The below article was written by Steve Urbon at the Standard Times in New Bedford Oct. 2, 2015 - Newspaper Story HERE ACUSHNET — Police Chief Michael Alves stepped carefully down the bulkhead stairs of the Parting Ways building and into the unlit basement, and he...
Last Friday we met some seriously wonderful people, from DMW Fundraising. They came to volunteer and they brought a ton of stuff with them to donate. DMW's president, Debbie Merlino, told us - "Our recent experience at GiftsToGive opened our eyes to the large number...
District Governor Roland Grenier Jr., with the help of his 1st Vice District Governor Sharon Audette, accepted the 1st International service challenge by collecting hundreds of school supplies, clothing and children’s books from the Lions Clubs of District33S, a...
UPDATE: September 3, 2015 Unbelievable! Seriously unbelievable! Actually amazing! We filled an extra 1,127 backpacks with school supplies specifically because of the generosity of some wonderful corporate partners and some pretty terrific neighbors. Photos are here....
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As part of our initiative to collect school supplies for needy children, twenty local lions clubs participated, collecting items including; 113 one subject notebooks, 64 boxes of pencils, 37 packages of markers, 177 rulers and 44 boxes of crayons, among many other...
Imagine being six years-old and not having the right clothes to wear on your first day of school! Then imagine having the same problem for the rest of the school year. With over 40,000 SouthCoast children living in poverty, the need is overwhelming. For families...
Our raised beds are being finished this week. We'll be ready to plant by June 28th. Our original story HERE. We're looking for a philanthropic gardener who might have Fall Vegetable Plants to donate! Our crack research staff came up a spiffy list of fall vegetable...
So .... here we are, in our new home in Acushnet. We're scrambling to finish the retrofit of the new factory before the winter sets in and we're bummed that we were not able to grow our tomatoes this summer, or even a fall crop of onions and beans would have been...
Sometimes a bicycle is more than just a bicycle! Sometimes a bicycle is the only means to get to work, or to open up new vistas. A bike is something privileged children take for granted and something, that a lot of times, is out of reach for under-privileged children....