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To combat hunger, neighbors are stocking community fridges on Boston’s streets
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As the economic fallout of COVID-19 stretches into its seventh month, one in seven people in Eastern Massachusetts — and one in five children — are now experiencing food insecurity, which has risen 53 percent in Massachusetts since before the pandemic.
In response, free community fridges have cropped up in Jamaica Plain and in Dorchester, and more are being planned for Allston, Roslindale, Somerville, and Cambridge in the coming weeks.
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