WHDH-TV Donates $100,000 To Boston’s Project Bread
Date Posted: 12/16/2020
Sunbeam Television’s independent station WHDH-TV Boston and Sunbeam Television’s Ansin Foundation donated $100,000 to Project Bread, a Boston non-profit that provides food assistance.
With need for assistance increased due to the pandemic, the donation is able to feed thousands of families across the city facing insecurity.
“We are especially pleased that these funds will ensure food is delivered where the need is greatest and hope that these contributions will help stimulate more donations, large and small, from the local communities,” said Andy Ansin, Sunbeam Television’s CEO and Ansin Foundation trustee.
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