CEO BLOG: 17 November, 2017 at Acushnet, Massachusetts Jim Stevens CEO and Founder, GiftsToGive OK – so it started off as a regular Wednesday morning. I woke up, made my coffee, squeezed my orange juice, got on the elliptical bike, did my six miles, got in the shower,...
CEO OPINION: 15 November, 2017 at Acushnet, Massachusetts Jim Stevens CEO and Founder, GiftsToGive November 15 is National Philanthropy Day. I am in the philanthropy business, so it is only right that I say something. Or maybe not (smiling). Sometimes I think I'm...
This is a sad story. For the last several weeks we've been experiencing a total mess, on our drop-off deck, when we come in on Mondays. Every single bag or box that was dropped off on Sunday when we were closed, had been opened or upended and a total mess. It was...
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Wisdom is all around us, if we listen. Most recently, brilliant, simple and very clear wisdom came to us from Sophia, our favorite eight year-old, Uber Volunteer!
Acushnet, Massachusetts. December 16, 2016 Wednesday morning, December 14, at 1:20am, we had a fire outside our building. Our transformer shed, two-feet from the building, exploded and caught fire. Acushnet Fire Chief Kevin Gallagher and his firefighters stopped the...
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...
Acushnet, Massachusetts. August 12, 2016 We are in the business of creating a more caring community - daunting, to say the least, what with global warming, terrorism, congress, the senate, Wall street, child poverty, recent politics and random shootings. I've written...
We think Christopher Bowe knows what he is talking about. If you care about what is going on with the Opioid epidemic, then this article is insightful. Repost of the HBR article, "Fixing Pharma’s Incentives Problem in the Wake of the U.S. Opioid Crisis." June 13,...
On a cold and drizzly Saturday, October 14, 2014 to be exact, in walks a 13 year-old young woman who matter of factly and unpretentiously tells us that she wants to help local children who don't have the basic things they need; clothes, books, toys and birthday...