Concept, Creative, Direction and Production by students at Boston University's AdLab
Cardinal Spellman High School, Day of Service
It's one thing for us to talk about what we do, it is entirely a better thing when a student volunteer talks about their experience. We are so proud of the students from Cardinal Spellman, and even prouder, if that is possible, of Charli. Changing Lives One Gift at a...
UPDATE: You say tomato, we say tomahto!
UPDATE: What a harvest! One thousand, one hundred and fifty pounds (1,150) of organic, heirloom tomatoes! President of the Horticultural Division, and Senior Beekeeper, Volunteer Bill O'Keefe, reports that we gifted 750 pounds of tomatoes, in 22 varieties, to the PACE...
Thrift Store PSA filming
Sunday morning in Acushnet ... A crew from "AdLab" at the School of Communications at Boston University and our own Sophia; uber student volunteer, actress extraordinaire and 3rd grader! Photos from our morning HERE
Happy Birthday Joe!
"A person always doing his or her best becomes a natural leader, just by example." Joseph Paul "Joe" DiMaggio (November 25, 1914 – March 8, 1999), nicknamed "Joltin' Joe" and "The Yankee Clipper", was an American Major League Baseball center fielder who played his...
Happy Birthday Astrid!
"A childhood without books? That would be no childhood. As a child, being without books would be like being shut out from the enchanted place where you can go and find the rarest kind of joy." Astrid Anna Emilia Lindgren; (14 November 1907 – 28 January 2002) was a...
HELP NEEDED for “Gently-Used” Children’s Items
We've been overwhelmed with gift requests from local children's agencies for warm winter clothing! We need help from local families, for children's items; clothes, books, shoes, coats, toys and baby safety items (car seats, pack & plays, high chairs and safety...
Happy Birthday Dorothy!
"The greatest challenge of the day is: how to bring about a revolution of the heart, a revolution which has to start with each one of us? We must talk about poverty, because people insulated by their own comfort lose sight of it. " Dorothy Day, (November 8, 1897 –...
Being Inspired By Alyssa
This afternoon, we were overwhelmed by a remarkable young woman, Alyssa Maitoza, a 17 year-old Dartmouth High Senior, GiftsToGive Volunteer and this year's Miss Massachusetts' Outstanding Teen. With the help of her father and brother she delivered a ton of terrific...
Listening to Abigail
Why some people are more altruistic than others. Abigail Marsh is a professor at Georgetown University. Her area of expertise includes social and affective neuroscience, particularly understanding emotions such as empathy and how they relate to aggression, altruism,...