"Gently-used" warm, winter clothes and NEW School supplies are needed. With over 50,000 SouthCoast children living in poverty, and with most of them living in single head of households with one or two siblings - getting ready for school is a huge stress point for...
So ... here we were in mid-November trying to get warm winter clothes packages out the door for local children with inventory getting dangerously low. We put out a call to action and the results were overwhelming and allowed us to help a ton of local kids get the...
On Friday we were the recipients of a ton of brand new toys and new, beautiful children's clothing. Later on that day we received an email from Sharon, Finn's Mother. "My name is Sharon Barbosa and I am a proud mother of a two year old boy named Finn. Finn was just...
Kindergarten teacher extraordinaire Jo-Ann Silva just dropped off a ton of new pajamas with a note. The Acushnet Public Schools Kindergarten class was excited and generous with our December community service event! Although our annual Pajama Drive looked very...
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....
Joe Dawicki and Bill Taylor, (Past Master) of Abraham H. Howland Jr. Lodge visited with us on Friday and DOUBLED their annual Holiday gift to help us reach even more local children. With over 80,000 SouthCoast children living in poverty, and with one in ten of these...
Project of the 1959-60 Seventh Grade class at the Crapo School Original book gift of Martha Kay. Scan by Intern Jacob Garcia
Resident Bee Keeper Bill O'Keefe, reported today that our honey bees are thriving, bringing back tons of pollen and making pounds of Acushnet honey. Bill has decided to add a third hive in the next few weeks!