juliannastoll The Nantucket Resource Partnership (NRP), a non-profit that aims to develop community-wide systems to provide social services across the island, has received a $250,000 Food Security and Infrastructure Grant from The Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs.
The Community Foundation for Nantucket announced this week that it has awarded just over $300,000 in grant funding to 27 island nonprofits through its Nantucket Fund.
Tracy Nichols and Brooke Mohr talk with Andrew about food insecurity on the island and a recent donation of $10,000 from Stop and Shop to the Nantucket Resource Partnership (NRP) to fight hunger on Nantucket.
Thousands of people on Nantucket are impacted by food insecurity, and while there is a lack of data to clearly measure the island’s problem, it is likely far more widespread and complex than most understand.
A new non-profit has formed to connect and streamline social services on Nantucket, and it’s launching an immediate effort to tackle the vexing issue of food insecurity on the island.