the power of giving and service through their doing actual work.
We call it Tangible Philanthropy and Big Citizenship.
Quick Info
BECOME A VOLUNTEER
Donate
Looking to donate some new or gently used items to a child-in-need? Check out our most requested items, and items we do not accept, here:
Financially:
100% of monies raised fund the operating and programming expenses for our service-learning facility. With 98% of our donations coming from local, small businesses and families, any amount truly can make a difference. If you’d like to get involved and make a donation, you can do so here:
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Our Mission & Vision
We have implemented a new currency for philanthropy by building a more caring and connected community that is focused on child poverty, early literacy, service to others and giving. By working together and sharing our gifts, we have impact and we make a difference every day.
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Location
Philanthropy Factory
1 Titleist Drive
Acushnet, MA 02743
Volunteer and Donation Drop-Off Hours
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday:
9:00 am to 5:00 pm
Wednesday & Saturday:
9:00 am to 2:00 pm
Sunday: Closed
Thrift Store Hours: Saturdays,
9am-4pm
Phone & Email
contactus@giftstogive.org
What Volunteers Are Saying
Patchwork Oversight Allows Dubious Charities to Operate
We struggle constantly, raising money to fund our programming and overhead. We have a bookkeeper, a bookkeeping firm, an accounting firm (all mostly probono) and we even pay an outside auditing company to review all our financials after they are done, even though...
One door closes, another opens!
At first glance it is bittersweet - to see our original home being demolished - but then we think about what Paul Bloom said - "We are constituted so that simple acts of kindness, such as giving to charity or expressing gratitude, have a positive effect on our...
Listening to Hunter
We just spent two days with students from the Rocky Hill School in East Greenwich, Rhode Island. It's become an annual two day field trip and what's the best for us is that we get to see students grow - not only in size and maturity but in their coming of age and...
Fewer Americans think they are middle class
SouthCoast Insider, May 2015
What’s right with University Students? BSU students talk for themselves!
We met a most remarkable young woman on Saturday, Jessie Barbosa. Photos from our day are here. Jessie is a student at Bridgewater State University. She organized a day of service with several groups on campus. We asked Jessie to write about their experience, she had...
Student Volunteers
Volunteer Service Hours
Children Provided with Free Gift Packages
Pounds of Clothes Repurposed
The GiftsToGive
Philanthropy Factory
1 Titleist Drive
Acushnet, MA 02743
508-717-8715
contactus@giftstogive.org