Success Stories

It goes without saying that 2020 was a challenging year for many families during the COVID pandemic. Provision partnered with the USDA Farmers to Families Program to distribute Fresh Food Boxes to families facing food insecurity in Springfield, Chicopee, Worcester, Lowell, and Lawrence, MA.  From September to December 2020, through this program, Provision was able…

Thanks to the generosity of Bombas, thousands of vulnerable people in New England had warm sweatshirts to wear this winter. Bombas donates a piece of clothing every time an item is purchased from their online store. We feel blessed and honored to have been able to distribute over 49,000 sweatshirts alongside Bombas this winter. They are…

Provision recently introduced Seoul Kitchen, a Westford, MA restaurant, to Life Connection Center, a Lowell, MA soup kitchen. Restaurant Owner, Jay Chung wanted to get involved in serving quality food to those in need in the local community. He also wanted to engage his employees in serving the poor and learning about the needs in…

WOW!  Have you ever calculated how many diapers a baby needs in a day?  A month? A year?  On average, a newborn baby uses up to 10 diapers a day, or 70 diapers a week. That’s about 280 diapers a month! You may not think of diapers when you think of items that people may…

If you’re a parent of school-age children, you’re familiar with the “School Supply List” sent home with your children on the first day of school — A list of items not provided by your child’s public school including notebooks, glue sticks, pencils, pens, etc. This might not be a problem for all, but for some…

Something as simple as slippers can be a source of comfort and hope. Provision Ministry recently donated 500 pair of new, branded, men’s & women’s slippers to The Bridge in Central Massachusetts.  The retail value of this donation was approximately $25,000. An unexpected gift of slippers during the cold New England winter will be a…