Program areas at Beverly Bootstraps Community Services
The food assistance programs provide emergency food to those in need through a pantry visit or delivery monday through thursday. During fy23, the food assistance served 3,428 individuals (1,825 households) with 641,937 lbs of food distributed in 14,591 visits. During fy23, the senior bags were delivered to an estimated 1,950 seniors. The weekend bag program delivered 9,704 bags to school children throughout the elementary and middle schools in Beverly. Thanksgiving meal ingredients were distributed to 525 households. In fy23, the refrigerated food locker program benefited nearly 100 people.
In fy23, 750 children received school supplies including backpacks, notebooks, writing implements, pencils, markers and other items needed for their academic success. The organization distributed holiday gifts to 748 children.
The thrift shop is a local Community resource that provides shoppers with merchandise at discounted prices and donors the opportunity to recycle items. Clients may receive vouchers for free merchandise. In fy23, 208 vouchers were written, totaling $9,750.
Adult education includes high school equivalency (hse) hiset test preparation, english speakers of other language (esol), and college and career readiness (ccr). The hse program continued in fy23 with many students studying virtually and some back in person with their tutor. There were 29 students regularly studying, passing 80 out of 92 individual tests. 11 students completed all 5 subject exams to receive their hiset equivalency certificate. Esol students returned to our classes and 78 students studied regularly clocking 4227 hours learned over the course of the year. Fy23, 750 children received school supplies including backpacks, notebooks, writing implements, pencils, markers and other items needed for their academic success. The organization distributed holiday gifts to 748 children.