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JP Non-Profit Community Servings Launches 31st Annual ‘Pie in the Sky’ Fundraiser

Community Servings, a Jamaica Plain-based nonprofit provider of locally made medically tailored meals and nutrition counseling services, and a leader in “food is medicine” research, advocacy and policy, announced a goal to raise over $1 million for the 31st year of its annual fundraiser Pie in the Sky.

JP Nonprofit VOAMASS Receives $200,000+ in Grants to Benefit Veterans Services Work

Jamaica Plain-based Volunteers of America of Massachusetts (VOAMASS), a nonprofit that creates opportunities for individuals through residential and outpatient behavioral health treatment, re-entry for justice-involved individuals, veteran services and senior living, recently received two grants totaling more than $200,000 from The Home Depot Foundation for programs and projects at the Massachusetts Bay Veterans Center (MBVC) in Somerville.