Welcome Home Friends and Supporters:

In the quiet days of late summer the phone rang. The Beachside Hotel on Nantucket was closing for a renovation and we were asked whether we could find new homes for all of the bedding, towels and other items that were no longer needed. We jumped at the opportunity. A Welcome Home volunteer who was on Nantucket went to the hotel and identified what we could use. Our transportation partner, Mark's Moving and Storage, collaborated with Hyannis-based Eldredge & Bourne Moving and Storage to move the items off the island and to deliver them to us in Newton. Then, eight Welcome Home volunteers agreed to come in early before their shift to help unload the truck, fold blankets, sheets and towels, and store the items on our shelves. These items will be in the homes of our clients - new immigrants, people moving off the streets to temporary and permanent housing, Veterans - in no time.

Fall at Welcome Home has started with increased partnerships with for-profit businesses, the City of Newton and other local non-profits, all that lead to more home goods and resources to share with our clients. Please come visit us and see how our 100+ volunteers get the job done. To schedule an appointment, email us: welcomehomemass@gmail.com.

Warmly,

Julie Plaut Mahoney and Mindy Peckler, co-founders

and The Welcome Home Team

We kindly ask that you forward this newsletter to colleagues, friends and family;

follow us on FaceBook, Instagram and LinkedIn @Welcomehomemass; and

spread the word about us to businesses and organizations.

The more items we receive, the more homes we can fill with the most basic household necessities. Thank you.

Towel Distribution Partnership

A recent partnership with Boston Healthcare for the Homeless Women's Wednesdays shower program allows us to serve hundreds of additional people each month. Ann Marie Kennedy-Horton (shown with Welcome Home volunteers, center) picks up bags of towels from us to share with homeless individuals who are invited off the streets to shower weekly.

Have towels to donate? We can't get enough. Ask your friends and neighbors too. Any and all sizes welcome.

Schedule a drop off here.

Where do your household donations go?

• Grad Bag -- provides college bound students five essential items: bedding, lamps, hangers, caddy, storage and more! Welcome Home contributes to this annual Fall effort
• Volunteers of America -- provide basic necessities, such as bedding and small appliances, regularly to housing for Veterans
• Survivors of domestic violence who are working with Empath, The Second Step and JF&CS Journey to Safety program
• New immigrants working with Catholic Charities, Casa Myrna and Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Boston
• Newton Food Pantry visitors -- various home goods available weekly during Wednesday Pantry hours
• and anyone in need of home goods

HOST A DONATION DRIVE

for items that are clean and in good condition

One of our biggest challenges is keeping our shelves full of the most basic essential items every household needs, like bedding, towels, tableware and cookware.

A great source of donations comes from Donation Drives. If you, your family, your school, your neighborhood, your business or your place of worship would like to coordinate a Donation Drive, please email us.

photo: Sheryl Kalis

COMING SOON

Hummingbird Books Fundraiser

Saturday, October 21st

11am-7pm

55 Boylston Street (near Legal Seafood)

The Street, Chestnut Hill, MA

Please spread the word to friends, family and neighbors.

Mention Welcome Home at checkout and

15% of your purchase will be donated to Welcome Home.

A welcoming community destination for finding the latest bestsellers alongside the classics, Hummingbird Books offers an extensive collection of adult and children’s books that showcases a mix of local and widely beloved authors. Learn more here.

Trash to Treasure

Do you know a business that throws away

returns, clearance or discontinued home goods?

Why not find these items a new home? Email us to make arrangements to donate these items to Welcome Home.

Although we prefer sets, we will gladly accept miscellaneous silverware, dishes, top sheets, bottom sheets, pillow cases, towels, glasses and more. (Please, no stained, torn, chipped or broken items.) We take these "orphan" items and create a set for distribution.

Help us turn trash into treasures

THANK YOU

to the businesses and organizations

that have recently supported us!



Ambesonne, IKEA Stoughton, Zia's, Mark's Moving and Storage, JCC/JCC Camps, Newton Community Education, Grad Bag, Grace Church, Service Stars, Tyed with Love, Tom Curren, UPNEXT, Temple Emanuel, Hancock Estates,

Coldwell Banker Realty – Brookline Office

See a list of all of our supporters here.

Welcome Home

Mailing address: P.O. Box 590351, Newton Centre, MA 02459

Street address: 1191 Washington Street (rear), West Newton, MA 02465

www.welcomehomemass.org

welcomehomemass@gmail.com

617.454.4795

Tax ID #32-0609377

Follow us on Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn @Welcomehomemass