Monson Savings Bank Continues Food Security Campaign with $3,000 to Wellspring Go Fresh Mobile Market
Left to right: Riley Gilroy, Program Director of Go-Fresh Mobile Market; Lesenia Fields, Co-Director of the Wellspring Go Fresh Mobile Market; Aimee Kohn, Business Development Officer at Monson Savings Bank; and Dan Moriarty, President & CEO of Monson Savings Bank.
Go Fresh delivers fresh local produce to senior housing sites, low-income housing complexes, healthcare centers, and community organizations across Springfield. Customers can use SNAP and Healthy Incentives Program benefits, helping make fruits and vegetables more affordable while bringing a farmers market directly to locations where transportation and limited nearby grocery options can restrict fresh food access.
By operating as a mobile farmers market, Go Fresh helps address both geographic and economic barriers to nutritious food. The program also creates community-based outlets for regionally grown products, supporting local agriculture while connecting Springfield residents with healthy options.
The donation is one of several contributions made through Together for Food Security, a campaign supporting organizations that address food insecurity at different points in the local food system. Go Fresh adds a mobile-market model to that effort, alongside support for neighborhood pantries, food rescue, urban agriculture, and regional distribution.
To learn more about Monson Savings Bank's Together for Food Security campaign, visit https://www.monsonsavings.bank/together-for-food-security.html
To learn more about Wellspring Cooperative, visit: https://wellspringcoop.org/
Incorporated as a mutually chartered community bank in 1872, Monson Savings Bank has one of the longest tenures of service and stability in its market. Civic leaders chartered the bank with the intent to give working men and women the opportunity to save. Today, Monson Savings Bank retains its legacy of empowerment through savings while offering innovative financial services, including digital banking, online mortgage applications, business banking, and commercial lending. The bank serves customers through offices in Monson, Hampden, Wilbraham, Ware, and East Longmeadow, Massachusetts, as well as a retail and business Loan operations center in Wilbraham.
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Together for Food Security contribution helps bring affordable, locally grown produce directly to Springfield neighborhoods
Springfield, MA - Monson Savings Bank has donated $3,000 to Wellspring Community Harvest’s Go Fresh Mobile Market, which brings fresh, locally grown produce directly to Springfield neighborhoods. The contribution was made through the Bank’s Together for Food Security campaign.
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“Food access is not only about whether food exists. It is also about whether people can reach and afford nutritious options,” said Dan Moriarty, President and CEO of Monson Savings Bank. “Go Fresh reduces those barriers by taking fresh, local produce directly into Springfield neighborhoods.”
“Bringing fresh produce directly into neighborhoods makes healthy food more accessible and affordable for Springfield residents,” said Riley Gilroy, Program Director of Go-Fresh Mobile Market. “We appreciate this support for a mobile market designed around access, dignity, and community health.”