Goodwill Morgan Memorial Hosts Thanksgiving Celebration With State and City Officials

Uncategorized 2026-07-22 clip6115 · Meeting of July 22, 2026

Boston officials gather at Goodwill Morgan Memorial's annual Thanksgiving celebration ahead of the organization's 125th anniversary year. Attorney General Maura Healey, U.S. Senator Ed Markey, State Treasurer Deb Goldberg, Secretary of Labor Rosalyn Acosta, state Representative John Santiago, and City Councilor Kim Janey joined Goodwill chief executive Joanne Hilferty and board chair Jane Edmonds at the event, which the organization traces back more than 100 years.

Hilferty noted that more than 200 food baskets had been distributed to program families the prior evening, alongside 275 turkeys donated by Willow Tree Farms. Healey told attendees that "the measure of a community is really in how we take care of those most vulnerable among us." Acosta highlighted the Boston Reentry Initiative, operated in partnership with MassHire and Goodwill, calling it evidence that "everyone deserves a second and third chance."

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Source: the Uncategorized 2026-07-22 clip6115 meeting of July 22, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.