the power of giving and service through their doing actual work.
We call it Tangible Philanthropy and Big Citizenship.
Quick Info
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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
New Bedford AGLY
NB-AGLY (New Bedford Alliance for Gay and Lesbian Youth) celebrated its Drop-in Center One Year Anniversary on June 22nd, 2013. A Perfect Place is an open and safe center where youth are welcomed to be themselves without judgement. They provide support, education, and...
Unaccompanied teens and community service at the factory.
Students 17 and younger, for their FIRST visit, must be accompanied by an adult to get credit for their community service hours at our mill. We will, at our discretion, make acceptations for for teens to return on their own, for future visits. We know that parochial...
Summer Interns setting a most perfect example of giving and service!
Summer interns Freddy and Tyler, spent last Saturday volunteering at Alma del Mar, to help them build their playground. Some kids talk the talk, others walk the walk and then there are the select few that help to define the great hope of their generation. WAY TO GO...
A “truck-load” of fun for the Jr. and Sr. Friends of The Plumb Library!
GiftsToGive Saturday was a "truck-load" of fun. The Junior and Senior Friends of Joseph H Plumb Memorial Library, Rochester, hosted a "Give and Go" drive for GiftsToGive last Saturday. Lisa Fuller, who manages Youth Services said - "The Jr. Friends, the library youth...
Dartmouth’s DeMello Elementary School 4th and 5th Grade Student Council take New Bedford by storm!
Last Tuesday, sixty-four, 4th and 5th Grade, DeMello Elementary School, Student Council members and 10 adults, spent three hours volunteering with us at the mill, processing thousands of donated toys and articles of clothing. Their gift? ... 200 hours of inspecting,...
Dartmouth Middle School Students Blow the Roof Off Book Donations
Dartmouth Middle School thought they’d collected a lot of books for GiftsToGive in 2010 when they collected over 3,200 gently used books for kids and teens in one week. Then they smashed that record in 2011 by collecting over 6,000 gently used books. Now DMS students...
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