Ah, childhood meals: Flinging peas at your sister, hiding more peas under the mashed potatoes, and being scolded by an adult for avoiding the consumption of said peas — “Clean your plate! There are starving kids in Africa.” At a young age, we learned to feel guilty for...

A sandwich won’t solve everything.

But for someone living on the street, a homemade bag lunch is a welcome bit of kindness.

For the past five months, 10-year-old Liam Hannon has passed out handmade lunches from a green wagon he pulls around Cambridge, alongside his dad,...