Since its inception in 1990, Community Servings has expanded from making and delivering medically tailored meals to 30 people impacted by HIV/AIDS in Dorchester and Roxbury to more than 2,300 people statewide facing a variety of chronic illnesses, including cancer and cardiovascular disease
Read MoreThe AIDS epidemic changed the trajectory of David Waters’ career. Waters was a gay man in his 20s when the epidemic exploded in the 1980s. At the time he was earning a master’s degree in fiction writing from BU and working on the side managing restaurants.
Read MoreCommunity Servings, a nonprofit provider of medically tailored meals and nutrition services and a leader in “food is medicine” research, advocacy, and policy, today announced an expansion of its Food & Health Policy Program resulting from a grant from Alletess Medical Laboratory.
The Rockland-based company recently contributed $75,000 in funding that has supported staff positions dedicated to policy work, coaching and technical assistance as part of the Food is Medicine Coalition’s Accelerator, and the advancement of research and policy initiatives at the state and federal levels.
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