Help families struggling with food insecurity by donating non-perishables or grocery gift cards to Catholic Charities Yawkey Food Pantry, which distributes food to approximately 200 families daily within the Dorchester and Boston community. 

 

Items or grocery cards may be dropped off at the front reception desk of the pantry located at 185 Columbia Road in Dorchester between 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Saturday, April 15 or anytime between 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. throughout the week.

Suggested items include non-perishable grains such as cereal, mac and cheese, rice, and spaghetti; and non-expired canned goods such as canned fruit, canned vegetables, tuna fish, tomato sauce, and beans.

In honor of One Boston Day, the Boston Environment Department and Boston Planning & Development Agency are teaming up with the Department of Conservation and Recreation and Neponset River Watershed Association to host a cleanup of Tenean Beach in Dorchester.

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Every Wednesday from 10 a.m. - 12 p.m., planners from the Boston Transportation Department and MBTA will be at the Grove Hall Library to answer your questions and hear your thoughts on the Blue Hill Avenue Transportation Action Plan. Come talk to us to help guide the City's investments along Blue Hill Avenue!

We want to hear from you! Help us identify problem areas along Columbia Road, Mt. Vernon Street, and other corridors approaching the Station, and help us make recommendations for the future of this important transit hub. Staff from the Transportation Department, the MBTA, the Boston Planning and Development Agency, and the Office of Neighborhood Services will be on-hand to answer questions, gather input, and facilitate discussions.

This event is hosted at the Boston Collegiate Charter School Lower School Campus on Sydney Street, a short walk from JFK/UMass Station. Accessible parking is available, and street parking is available after 4 p.m. Food from neighborhood restaurants will be provided, and there will be children's activities.

To request a disability accommodation and/or language services, please contact: Matthew Petersen, matthew.petersen@boston.gov, (617) 635-1453, as soon as possible. Please allow at least two weeks to arrange for accommodations. For more information, visit the project website.

We will begin street cleaning at Buttonwood St. and we will make our way toward Savin Hill Ave. We then plan to make our way over at McConnell Park in Dorchester and finish with a cleanup at that location.

This will be a shared corporate (with John Hancock Investments) and community event (with Columbia Savin Hill Civic Association) that will bring community members together with residents to beautify and make a small area of a larger Dorchester shine. This will be an opportunity to allow neighbors who may need assistance with some yard cleanup to submit their address to Columbia Savin Hill Civic Association and have volunteers assist residents.