Sometimes, lasting partnerships begin with a single moment of connection. For the Country Club of New Bedford Women’s Golf Association, that moment came during a visit to GiftsToGive — sparking years of hands-on involvement, meaningful relationships, and heartfelt...
What started as a simple visit to our factory turned into a meaningful reminder of why community partnerships matter so much. It was a pleasure to welcome the Hathaway Family Funeral Home team and share the heart of GiftsToGive— our mission, our work, and the children...
We are thrilled to celebrate UMass Dartmouth nursing students — Paige Bourgault, Maya Brown, Jasmine Borges, and Edward Barcellos for their partnership with GiftsToGive on their service-learning project this year! Junior nursing student Jasmine Borges explains, “I...
This is a story about one person making a difference and a corporate culture that supports helping others. One day, a few weeks ago, Patti Serpa came to shop in our Thrift Store and became curious about what was behind the curtain. Volunteer Manager, Ray Carpenter...
One of our favorite student groups are the students from SMEC. These amazing young people volunteer weekly and have made and continue to make a real and tangible difference. They recently did a wonderful and helpful action. Rather than we tell the story, we would like...
With over 80,000 Southcoast children living in poverty and with one in ten of these children homeless, the need is overwhelming. Knowing this need, Salve Regina Nursing Students; Megan Caccamo, Erin Dericks, Mia Lang, Alexia Moreno, and Annemarie Haas did something...
Winston Churchill said that we make a living by what we get , but we make a life by what we give. We think Sir Winston knew what he was talking about. Today we hosted 25 terrific volunteers from Ocean Spray. All came on time, all prepared to work for a five-hour...
We had a surprise visit today with a most remarkable woman, Ruthann Levesque (Pictured here, second from right). Ruthann brought us several dozen beautiful, handcrafted quilts. Not only was the workmanship amazing, the choice and content of the fabric patterns were...
We see thousands of elementary, middle, high school and college student volunteers every year. (Except of course for the Covid Year). It is hard for us to pick our favorites. There have been some salient third graders, some amazing seventh graders, some outstanding...
We are collecting school supplies: Crayons, 2 pocket folders, glue sticks, rulers, calculators, three-hole filler paper, three and five subject notebooks, highlighters, three-ring binders and colored pencils.