PAMANA has received funding from The Boston Foundation’s Safety Nets Grant and The Asian American and Pacific Islanders Commission’s Small Grants Fund to assemble packages of Filipino groceries for New England-based Filipinos in need.

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The goal of PAMANA Cares is to provide Filipino individuals and households in need of food assistance and/or affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, with groceries from local Filipino markets. PAMANA will shop, assemble the care packages, and ship and deliver them at the end of January 2025.

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We’ll use the following criteria to identify care package recipients - including, but not limited to those who are:

• Over the age of 65

• Immunocompromised

• With sickness due to COVID-19

• Chronic illness

• Of limited mobility; unable to travel to grocery stores

• Unemployed

• Single parents

• Visa holders

• Going through a difficult situation not listed above? Please reach out to PAMANA!

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Nominate yourself or someone you know by Friday January 3rd, 2025:

 https://bit.ly/pamanacares0125

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The total number of available care packages is limited, and will be delivered on a first-come, first-served basis. PAMANA will contact you if a care package will be delivered to your nominated individual/household. Open to residents in MA, RI, NH, CT, VT & ME only.

If you have any questions, contact Jelyn Masa by email @ jelyn@pamanainc.org. You can also message PAMANA on Facebook or Instagram at @pamanainc.