Ninety Nine Restaurant & Pub Presents Donation at Fenway Park

In a special ceremony at Fenway Park, long-time partner Ninety Nine Restaurant & Pub presented Pine Street Inn President and Executive Director Lyndia Downie with a donation of more than $52,000. The funds were raised through the annual "Have a Heart" fundraiser, held at their restaurants throughout Massachusetts.

For more than 45 years, Ninety Nine Restaurant & Pub has supported Pine Street in many ways, including funding the food service training program, hiring trainees and serving monthly meals to shelter guests.

Learn more about the 40+-year partnership.

New Food Pantry Opens at Pine Street Housing

Earlier this year, the housing services team established a new food pantry to provide emergency food kits for tenants in Pine Street housing. Supported by Pine Street’s food services team, Greater Boston Food Bank and Fair Foods, the pantry will help residential staff across Pine Street’s 39 housing locations address a rise in food insecurity among tenants along with providing information about other local food pantries. Each kit provides one week of shelf-stable food for a resident.

"We've seen an increased need in emergency food resources from our residents, and we've dramatically expanded the offering of emergency food kits through an on-site pantry at The Lyndia," says Matt Pyne, Pine Street’s senior director of housing services. "This heightened effort provides temporary food security support while housing services staff aid residents in establshing long-term strategies to meet their needs."

The Lyndia Honored with Development of Distinction Award

The Lyndia, Pine Street Inn’s newest and largest residence in Jamaica Plain, recently received the Novogradac Development of Distinction Award for "Development that Best Exemplifies Special Needs Population."

Developed in partnership with The Community Builders, The Lyndia is a 202-unit building that includes 140 apartments for people moving out of homelessness and 62 apartments for income-eligible families. The building prioritizes access to employment opportunities, health care and social services all while being conveniently located near public transportation. 

The Lyndia is the largest development for housing with support services in New England.

Click to watch a virtual tour of The Lyndia.