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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

  Local news

 

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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  • Status UPDATE – We have temporarily CLOSED for Volunteers and Donations at the Factory and for Customers at our Thrift Store!

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• Stories – Youth Philanthropy

  • 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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  • Where Do Youth Leaders Come From?

    

    Troop 80506 – Brockton, MA

    We met four remarkable young women today. Girl Scouts all and they were on a mission – a mission to make a difference.

    We asked their leader to write a short background on this small but mighty group, this is what she had to say – “When we started our Girl Scout season this year we had a significantly smaller troop. The girls that stayed had one common interest and that was to volunteer and make a difference.

    They  started together as little girls being led by leaders. They are now young women making their own decisions and leading others to make a difference. Thank you so much for giving us the opportunity to make a difference. We look forward to coming back.”

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  • Eagle Scout Collects 1331 Books!

    

    Kenny, an Eagle Scout on a mission!

    Kenny is not your average teenager. He did something amazing for his Eagle Scout Project.

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  • Hannah Raised $2,500 for GiftsToGive for Her Mitzvah Project!

    Hannah McGuire is a 13 year old student at the Freetown-Lakeville Middle school. She’s also a philanthropist!

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  • Video: Elementary School Philanthropy!

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  • Why we volunteer

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  • 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!

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  • Our 2016 MLK Teach-in and Day Of Service

    We focused this special holiday on our service learning initiative with local Middle School students. We bused two-hundred students to Normandin Middle School.

    Forty high school and college student leaders and select faculty, facilitated a three hour “Teach-in” revolving around the history of the voting rights movement, the activism and specifically, how students made a difference then and can again. The program also focused on the importance of voting and participating citizenship. (Day after local press here).

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  • Being inspired by Sam

    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 presents. She goes on to tell us that she wants to start now and off she goes to work in the factory on her first volunteer day!

    This remarkable young woman is Sam McGill. Sam is currently a freshman at Greater New Bedford Vocational Technical High School and has accumulated 470 volunteer hours to date, mostly on Saturdays and we are hard pressed to think of more than a few Saturday’s Sam has not been with us! Sam is currently helping us manage our Thrift Store.

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  • Dartmouth Middle School Students Blow the Roof Off Book Donations

    

    Librarian Laura Gardner and the Young Philanthropists

    Dartmouth Middle School thought they’d collected a lot of books for GiftsToGive in 2010 when they collected over 3,200 gently used books for kids and teens in one week. 

    Then they smashed that record in 2011 by collecting over 6,000 gently used books.

    Now DMS students have smashed that record once again by donating 7,154 books! 

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  • Gifts From the SKY

    

    SKY Campers

    An abundance of gifts came from the SKY (Summer Bible Camp) and found their way into the hands of hundreds of local kids in need, thanks to the children of St. Christopher and St. Theresa Parishes in Tiverton. 

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  • Paige Donates Her Birthday Presents

     

    

    Paige sets a most perfect example

    Eight year-old Paige, did something amazing on her birthday.

    Her parents held a party and Paige asked her friends to bring a new birthday present for a GiftsToGive child, who would not ordinarily receive a gift on their birthday.

    Paige brought us 31 new birthday presents to be given to local children on their special day.

    In her “doing” Paige has not only made a huge difference, but has become a most excellent example to her siblings and friends about the power of giving.

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• News from GiftsToGive

  • Vivian, Annette, 88 Barbies and 5 Kens

    Every once in-a-while a photo or two arrives in our inbox that makes us smile. Sometimes we smile and are amazed. Sometimes we are flabbergasted! This Read More »

  • Feast of the Blessed Sacrament Parade 2017

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  • We’re moving and we need your financial help now!

    Our lease is up!  When our building was sold two years ago, our rent was tripled! Now it gets even better – we learn from the Read More »