Welcome Home Summer Volunteer Gathering

Photo Credit: Sheryl Kalis

Welcome Home Friends and Supporters:

Welcome Home has expanded! Same great location in West Newton with more square feet that will allow us to accept more donations, increase our storage capacity and create additional work space. We welcome you to come visit. Thank you for your continued support. Our Mother's Day Fundraiser was a tremendous success and brought in essential funds that ensure we can pay our rent and serve hundreds of people every month.

In other great news... In addition to our Monday 2-3pm, Wednesday 3-5pm and Thursday 10:30-11:30am Donation Drop-off times, we are adding an evening Donation Drop-off shift June 20th thru July 25 5:30-6:30pm. Drop-offs are by appointment only. Schedule your Drop-off today.

An appreciative client recently sent us the following note:

"Good afternoon. I want to thank you for your help.

Thank you very much, this is very surprising,

in our country (Ukraine) such assistance is not provided....

we have already managed to buy many things,

so we gave some of the things that you gave for our family

to refugees from Ukraine

who recently arrived in the United States and need a lot of things.

Thank you very much from us and from our new friends who, thanks to you,

have the necessary things 🌹🌹🌹"

Warmly,

Julie Plaut Mahoney, Ph.D.

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.

THANK YOU

to the businesses and organizations

that have recently supported us!



Ambesonne, IKEA Stoughton, Linden Square & Sara Campbell in Wellesley, Temple Beth Shalom, Bigelow Middle School

See a list of all of our supporters here.

Join Zia's Clothing in supporting Welcome Home

91 Trapelo Road in Belmont, MA

Open 11am-5pm

Zia's Clothing is a women's boutique clothing store which offers huge savings (up to 75%) on the current season’s genuine designer and boutique fashion merchandise. Their unique relationship with designers and manufacturers allows them to personally select samples and over-runs of fabulous fashions and fun accessories.

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 camp, your neighborhood, your business or your school would like to coordinate a Donation Drive, please email us.

SAVE THE DATE

Hummingbird Books Fundraiser for Welcome Home

Saturday, October 21st

Please spread the word to friends, family and neighbors.

55 Boylston Street (near Legal Seafood)

The Street, Chestnut Hill, MA

11am-7pm

A percentage of proceeds 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.

PARTNERSHIP WITH GRAD BAG

Welcome Home has been a partner with Grad Bag for several years. We give them items for the college-bound students they serve, items that we can't use, and they reciprocate by giving us items they can’t share with their student population. Recently, a Welcome Home volunteer picked up 8 boxes of usable home goods from Grad Bag!

Grad Bag's mission is twofold: to support underserved college-bound students and to advance sustainability. Grad Bag provides a more equitable transition to college by collecting, refreshing, and repackaging lightly used dorm room essentials for redistribution to incoming students in-need. Welcome Home is proud to partner with such an incredible organization and the students they serve. Learn more about Grad Bag 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