To raise awareness around the growing risk of hunger and demand for food assistance, New England Patriots Deion Branch and Jerod Mayo will join Bank of America employee volunteers at The Greater Boston Food Bank in a service project to inspect, sort and repack donated grocery items for area families on Nov. 15.
In eastern Massachusetts, it is estimated that one in nine members of the community is at risk of going hungry, and that number is increasing.
Feeding America’s Give a Meal program gives holiday shoppers a chance to support a great cause by helping provide food to the nearly 49 million Americans who struggle with hunger. For every $1 donated to Feeding America or local food banks via feedingamerica.org/BankofAmerica or bankofamerica.com/give, the Bank of America Charitable Foundation will contribute an additional $2, up to a total match of $500,000. This is in addition to a $1 million contribution to Feeding America. This support is part of the bank’s ongoing efforts to address critical economic and social issues in the communities it serves, through the bank’s Gift for Opportunity™ fund, established to extend the impact of individual donations.