So
it's
really
great
to
be
able
to
bring
this
movement
to
Boston.
Here
with
many
servings
and
picking
up
what
Allen
said,
we
are
finance
people,
we
want
our
loan
fund,
we
lent
to
nonprofits,
and
so
the
idea
that
this
is
not
only
the
morally
right
thing
to
do
in
a
country
as
wealthy
as
ours
in
the
city
as
successful
as
Boston.
The
fact
that
people
did
not
become
Greek
we're
also
dealing
with
medical
college
to
just
be
a
moral
imperative,
but
what
Ellen
mentioned
and
what
community
servings
is
partly
proving.
Is
this.
J
F
J
Because
something
is
right
and
says,
money
doesn't
mean
it's
simply
going
to
happen
and
in
a
project
like
this
expanding
an
intervention
that
is
so
obviously
the
right
thing
to
do
does
take
a
lot
of
effort.
It
is
a
real
community
and
the
community
here
is
incredibly
exciting
and
I
represent
the
community
of
investors.
I
didn't
want
to
mention
that
we've
been
able
to
mobilize
31
million
dollars
for
this
project,
and
that
includes
not
public
finance
fund
low
income
investment
fund.
They
have
to
represent
this
year.
J
Pnc
Financial,
pinnacle,
Cambridge,
Savings
Bank
and
the
City
of
Boston
have
all
been
involved
in
providing
the
resources
to
make
this
happen.
In
addition,
I'm
very
honored
to
be
here
bringing
to
federal
programs
at
a
time
when
I
think
it's
easy
to
despair
about
what
happens
or
doesn't
happen.
Our
federal
government
I
think
it's
important
for
all
of
you
to
know
that
we
wouldn't
be
here
today
and
we
wouldn't
been
able
to
support
this
initiative,
if
not
for
two
federal
programs
run
out
of
the
Treasury
Department,
the
community
development
finance
institution.
J
That's
the
healthy
food
financing
initiative,
as
well
as
the
new
markets,
tax
credits
and
I
forgot
to
mention
the
property
and
casualty
initiative,
as
well
as
one
of
the
investors.
So
don't
want
to
mention
that
this
is
about
not
just
the
community
here
in
Boston
and
incredibly
excited
you
guys
who
supported
this
organization.
It's
the
community
of
investors,
as
well
as
the
broader
community,
and
includes
federal
state
and
city
policy.
J
I
just
want
to
end
by
saying
that
again,
at
a
time
when
II
think
it's
very
easy
to
despair,
not
just
about
politics,
but
about
an
underlining
dynamic
in
our
country.
That
is
forgetting
the
fact
that
we
have
a
moral
obligation
to
take
care
of
each
other
I
think
at
the
core.
What's
troubling
us
is
a
sense
that
many
people
have
forgotten
that
we
really
should
be
extending
a
hand
to
everyone,
not
just
some
people.
In
that
context,
it's
so
exciting
to
be
here
David
with
you
and
your
team
and
to
be
in
this
community.
J
That
really
represents
a
refutation
of
them.
That
says
community
people
doing
smart
things
in
smart
ways.
Can
mobilize
a
community-
and
we
really
can
live
up
that,
but
what
the
mayor
mention,
which
is
the
that
is
the
core
of
this
work,
so
it's
a
real
honor
to
be
there
to
be
able
to
be
supported
this
effort.
Thank
you.
F
B
Thank
you
so
much
for
coming.
Everybody
here
is
so
exciting
to
have
you
here,
I
feel
like
it's
a
family
reunion,
whether
you
are
here
for
the
first
time
or
have
been
supporting
us
for
all
the
28
years,
like
our
founders,
Sheila,
dr.
Allen,
balsam,
Liz,
Mae
Leo's
been
supporting
us
for
years,
Marty
Martinez.
B
I
also
want
to
give
two
more
quick.
Shout
outs,
one
is
to
the
neighbors,
because
we
are
very
much
a
neighborhood
program
and
we
are
here
and
proud
to
be
in
the
Stony,
Brook
and
JP
neighborhoods.
So
for
all
the
neighbors
around,
we
are
working
hard
to
make
a
beautiful
building,
that's
going
to
improve
the
neighborhood,
but
also
to
do
it
quietly.
B
And
finally,
we
don't
come
up
with
21
million
dollars
by
ourselves.
It
is
the
whole
community
coming
together,
we've
talked
about
investors,
but
I
also
want
to
give
a
shout
out
to
all
of
those
who
have
personally
contributed
to
the
program,
whether
it's
our
annual
work,
Annual,
Fund
or
through
the
campaign
we're
so
grateful
for
you.
You've
heard
the
many
reasons
why
community
servings
work
matters
from
a
city
perspective
and
a
public
health
standpoint
from
a
health
provider
and
investor
and,
most
importantly,
from
the
people
that
are
impact
directly
by
our
program.
B
As
Alan
said,
this
new
building
is
going
to
allow
us
to
triple
the
number
of
meals
to
a
million
and
a
half
free
meals,
delivered
medically
tailored
meals
made
from
scratch
to
people
all
across
Massachusetts.
Double
the
number
of
volunteers
we
host
every
day
from
the
community
double
the
number
of
folks
facing
barriers
to
employment,
who
can
come
here,
learn
job
training,
but
also
give
back
at
the
same
time
and
launch
a
new
food
health
policy
Center.
B
My
job
for
the
past
20
years
has
been
to
celebrate
the
work
of
our
amazing
staff
and
volunteers
and
express
our
thanks
to
the
community.
I've
seen
us
grow
this
year
for
this
work
for
28
years
from
serving
30
individuals
with
HIV
and
AIDS
to
serving
more
than
2,000
clients
a
day
across
Massachusetts.
The
only
reason
it's
possible
is
because
the
community
comes
together
to
support
this
work.
This
is
held
true
in
our
campaign,
with
the
community
rallying
around
to
help
us
raise
8.25
million
dollars
to
help
build
this
building.
B
In
particular,
we're
very
grateful
this
of
the
support
of
the
Richard
and
Susan
Smith
Family
Foundation,
the
dan
and
Therese
heinzelmann
Family
Foundation,
our
dear
friend
Rachel,
so
long
Peter
and
Alan
Zane,
Karen,
Bressler,
Lorraine,
Dressler,
Scott,
Epstein,
and
so
many
of
you
in
the
room
that
have
stepped
up
to
help
make
this
happen.
But
we
still
have
work
to
do.
There's
still
that
nagging
1.7
million.
Let's
not
forget,
we
still
need
to
raise
by
the
end
of
December.