Eat Your Way to Charity in Brookline During the Greater Boston Food Bank's 'Super Hunger Brunch'

The annual brunch will allow patrons to "do good and eat well" in Boston on Jan. 26th and 27th.

If only there were more charitable events where all you have to do is show up and eat. For conscious-minded consumers in Brookline, several neighborhood restaurants are offering the opportunity to do just that, through the Greater Boston Food Bank's Super Hunger Brunch on Jan. 26-27.  Dine at the Fireplace or The Eelephant Walk for brunch on the restaurant's fixed price menus and a portion of the proceeds will go to the Greater Boston Food Bank, which doles out nearly 41 million pounds of food and grocery products a year to 550 member hunger-relief agencies in Boston and eastern Massachusetts.  The event, in its 31st year, features 21 restaurants all over the city with prices set at $25, $35 and $50 per person. Last year more than 1,600 …

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Charity Begins in the Car

Our cup-holders runneth over.

I caught God looking at me. He wasn’t being sneaky about it; He was hanging out right there in the passenger seat beside me as I drove up Beacon. Every morning on my way to work, I pass an elderly gentleman who stations himself at a busy intersection of Beacon Street. As the cars stop at the light, he patiently weaves himself between them, slow and hunched over, one hand gripping his cane and the other shaking a large plastic cup in a jingling plea for monetary support. He’s there, dripping in the pouring rain, and there still, bundled up in countless layers of clothing on the coldest of winter mornings. For three years I’ve driven by him, but I’ve never helped him. Not because I’m not a good person, I am. I AM. In truth, I’ve always …

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