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Listening to Madeline, truly a great hope for her generation!
A small but mighty group of Moses Brown Freshmen and Seniors spent part of their day with us, last week. We asked Freshman Madeline to write about their collective experience. We talk a lot about service learning; to have this remarkable high school freshman reach the...
Listening to Olivia, eighth grade philanthropist!
We see thousands of student volunteers every year, most are amazing! Some are extraordinary and then there is Olivia. To call Olivia super extraordinary or unbelievable, would be an understatement! Olivia has volunteered with us for five months and in that time has...
Local bicycles sprung from the slammer!
The below article was written by Steve Urbon at the Standard Times in New Bedford Oct. 2, 2015 - Newspaper Story HERE ACUSHNET — Police Chief Michael Alves stepped carefully down the bulkhead stairs of the Parting Ways building and into the unlit basement, and he...
Bishop Connolly Students Define Youth Philanthropy
When people talk to us about what is wrong with kids today; we smile and listen politely, then reply with a recent story about Matthew, Jonathan and Arthur. Read the local paper's story here. Johnathan who is a sophomore at Bishop Connolly High School has been...
DMW Fundraising – Sets A Most Perfect Example Of Corporate Responsibility!
Last Friday we met some seriously wonderful people, from DMW Fundraising. They came to volunteer and they brought a ton of stuff with them to donate. DMW's president, Debbie Merlino, told us - "Our recent experience at GiftsToGive opened our eyes to the large number...
Listening to Wendy – A student’s perspective on service.
Tabor Academy student Wendy Liu accepted the assignment of reporting back on her group's volunteer experience yesterday. Here is what she had to say - "September 22 may be another mundane Tuesday for most students, but not for those at Tabor. Today was our Service Day...
Children’s Dignity Week is a special Lions Worldwide Week of Service
District Governor Roland Grenier Jr., with the help of his 1st Vice District Governor Sharon Audette, accepted the 1st International service challenge by collecting hundreds of school supplies, clothing and children’s books from the Lions Clubs of District33S, a...
Galaxy and Olivia are truly bright and shining lights!
Today we met a most perfect grandmother, Jeanne Plourde and one of two young philanthropists; Galaxy. Galaxy told us that she and her cousin Olivia had two backpacks full of school supplies to donate, for two children that were not as lucky as she and her cousin! Talk...
We are in awe of the generosity of our neighbors!
UPDATE: September 3, 2015 Unbelievable! Seriously unbelievable! Actually amazing! We filled an extra 1,127 backpacks with school supplies specifically because of the generosity of some wonderful corporate partners and some pretty terrific neighbors. Photos are here....