Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, a group of local community organizations have been meeting to strategize response efforts for those most vulnerable in our communities. Having identified mental health as a critical need for many, these organizations have...
2020-05-18 Re-Opening Massachusetts
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Listening to Chloe
115 Old Rochester Regional Junior High School students spent last Thursday and Friday with us. We ask each group for a "journalist" to write about their experience. Rather than our writing their story, they did. Student Chloe Bean had this to say: "When I first found...
Big Value is more than a store!
For the past ten years, Big Value, has been a bright and shinning light focused on love and giving. They have given us a ton of new items. They've given us financial help. They've sent us scores of volunteers. They've helped us collect tons if donations.They helped us...
What do Charlie, Jasper, Mike and Clay have in common?
Bed bugs! Yes, you read that correctly! It's not the prettiest or nicest topic to discuss. It is actually a nightmare. But when you process and handle tons of clothing and other items, it is a very serious issue. What to do? Knowing who your donors are is helpful, but...
Acushnet honey bees.
What does a Apponequet Junior, a New Bedford Fifth Grader and a Mattapoisett Grandfather have in common? Acushnet honey bees of course! Head Gardener and Chief Bee Keeper, Bill O"Keefe, is teaching Rosie and Sofia all about honey bees. How good is that? (Other photos...