Ollie, an 8 year-old, third grader, started a book club at Sippican Elementary in Marion this year. Parents and Educators organized a holiday party for the book club group and all the kids decided to donate gifts to GiftsToGive instead of a gift exchange among them....
When people ask us why we do the work we do. We talk about the children we meet every day. Today we met teens from the Rising Tide School in Plymouth. They sorted through a ton of children's clothes and enabled us to help dozens of local children who don't have warm...
We could tell the story, but it is much better coming from a Mom! "Leah volunteered in December at the GiftsToGive Philanthropy Factory. While we were there, she learned that they were in need of new soccer balls, basketballs, footballs, children’s under garments and...
CEO Blog 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! Logan had something...
One of our annual traditions, is meeting the entire Bishop Stang Freshmen class at the factory. Photo archive HERE. (This year's photos are a gift from students; Amelia Bailey and Emily Iovanna) We could talk all day, about what is right about young people, but we...
We recently hosted the 7th Grade from Freetown-Lakeville Middle School. We could tell you what the experience was like for us, but student journalist Lucas E. Quinn sent us this essay and the photos are by student photographer Julie Medeiros. (Photos from their visits...
CEO BLOG: 17 November, 2017 at Acushnet, Massachusetts Jim Stevens CEO and Founder, GiftsToGive OK – so it started off as a regular Wednesday morning. I woke up, made my coffee, squeezed my orange juice, got on the elliptical bike, did my six miles, got in the shower,...
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...