THE MALDEN ADVOCATE–Friday, April 23, 2021 Page 7 Cambridge Savings Bank’s Charitable Foundation donates $5K to MVES Meals on Wheels RECYCLING | FROM PAGE 4 and sold on the secondary market by Helpsy, and then the proceeds are given back to the city. Mayor Gary Christenson has designated that these proceeds from the sale of recycled items be given directly to the Malden Public Schools Student Activities account. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, more than 84 percent of old clothes, shoes, belts, handbags and textile items end up in a landfill or an incinerator. On average, that works out to about 85 pounds of textile items per person each year. As a result, textiles make up more than six percent of all the residential and municipal trash in the United States. Lawrence A. Simeone Jr. Attorney-at-Law ~ Since 1989 ~ * Corporate Litigation * Criminal/Civil * MCAD * Zoning/Land Court * Wetlands Litigation * Workmen’s Compensation * Landlord/Tenant Litigation * Real Estate Law * Construction Litigation * Tax Lein * Personal Injury * Bankruptcy * Wrongful Death * Zoning/Permitting Litigation 300 Broadway, Suite 1, Revere * 781-286-1560 lsimeonejr@simeonelaw.net Cambridge Savings Bank Assistant Vice President Olritch Donnat presents a $5,000 check to Mystic Valley Elder Services (MVES) Nutrition Director Angie Fitzgerald and MVES Nutrition Program Manager Linda Crowe. The grant will go towards the Meals on Wheels program at MVES. (Photo Courtesy of Mystic Valley Elder Services) T he Cambridge Savings Bank (CSB) Charitable Foundation recently gave a grant of $5,000 to Mystic Valley Elder Services (MVES) for its Meals on Wheels program and has provided a total of $15,000 in food assistance grants since the beginning of the pandemic. These grants ensure that MVES’s program participants have access to carefully prepared meals delivered on a daily basis by a person who knows and cares about them. Most participants are low- to moderate-income individuals, and the program helps to ensure that food insecurity is being met. Across the communities MVES serves – Chelsea, Everett, Malden, Medford, Melrose, North Reading, Reading, Revere, Stoneham, Wakefield and Winthrop – Meals on Wheels delivers an average of 3,200 meals daily, making sure that MVES consumers will receive a nutritious meal. The Meals on Wheels program provides hot and cold nutritional meals daily to individuals as some might struggle to prepare meals for themselves due to physical or cognitive limitations and/or financial difficulties. “We are very grateful to the Cambridge Savings Bank Charitable Foundation for their grants, especially during these challenging times that COVID-19 has brought,” said Everett Aluminum 10 Everett Ave., Everett 617-389-3839 Owned & operated by the Conti family since 1958 • 57 Years! “Same name, phone number & address for family since 1958 • 62 over half a century. We must be doing something right!” •Vinyl Siding •Free Estimates •Carpentry Work •Fully Licensed •Decks •Roof • Fully Insured • Replacement Windows www.everettaluminum.com •Roo ng Now’s the time to schedule those home improvement projects you’ve been dreaming about all winter! MVES CEO Daniel O’Leary. “Yet, despite the pandemic, our Nutrition team has continued to serve home delivered meals to consumers, and the number of those needing meals delivered has increased. The Foundation’s donations will certainly help us take care of the increase in meals required.” “It's important for CSB to support organizations like Mystic Valley Elder Services – particularly in these challenging times when access to nutritious meals is so critical,” said CSB President & CEO Wayne Patenaude. “We are a proud supporter of MVES and glad that our donations will help deliver meals to more individuals who need them.” Spring!
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