The document thanks Third Rock Ventures for supporting the Greater Boston Food Bank. It discusses that the Food Bank distributes over 30 million pounds of food annually to 600 hunger-relief agencies, serving over 83,000 people per week with over 10,000 volunteers. It notes that demand for emergency food assistance has increased by at least 11% and some agencies are seeing 45-50% increases, while unemployment and budget cuts mean continued high need for at least a year. The biggest ongoing challenge is raising the remaining $2 million needed to complete their $35 million capital campaign to fund a new facility and future investments.
