Client Spotlight: Baby Cornelio

Client Spotlight: Baby Cornelio

The Newton Food Pantry provides food assistance to a wide range of community members, including families that span multiple generations. Baby Cornelio, a native of the Dominican Republic, lives with her adult daughter and 7-year-old grandson in Newtonville. The...
Client Spotlight

Client Spotlight

For David, the path to the Newton Food Pantry started in Nonantum. The 60-year-old Newton resident first discovered the Newton Food Pantry through our community freedge, a 24/7 publicly accessible refrigerator and dry pantry located in the parking lot of Central...
Client Spotlight: Olabisi Animashaun

Client Spotlight: Olabisi Animashaun

It was almost three years ago when F.B. moved from the United Kingdom to join her two daughters and three grandsons in Newton. “It is a special time of life, being a part of their lives here in the United States,” she says, “but I do not wish to be a financial burden...
Client Spotlight

Client Spotlight

It was almost three years ago when F.B. moved from the United Kingdom to join her two daughters and three grandsons in Newton. “It is a special time of life, being a part of their lives here in the United States,” she says, “but I do not wish to be a financial burden...
Client Spotlight: Emily Luu

Client Spotlight: Emily Luu

After earning her undergraduate degree from Harvard University and working for four years at a Boston law firm, Emily Luu opted to pursue a law degree. She says it felt like the right decision, but it meant she would need to forgo an income and live on a combination...
Client Spotlight: Bianca Rameau

Client Spotlight: Bianca Rameau

Three years ago, during the height of the COVID pandemic, Bianca Rameau, her husband and their two children moved to Newton from Brockton. Her younger son required special education services and she believed the Newton Public Schools would provide him with the best...