Eliminating Hunger to be Addressed by Local Poverty Matters Discussion Group

Lyndsey Haight, MSW, who is Executive Director of Our Neighbor's Table, the Amesbury-based agency which provides hot meals and food pantry programs will speak at the October 7 Local Poverty Matters Discussion Group at the First Religious Society Church in Newburyport. Her topic will be "Eliminating Hunger."  The event is free and open to the public.

Our Neighbor's Table currently distributes more than 30,000 pounds of food (approximately 23,000 meals) each month to needy people in our local communities and will be expanding operations to Newburyport in October.

The Local Poverty Matters Discussion Group meets on the first Wednesday of each month from 7-8 PM in the basement classroom of the First Religious Society Church, 28 Pleasant Street, Newburyport. The Group is jointly sponsored by the Social Action Committee of First Religious Society and Pennies for Poverty, the local nonprofit whose mission is to reduce poverty and alleviate its devastating impact on individuals and families in Greater Newburyport.