Late Winter/Early Spring 2010 Course Schedule

To volunteer for a series, look for opportunities (in orange) and e-mail Gill at gdavidson@ofl.org.

Start by Eating Right: Courses for Parents of Young Children

East Boston Neighborhood Health Center
155 Addison St., E. Boston 02128
Mar 3--April 7, Wednesdays, 10 am-12 noon

ABCD- Chinese Church Head Start

100 Shawmut Ave., Boston 02118

Mar 9--Apr 13, Tuesdays, 9:30-11:30 am

SMOC Head Start
12 Roxanna St., Framingham 01702
March 24--May 5, except Apr 21, Wednesdays, 9:30-11:30 am

Associated Early Care & Education- Castle Square
436 Tremont St., Boston 02116
March 25--May 6, except Apr 8, Thursdays, 5:30-7:30

ABCD- Geneva Avenue
198 Geneva Ave., Dorchester 02121

Apr 6--May 18, except Apr 20, Tuesdays, 9:30-11:30 am
Volunteers needed: Nutritionist

East Boston Neighborhood Health Center
155 Addison St., E. Boston 02128
May 5--Jun 9, Wednesdays, 10 am-12 noon
Volunteers needed: Nutritionist

Eating Right: Courses for Adults

DotWell- Codman Square Health Center
637 Washington St., Dorchester 02124
Jan 19--Mar 2, Tuesdays, 6-7:30 pm (7 weeks)

DotWell- Dorchester House Multi-Service Center
1353 Dorchester Ave., Dorchester 02122
Mar 4--Apr 15, Thursdays, 10-11:30 am (7 weeks)
Volunteers needed: Assistant

Hunger Free and Healthy
24 Chatham St., Worcester 01609
Mar 23--Apr 27, Tuesdays, 5:30-7:30 pm
Volunteers needed: Assistant

CharlesNEWtown Housing Authority
93 Medford St., Charlestown 02129
May 7--Jun 11, Fridays, 10 am-12 noon
Volunteers needed: Chef, nutritionist, assistant

Hunger Free and Healthy
24 Chatham St., Worcester 01609
May 11--Jun 15, Tuesdays, 5:30-7:30 pm
Volunteers needed: Chef, nutritionist, assistant

Step Up to Eating Right: Course for Pregnant and Parenting Teens

Quincy Teen Mothers Program
Bethany Congregational Church
18 Spear St., Quincy 02169
Feb 5--Mar 19, except Feb 19, 11:15 am-12:45 pm

Eating Well: Course for Adults Living with HIV and AIDS

Boston Living Center
29 Stanhope St., Boston 02116
Mar 2--Apr 13, Tuesdays, 3:30-5:30
(this course is six weeks and may end prior to 4/13, if no snowfall)

Side By Side: Course for Children and their Families

South End Community Health Center
1601 Washington St., Boston 02118
Apr 14--May 19, Wednesdays, 5:30-7:30 pm

Power of Eating Right: Courses for Teens

Home for Little Wanderers- Roxbury House
17 Greenville St., Roxbury 02119
Apr 5--May 17, except Apr 19, Mondays, 4-6 pm

Alliance for Inclusion & Prevention, Inc.
105 Cummins Hwy., Roslindale 02131
May 5--Jun 9, Wednesdays, 2:30-4 pm

Gift Event a Success!

Thank you to those who supported Operation Frontline Massachusetts by participating in Gift at The Shops at Prudential Center on December 4.

Annual Holiday Bake Sale at Cambridge School of Culinary Arts

Spreading charity to America's hungry is easy as pie. The Cambridge School of Culinary Arts hosts its 4th Annual Holiday Bake Sale to benefit Share Our Strength on Saturday, December 12 from 10 am to 3 pm.

Students, alumni, and chef instructors from The CSCA will bake hundreds of items for the sale, including gingerbread houses, decorated ornament cookies, pies, bar cookies, candy, cheesecake, breads, Yule logs, cupcakes, croissants, coffee cakes, and Hanukkah treats.

In addition to sweet and savory treats, the Bake Sale includes a raffle of donated items from area restaurants, businesses, and shops. Andy Husbands, chef/owner of Tremont 647 & Sister Sorel, will be at the Bake Sale from 11am to 1pm signing copies of his book, The Fearless Chef. All proceeds from the sale will be donated to Share Our Strength to help in the mission to end hunger in America's children.

The CSCA's 4th Annual Holiday Bake Sale is open to the public. Spread Joy. End Hunger.

Prudential Tower to Shine a Light on Ending Childhood Hunger

On December 14, Boston's Prudential Tower will illuminate in orange to shine a light on Share Our Strength and to thank you, our supporters, for your help in our mission to end childhood hunger in America by 2015. Share Our Strength is one of 30 local organizations being recognized and participating in the Shops at Prudential Center's 31 Nights of Light.


Join us at 5 pm at the Shops at the Prudential Center's Belvidere Arcade where chef Andy Husbands, long-time Share Our Strength and Operation Frontline supporter, will flip the switch to light the Prudential Tower. Guests of the lighting will receive discounted parking and a complimentary Holiday Savings Pass with more than 40 discounts across The Shops at Prudential Center.


After helping to flip the switch, join us in celebration at Husband's restaurant Tremont 647 as it turns 13 years old! Mingle with friends and fellow supporters at the 13-Year Anniversary Party from 6 until 8 pm.

Celebrate Tremont 647's 13-Year Anniversary

After helping to illumintate the Prudential Tower on December 14, come celebrate the 13th Anniversary of Andy Husband's Tremont 647.

WHO: Chef Andy Husbands will serve up an array of delicious hors d’oeuvres, while the restaurant’s master mixologists will shake up some enticing cocktail creations.

WHAT: Tremont 647 is going to turn 13 years old and wants to celebrate by hosting a 13-Year Anniversary Party, featuring their Third Annual Momo Eating Contest! The winner of the contest will win a 7 course chef’s tasting with wine pairings!

WHERE: Tremont 647 & Sister Sorel, located at 647 Tremont Street in Boston’s South End.

WHEN: December 14th from 6 to 8pm.

WHY: Birthdays are always worth celebrating, and Tremont 647 wants to share theirs with us. As a way to show thanks, Husband’s new edition of The Fearless Chef cookbook will be available for a discounted rate. The event is free, but suggested $13 donations will go to Share Our Strength Massachusetts, in support of the fight to end childhood hunger.

Gift at The Shops at Prudential Center

Please join us for Gift at The Shops at Prudential Center, a win-win holiday shopping event that benefits Operation Frontline Massachusetts.

• Get your holiday shopping done early


• Receive special discounts at The Shops at Prudential Center


• Enjoy discounted parking and strolling Victorian Carrollers and,


• Give to Share Our Strength's Operation Frontline, a ground-breaking cooking-based nutrition education program for families in need

Simply purchase a ticket, and enjoy a wealth of discounts from Prudential Center stores and restaurants on December 4.

100% of proceeds purchased through this link will go directly to Share Our Strength's Operation Frontline Massachusetts. On Friday, December 4 after 4:00PM, go to the Center Court at The Shops at Prudential Center, receive a wristband and a special passport for holiday savings and start shopping!

Click here for more information and a complete list of participating retailers.

Andy Husbands on Hell's Kitchen

Chef Andy Husbands, who has been a long-time supporter and friend of Share Our Strength and Operation Frontline, will be appearing on Hell's Kitchen starting Tuesday night, July 21st on the Fox Network. Tune in to see how many weeks Andy can stay in the competition and help cheer him on to victory!

A successful dinner at Tremont 647

Many thanks to Andy Husbands for hosting the 12th very successful Operation Frontline Dinner. Andy, his staff, and the fabulous guest chefs worked to raise over $10,000 for Operation Frontline Massachusetts.

12th Annual Operation Frontline Dinner at Tremont 647

Join Chef/Owner Andy Husbands on Monday, May 4th at 6:00pm, as he presents Tremont 647's 12th Annual Operation Frontline Dinner,with five very special guest chefs.

The evening will begin with a Passed Appetizer and Champagne reception, where Tremont 647 Chefs Isadora Sarto and Jura Abragimovich will be preparing some delicious nibbles to enjoy while you sip on some fantastic bubbles!

Following the reception will be a 6 course, sit down dinner, where Chef Husbands, along with 5 renowned chefs, will each prepare an amazing course, and each course will be paired with a fine wine.

Joining the line up this year will be Chef Jason Santos of Gargoyles on the Square, Chef Josh Ziskin of La Morra (and last years gracious host of the 11th Annual Operation Frontline Dinner!), Chef Deborah Hansen of Taberna de Haro, Chef Will Gilson of Garden at the Cellar, Pastry Chef Lee Napoli of ChocoLee, and Tremont 647's own Pastry Chef Kat Craddock!

Click HERE to view the full menu!

$100 minimum donation with 100% of the proceeds benefiting Share Our Strength’s Operation Frontline Massachusetts.

Tickets must be purchased in advance by calling Tremont 647 (617) 266-4600

Whole Foods Markets is teaming up with Operation Frontline MA once again!

On Wednesday, March 25th nine area Whole Foods Markets will be donating 5% of their net sales to Operation Frontline Massachusetts. Please help us spread the word about this fantastic opportunity. Participating Whole Foods Markets are: Brighton, Charles River Plaza, Symphony, Fresh Pond, Prospect Street, River Street, Bellingham, Framingham, and Newtonville.

Throughout the month of April you will also be able to make donations at the registers of many Whole Foods Markets in Massachusetts.

Spend $100 at Whole Foods Markets and receive a 20% discount on your tickets to Taste of the Nation, Boston.

A letter from Share Our Strength founder, Bill Shore

On Saturday morning, while Nate was on the living room floor playing with his Legos and I was at our nearby kitchen counter answering some e-mails, Rosemary said to me: “Do we still have yesterday’s newspaper? I’ve been meaning to tell you. You’ve got to see the picture of all of the people carrying boxes from a truck. You’ve got to get it.”

When Roe says “you’ve got to” do something, she doesn’t mean it the way some people mean you’ve got to see a movie or try a new restaurant when you get the chance. She means it’s got to be the thing you do before you draw your very next breath. She means it the way a policeman means “step away from the car.” It is not a mere suggestion. If it’s a lazy weekend as this one was, and she’s in a really relaxed mood, she’ll wait maybe 60 seconds or so before asking again, “Did you get yesterday’s paper yet and see that picture?” There is really only one solution of course and that is to do exactly what she is insisting.

For the next 30 minutes we looked for the previous day’s papers, even searched on-line, but to no avail. Then Roe thought to check the recycling bin in the lobby of our building. It was a good idea because we found the Boston Globe we were looking for, which saved us from getting dressed and searching the recycling bins in the lobbies of other buildings in Boston and quite possibly its suburbs.

The picture, taken by Associated Press photographer Skip Peterson, took up about a sixth of the Boston Globe’s second page. There are at least a dozen people in the picture, all men in heavy parkas walking away from several semi-tractor trailers, their faces partially obscured by the hoods they are wearing in bitter cold weather and the large cardboard boxes they have piled in their arms. The dark interior of an open truck looms behind them. A few of the men look straight ahead, but one in the foreground, perhaps the one most aware of the photographer, looks down at the ground.

The boxes in their arms carry the logo of Feed the Children; the Oklahoma based anti-hunger organization known mostly from infomercials showing its work with the most destitute children in developing countries around the world. This photograph is from Wilmington, Ohio, the town of 12,000 about 60 miles southwest of Columbus that has recently lost 8,000 jobs due to the closing of cargo shipper DHL.

“Isn’t that the kind of picture we always see somewhere else in the world?” asked Rosemary. “That’s why I wanted you to see it. I couldn’t believe it was here in America. You’ve got to send that picture to people.”

Like most good photographs this one speaks for itself, its image more powerful than any commentary that might accompany it. I can describe the scene but must leave it to you to try to imagine what it feels like to be carrying a box of donated food to your family for the first time rather than the paycheck you’ve carried home for years.

Every era has iconic images that help to define it. In the aftermath of Obama’s election it seemed that ours might be the large swell of diverse crowds that turned out to meet the new president. But there is a risk that the photos we remember from this time will of the large swell of diverse crowds waiting for emergency assistance, and that they will evoke the photos of Walker Evans and Dorothea Lange that we thought were uniquely relegated to another time in American history.

I’m glad I listened to Rosemary in searching for that picture (as if I had any choice!). It’s often hard to know just what to do with the scenes to which we bear witness. Rosemary couldn’t rest until she’d passed this one on. Neither could I.

Billy

p.s. I couldn’t find on-line the photo that was in the Globe, but I’ve attached a few others… to read more about Share Our Strength’s efforts to fight hunger please visit www.strength.org.

Skip Peterson/Associated Press
Residents of Wilmington, Ohio get their free box of food and personal care products provided by the relief organization Feed the Children on Thursday. Eleven truck loads of food and personal items were sent here by Feed the Children to assist workers left jobless by the planned departure of DHL based at the Wilmington Air Park.

Skip Peterson/Associated Press

Jade Hipke, left, and Rebecca Davis, both of Wilmington, carry food and personal-care items provided by Feed the Children today.

Skip Peterson/Associated Press

Two unidentified residents of Wilmington, Ohio carry away their free boxes of food and personal care products provided by the relief organization Feed the Children on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2009 in Wilmington, Ohio. Eleven truck loads of food and personal items were sent here by Feed the Children to assist workers left jobless by the planned departure of DHL based at the Wilmington Air Park.

Skip Peterson/Associated Press

Hundreds of residents picked up free boxes of food and personal-care items provided by the Feed the Children organization Thursday in Wilmington, Ohio.

Operation Frontline Class Schedule

To volunteer for a particular class please look for opportunities below and e-mail Gill at: gdavidson@ofl.org.

Side by Side: Classes for parents and kids together
Josiah Quincy Elementary School
885 Washington Street, Boston 02111
Mar 5--Mar 26, Thursdays, 5-7 pm

Eating Right: Classes for Adults
Community Servings
18 Marbury Terrace, Jamaica Plain 02130
Feb 12--Mar 19, Thursdays, 2-4 pm

ABCD--South End Head Start
100 Shawmut Avenue, Boston 02118
Feb 24--Apr 7 (except 3/17), Tuesdays, 9:30-11:30

ABCD--Mattapan Head Start
535 River Street, Mattapan 02126
Feb 25--Apr 1, Wednesdays, 9-11 am

South Shore Head Start
832 Webster Street, Marshfield 02050
Feb 26--Apr 2, Thursdays, 5-7 pm

Julie's Family Learning Program
133 Dorchester Street, South Boston 02127
Mar 4--Apr 8, Wednesdays, 10 am-12 pm

SMOC--Framingham Head Start
12 Roxanna Street, Framingham 01702
Mar 25--May 6 (except 4/22), Wednesdays, 9:30-11:30 am

Step Up to Eating Right: Classes for pregnant and parenting teens

Healthy Families--Milford
375 Fortune Blvd. Milford 01757
Mar 25--May 6 (except 4/22), Wednesdays, 5:30-7:30 pm

In the news. . .

Share Our Strength & Operation Frontline:

• Share Our Strength and the ConAgra Foods Foundation Encourage Consumers to Choose the Country's Champion Against Child Hunger -Earth Times 2/23/10
  
• Helping Low-income Families Eat Healthy on a Budget -Denverpost.com, 11/16/09
  
• Operation Frontline's Moble Classroom Kitchen - The Kitchen Sisters, 10/19/09
• Barley Jambalaya an Inexpensive Creole-Flavored Way to feed a group - The Dallas Morning News, 10/13/09
  
• Cooking Class Helped Families Look At, Treat Food Differently -The Durango Herald, 8/13/09
  
• Recipe for a Fresh Start -The Oregonian, 1/20/09
  
• Making Healthy Meals on the Cheap -Boston Globe, 11/19/08

Hunger & Poverty:

• Food Stamp Use Soars, and Stigma Fades -The New York Times, 11/29/09
  
• Hunger in U.S. at a 14-Year High -The New York Times, 11/16/09
• New Report: More Than 49 Million Americans at Risk of Hunger -PRNewswire (press Release), 11/16/09
• WIC Nutrition Program Expands to Cover Fruits, Vegetables -The Los Angeles Times, 10/1/09
  
• Food Insecurity Linked to Obese Kids - Food Product Design, 10/5/09
  
• An Unwanted Summer Break -Boston Globe, 8/3/09
  
• Food Stamps, Now Paperless, Are Getting Easier to Use at Farmers' Markets
  -New York Times, 7/19/09
• USDA to Oversee School Snack Food: Senate Ag Chair -Reuters, 7/8/09
• Ending Childhood Hunger by 2015 -The Huffington Post,7/1/09
  

Food & Nutrition:

• Making Healthful Eating Fun for Kids -Chicago Tribune, 9/2/09
  
• Whole Foods, Ann Cooper Hope to Reform School Cafeterias -LA Times, 8/13/09
  
• Vouchers Double Value of Food Stamps at Boston Farmers' Markets -Boston Globe, 6/25/09
• Freeze That Thought -New York Times, 5/5/09
• 6 Food Mistakes Parents Make -New York Times, 9/14/08
• Trans Fats Now Banned in Boston Restaurants -Boston Globe, 9/13/08

Politics & Food:

• Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces Funding for Research on Food Security in Northeast -USDA.gov Press Release, 9/17/09

Join "Operation No Kid Hungry"

Operation No Kid Hungry Text Campaign

Share Our Strength and AT&T, along with the Communications Workers of America and the AT&T Pioneers, are supporting two new initiatives in the fight against childhood hunger -- a text-donation program and a nationwide AT&T employee food drive.

Text Donation Program

From now until March 1, wireless phone users, including AT&T customers, can donate $5 to Share Our Strength by simply texting the word "SHARE" to 20222 on their mobile device*. AT&T will match text donations for a total contribution up to $100,000.

Donations from the text program will help provide food for the 12.4 million children at risk of hunger in America and will help address the recent increase in demand for food aid across the nation.

AT&T Employees On Board for the Cause

In conjunction with the text donation program, AT&T Pioneers - the industry's largest employee and retiree volunteer organization - are leading a nationwide, AT&T employee food drive to benefit community food banks that serve America's children in 32 major metropolitan areas.

Both campaigns respond to President-elect Obama's call to action for all Americans to participate in the national day of service on Jan. 19 and build on his commitment to end childhood hunger by 2015.

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A one-time charge of $5 will be added to your mobile phone bill. Standard messaging rates and additional fees may apply. All charges are billed by and payable to your mobile service provider. Your tax deductible donation benefits the Share our Strength campaign. Service is available on most carriers. You can unsubscribe at anytime by texting 'STOP' to 20222 or text 'HELP' for more info.

Taste of the Nation, April 2, 2009

Mark your calendar to help fight hunger at the hottest food and wine event of 2009. Share Our Strength's Taste of the Nation is the nation's premier culinary benefit, featuring top chefs and mixologists -- all of whom come together to donate their time, talent and passion to end childhood hunger in America.

It’s not too early to get involved as a volunteer or to purchase your ticket for this event. For more information or to purchase tickets, click here and to volunteer, contact Christie at crosen@ofl.org