THE MALDEN ADVOCATE–Friday, August 8, 2025 Page 9 Salem Five Branch Manager Robert Green by the Salem Five company planter. Shown from left to right: Back row: Frank Kelly, Robert Green, Mayor Gary Christenson, Cindy Robillard, Dennis Donnelly, Elizabeth Lombardozzi, Janis Moriarty, Fiona Nattabi, Christopher DiBenedetto, Ward 6 Councillor Stephen Winslow, Marilyn Andrews, David Gardner and Robert Santo; seated: Mary Beth Leon, Gabriella Snyder Stelmack and Patty Kelly. take food for granted. “I have tried to expose my son, Brendan, 18, to volunteer opportunities to help those less fortunate in the community, which could start at any age, to create a life-long awareness,” Moriarty said. “Volunteering here opens your eyes to the needs.” Bread of Life Development Director Patty Kelly said people may be able to sponsor pavers between the garden beds. “My favorite part of the new building is the garden beds, because it’s a community effort,” Kelly said. “Volunteers from the Bridge Recovery Center maintain and water them, brightening the bicycle path for hundreds of people who walk and ride … making it a great first impression.” Kelly said Bread of Life is grateful to have the beds all sponsored since the building opened last August. Garrick-Santo Landscape Co. built the planters. “They come by and add mulch,” Kelly said. “Robert Santo and his team Garrick-Santo take a lot in pride in what they do.” Signs were printed by David Gardner, of Boyd’s Direct, a longtime friend of Bread of Life. Sponsors include Freedom Hill Community Church, Janis Moriarty, Frank and Patty Kelly, Edwin and Marilyn Andrews, Salem Five Bank, Dennis Donnelly, 2024 Bread of Life Board of Directors, East Cambridge Savings Bank, Columbia Construction, Janet Green and Thomas Hutchinson, Eagle Bank, Edwin and Marilyn Andrews (two planters) and Mayor Gary Christenson and the Malden City Council. Malden resident Marilyn Andrews, her husband BOL Board Treasurer Edwin and family sponsored this garden bed in memory of Solange Bartilon Andrews (Edwin’s mother). Malden resident Janis Moriarty by the garden planter in honor of her cousin, Kathleen McKenna, a longtime board member since 1992. BOL friend Dennis Donnelly is pictured in front of the garden bed in memory of his wife, Joan. Robert Santo and BOL Development Director Patty Kelly. East Cambridge Saving Banks Assistant Vice President/Business Development Manager III Fiona Nattabi by her company’s garden planter. BOL Executive Director Gabriella Snyder Stelmack’s church, Freedom Hill Community Church, sponsored this garden bed.
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