Every once in-a-while, we're flabbergasted and we don't flabbergast easily! Nicole Long, one of our earliest adopters wrote last week - "SO PROUD of my niece Abby and her cousin Georgia: over Christmas vacation they brainstormed a charitable organization called "GAB"...
A Palestinian woman from New Jersey, Zayid jokes about her family, global culture, and her life with cerebral palsy. Along with Dean Obeidallah, she founded the New York Arab-American Comedy Festival, now in its 10th year. She spends several months of the year in the...
The winners of Tabor Academy's first quarter "Green Wars" competition, were the 25 young women in Baxter House! They collectively chose to give back. Under the careful eye of the dorm's "dean of green," junior Sara Kosicki, the Baxter House residents were declared the...
When we think about service, one of the first things we think about is our Fire Department. Men and women who put themselves in harm's way every time they report to work. Today we met Firefighter Andy Bois. Andy grew up in New Bedford with our Russell Souza and have...
Talk about never quitting! For ten years (1969-1979), Diana Nyad was known as the greatest long-distance swimmer in the world. In 1979, she stroked the then-longest swim in history, making the 102.5-mile journey from the island of Bimini (Bahamas) to Florida. She also...
December 19, 2013 - From the office of Jim Stevens, GiftsToGive, CEO and Founder: When I opened the newspaper that morning - there it was; Matthew Rodriguez, a 19 year old Marine from Fairhaven was killed in Afghanistan and was returning home that afternoon. How could...
It's amazing what a rigged game of Monopoly can reveal. In this entertaining but sobering talk, social psychologist Paul Piff shares his research into how people behave when they feel wealthy. (Hint: badly.) But while the problem of inequality is a complex and...
Why I Volunteer at GiftsToGive, by Sarah Davis Blodgett I have been helping to manage mill operations this fall and winter. The last few weeks have been very busy as people clear out their houses to get ready for the holidays and their donations have been pouring in....
In our quest to build a more caring community - we take a lesson from Boyd Varty. In the cathedral of the wild, we get to see the best parts of ourselves reflected back to us." Boyd Varty, a wildlife activist, shares stories of animals, humans and their...
Every Monday and Wednesday, students from grades 6-8 at Normandin Middle School have chosen to take part in the 21st Century grant program - “Community Service Group.” The purpose of the 21st Century program is to establish or expand community learning centers that...