by Jill Coull | Sep 13, 2022 | Volunteer
In 2019, Hossein Bayat took a giant leap of faith, leaving an executive-level job to follow his passion. He obtained his realtor and construction licenses, and started his own company, doing real estate investment and development. Then COVID hit and everything...
by Jill Coull | Jun 4, 2022 | Volunteer
Masha Boyko started her journey in Moscow. Now living in Newton with her husband and four children, Masha maintains strong ties with friends in Newton’s Russian community. In the height of the pandemic, Masha saw a Facebook post from one of the Newton Food Pantry’s...
by Jill Coull | Mar 1, 2022 | Volunteer
Deb Hall moved to Newton from Brookline six years ago. Recently, after retiring from a 40-year career promoting sustainability and helping companies become more environmentally responsible, Deb was hoping to find a volunteer opportunity that would align with her...
by Jill Coull | Sep 3, 2021 | Volunteer
When Bernarda Montes de Oca first began volunteering at the Newton Food Pantry, it was a tiny space in the Waban Library Center. Over the years, she brought her kids to help during the summer, organized food drives at Thanksgiving, and brought kids from Angier to sort...
by Jill Coull | Jun 28, 2021 | Volunteer
Sindy Wayne is a member of the Newton Food Pantry leadership team behind one of our newest and most exciting initiatives — the Newton Community freedge. A long-time nonprofit administrator and fundraiser, Sindy’s first encounter with the Newton Food Pantry was as a...
by Jill Coull | Jun 27, 2021 | Volunteer
Devlin Scott and his wife Katie moved to Newton four years ago from Chicago to “plant” what was to become the NewCity Church. As a new arrival, he walked the 13 villages of his new city, learning about the needs of the community and thinking about how his growing...
