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Brockton High School Concert Choir

June 2016 – Sodade performance

Brockton High School concert choir sings “Sodade” by the late Cabo Verde artist Cesaria Evora

Tribute to Marvin Gaye

Inspirational Video, MusicVideo, Think About It

Relevant in 1971 and even more relevant now.

On June 24, 2009 Iranian musician Andy Madadian went into an LA recording studio with Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora and American record producers Don Was and John Shanks to record a musical message of worldwide solidarity with the people of Iran.

Stand By Me

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Bruce Springsteen, Jon Bon Jovi, Phoebe Snow, Joan Jett, Garry Tallent, Max Weinberg, Joe Ely, Aztec Two-Step, Randy Moore, Highway 9

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- Partner’s Insurance Sponsors Volunteer Evenings! January 17, 5-8pm
  
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Stories – Youth Philanthropy
- 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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- 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 of a check for $660!
  
  They told us a most amazing story. “Jewelry-making is an ordinary activity that many young girls enjoy throughout adolescence. Making friendship bracelets and key chains is a memorable part of our childhood. Last Spring, we reconnected with the hobby by learning the practice of fabricating a sophisticated, marketable bracelet. We spent the spring preparing to sell ‘Good Beads’ at Fairhaven’s annual homecoming fair. ‘Good Beads’ are a variety of beaded bracelets made from wire and macrame string.
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- Wareham Middle School, Student Philanthropists
  
  Wareham Middle School, Student Philanthropists
  
  By: Evelyn Chase, Grade 7
  
  “Philanthropy is about promoting the welfare of others. That is exactly what the organization GiftsToGive is all about. I have been to GiftsToGive five times now and during every single group orientation tour they tell us “50,000”. Then one of us always asks the obvious question; 50,000 what?
  
  It may be silly that I remember that number but I also remember what comes after it as well. 50,000 is the number of children living locally in poverty. This statement always gets to me. What this means is that one of your friends, that person you thought was odd on the bus, or even a complete stranger, could or is living in poverty. So hold on and let me explain a little bit more. The definition of poverty is the state of being extremely poor. And although I may be going a little bit off topic with this one, it is extremely important. Just because you may think you know everyone’s situation you really don’t and that is what GiftsToGive in my opinion promotes.
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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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- 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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- 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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- Worcester Academy
  
  Students from Worcester Academy made a field trip to visit with us last week. Photos from their visit are here. We ordinarily would talk about the experience, but teacher David Baillie was kind enough to send us the following:
  
  “Community. We’re about community.”
  
  “This was the response of a student to a seemingly simple question: “What is Worcester Academy all about?” The question, posed by GiftsToGive founder Jim Stevens, hung over the fifty Worcester Academy students for several heartbeats before it was answered.
  
  We had traveled that Saturday morning from Worcester to Acushnet to fulfill a community service obligation, a school-mandated requirement that is part of every student’s experience. The fifty boys, all upper classmen, were dorm mates; they boarded the bus that morning without complaint, napped or talked or joked around for the hour it took to get to Acushnet, and then assembled in the bare-bones repurposed warehouse that served as the factory’s base of operations.
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- The Community Club @ Fonseca Elementary School Shines Brightly!
  
  This week we visited a wonderful group of students in Fall River, at the Fonseca Elementary School. All are members of the “Community Club” an after-school program led by mentor extraordinaire, Josh Amaral.
  
  Josh invited us to visit with his social entrepreneurs and young philanthropists on their last club day of this school year. He had organized a recognition ceremony and there would be cake!
  
  Photos from our visit are here.
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- Dartmouth High School Girl’s Soccer Team Give Back to Their Community
  
  Submitted by student Casey G.
  
  “A team is a group of people linked in a common purpose.
  
  Today, Dartmouth High’s Girls Soccer Team showed great teamwork while volunteering at GiftsToGive. The team has been putting in time at GiftsToGive for the past 3 years and they do not plan on stopping. Head Coach Poirier believes, “the value of a project like this is that young people get an opportunity to find out two things. First, is how well off they are and second, is that there are a whole lot of people who have little or nothing in the way of material things.”
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- Galaxy and Olivia are truly bright and shining lights!
  
  Elementary Philanthropist, Galaxy!
  
  Today we met a most perfect grandmother, Jeanne Plourde and one of two young philanthropists; Galaxy.
  
  Galaxy told us that she and her cousin Olivia had two backpacks full of school supplies to donate, for two children that were not as lucky as she and her cousin!
  
  Talk about the power of giving!
  
  We asked grandmother Jeanne to send us a note about how this all happened and here is what she wrote –
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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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- Elementary Stars
  
  Parker students present GiftsToGive CEO Jim Stevens
  with a check for $382.96.
  
  With the support of Parker Elementary School Principal Paul Fay, teacher Tamara Wells-Reynold’s and her 4th grade After School Art Club raised $382.96, from raffle ticket sales of their art work.
  
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News from GiftsToGive
- Video: Acushnet Inaugural Flight
  
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- Outside sign demo
  
  This was the demo for our new flat panel sign. 96 inches wide, 30 inches tall. We WILL NOT be scrolling messages, just one, stationary, message Read More »
- Our back yard!
  
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