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  • Partner’s Insurance, Sponsors Volunteer Evenings! March 21, 5-7pm

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  • Student to Student Tutoring

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• Stories – Youth Philanthropy

  • Never ever, under-estimate the power of Brownies!

    

    Brownie Power!

    During their community service visit, Brownie Troop 80172 was upset when they heard how about how many local kids did not have basic essentials!

    They made a plan to raise money and purchase new items. Brownies from Freetown and Lakeville raised enough money to purchase new socks, underwear and art supplies to help over 123 local kids in-need.

    How absolutely amazing is this?

    When people talk to us about the problem with kids today, we smile, shake our heads and tell them about the 80172 Troopers. Talk about bright and shining lights!

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  • Listening to Gabriela

    We see thousands of students every year – sometimes we ask one of them to write a story of their experience. Sometimes one of their stories makes us stop what we are doing and listen – really listen.

    Today we are listening to Gabriela; you should too!

     

     

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  • Video: Elementary School Philanthropy!

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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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  • 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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  • *UPDATE* Marion Cub Scout Pack 32 – Fun, Blazing Speed and Philanthropy

    

    Pack 32, Marion

    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 “gently-used” children’s things for GiftsToGive.

    This afternoon, after school, Pack 32 in full force –  descended on the mill in a literal caravan of vehicles, full of not only scouts, but the treasure they had collected between themselves and other families in Marion.

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  • Freetown Lakeville Middle School – Friends Of Rachel Club

    Yesterday, we met a most remarkable group of students from the Freetown Lakeville Middle School, Friends Of Rachel Club.

    Rachel Scott was the first student killed in the Columbine High School shooting in 1999. Darrell Scott, Rachel’s father, established Rachel’s Challenge to perpetuate his daughter’s example and the two-page “Code of Ethics” she wrote a month before her death. The organization’s mission is to “motivate, educate and bring positive change to many young people”. The Rachel’s Challenge program includes establishing Friends of Rachel clubs in schools, following the initial presentation, to sustain the campaign’s goals on a long-term basis. Schools around the country have incorporated Rachel’s challenge into their own clubs bringing the message to their students.

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  • Twin inspiration!

    

    Matthew and Lily

    We literally were overwhelmed with a huge donation of great new toys and other items on Saturday from FOUR year-olds, Lily and Matthew.

    We work everyday at receiving donations from some very remarkable people, lots of them children, but this donation was overwhelming for us. It was overwhelming not only for the volume of the things we received but for how and why they came to us. We were so busy the day they arrived we really didn’t get to hear the whole story. We emailed their mother and asked for details. What we got back was the best email in recent memory.

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  • Listening to Emma ..

    

    Emma

    We met a most remarkable, twelve year-old on Saturday. Emma is a student at Kickemuit Middle School. For her CCD Project, she collected enough things for us to be able to help several dozen kids who don’t have the basic things they need. We asked her why? What this amazing twelve year-old told us, inspires us to do more and be better!

    “My grandfather is a long time high school coach and every season he has had his sports teams spend time volunteering at the GiftsToGive facility. Over the years the teams have also conducted book, toy, clothing and new sock drives.

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  • Logan sets a most perfect example for all of us!

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    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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  • Grace and Maxwell Help 11 Kids!

    

    Grace and Max

    Grace attends the Betsy B. Winslow Elementary School.  She cleaned out her closets, attic and garage and encouraged her brother Max to do the same.  

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  • 900 pairs of socks donated … no way! WAY!

    1,800 individual socks were donated to us on Tuesday of Christmas week, from an extraordinary group of students at the Dartmouth Middle School.

    According to our accountants, that is 900 pairs. At three pairs of socks per child, in every gift package we distribute, 300 local kids in-need will have new socks in January!

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• News from GiftsToGive

  • HELP NEEDED for “Gently-Used” Children’s Items

    We’ve been overwhelmed with gift requests from local children’s agencies for warm winter clothing! We need help from local families, for children’s items; clothes, books, shoes, Read More »

  • Are you an eBay Seller?

          If you’re an eBay seller, please think of connecting us as one of, or your only, charity partner/s. You can donate any percentage of sales Read More »

  • Good Deeds – The Good Beads Project!

    Two remarkable young women paid us a visit this afternoon,  Fairhaven High School seniors, Maddie and Hannah. They made a gift to us in the form Read More »