Summer is the hungriest time of the year. Millions of kids rely on school meals, but in summer, the meals disappear. HGTV’s Taniya Nayak was in studio this morning to talk about Taste of the Nation this coming Tuesday, June 6, which benefits Share Our Strength’s #NoKidHungry initiative. Click here to get your tickets. More
Chef David Vargas, Owner of Vida Cantina in Portsmouth, NH is hosting a one-time-only event that he created to raise money for foundations supporting immigrant workers and their families. He joined me in studio with Chef Daniel Bojorquez of La Brasa in Somerville to talk about Si Se Puede – Yes We Can Dinner on Sunday, April 2. More
The Greater Boston Food Bank Holiday Meal Drive helps provide healthy meals throughout the holiday season. Just $20 provides a full meal for a family of five: turkey, green beans, corn, stuffing, cranberry sauce, sweet potatoes, squash, and apples. Suzanne Battit is the VP of External Affairs for GBFB and she joined me in studio. More
Sasha Purpura, Director of Food For Free, was in studio this morning to talk about their Party Under the Harvest Moon, happening this Friday, October 14. Every dollar spent on tickets, auctions, bids, sponsorships, and donations helps rescue fresh food that would otherwise go to waste and get it to people in need. More
This Saturday, April 16, the Mudflat Pottery School will host the third annual Empty Bowls benefit for Food For Free. Sasha Purpura joined me in studio to talk about the benefit and about Food For Free, a local nonprofit which rescues fresh food that would otherwise go to waste and distributes it to those in need. More
I had Audrey Gordon, President and Executive Director of The Progeria Research Foundation in studio to talk about Night of Wonder 2016: Score for the Cure, this Saturday April 9 at the Renaissance Waterfront in Boston. More
I had Pete Ladas and Mike Mitriano from YuppieRacing.net in studio alongside Det. Robert Hall of Everett PD to talk about Yuppies at Yummies this Sunday, April 3, which benefits Cops for Kids with Cancer and Ella O’Donnell. Click here to make a donation, and click through to listen to our chat. More
Great to have Amy Green, Area Director of Shake Shack, back in studio this morning. She talked about their new partnership with New England Patriots linebacker Jerod Mayo. They’ve created a limited-edition shake–Mayo’s LineShacker–available now through January 31, 2016. 100% of the proceeds from each shake will benefit Boston Medical Center, an organization which Mayo has supported for the past five years, raising over $1 million through his celebrity-bowling tournament, The Mayo Bowl. More
So great to have our friend Corey Jackson from Citizens for Adequate Housing back in studio this morning. We talked about their upcoming Raising the Roof 2015 gala event. Listen to our conversation, then click here for tickets and details. More
Food For Free rescues fresh food that might otherwise go to waste and distributes it within the local emergency food system. Through a combination of food rescue, farming, and transportation services, they give food programs year-round access to fresh produce. Executive Director Sasha Purpura was in studio this morning to talk about their annual fundraising gala, Party Under the Harvest Moon, on Friday, October 16.
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