Welcome Home Supporters -

At Welcome Home we are a team that is focused every day on our shared mission, to keep usable home goods out of the landfill and in the hands of our clients who can use them. We want to be the organization you think of for donations of used, and new, home goods. Spring in New England is a great time for going through your linen closet and kitchen cabinets. It is likely that items you donate today will be in the homes of our clients by the end of the week. Get the word out to neighbors, friends, and people who you know are moving and downsizing. Thank you for trusting us with your items and we look forward to seeing you soon.

Warmly,

Julie Plaut Mahoney and Mindy Peckler, co-founders

and The Welcome Home Team

Please note: Welcome Home will be closed March 24 - 31.

Please plan ahead by scheduling your donation dropoff before or after our closure.

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.

In the news...

Welcome Home marks fifth anniversary of helping those in need

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Spring Cleaning 101

1. Unclutter so you can effectively clean! Make a list of tasks to tackle. Sort items into 3 piles: donations, recycling and garbage. Schedule an appointment to drop off household donations to Welcome Home here. For a list of organizations that accept clothing, furniture and other items Welcome Home doesn't accept, visit our website here.
2. Make sure your vacuum can still do its job. Replace it if it isn't. Old working vacuums, and unused cleaning equipment like brooms, swiffers and mops are accepted at Welcome Home.
3. Organize and clean your linen cabinets, utensil drawers, and kitchen cabinets. Have any mismatched pillow cases, sheets, and towels that you no longer want? If they have no stains or tears, Welcome Home wants them. Glasses, dishes, and utensils (even random ones) can be used by us, as long as they are not rusty, chipped or broken. Haven't used an appliance in a year or more? Maybe it's time to donate it.
4. Check to make sure the cleaning products you use are safe. Check the Environmental Protection Agency list of safe products here.

Photo Credit: Sheryl Kalis

Donation Drive

Host a Spring Cleaning Donation Drive

March 23-March 31

While Welcome Home volunteers take a break from our work, we hope you will consider hosting a donation drive so we can fill our shelves with essentials like bedding, bath items, cookware, glasses and dishes.

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 credit: Sheryl Kalis

The One By One Project

The One By One Project has helped Welcome Home over the past few years on numerous occasions. They have provided LYFT gift cards for clients with no means of transportation, purchased a mini-refrigerator for a client desperate for a way to preserve their medications and food, and provided a freezer for a veterans' organization, fulfilling request that are beyond our scope. To learn more, visit here.

Partnership with IINE

Welcome Home is now supporting refugee and immigrant resettlement in Boston through our relationship with the International Institute of New England (IINE). The IINE is the oldest organization in the region to exclusively serve refugees and immigrants. Any household items that are received through Welcome Home leaves more resources available to pay for rent, utilities and other necessities. To learn more about IINE, visit here.

TRASH TO TREASURE

Do you know a business that throws away returns, clearance or discontinued home goods?

Why not find unwanted items a new home? Email us to make arrangements to donate these items to Welcome Home. 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 items and create a set for distribution.

UPCOMING FUNDRAISER

Save the date

Welcome Home's

Annual Mother's Day Fundraiser

May 3 - 10, 2024

Mark your calendars to make a donation in honor or memory of the women who matter to you.

Photo credit: Mia Rosenblatt Tinkjian

THANK YOU

to the businesses and organizations

that have recently supported us!

Ambesonne, Mark's Moving and Storage, French Home,

The Farm at Chestnut Hill, Brimmer & May, Temple Beth Avodah, Service Stars/City of Newton, Temple Reyim, Rotary Club of Newton, Dalton & Finegold LLP, Temple Beth Elohim, Blue Ribbon BBQ, Newton Community Pride Winterfest, Indulge!

See a list of all of our supporters here.

Special thanks to Mark's Moving & Storage for making biweekly deliveries of donated goods from an international chain store in Stoughton to us in West Newton. Their regular delivery of pillows, blankets, curtains and more is essential to our ability to serve hundreds of households monthly.

For GPS Directions: 27 Dunstan Street, West Newton

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

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