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The Spirit of Giving (Standard Times Story 28 November, 2017)

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Volunteer Jillian Zucco crowned Miss Massachusetts

  Local news, Youth Philanthropy

Standard Times Story HERE

GiftsToGive Volunteer Jillian Zucco is crowned Miss Massachusetts!

Jillian is truly a bright and shining light and for us a most perfect example of giving and service.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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First day of school

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Labor Day is Monday, September 5

• Acushnet, Aug. 30
• Alma del Mar, Aug. 22
• Apponequet, Sept. 6
• City on a Hill, Aug. 29
• Dartmouth, Sept. 1
• Fairhaven, Aug. 30
• Freetown/Lakeville, Sept. 6
• Global Learning, Aug. 29
• Old Rochester Regional, Aug. 30
• Marion, Aug. 30
• Mattapoisett, Aug. 30
• New Bedford, Aug. 31 (with exceptions)
• Rochester, Aug. 30
• Wareham, Aug. 29
• Westport, Sept. 6

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• Stories – Youth Philanthropy

  • Listening to Hunter

    We just spent two days with students from the Rocky Hill School in East Greenwich, Rhode Island.

    It’s become an annual two day field trip and what’s the best for us is that we get to see students grow – not only in size and maturity but in their coming of age and increased connectiveness to giving and service. Photos from their service days are here.

    Rather than explain more – we’d like to share what student Hunter Corbett had to say – ” Our annual Rocky Hill sophomore trip to GiftsToGive is one of the most eagerly anticipated events of the year. The upperclassmen fondly remember their excursion, and this year’s trip did not fail to live up to our high expectations. I think everyone in my class left with a desire to do more to help people. I know I am definitely going back to GiftsToGive to volunteer again in my free time.

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  • Listening to Madeline, truly a great hope for her generation!

    A small but mighty group of Moses Brown Freshmen and Seniors spent part of their day with us, last week. We asked Freshman Madeline to write about their collective experience.

    We talk a lot about service learning; to have this remarkable high school freshman reach the enduring understanding that she has, inspires us to be better and do more!

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  • Abby shares her birthday – again!

    

    Abby and her family

    Nine year-old Abby is in the 4th grade and lives over an hour away from New Bedford.

    For the second year in a row, Abby asked friends coming to her birthday party not to bring her any gifts. Instead, she wanted them to bring new things that she could donate to GiftsToGive.
    

    Abby likes to bring everything down to the mill with her sister, Maggie. Maggie is in the 2nd grade and just turned seven.

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  • Student Intern Receives Service Award

    

    Student Intern, Camron

    15 year-old Intern and New Bedford High School Sophomore, Camron Frazier was honored Friday night at the Bay Sox final game by SouthCoast Serves  (a UMass Dartmouth initiative) for his extraordinary volunteer service. 

    The Bay Sox ended their 2013 season with a 7-0-shutout victory over the visiting Ocean State Waves at Paul Walsh Field, which was nice!

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  • City On A Hill High School Students, Making A Difference

    Twenty-five students and staff from City On A Hill High School spent their morning with us. We worked on gift packages, books and toys. Rather than us telling the story, we asked student Sarah Bethoney for an essay on their group experience.

    Here is what Sarah had to say: “Coming to GiftsToGive was a great experience. Learning the process of how we can help the people in our community and seeing all the work that goes into it is a phenomenal thing to see. My peers and I came to GiftsToGive to volunteer by helping organize books, clothes and toys to go out to children.

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  • Listening To Emma!

    A story about her visit with her classmates, from Emma. Photos from their day are here.
    

    It’s a Saturday in Acushnet, and a group of students from Rising Tide Charter Public High School are spending it sorting clothes. Rising Tide’s Community Action Club has been planning their December 19 trip to GiftsToGive for weeks, and twenty five students arrived in the sprawling warehouse building excited to work.

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  • Volunteer Jillian Zucco crowned Miss Massachusetts

    

    Standard Times Story HERE

    GiftsToGive Volunteer Jillian Zucco is crowned Miss Massachusetts!

    Jillian is truly a bright and shining light and for us a most perfect example of giving and service.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

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  • The power of one multiplied by three!

    We talk a lot, about the power of one. Today we are talking about the power of three; Alexia, Kelvin and Victoria.

    On the first Saturday in April, it was blustery, rainy and promised snow! Saturdays are a busy day for us, there are usually over one-hundred student volunteers at the factory helping us inspect, process and organize tons of donations. In the middle of what we like to think of as controlled chaos, in come Alexia, Kelvin and Victoria with a ton of their own donations. They had collected all this wonderful stuff for local children in-need as a part of their SKILLS USA competition at Greater New Bedford Vocational Technical High School.

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  • Berkley Brownies, help to define tangible philanthropy!

    Q: What do you get when you mix nine Berkley Brownies with 500 pounds of gently-used, children’s clothes donations?
    A: Enough warm winter clothes, inspected, sorted and organized to help 24 local children receive a great gift package!

    Photos from their afternoon are here.

    Here is an email we received from their leadership team – ” Thank you so much for allowing our Brownie Girl Scout Troop to come and volunteer at GiftsToGive and showing them that they can be an important part of helping others no matter how old they are. We had such a wonderful experience. The girls, at eight and nine years of age, were saying things like “this was awesome”, “it was a good experience”, and that “it felt good to help”.

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  • The Power of One (or two, in the case of twins!)

    

    Ella and Liam

    Ella is 7 years old and has a twin brother Liam.

    “I decided one day that I did not do enough for this country, especially children and wanted to help kids without clothes and do a clothing drive.” Believe or not.. her exact words!

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  • Hadleigh and Braelyn exemplify the power of giving!

    

    Hadleigh and Braelyn

    The longest journey begins with a single step. The first step in this story started with an email from Carolyn, Hadleigh and Braelyn’s mom – “On 1/19 my daughters are turning 8 and 10. I am interested in having them and some friends volunteer at GiftsToGive as part of their party on 1/18. I see stories of kids that had friends bring presents to donate instead of birthday presents for them, could the girls and their guests also volunteer their time?”

    Carolyn sent a follow-up email after the girls’ visit – “As parents, we try our best to teach our daughters about being thankful for their blessings and look for opportunities to give back to those in need.”

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  • A Bright and Shining Light!

    

    Thomas, Allison and Sierra

    Thomas, Allison and Sierra are students at U Mass Dartmouth. They’re also representatives for Greek Life on campus. We’ve partnered with the Greek Life Council at UMD to help us connect middle school students to giving and service. We’re starting with their working together on Saturdays at the factory.

    Thomas Leman, Student leader had this to say – “Today, we were able to take a few short hours and work at something that’s making life easier for children throughout the SouthCoast. As Greek life students (Phi Sigma Sigma and Chi Phi), we know how fortunate we’ve been to get to college and find familial support in our organizations. We now have a chance to help those less fortunate than us and to be that support for the young boys and girls who volunteer at GiftsToGive. We can be examples of hard work and perseverance to empower other student volunteers to do well in school and life. We look forward to being repeat volunteers and mentors to influence and foster greater success for local youth!”

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• News from GiftsToGive

  • Bristol County Savings Bank Focuses A Bright And Shining Light On Corporate Citizenship And Community

    Thirty volunteers from Bristol County Savings Bank (BCSB) signed on, on their day off, to help us manage 250 students who were spending the MLK holiday Read More »

  • MIB Group from Bridgewater State University sets a most perfect example!

    Five brothers from Men Integrated in Brotherhood (MIB) a student group at Bridgewater State spent the day with us, helping to build racking for our new Read More »

  • BotsToBuild

    Exciting opportunity for select New Bedford and Fairhaven High School Students! WHEN: Saturdays from 10am to 12pm WHERE: The GiftsToGive Philanthropy Factory 1 Titleist Drive, Acushnet Read More »