The League of Women Voters of Lexington invites you to a First Friday Forum on Feb. 3, 2023, at 9:30 a.m. in Lexington Community Center Room 237, 39 Marrett Road, to learn more about local groups that work in different ways to help our friends and neighbors. 

  • Food Link is a community organization that rescues surplus fresh food that would otherwise be wasted and delivers it to community organizations serving people in need in the Greater Boston area. Director of Programs and Strategy Elise Springuel will speak.
  • Lex Eat Together is a Lexington-based non-profit that seeks to address hunger and food insecurity in and around Lexington. Since its founding in October 2015, Lex Eat Together has provided over 25,000 meals to those in need.  President and Co-Founder George Murnaghan is a retired financial services executive and father of three. 
  • LexRAP (Lexington Refugee Assistance Program) is a community organization that welcomes, supports, and assists refugees and asylum seekers, including providing a support network for housing, food, clothing, health care, employment, and education (including learning English). Member Bruce Neumann will speak. Bruce and his wife Pat Moyer host refugees in their home.

For more information, go to https://my.lwv.org/massachusetts/lexington/calendar.

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