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Donations can be made in honor or memory of friends and family.
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GCI will participate in the 99 Restaurants "Dining with a Cause" program where the restaurant will contribute 15% of sales (excluding tax and gratuity) from the evening's diners. Carry-out your order or dine-in to help raise funds. You must present this voucher in order for GCI to receive credit for the sale.
Upcoming Events:
April 2-5Lynnfield Middle School Prepares To Fight Hunger
During the week of April 2-5 the Lynnfield Middle School PTO will be sponsoring a food drive at LMS in conjunction with the Student Council and Gathering Change, Inc.
All food will be donated to the Haven from Hunger in Peabody which serves Lynnfield residents!
July 14Scavenger Hunt to Feed the Hungry
Lower Common Lake Quannapowitt, Wakefield 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. More details to follow.
OctoberMichael Nye Exhibit
Endicott College, Beverly More details to follow.
For updates view News & Events
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Your Change Makes A Difference
This month GCI will provide funds to the following food pantries:
Acord Food Pantry (Serves the towns of Hamilton, Ipswich, Wenham, Essex, Topsfield and Manchester-by-the-Sea) Beverly BootstrapsCalvary Christian Church/The Blessing Room Food Pantry, Lynnfield Servant's Heart Food Pantry, Melrose ____________________________ |
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Sponsors
Thank you to our many supporters:
Baubles Fine Jewelry, Lynnfield
The Book Oasis, Stoneham
Century 21, Wakefield
Christine's Cafe & Confections, Lynnfield
City Cycle, Stoneham
The Chocolate Truffle
D'Amicis, Wakefield
Deborah Capuano's Holistic Massage & Health Therapies
Ernst & Young
Falcon Global Edge, Boston
John Hancock
Liberty Mutual
Louise's Skin Care, Lynnfield
Madison Ave. of Melrose
Mary Briggs Physical Therapy
Melaleuca
Mobil Gas, Post Office Square, Lynnfield
Moderno Salon, Melrose
Natural Food Exchange, Reading
Nokia
Rada Boutique
Second Congregational UCC, Beverly
Silver Clay, Wakefield
Supino Insurance, Lynnfield & Malden
TaggArt Studios, Wakefield
Unitarian Universalist Church of Reading (UUCR)
Village Pharmacy, Lynnfield
Wakefield Physical Therapy Associates, Wakefield
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Dear Friends,
What does it take to change a life? It takes an unrelenting hunger to do what is right for our human family. In the case of Gathering Change, Inc., it took hundreds of people of every age and background to help us raise $100,000. Our Treasurer, Susie Cleary, said it best:
"If you think back about how Gathering Change, Inc.
all started, you'll remember that we were just aiming to capture the change people had in bowls on their
kitchen counters, on top of their dryers, in their car ashtrays. $100,000 is that much more remarkable
when you think of it as money people did not even
know was there. When you consider that for every
$1 we donate to the food pantries, most can purchase
$4 worth of food at the food banks this makes the
value even greater!"
We are humbled by the support we have received and grateful that all of you think differently about spare change. To give what we already have, to feed the one in 9 in our State who are hungry, is a step in the right direction.
Congratulations and thank you!
Sincerely,
Dorothy Goodwin, President
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What Inspires You?
Falcon Global Edge Raises Money for Women's Lunch Place  It takes one person to encourage another to change a life...this is what Debbie Lentz Director of Administration and Finance at Falcon Global Edge has done. Falcon Global Edge is a worldwide logistics company which specializes in supply chain management. www.falconglobaledge.com Debbie asked her office to donate their spare change to benefit Gathering Change, Inc. They were excited to know that the funds raised in their community stay in their community. Their donations over this past year have been sent to the Women's Lunch Place in Boston. This is where poor and homeless women can get daytime shelter and nutritious food. |
Local Business Working with Local Charity to Support Hunger
 Pictured here are John Howell, Proprietor of Post Office Square Mobil and Suzanne Aiken, Volunteer for Gathering Change, Inc. Suzanne approached John about collecting spare change and he said: "I'll do whatever I can to support
hunger in Lynnfield!"
To date, Gathering Change, Inc., has supported over 40 food pantries in Massachusetts. The funds raised in Lynnfield go to the Haven from Hunger in Peabody and the Blessing Room Food Pantry at the Calvary Church, in Lynnfield. |
GCI Reaches $100,000 Milestone
Spare Change
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Stocked Food Pantry Shelves
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Mission Accomplished!
In honor of our $100,000 milestone, Certificates of Appreciation are going out this month (more to follow) to say thank you for supporting Gathering Change, Inc.
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Feinstein Foundation $1 Million Hunger Giveaway
Gathering Change, Inc. is pleased to announce that it will be partnering with the Feinstein Foundation for their Annual $1 Million Hunger Giveaway. For every $1 or pound of food collected the Feinstein Foundation will match a percentage during the months of March and April. Check out their website at www.feinsteinfoundation.org.
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About Gathering Change, Inc.
We are a 501(c)3 non-profit charitable organization that collects spare change from our communities for distribution back into our neighborhood food pantries and social programs. Since our first collection in October of 2008 we have been able to donate food or funds to over 40 Massachusetts food pantries.
What's in your pocket?
A loaf of bread, a gallon of milk?
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