To whom it may concern,
I am writing this letter to let you know what the Cambridge Food Bank Mobile Food Market (MFM) has meant to me.
I started going to the MFM around the time it first started, at least when I first heard about it. It was during covid. At the time, I was going through chemotherapy. Going out to the MFM was the only time that I went out during the week that didn’t have to do with medical appointments. I slept most of the time. I barely had any energy to go anywhere. Going to a grocery store would have been too much for me to handle. I was also significantly immunocompromised so I couldn’t be around a lot of people. It was all that I could handle to get myself to the MFM.
Everyone was very nice and helpful. These were the only people that I saw in a week, and it was refreshing to see such pleasantness, since I wasn’t feeling very pleasant or upbeat myself.
My sister would pick up a few odd groceries for me, but the fruits and vegetables that I got from the MFM were basically my staples. I think the healthy food that I got from the MFM helped me in my recovery from cancer. I ate more fruits and vegetables than I would have had I been left to my own devices.
Since I started getting sick I have also had to quit my job and go on ODSP. As my oncologist said “this is your new full time job.” I am sure that everyone is aware that ODSP is basically a starvation income. The MFM has helped me to have healthy food that I would not have been able to afford otherwise.
To sum up my experience with the MFM…It has literally been a lifesaver.
Thank you