84,000 Meals Delivered To Chelsea By New England Patriots Truck
CHELSEA (CBS) -- A New England Patriots truck delivered 1,000 vital food packages to Chelsea Saturday. The packages are meant to provide three meals a day for two people for 14 days, which equates to more than 84,000 meals.
The meals a recipes developed by a nutritionist featuring mostly non-perishable foods. The donation was from the Kraft family and the Massachusetts Military Support Foundation.
The foundation's Food4Vets program has assembled more than 1.7 million meals at Gillette Stadium over the past five weeks. The food is free for veterans across the state.
"We were here Wednesday deliver boxes to the veterans down here in Chelsea, and it became apparent that the need was bigger than anticipated," said Don Cox, of the Massachusetts Military Support Foundation. "So we're back here today with the Patriots, our partners out of Foxboro, and we're distributing 1,000 boxes to the citizens of Chelsea."
To learn more about the program or to donate, visit the Massachusetts Military Support Foundation's website.