Arlington Eats Inc.

“Executive director, treasurer, and board of directors review the 990.”

“The board of directors review the policy annually. If any conflict of interest did exist, disclosure to the board would be done annually.”

“The board of directors review and approve all salaries and benefits including the executive director.”

“Documents are available upon written request.”

“The organization's mission is to eliminate food insecurity for the residents of arlington, ma by operating a food pantry (market), snack program in the schools, and organizing and operating community meal programs.”

“Volunteers are the heart and backbone of arlington eats. Our volunteers allow us to work towards our mission of engaging the community in eliminating food insecurity and hunger in arlington. Volunteers serve in a variety of capacities including distributing food, unloading food deliveries, rescuing and transporting food, answering the phones, delivering food to guest homes, stocking snacks at schools, interpreting, organizing neighborhood food drives, writing newsletter articles, fundraising, and serving on the board of directors. Our volunteers truly make arlington eats a place where neighbors are serving neighbors.”

“Food pantry / market operation: distributed nutritious and culturally appropriate food to arlington, ma residents in need. Due to the covid pandemic pantry visits were few but home delivery service provided 12,560 deliveries of more than 464,700 pounds of food. The vacation, summer, & school lunch programs which normally provide lunches were on hold as free universal lunches were provided in the arlington public schools. The debt relief program was also placed on hold for this same reason. The drake village program provided 600 deliveries to low-income seniors. Snack program: a-eats provided 23,000 snacks to arlington students during the 2020-2021 school year. Grant program - due to the increased need within the community and with other organizations able to serve certain arlington and other area residents more efficiently, the organization provided 34,325 of funds for the purpose of food security. Farmer's market voucher program: in june, 2021, a-eats started a new program providing vouchers for use at the arlington farmer's market to purchase from local farmers. A-eats market guests were given vouchers in their deliveries.”