Anchor Mission

At UMass Memorial Health, we understand that a person’s health isn’t solely a result of seeing a doctor for a checkup once a year. While physical healthcare is a contributor, a person’s overall health is dependent on many different factors – from having a home to live in, to having food on their table, to having a job and access to healthcare and education.

Our caregivers do a great job of keeping our community members well and nursing them back to health when they hit a bump in the road. But what happens when our community members don’t have fresh fruit and vegetables to eat; they don’t have a...