Greater Boston Food Bank

The Greater Boston Food Bank (GBFB), located in Boston, Massachusetts, is a non-profit organization that serves more than 500,000 people each year through a network of nearly 600 member hunger-relief agencies throughout eastern Massachusetts.

The Greater Boston Food Bank provides hunger relief to an estimated 500,000 people annually, according to "Hunger in Eastern Massachusetts 2014", a study that was part of a national initiative spearheaded by Feeding America.

[2] According to this study, about a third (125,000) of the members of the households served by GBFB had children under the age of 18, and approximately 20% of clients at program sites served by The Greater Food Bank were age 65 and older.

[2] The Boston Food Bank was founded by Kip Tiernan and legally incorporated in 1981.

The Greater Boston Food Bank broke ground in 2007 at the 2.8-acre (11,000 m2) site of a new facility at 70 South Bay Ave (the former home of the South Bay Incinerator), across the street from the organization's previous location.

Officers of the Mobilization Command United States Marine Corps Reserve providing assistance to the Greater Boston Food Bank during a volunteer drive