The Mattapoisett Mother and Daughter Team of Monica O’Malley-Tavares and Callie Tavares showed up today to drop-off a ton of stuff and to meet our CEO and Founder, Jim Stevens. They brought dozens of Holiday Stockings full of terrific items for local people in-need....
Celia LeClair sets a most perfect example of giving and caring
Daughter Joyce, brought us a gift from her Mother, Celia LeClair. What a gift it was! Twenty-three mitten and scarf sets, five scarves, one hat and mitten set and one scarf and mitten set. Thirty local children will be recipients of not only wonderful, high quality,...
Umass Dartmouth, Student Video
QUESTION: What do Umass Dartmouth students; Mikella, Samantha, Tracy, Jennifer and Veronica have in common, besides being passionate about recycling, re-using and re-purposing? ANSWER: They are bright and shining lights focusing on issues important to the whole world!...
Coalition of Community Organizations Come Together for Mental Health Awareness
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, a group of local community organizations have been meeting to strategize response efforts for those most vulnerable in our communities. Having identified mental health as a critical need for many, these organizations have...
Big Value is more than a store!
For the past ten years, Big Value, has been a bright and shinning light focused on love and giving. They have given us a ton of new items. They've given us financial help. They've sent us scores of volunteers. They've helped us collect tons if donations.They helped us...
Learning a thing or two from Ollie!
Ollie, an 8 year-old, third grader, started a book club at Sippican Elementary in Marion this year. Parents and Educators organized a holiday party for the book club group and all the kids decided to donate gifts to GiftsToGive instead of a gift exchange among them....
40,000 New Volunteers arrive at GiftsToGive
April 4, 2019. Acushnet, Massachusetts Too windy to go sailing or maneuvering a kite. Way, way too windy to fly, especially if you're a honey bee! Which turns out to be perfect for motivating 40,000 volunteers into their new home! Seems the bees were in a hurry to get...
Logan sets a most perfect example for all of us!
CEO Blog Acushnet, Massachusetts In the middle of a very hectic day, in walks Logan. Logan is 5 years-old. He was on a mission and needed to talk to someone in charge. Luckily (for me), I was on duty and I received a huge dose of inspiration! Logan had something...
Bishop Stang Fresmen Class – Connecting to Giving and Service
One of our annual traditions, is meeting the entire Bishop Stang Freshmen class at the factory. Photo archive HERE. (This year's photos are a gift from students; Amelia Bailey and Emily Iovanna) We could talk all day, about what is right about young people, but we...
Kim is back from vacation!
What makes a person spend hundreds of hours and thousands of dollars every year, re-purposing, repairing and giving hundreds of bicycles away to local children in-need? Ask Kim Camara of Yesteryear Cyclery why he does it, the next time you see him!