Gaining Ground grows organic produce for hunger relief with help from volunteers of all ages and abilities, who work and learn in our fields. In short, we grow food and we give it away to people who need it. For free. This refreshingly simple approach lets us focus on meeting the needs of our volunteers and the people we help feed. These two aspects of our work are closely intertwined – one wouldn’t work without…
Read More »Community Servings, a nonprofit food and nutrition program, serves individuals and families living with critical and chronic illnesses in Massachusetts. Recently, Boston Tutoring Services spoke with Kate White, Volunteer Recruitment Coordinator at Community Servings, about the organization. Boston Tutoring Services: How did your organization get started? Kate White: Community Servings was founded in 1989 to provide home-delivered meals to individuals living with HIV/AIDS, before there were medications, and food was the only thing to…
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Community Cooks mobilizes individuals, businesses, civic, educational and faith-based groups to prepare home-cooked food for vulnerable populations seeking assistance from human service agencies in the Greater Boston area. We proudly partner with these agencies that, due to lack of funds and/or facilities, struggle to provide food for those they serve. In contributing nutritious and much-needed food, Community Cooks aims to: feed our hungry neighbors who might otherwise go without build a bridge of caring…
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The positions on education of the 2016 presidential candidates vary depending on their political party, personal beliefs and many other factors. To simplify your research process, we have compiled their statements on education, as found on their websites or though interviews. Bernie Sanders Wants to make public colleges and universities free to attend. Wants to increase the amount of educators in colleges and universities. Voted against anti-Common Core amendment. Hillary Clinton Does not support…
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An essential part of the college process is filing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA.) However, this process can be difficult to navigate, especially if you are going about it alone. Despite countless articles on the subject, it can be difficult to decipher the instructions. Using these How-To Videos on FAFSA can be helpful if you are feeling confused about filing for financial aid. They can also help clear up some common questions…
Read More »What does it mean, exactly, to be a first-generation or second-generation American? For many, it means various things: added pressure to succeed, conflict over American codes of behavior, a devoted relationship with one’s culture and heritage. In many families, first-generation or not, parents and their children tend to clash over values. Nowhere is this more true than in the American immigrant family. I am a third-generation American on my mother’s side, and a second-generation American…
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Spring Break is an eagerly awaited time for students of all ages. Many seniors will be suffering from “senioritis” and it can be hard to know how to make the most out of spring break. Rather than doing nothing all day, here are some ways to remain productive and make the ensure that time is being used wisely! Begin working on FAFSA FAFSA is the Free Application for Federal Student Aid. It…
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It has been revealed that the online PARCC exams produces lower scores than exams taken on paper. This is now raising questions about the validity of these scores as data that represents the state as a whole. Jeffrey Nellhaus, PARCC’s chief of assessment stated that although this pattern can clearly be seen, it is not indicative of the entire population and that it does not mean it occurred in every school district on every one of…
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