We are collecting school supplies: Crayons, 2 pocket folders, glue sticks, rulers, calculators, three-hole filler paper, three and five subject notebooks, highlighters, three-ring binders and colored pencils.
Ready for School Items Needed!
"Gently-used" warm, winter clothes and NEW School supplies are needed. With over 50,000 SouthCoast children living in poverty, and with most of them living in single head of households with one or two siblings - getting ready for school is a huge stress point for...
Listening to Diego
Our Senior, Student Intern is Diego Marroquin. Diego started with us as a Freshman, Pre-Med Student at UMass Dartmouth and will be a Senior in September. Diego has already been accepted at UMass Medical School in Worcester and will be leaving us in December. Diego's...
Bill O’Keefe Our Magical Gardener and Bee Keeper is PLANTING!
Current, Immediate Needed Items
SNEAKERS (all sizes, both genders) • Teen Hygiene Supplies • Toddler Crayons (Jumbo) • BABY SUPPLIES: Receiving blankets • Burp Diapers • Safety-Gates • Wipes • Baby Towels • Wash Clothes • Board books • High Chairs • Burp Diapers • Swaddles • Tub toys • Rattles...
Mosquito Squad To The Rescue!
So ... here we were in mid-November trying to get warm winter clothes packages out the door for local children with inventory getting dangerously low. We put out a call to action and the results were overwhelming and allowed us to help a ton of local kids get the...
Eleven-year-old, Student Intern, Dylan, is a poster child for Philanthropy and Networking!
The back story for context is: Our youngest student intern, is Dylan Smith. Dylan is eleven-years-old, is currently being home schooled with Grandmother Patty and when there is no pandemic, he attends fifth grade in Freetown. Dylan's regular volunteer job is managing...
Two-Year-Old Finn Defines, Hope, Courage and Love
On Friday we were the recipients of a ton of brand new toys and new, beautiful children's clothing. Later on that day we received an email from Sharon, Finn's Mother. "My name is Sharon Barbosa and I am a proud mother of a two year old boy named Finn. Finn was just...
Everything you need to know in life is taught in kindergarten.
Kindergarten teacher extraordinaire Jo-Ann Silva just dropped off a ton of new pajamas with a note. The Acushnet Public Schools Kindergarten class was excited and generous with our December community service event! Although our annual Pajama Drive looked very...
Please help us build our RE-OPENING FUND!