SoCo Magazine was generous enough to feature us! We can't thank them enough for helping us get the word out about what we do and especially for spreading the word about our new Thrift Store! (Open every Saturday, from 9am to 2pm)
Santa was in Mattapoisett on Sunday, eating pancakes!
Last Sunday morning the Mattapoisett Knights of Columbus and the Mattapoisett Police Association hosted a free pancake breakfast, with Santa. Officer Nichols Lorenco, President of the Mattapoisett Police Association had this to say - "We partnered with the Knights of...
Bristol County Savings Bank gives $10,000 in matching funds!
Bristol County Savings Bank gives $10,000 in matching funds to our "Batting 1000" fundraising campaign. Lots of businesses talk about corporate citizenship, then there is BCSB who actually "walk the walk". Talk about making a difference, talk about building a more...
New Bedford Half Marathon 2014
For us there is a special meaning in the half-marathon! We're a stop for the wheelchair teams. We like it a lot - when we all work together, amazing things happen. We're grateful to the New Bedford Half Marathon Race Committee and The Friendly Sons of St. Patrick for...
*UPDATE* Marion Cub Scout Pack 32 – Fun, Blazing Speed and Philanthropy
Update: Monday, December 2, 2013 The Scouts of Pack 32 in Marion, made a huge difference today! In November the scouts participated in their soap box derby and used the event to: help help a local family, collect donations for a food pantry and collecting...
*UPDATE* The Great Pumpkin For Early Literacy
On Saturday, 300 elementary students from our neighborhood visited the mill with their families and we celebrated reading and family. Older students from ten area middle schools, high schools and universities were exemplary role-models. They staffed literacy-based...
Student volunteers join the GNBSPC walk!
GiftsToGive student volunteers along with mentors Matt and Bob met up with over 400 neighbors in the first annual walk to raise awareness around the crisis we share as a community about the alarming rise in suicides, especially among teens. Student leaders Nathan...
In Massachusetts, 43% of third graders are not proficient readers
Performance in reading on the third grade MCAS has not improved since 2001. Among children from low-income families, a staggering 65% lag in reading. The 2013 MCAS scores show that third grade reading proficiency rates have declined four percentage points since 2012....
Tabor Academy students defining Tangible Philanthropy and Big Citizenship
Last Saturday, Tabor Academy students and their faculty/advisers descended on an old Berkshire Hathaway mill in the south-end of New Bedford and moved the needle! Photos are here. Their gift? - 400 hours of motivated, high energy labor. With over 30,000 SouthCoast...
Retired city educator teaching new lessons at GiftsToGive!
Every once in a while something happens that fuels change. That something, for us, is Martha Kay. It's one thing to facilitate thousands of children in community service, it's another to connect them to service learning and then to something much bigger than...