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Tag: Share Our Strength

  • Tuesday, April 29, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm – Taste of the Nation Boston

    Come celebrate Boston’s hottest and most trend-forward food and beverage event Taste of the Nation Boston. Set at Cruiseport, 1 Black Falcon Avenue in Boston, Taste of the Nation features the largest gathering of award winning chefs from the region.

    Join Honorary Chefs Jody Adams, Joanne Chang, Gordon Hamersley, Andy Husbands and Tony Maws and over 60 of Boston’s top chefs as we dine on delicious tastings paired with the best beer, wine and spirits the city has to offer. As of today, participants include 80 Thoreau, Lucca Back Bay, Aragosta Bar & Bistro, Lucky’s, Ashmont Grill, Masa, Belly Wine Bar, Mela, Bistro du Midi, Moody’s Delicatessen & Provisions, Blue Inc., Myers + Chang, Blue Room, Neptune Oyster (VIP), Bondir, OAK Long Bar, Bronwyn (VIP), Puritan & Company, Cambridge School of Culinary Arts, Rialto, Coppa, Russell House Tavern, Craigie on Main, Sandrine’s Bistro, Davio’s, Silvertone, Del Frisco’s, Stone Hearth Pizza, Eastern Standard, Taranta, Flour Bakery,Tavolo, Gracie’s,The Blue Frog Bakery, Haley House Bakery, The Salty Pig, Hamersley’s Bistro,The Tip Tap Room,
    Harvest, Tico, Hungry Mother, Toro, Journeyman, TRADE, Kayak Cookies, Tremont 647, Kirkland Tap and Trotter, Trina’s Starlight Lounge, La Morra, West Bridge, L’Espalier, ‘Wiches of Boston, and Lincoln.

    The 2013 event raised over $95,000 in the fight to end childhood hunger and was ranked #45 in Boston’s Top 100 2013 Events & #5 in the Food, Wine & Restaurant Industry Events by BizBash.

    100% of ticket sales support No Kid Hungry’s efforts to end childhood hunger!  General admission ticket $95, VIP ticket (6 pm – 10 pm) $150.  Cocktail attire.  For more information, and to buy tickets online, visit http://ce.strength.org/events/taste-nation-boston.

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  • Monday, October 24, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm – Cooking Matters New Volunteer Training

    Share Our Strength’s Cooking Matters, nationally sponsored by the ConAgra Foods® Foundation and WalMart Foundation, is a groundbreaking nutrition education program that connects families with food by teaching them how to prepare healthy, tasty low-cost meals. Chefs and nutritionists volunteer their time and expertise to lead hands-on courses that instruct adults, teens and kids in getting the most nutrition on of a limited budget. Cooking Matters has reached more than 45,000 families across the country since 1993. For more information, visit www.cookingmatters.org/mass. We are always looking for cooking and nutrition instructors to teach our multi-session class series. Volunteer chefs work in partnership with nutritionists, using the lesson plans and recipes for each class provided in an established curriculum. Classes meet for two hours once a week for six weeks. Cooking Matters provides all materials needed for class, including curricula, cooking and teaching supplies, kitchen, and support staff. To learn more, call 617-774-1324 or email mdelgizzi@strength.org.  They host  New Volunteer Trainings at least once a month, with  two conveniently-located training sessions coming up, and are a three-minute walk from the No. Quincy T on the Red Line.

  • Saturday, May 15, 11:00 am – 3:00 pm – South Boston Grows

    Share Our Strength’s Operation Frontline of Boston is sponsoring a service day on Saturday, May 15 from 11 – 3.  South Boston Grows aims to improve community green space and to increase knowledge of growing edible plants with the long term goal of increasing access and exposure to and intake of fresh fruits, vegetables, and herbs among under-served populations in South Boston.  If you can help, please rsvp to Tony at tdellovo@ofl.org, or call 617-774-1326 to sign up or to ask any additional questions.  Children are welcome!  All children must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.  Rain or shine, please bring your own work gloves, and Save Our Strength will provide lunch.  The service site is at 70 Devine Way in South Boston.  Street parking is available and the Andrew T stop is a 5 minute walk.

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  • Tuesday, October 13, 6:00 pm – A Tasteful Pursuit

    While not strictly garden related, we would like to inform our web site readership of an event taking place Tuesday, October 13, beginning at 6 pm at Hamersley’s Bistro, 553 Tremont Street in the South End.  A Tasteful Pursuit – Boston is part of Chefs On Tour For Childhood Hunger.  In the world’s wealthiest nation, no kid should grow up hungry.  Join host Chef Gordon Hamersley for a unique dinner event featuring the Boston area’s most talented chefs.  The dinner will raise funds to support Share Our Strength’s efforts to end childhood hunger in the United States.  9.6 million eligible kids don’t get free or reduced price school breakfast.  Joining Chef Hamersley will be Jody Adams of Rialto, Andy Husbands of Tremont 647 and Sister Sorel, Barry Maiden of Hungry Mother, and Richard Vellante of Legal Sea Foods, Inc.   Reception is hosted by Stella Artois, Heogaarden, and Leffe.  $250 per person.  To purchase tickets, log on to www.strength.org, and click on “A Tasteful Pursuit.”

    Share Our Strength: No Kid Hungry