News Features – Women's Lunch Place

Nearly 300 people attended Women's Lunch Place's annual fall gala, Spaghetti Dinner, on Friday, Oct. 18, at the Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel.

Between the restaurants and boutiques that line Newbury Street — and literally under the Church of the Covenant — is Women’s Lunch Place.

Women's Lunch Place's annual fall gala, its Spaghetti Dinner, will take place on Friday, Oct. 18, at the Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel.

Jennifer Hanlon Wigon, chief executive of Women’s Lunch Place, knows the unique pathways that can lead a woman into homelessness.

Public officials, policy experts and business leaders across the commonwealth recognize we have a severe housing shortage that limits our state’s ability to thrive. The governor and Legislature are advancing an historic bond bill to increase our housing supply and address affordable housing needs.

Following two Metallica shows at Gillette Stadium, the band’s All Within My Hands Foundation donated a total of $100,000 to three local nonprofits––Greater Boston Food Bank, Support+Feed, and Women’s Lunch Place (WLP).

"I see a person," Cyrlene Codrington says, pointing to the center of a painting at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. The painting is of cabbages with leaves in varying hues of green and purple.

On Friday, May 10, supporters of Women's Lunch Place joined together for the annual ‘eat LUNCH give’ fundraiser. Thanks to the incredible support from the WLP community, over $350,000 was raised to aid vulnerable women facing hunger, homelessness, and poverty.

Rising housing costs and inflation have contributed to housing instability in Boston — and women who face homelessness often bear added burdens. Women's Lunch Place is a nonprofit day shelter and advocacy center that serves over 2,000 unhoused women each year, providing things like meals, refuge and community.