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Upcoming Events
March 19, 2011
Come To The Table: Hunger Awareness Breakfast Fundraiser
Please see details below.
May 20, 2011
Healthy Eating For Families
With the growing need for increased awareness about healthy eating, we will be holding a dinner focused on nutrition and healthy living for children and families. More details to follow. |
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Donate Now
Gathering Change, Inc. is now able to accept online donations through our partnership with justgive.org.
Donations can be made in honor or memory of friends and family. |
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Your Change Making A Difference
Megan McLean has done it again! On New Years Eve, Megan celebrated her 16th birthday with 40 friends. In lieu of gifts she asked them to bring their spare change. Together they raised $1,180.98. This donation has been sent to the Wakefield Interfaith Food Pantry.
The Women's Lunch Place in Boston will receive an employee donation that is being matched by John Hancock thanks to our GCI ambassador, Kristen Potter. With a basket at her desk, Kristen has been actively collecting change from her colleagues and raising awareness about the positive impact GCI and John Hancock are having on hungry families in our communities.
GCI thanks you for your generous support! |
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Sponsors
Thank you to the following businesses for your continued support:
City Cycle
The Chocolate Truffle
D'Amicis, Wakefield
Louise's Skin Care, Lynnfield
Mary Briggs Physical Therapy, Wakefield
Melaleuca
TaggArt Studios |
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Please send Newsletter suggestions, questions or comments to chanshaw@gatheringchangeinc.org
Please send general inquiries to dgoodwin@gatheringchangeinc.org.
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Dear Friends,
In March we will be having our first fundraiser breakfast called "Come To The Table." For most of us, the table is where we gather to begin and end each day. The table is where we find nourishment, not just from the food we eat, but from those we share it with. The table is the heart of every home, or is it?
I want to share some hunger facts about Massachusetts recently released by The Greater Boston Food Bank:
- Massachusetts food banks provide emergency hunger-relief services to an estimated 801,200 people annually.
- One in 11 people in the Commonwealth visit a food pantry, soup kitchen or shelter.
- The number of people using the emergency food assistance network has grown by 23 percent since 2006.
- More than one in three households served has a child under the age of 18.
- Over 10% of those who receive emergency food assistance are 65 or older.
- 57% of the people served have to choose between food and rent, medicine, or heat.
Gathering Change, Inc. invites you to join us as we discuss hunger in our communities and what our spare change is doing to bring nourishment and hope to every Table in need.
See You at The Table!
Warmest Regards,
Dorothy Goodwin, President |
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Hunger Awareness Breakfast Fundraiser
Saturday, March 19, 2011
9:30 AM
Thomson Country Club
20 Elm Street
North Reading, MA
Cost: $30 per person*
Please come to the table and join GCI as we increase hunger awareness and share healthy eating alternatives.
Speakers include Dorothy Goodwin, President of Gathering Change, Inc. and Sandy Carriker of the North Reading Food Pantry.
We will hold a silent auction where participants can bid on healthy cooking lessons and other offerings. In addition, prizes will be raffled off throughout the morning.
Check your mailbox for our invitation mid-month.
Registration information
Sponsors Needed
To learn how you can become of sponsor of this event please send an email to dgoodwin@gatheringchangeinc.org.
* The sale of this ticket will support local food pantries and a percentage will be matched by the Feinstein Foundation "One Million Dollar Hunger Challenge." |
Fourth Graders Gather Change in Wakefield
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Mila Frohlichstein gathered over $143 dollars at the Dolbeare School in Wakefield |
Dolbeare School student Mila Frohlichstein orchestrated a coin drive for Gathering Change, Inc. Calling the collection 'Mila's Gathering Change for the Hungry', the compassionate 10 year old placed collection jars in all four fourth grade classes and one jar in the school office to raise money for her local food pantry. Inspired by a friend who collected change at her own school for GCI, Mila wanted to do the same as a service to her community. After receiving the collected change of over $143 dollars, Gathering Change, Inc. donated the money to the Wakefield Interfaith Food Pantry. |
Note Cards
We offer blank note cards with the following images on the cover. Each pack of 8 is just $5.00 and the proceeds benefit local food pantries.
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About Gathering Change, Inc.
Gathering Change, Inc., is a grassroots charitable organization that collects spare change from our homes, schools, faith communities and businesses. Our mission is to meet the immediate basic needs of citizens within our cities and towns who cannot achieve this goal alone. The funds are distributed back into our local food pantries and social programs. Gathering Change, Inc., gives everyone the opportunity to participate by sharing their abundance, thereby fostering a sense of interconnection, care and well-being throughout our neighborhoods.
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