{"id":2371,"date":"2026-10-18T08:39:28","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T12:39:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/caac-ma.org\/?p=2371"},"modified":"2026-10-18T08:40:38","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T12:40:38","slug":"caac-volunteers-pack-family-meals-at-the-greater-boston-food-bank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/caac-ma.org\/?p=2371","title":{"rendered":"CAAC Volunteers Pack Family Meals at the Greater Boston Food Bank"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Saturday, October 17, 14 CAAC volunteers spent the afternoon at the Greater Boston Food Bank (GBFB). They joined volunteers from Yale Appliance and several individual volunteers, 26 people in all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"767\" src=\"https:\/\/caac-ma.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/121-1024x767.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/caac-ma.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/121-1024x767.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/caac-ma.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/121-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/caac-ma.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/121-767x575.jpg 767w, https:\/\/caac-ma.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/121.jpg 1532w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/caac-ma.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/a5fb6a483ee29ba5dc0bd2ecfa7b2ffb-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/caac-ma.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/a5fb6a483ee29ba5dc0bd2ecfa7b2ffb-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/caac-ma.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/a5fb6a483ee29ba5dc0bd2ecfa7b2ffb-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/caac-ma.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/a5fb6a483ee29ba5dc0bd2ecfa7b2ffb-767x575.jpg 767w, https:\/\/caac-ma.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/a5fb6a483ee29ba5dc0bd2ecfa7b2ffb-1568x1176.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/caac-ma.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/a5fb6a483ee29ba5dc0bd2ecfa7b2ffb-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/caac-ma.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/a5fb6a483ee29ba5dc0bd2ecfa7b2ffb.jpg 1702w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The team packed 360 cases of family meal boxes, about 10,440 pounds of food. GBFB estimates this will provide about <strong>8,700 meals<\/strong> for families in need across Eastern Massachusetts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"793\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/caac-ma.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/123-edited-793x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/caac-ma.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/123-edited-793x1024.jpg 793w, https:\/\/caac-ma.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/123-edited-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/caac-ma.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/123-edited-768x992.jpg 768w, https:\/\/caac-ma.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/123-edited.jpg 1095w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 793px) 100vw, 793px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thank you to everyone who gave their Saturday afternoon. CAAC will keep volunteering with GBFB regularly, and new volunteers are always welcome. To join a future shift, please contact us or visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gbfb.org\">gbfb.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday, October 17, 14 CAAC volunteers spent the afternoon at the Greater Boston Food Bank (GBFB). They joined volunteers from Yale Appliance and several individual volunteers, 26 people in all. The team packed 360 cases of family meal boxes, about 10,440 pounds of food. GBFB estimates this will provide about 8,700 meals for families&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/caac-ma.org\/?p=2371\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">CAAC Volunteers Pack Family Meals at the Greater Boston Food Bank<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","hentry","category-events","post_format-post-format-image","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/caac-ma.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/caac-ma.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/caac-ma.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caac-ma.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caac-ma.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2371"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/caac-ma.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2371\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2376,"href":"https:\/\/caac-ma.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2371\/revisions\/2376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/caac-ma.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caac-ma.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caac-ma.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}