5:00 pm Doors open for light supper & tours

6:00 pm Hybrid meeting: in person & Zoom remote

54 Eastern Ave, First Floor Dining & Community Hall (accessible), Malden, MA

Please RSVP to attend in person or to receive a Zoom link, to gabriella.stelmack@breadoflifemalden.org 

We welcome anyone who would like to learn more about Bread of Life, including volunteers, businesses, clergy, mission committee representatives and others. Every Bread of Life Partner Organization is eligible to have one representative vote on business brought before the Annual Meeting.

Agenda - Annual Meeting at 6:00pm, in person and Zoom remote:

● Celebrate what Bread of Life accomplished in 2024, including helping stop food insecurity for thousands of local families, and the Grand Opening of 54 Eastern Ave, our “Under One Roof” facility that centralizes all our programs and provides 14 affordable studio apartments through Metro North Housing Corp.
● Accept the 2024 Financial Report and adopt the 2025 Budget
● Elect Directors and Officers to the Board

Christmas Day Dinner
Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2025
12-2pm

Malden High School, corner of Salem & Ferry Streets, enter from Ferry Street

All are welcome to enjoy a meal of Roast Beef, Roasted Potatoes, Carrots, Green beans, Bread, Fruit, Dessert, Coffee and Tea.

No reservations are needed. The site is handicap accessible.

Meals will be delivered to senior citizens and others who are

unable to leave their homes.

To request a meal:

Contact your case manager at Mystic Valley Elder Services  (MVES)

by December 13, 2024.

Otherwise, call “CMBG3 Law LLC” at 617-279-8200, Mon-Fri

9AM-5PM to request a meal before 12pm on December 20, 2024.

To volunteer to deliver meals (deliveries between 10:30 am and 1 pm on Christmas Day), contact Bryna at: bmisiura@cmbg3.com or 603-770-2599. 

 To volunteer with meal preparation or serving, contact Jon Weiner at ChristmasDayMalden@gmail.com

Sponsored by:

Dr. Ed & Dr. Jon Weiner & Friends, Project Ezra and the Jewish community, the office of Malden Mayor Gary Christenson, the Malden Public Schools Nutrition Services, and Bread of Life.

Click here for Christmas Day Dinner 2024 flyer_English

Click here for Christmas Day Dinner 2024 flyer_Chinese

Bread of Life and the Office of Mayor Gary Christenson Invite You to a

FREE COMMUNITY DINNER

12–2 pm Thanksgiving Day - November 28, 2024

Dine-in at Malden High, 77 Salem St. (enter cafeteria from Ferry St. near CVS)

Take-home meals available for pick-up at 1:30 pm

Meal delivery, coordinated by Craig Spadafora Councillor-at-Large and the Malden Mayor’s Office, will be available for senior citizens and disabled individuals. Senior citizens who ARE NOT Mystic Valley Elder Services clients can request delivery by calling Maria Luise at 781-640-1320 by Nov. 25. Senior citizens who ARE clients of MVES need to call their MVES case manager if interested in receiving a meal delivery.

Sign up to volunteer here.

For more information, call 781-397-0404

Downloadable PDF posters by language::

Thanksgiving Dinner English

感恩節 午餐 Chinese

Jou Aksyon de Gras Dine Haitian Creole

Ação de graças Jantar Portuguese

Cena de Acción de Gracias Spanish

وجبة عيد الشكر برعاية فرانسيس وباربرا براون Arabic

Run Club of Malden - Wobble Before You Gobble

Join Run Club of Malden for the second annual Wobble Before You Gobble 5K race and Kids' Dash! Run through the streets with hundreds of fellow runners and cross our NEW start and finish line in downtown Malden. As a bonus, you’ll be helping raise money for Bread of Life, a great cause that benefits our community.

Wobble Before You Gobble 2024 includes a 5K race and Kids' Dash (best for ages 10 and under). All 5K participants who register by the order deadline will receive a T-shirt.

The Kids' Dash is at 9:30 a.m. on Nov. 24, followed by the 5K at 10 a.m. 

Join Bike to the Sea and Bread of Life to show thankfulness by feeding those in need! Ride or walk to various grocers in Malden and purchase non-perishable and perishable food items to donate for families this Thanksgiving! Post event pizza lunch will be provided at Bread of Life. $30 Cash donations are also accepted.

Most needed items include:

Tuna pouches

Pasta

Rice

Cans of soup

Boxed mashed potatoes

Stuffing

Vegetables

Ethnic Foods

Laundry detergent

Tissues

Dish detergent

Hats and gloves

Click here to register for free

Join us on Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024 for our annual 3.5 mile walk fundraising event and help support our programs during this exciting new time for Bread of Life!

Our recent Grand Opening of our new Bread of life building was a triumph, capping 20 years of faith, labor, perseverance and funding on the part of many, many people in the community. Thank YOU to all who helped achieve this success!

Let’s continue Moving Forward to a Brighter Future by walking together on October 6th!

Location: Pine Banks, Main Street, directly across from Hunt’s Photo. Walk route is 3.5 miles on sidewalks of Malden and Melrose leading back to Pine Banks.

Click here for Walk registration or to make a donation

Walk Sponsor Opportunities:

To sponsor, please contact: Patty.Kelly@breadoflifemalden.org

Premier Sponsor $10,000 (exclusive sponsorship, limit one)

•         Naming opportunity at Bread of Life’s new facility

•         Large Logo on Bread of Life walk t- shirts

•         Recognition at start of walk and during live music entertainment post-walk

•         Opportunity to host table at Bread of Life Walk 

•         Listing and company link on Bread of Life website

•         Acknowledgement in Bread of Life e-newsletter

•         Social Media recognition on BOL Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn

•         Team of 10 walkers included with sponsorship

 Finish Line Sponsor $5,000

•         Medium Logo on Bread of Life walk t- shirts

•         Listing on Bread of Life website

•         Mention in Bread of Life e-newsletter

•         Social Media recognition on BOL Facebook, Twitter, Instagram

•         Team of 5 walkers included with sponsorship

 Home Stretch Sponsor $2,500

•         Mention in Bread of Life e-newsletter

•         Social Media recognition BOL Facebook, Twitter

•         Small Logo on Bread of Life walk t- shirts

 Starting Line Sponsor: $1,000

•         Social Media recognition BOL Facebook

•         Small logo on Bread of Life walk t- shirts

 Warm–up Sponsor $500

•         Name listed on Bread of Life walk t- shirts

 Walker registration fee: walkers receive BOL t-shirt

•        Adults $25       Ages 6-17 $10     Under 6 free

You are invited to the Bread of Life and Metro North Housing Corporation 

Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting! 

 When: Sunday, August 11, 2024

 Where: 54 Eastern Avenue, Malden, MA

 Time: 2-4PM

 Join us to celebrate the opening of our new facility! 

Ribbon cutting, refreshments, and art exhibit featuring the artwork of Tom Feagley. 

All are welcome!   

 RSVP: patty.kelly@breadoflifemalden.org

We welcome anyone who would like to learn more about Bread of Life, including volunteers, prospective Board members, businesses, clergy, mission committee representatives and others. Every Bread of Life Partner Organization is eligible to have one representative vote on business brought before the Annual Meeting.

 Agenda:

● Celebrate what Bread of Life accomplished in 2023, including helping stop food insecurity for thousands of local families, and ongoing construction of our new “Under One Roof” facility to centralize our dining hall/multi-function hall, kitchen, food pantry & offices and provide 14 affordable studio apartments.
● Accept the 2023 Financial Report and adopt the 2024 Budget
● Elect Directors and Officers to the Board

The meeting will be hybrid: in person at the Bread of Life office at 214 Commercial St., Suite 209, Malden, MA (site is NOT accessible) and remotely by Zoom. A light supper will be provided.

Please RSVP to attend in person or to receive a Zoom link, to gabriella.stelmack@breadoflifemalden.org

Christmas Day Dinner
Monday, Dec. 25, 2023
12-2pm

Malden High School, corner of Salem & Ferry Streets, enter from Ferry Street

All are welcome to enjoy a meal of Roast Beef, Potatoes, Carrots, Green beans, Bread, Fruit, Dessert, Coffee and Tea.

No reservations are needed. The site is handicap accessible.

Meals will be delivered to senior citizens and others who are

unable to leave their homes.

To request a meal:

Contact your case manager at Mystic Valley Elder Services  (MVES)

by December 21, 2023.

Otherwise, call “CMBG3 Law LLC” at 617-279-8200, Mon-Fri

9AM-5PM to request a meal before 12pm on December 22, 2023.

To volunteer to deliver meals (deliveries between 10:30 am and 1 pm on Christmas Day), contact Bryna at: bmisiura@cmbg3.com or 603-770-2599. 

 To volunteer with meal preparation or serving, contact Jon Weiner at ChristmasDayMalden@gmail.com

Sponsored by:

Dr. Ed & Dr. Jon Weiner & Friends, Project Ezra and the Jewish community, the office of Malden Mayor Gary Christenson, the Malden Public Schools Nutrition Services, and Bread of Life.

Click here for Christmas Day Dinner 2023 flyer_English

Bread of Life and the Office of Mayor Gary Christenson Invite You to a

FREE COMMUNITY DINNER

12–2 pm Thanksgiving Day - November 23, 2023

Dine-in at Malden High, 77 Salem St. (enter cafeteria from Ferry St. near CVS)

Take-home meals available for pick-up at 1:30 pm

Meal delivery, coordinated by Craig Spadafora Councillor-at-Large and the Malden Mayor’s Office, will be available for senior citizens and disabled individuals. Senior citizens who ARE NOT Mystic Valley Elder Services clients can request delivery by calling Maria Luise at 781-640-1320 by Nov. 21. Senior citizens who ARE clients of MVES need to call their MVES case manager if interested in receiving a meal delivery.

For more information, call 781-397-0404

Thanksgiving Dinner

感恩節 午餐

Jou Aksyon de Gras Dine

Ação de graças Jantar

Cena de Acción de Gracias

وجبة عيد الشكر برعاية فرانسيس وباربرا براون

You’re invited to a benefit concert and reception featuring the piano music of Pixie

Tickets $100

100% of ticket donations will go to the charities and are tax deductible. Additional donations welcome.

Donations will be paid to Housing Families, then divided equally between the two benficiaries, Bread of Life and Housing Families.

Sponsored by Winchester Savings Bank, Harris & Murphy Law Office and Pixie.

To purchase tickets, scan the QR code or click here

SAVE THE DATE!

This year’s event on Sunday, Oct. 1, 2023 is being held in memory of Tom Feagley, beloved Executive Director of Bread of Life for over 30 years. The funds raised from your generous support of the Walk are used directly for our programs helping us feed neighbors in need in Everett, Malden and eleven surrounding communities.

Tom Feagley managed supper and pantry programs for those in need, first at St Paul's Parish Supper Program in Malden, then at Bread of Life. Tom ministered to those in need, expanded Bread of Life food programs beyond Malden to neighboring communities, and worked to get funding to build a permanent home for all of Bread of Life's programs. That dream is now being realized with the construction of Bread of Life's new home at 54 Eastern Avenue in Malden.  Tom dedicated his life to making the world a better place through spreading peace and adding color. He did this through his devotion to his extended family, to feeding the hungry, and for more than 50 years, to protesting against war, violence, racism and social injustice and advocating in support of peace, social justice, the homeless, and anyone in need.

Location: Pine Banks, Main Street, directly across from Hunt’s Photo. Walk route is about 3 miles on sidewalks of Malden and Melrose leading back to Pine Banks.

Click here for Walk registration or to make a donation

Walk Sponsor Opportunities:

to sponsor, please contact: Patty.Kelly@breadoflifemalden.org

Premier Sponsor $10,000 (exclusive sponsorship, limit one)

•         Naming opportunity at Bread of Life’s new facility

•         Large Logo on Bread of Life walk t- shirts

•         Recognition at start of walk and during live music entertainment post-walk

•         Opportunity to host table at Bread of Life Walk 

•         Listing and company link on Bread of Life website

•         Acknowledgement in Bread of Life e-newsletter

•         Social Media recognition on BOL Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn

•         Team of 10 walkers included with sponsorship

 Finish Line Sponsor $5,000

•         Medium Logo on Bread of Life walk t- shirts

•         Listing on Bread of Life website

•         Mention in Bread of Life e-newsletter

•         Social Media recognition on BOL Facebook, Twitter, Instagram

•         Team of 5 walkers included with sponsorship

 Home Stretch Sponsor $2,500

•         Mention in Bread of Life e-newsletter

•         Social Media recognition BOL Facebook, Twitter

•         Small Logo on Bread of Life walk t- shirts

 Starting Line Sponsor: $1,000

•         Social Media recognition BOL Facebook

•         Small logo on Bread of Life walk t- shirts

 Warm–up Sponsor $500

•         Name listed on Bread of Life walk t- shirts

 Walker registration fee: walkers receive BOL t-shirt

•        $25 Adults,       $10 Ages 6-17,     Under 6, free

Pizza! Comedy! Raffles! with comedians Artie Januario, Tony V. and Johnny Pizzi to benefit Bead of Life.

Tickets: $40pp. includes pizza & show (drinks to purchase)

Doors open 6pm, Show 8pm.

Click here to purchase e-tickets

These are e-tickets. Upon arrival at the event, please check in at registration table.

FREE CONCERT - RAIN OR SHINE

Concert will be held inside the church if it rains.

Howie Newman of Melrose and Joe Kessler, also known as Knock on Wood (www.howienewman.com/knockonwood), will be playing their third annual Bread of Life benefit concert at the First Baptist Church, 561 Main St., Melrose, on Sunday, June 25, from 6-7:30 p.m.

The concert is free but donations will be accepted, with a portion going to Bread of Life. The previous two shows have drawn sizeable crowds, raising several hundred dollars each time for this benevolent community organization. It’s a family-friendly show that may include some children’s music and songs for senior citizens. No matter what they play, it features excellent musicianship, pleasing vocal harmonies and … lots of fun.

Get a head-start on your St. Patrick’s Day Celebration and Help Feed the Hungry.

Join us for a fund evening as we share exciting updates about Bread of Life.

Pizza on us! Raffles & cash bar.

Click here for tickets $30 pp

We welcome anyone who would like to learn more about Bread of Life, including volunteers, prospective Board members, businesses, clergy, mission committee representatives and others. Every Bread of Life Partner Organization is eligible to have one representative vote on business brought before the Annual Meeting.

 Agenda:

● Celebrate what Bread of Life accomplished in 2022, including helping stop food insecurity for thousands of local families, and starting construction on our “Under One Roof” facility to centralize our dining hall/multi-function hall, kitchen, food pantry & offices and provide 14 affordable studio apartments.
● Accept the 2022 Financial Report and adopt the 2023 Budget
● Elect Directors and Officers to the Board

The meeting will be held remotely by Zoom.

For Zoom link, please RSVP to gabriella.stelmack@breadoflifemalden.org

Join us for a free meal with friends & neighbors

Malden High School, corner of Salem & Ferry Streets. Enter from Ferry Street.

All are welcome to enjoy a meal of roast beef, fixings,

vegetables, bread, fruit, dessert, coffee and tea.

No reservations are needed. The site is handicap accessible.

Masks optional.

Meals will be delivered to senior citizens and others are

unable to leave their home.

To request a meal, call “CMBG3 Law LLC” at 617-279-8200, Mon-Fri 9AM-5PM

Meals orders must be accepted until December 22, 2022.

To volunteer to deliver meals (deliveries between 10:30 am and 1 pm on Christmas Day),

contact Bryna at: bmisiura@cmbg3.com or 603-770-2599. 

To volunteer to prepare meals, email Ed or Jonathan at ChristmasDayMalden@gmail.com

Sponsored by:

Dr. Ed & Dr. Jon Weiner & Friends, Project Ezra and the Jewish

community, the office of Malden Mayor Gary Christenson,

the Malden Public Schools Nutrition Services, and Bread of Life.

Bread of Life and the Office of Mayor Gary Christenson Invite You to a

FREE COMMUNITY DINNER

12–2 pm Thanksgiving Day - November 24, 2022

Dine-in at Malden High, 77 Salem St. (enter cafeteria from Ferry St. near CVS)

Take-home meals available for pick-up at 1:30 pm

Meal delivery, coordinated by Craig Spadafora Councillor-at-Large, Malden will be available for senior citizens and disabled individuals by calling Maria Luise 781-640-1320. Please note: senior citizens who ARE NOT Mystic Valley Elder Services clients can call Maria Luise at the # listed. Senior citizens who ARE clients of Mystic Valley Elder Services need to call their MVES case manager if interested in receiving a meal delivery.

To volunteer or to pick up a turkey to roast, sign up here.

For more information, call 781-397-0404

Join us to help stop food insecurity for our neighbors!

This year’s event is being held in memory of Terri O’Brien, an Everett resident and long-time Bread of Life volunteer who worked in our Everett food pantry and mobile market and who was instrumental in developing our Backpack Nutrition Program for Everett public school students. The funds raised from your generous support of the Walk are used directly for our programs helping us feed neighbors in need in Everett, Malden and eleven surrounding communities.

New this year - walk check-in and walk start is at the Pine Banks, Main Street, directly across from Hunt’s Photo. Walk route is about 3 miles on sidewalks of Malden and Melrose leading back to Pine Banks.

Click here to register to Walk: $25 per adult, $10 per child 6-12 yrs, children under 6 free.

You can also register the day of the walk with cash, Venmo or check.

Walkers receive free T-shirt and pizza provided by Pisa Pizza.

Starting Line Sponsors:

Winchester Cooperative Bank

Mortgage Network, Inc.

Stoneham Charitable Foundation/StonehamBank

IBEW 2222

Raffles & Prizes

Italian themed basket Winter Holiday basket Kids basket Lottery basket Bath ‘n’ Beauty basket

Encore Boston Harbor 1 night stay and dinner for 2 at Rare Steakhouse

Sponsorship levels: to become a sponsor, please contact Patty at Patty.Kelly@breadoflifemalden.org or call 781-820-4749.

Premier Sponsor $10,000 (exclusive sponsorship, limit one)

Finish Line Sponsor $5,000

Home Stretch Sponsor $2,500

Starting Line Sponsor: $1,000

Warm–up Sponsor $500

FREE CONCERT! Acoustic folk-rock duo featuring singer-songwriter Howie Newman. Well-known rock covers and funny original music. Donations accepted, with a portion donated to Bread of Life.

Please stop by any time 10am-2pm for a little appreciation gift, refreshments, fun and friendship!

RSVP: eileen.mullen@breadoflifemalden.org

Enjoy an evening of pizza, raffles, and lots of laughs with comedians Robbie Printz, Frank Santorelli and Mark Riley, all to support Bread of Life’s Building Fund for our Under One Roof project.

Tickets: $30pp. includes pizza & show (drinks to purchase)

Doors open 6pm, Show 8pm.

Click here to purchase e-tickets

These are e-tickets. Upon arrival at the event, please check in at registration table.

We welcome anyone who would like to learn more about Bread of Life. Please email gabriella.stelmack@breadoflifemalden.org to request the ZOOM link.

Agenda:

* Celebrate what Bread of Life accomplished in 2021 and get an update on our “Under One Roof” building project

* Accept the 2021 Financial Report and adopt the 2022 Budget

* Elect Directors and Officers to the Board for 2022

All board members and representatives of Bread of Life Partner Organizations are eligible to vote on the election of directors and adoption of the 2022 budget.

IMPORTANT UPDATE: Christmas Day dinner will now be TAKE-OUT ONLY due to COVID variant concerns. There will be no inside congregate dining. Everyone who attends will receive a free boxed meal to-go as well as a free COVID rapid test kit to take with you.

Christmas Day Dinner
Saturday, Dec. 25, 2021
12-2pm

Malden High School, corner of Salem & Ferry Streets, enter from Ferry Street

Menu: Roast beef, potatoes, vegetables, bread & desserts.
No reservations needed. The site is handicap accessible. Masks required.

Meals will be delivered to senior citizens who are unable to pick up a meal at the high school. To request a meal, call “CMBG3 Law LLC” at 617-279-8200, Mon-Fri, 9 am – 5 pm. Meal orders must be placed on or before December 23, 2021.

To volunteer to deliver meals (between 10:30 am and 1 pm), contact Bryna at: bmisiura@cmbg3.com or 603-770-2599. 

To volunteer with meal preparation or serving, contact Ed Weiner at: dredweiner@gmail.com or 339-203-0002.

Sponsored by:

Dr. Ed & Dr. Jon Weiner & Friends, Project Ezra and the Jewish community, the office of Malden Mayor Gary Christenson, the Malden Public Schools Nutrition Services, and Bread of Life.

Bread of Life has received approval from the Malden Board of Health and Mayor’s Office to once again host this annual Thanksgiving Day dinner for the community! This dinner is open to anyone who would like to enjoy a wonderful holiday meal in good company - free of charge. No reservation is needed. Meals will be delivered to senior citizen clients of Mystic Valley Elder Services who are unable to attend. Sponsored by: Bread of Life, Anthony's of Malden, Forestdale Community Church of Malden, Hoff's Bakery of Malden, Malden High School, Malden Mayor Gary Christenson, Tim Rufo & Friends, and Salemwood School Staff, Malden.  

Donations of roasted turkeys (preferably de-boned) are much-needed and would be appreciated. They may be brought to the Malden High School cafeteria, rear entrance off of Ferry Street, on Wednesday, November 24 from 4 – 7 pm.

Volunteer: click here to sign up to volunteer for the Thanksgiving Dinner Nov. 24 & 25, 2021 on Google Docs spreadsheet

Delivery drivers: if you are interested in delivering meals to senior citizens, please contact the delivery coordinator, Gene Pinkham, at pinkhamgene@gmail.com or call him at 781-321-0994

FEATURING A VIRTUAL WELCOME MESSAGE FROM SUSAN WORNICK AND LIVE MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT!

PINE BANKS PARK • 1087 MAIN STREET • MALDEN

START TIME 12PM

IN MEMORY OF BEATRICE FLAMMIA

• $25 per walker

• Children 17 and under $15 (under 6, free)

• Please register by September 30, 2021

Click here to register

For questions call Patty Kelly at 781-820-4749 or email patty.kelly@breadoflifemalden.org

In partnership with 107.3 K-Love Radio in Boston

Beatrice Flammia was a Malden resident for over 40 years and raised 6 children in Malden with her husband Robert. Beatrice was very involved in the community and was very charitable with her time and talents, even as a young girl working at the Schraffts candy factory in Everett. Beatrice was always drawn to help the homeless and hungry. Our Mission Bread of Life is a nonprofit, nondenominational faith-based organization serving the communities north of Boston, with a mission to feed the body and to nurture the soul. We strive to feed the hungry, the homeless, the needy and the isolated; to offer spiritual nurture, support and hospitality; to promote greater peace and justice by addressing broader issues of hunger, poverty, and need; and to conduct our work in a spirit of respect and nonviolence.

Knock on Wood, acoustic folk-rock duo

Sunday, June 27, 6-7:30 p.m.

Outdoor concert ion the lawn of the First Baptist Church of Melrose, 561 Main St.

Free, donations accepted. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to Bread of Life

Knock on Wood, an acoustic folk-rock duo featuring singer-songwriter Howie Newman, will be hosting a free outdoor concert on the lawn at First Baptist Church Melrose, 561 Main St. Howie’s daughter Jen (Malden High Class ‘05!) will be joining on backup vocals.

Read more about Knock on Wood here:

http://howienewman.com/knockonwood/

Those Who Can, For Those In Need, Inc., invites you to be part of its “Uplift Yourself with Laughter” fundraising event. Join your friends and colleagues to benefit this Winthrop based non-profit organization whose mission is to connect the Boston and North Shore area with Community resources and volunteer opportunities in a variety of areas, including issues related to aging, losing a loved one, children, low income and homelessness, and much more. Bread of Life has been featured on their Winthrop Access TV show, hosted by Judie VanKooiman.

The event will be held at the Giggles Comedy Club in Saugus and will include an all-you-can-eat pizza dinner, raffles, 50/50 drawing, a cash bar and hilarious comedians including Lenny Clarke! The 6th Annual “Those Who Can” Award will be presented to Dan O’Leary, Executive Director of Mystic Valley Elder Services.

For more info, email Judie VanKooiman: judie@twctin.org or call 617-462-5719