For many of our clients, grocery shopping can be one of the most stressful parts of their week. They pass the fresh produce because it is more expensive than processed food that lacks the nutrients of fresh foods. Children come home to a fast food dinner or something that was heated up in the microwave that won't give them the essential nutrients for growth.

The Beverly Bootstraps Cooking Matters course helps our clients learn about smart shopping and better cooking habits.

"We both learned a lot and gained practical skills that we are using to improve our diets, our health, and our lives," said Mary and Kelly.* "We both miss going to the Cooking Matters classes. We had a ball and cannot thank you enough."

Our Cooking Matters program is hands-on.  Participants actually cook meals during the class, make a budget, make grocery lists and visit the grocery store with a professional.  Participants learn together each week, prepare the meals together and eat together.  In addition, participants leave each class with the ingredients needed to make the meal prepared in class, at home. 100% of our Cooking Matters students made a recipe from class at home for their families, and they plan on sharing what they learned.

One of the class's favorite recipes were the Turkey Chili with Vegetables. For more recipes from the Cooking Matters program, click here!

The Cooking Matters program is generously funded by the North Shore United Way Women in Action and the Women's Fund of Essex County.

*Names changed for privacy  

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Supporting the Summers of Local Youth

Through the generosity of local organizations, Beverly Bootstraps will be able to support local youth in Beverly and Manchester-by-the-Sea this summer.

The Mosley Foundation has donated to Beverly Bootstraps to benefit our Summer Camp program (as well as many others). With their donation, Beverly Bootstraps will be able to send children in Beverly to summer camp, where they can learn and meet new friends over the summer.

And the North Shore Community Health Network has awarded a grant to Beverly Bootstraps to help provide a free lunch to children in need. With school out of session, many Beverly families are struggling to replace the free or reduced-price school lunches upon which their children rely. The Summer Lunch Program helps provide these families facing a summer of hunger and perhaps unhealthy choices with a nutritious lunch option for their school-age children. With the grant from North Shore Community Health Network and the collaboration between Beverly Public Schools Food Services, Beverly Recreation Department, the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, USDA and Project Bread this program is able to help these families.

Through these generous donors, we are able to make everyone's summer a little brighter!

Stop and Shop Food Drive

August 27th 6pm-10pm
Misselwood Estate at
Endicott College
407 Hale Street
Beverly, MA 01915

Join North Shore Magazine in their first BONS event at Misselwood Estate.
All proceeds from this event will be donated to Beverly Bootstraps! Come join us with great food, music and the best the North Shore has to offer.

Click here to buy tickets!

  

Beverly Bootstraps

  

Office & Services

371 Cabot Street
Beverly, MA 01915
Phone: 978-927-1561
Fax: 978-927-1553

  

Thrift Shop

198 Rantoul Street
Beverly, MA 01915
Phone: 978-921-4710