Moving Forward to a Brighter Future: Under One Roof
Shown from left to right: Frank Kelly, Robert Santo of Garrick-Santo Landscape Co, Malden Mayor Gary Christenson, Salem Five Malden Branch Manager Robert Green, Eagle Bank Community Reinvestment Officer Christopher DiBenedetto, BOL Executive Director Gabriella Snyder Stelmack, East Cambridge Savings Bank Assistant Vice President Fiona Nattabi, BOL Development Director Patty Kelly, David Gardner of Boyds Direct, BOL Bookkeeper Cindy Robillard, BOL Board member Elizabeth Lombardozzi, Malden Ward 6 Councillor Stephen Winslow, Marilyn Andrews, Janis Moriarty, BOL Board Vice President Mary Beth Leon and Dennis Donnelly.
As of August 2025, all 13 of our beautiful raised garden planters along the bike path have been sponsored at $2,000 each! Many thanks to our sponsors:
Janis and Brendan Moriarty in honor of Kathleen McKenna
Edwin and Marilyn Andrews and Family in Memory of Solange Bartilon Andrews
Dennis Donnelly In Memory of his wife, Joan Donnelly
Bread of Life Board of Directors, 2024
Patty & Frank Kelly and Family
Freedom Hill Community Church
Salem Five Bank
East Cambridge Savings Bank
Janet Green and Tom Hutchinson In Loving Memory of Louis and Friedel Green
Eagle Bank
Edwin and Marilyn Andrews & Family In Loving Memory of Monika Andrews and In Honor of William G. Andrews
Columbia Construction
Mayor Gary Christenson and Malden City Council, 2025
The Grand Opening of our newly constructed facility at 54 Eastern Avenue in Malden on August 11, 2024 was a triumph, capping nearly two years of construction and 20 years of faith, labor, perseverance and funding on the part of many in the community. Our project created a beautiful, efficient state-of-the art building that brings all BOL programs under one roof – food pantries, evening meals, backpacks, motel shelter food provision, grocery delivery and food access – along with our offices and a multi-purpose hall for expanded programs. The facility also provides 14 affordable studio apartments owned and operated by Metro North Housing Corp (MNHC)* that provides permanent housing for very low-income formerly homeless individuals. The studios have been fully occupied since September 2024. Thank you for your support for this project to provide food security and permanent housing! We are deeply grateful to the 1,200+ individuals, businesses, foundations, civic groups, schools and faith communities that contributed over $4.5 million toward our $5.8 million project, with cornerstone grants from the Adelaide Breed Bayrd Foundation, Beth Israel Senior Citizens Housing Inc, Clipper Ship Foundation, Donovan Family Foundation, Mr. and Mrs. Craig & Sara Brandon, and City of Malden ARPA, CDGB and Community Preservation Committee. We could not have done it without all of you! Please come on down and visit is, share an evening meal, donate food or pick up food if you are in need, help out if you have some time. We welcome you!
Gabriella Snyder Stelmack, Executive Director, Bread of Life
* Metro North Housing Corp (MNHC) was founded in 2015 to provide affordable housing for low income and homeless people in Malden, Medford, Everett, and surrounding communities. Metro North’s ultimate focus is to end homelessness and provide safe affordable housing that allows extremely low income people to have a stable foundation for development and growth. Toward that end, Metro North specializes in providing permanent supportive housing for homeless adults, including individuals with disabilities. In addition to the current project at 54 Eastern Ave, Metro North owns and manages 2 properties with 25 units of housing; our Washington Street development is a 14-unit building for homeless men and women, and the other is the Kaszanek House on Charles Street, which is an 11-unit building for homeless and at-risk college students from area colleges.
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If you would like more information about our "Under One Roof" Capital Campaign, please email Patty Kelly, Development Director at patty.kelly@breadoflifemalden.org.
Note: Total project cost is $11.4 million. Bread of Life has financing, donations, and grants totaling $5.76 million, including: City of Malden ARPA, CDGB amd CPC grants of $1.2 million and Massachusetts grants and budget earmarks of $600,000. MNHC has financing and grants of $5.64 million, including: North Suburban HOME Consortium award of $1.65 million; Federal Home Loan Bank Affordable Housing Program and Eastern Bank (through a FHLB Member Loan) award of $1.4 million; Malden Community Preservation Committee award of $412,000; and MA Department of Housing and Community Development award of $1.98 million.
