Northshore magazine showcases the best that the North Shore of Boston, MA has to offer.
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month. Among those families, there are more than 1,300 children. "We have been confined to this base- ment since 1985," says Alyse Barbash, who took on Haven From Hunger's executive director role four years ago. When she ar- rived, she "looked around and said, 'Man, we don't have enough room.'" Barbash is so soft-spoken that you often have to lean forward to hear what she's say- ing. But there's a conviction in her words that rings loud and clear: She wants a better space for the people that Haven From Hun- ger serves. She wants a place where clients feel welcomed, empowered, and dignified She wants to give clients the resources to help themselves, not simply a bag of grocer- ies or a sandwich. She wants to get out of the basement. In February 2014, Haven From Hunger bought the building whose basement they have inhabited for nearly 30 years. Now, the Philanthropy ne 144 nshoremag.com December 2014 photograph by anthony pira rendering courtesy of siemasko + verbridge Making It Work Executive director Alyse Barbash; Above, proposed pantry plan by Siemasko + Verbridge