Officials from Cambridge developer Urban Spaces, Cambridge nonprofit Food for Free and members of the Cambridge City Council pose for a photo at Food for Free's new distribution facility, located in retail space Urban Spaces has donated. Photo courtesy of Urban Spaces

The Cooperative Bank of Cape Cod

The Hyannis-based Cooperative Bank of Cape Cod donated more than $2,500 to the Cape Cod Resilience Fund, which offers direct grants to small businesses to provide economic relief during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dedham Savings Bank

Dedham Savings Bank donated $4,200 to the PTO of Westwood’s Martha Jones Elementary School PTO. These funds will be used to purchase outdoor-style portable stadium seats for each student at the school to use as many school activities have been shifted out-of-doors due to the pandemic.

Leominster Credit Union

Leominster Credit Union has donated $15,000 to the United Way of North Central Massachusetts to assist area residents during the pandemic.

MutualOne

Framingham-based MutualOne Bank donated $20,000 to A Place To Turn in Natick from the bank foundation’s annual Robert P. Lamprey Community Grant. A Place To Turn assists low-income MetroWest families and individuals with basic needs such as food and diapers.

North Easton Savings Bank

North Easton Savings Bank recently donated $30,000 across several food pantries located in communities the bank serves throughout southeastern Massachusetts.

Urban Spaces

Cambridge-based developer Urban Spaces has teamed up with Food for Free, a Cambridge-based non-profit dedicated to providing the Greater Boston community with reliable access to fresh food, to create a 3,600-square-foot food packing a distribution center in one of Urban Spaces’ vacant retail storefronts on First Street, near the CambridgeSide mall. Urban Spaces is donating the rent and property management services for the facility.

Community Good Works

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