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Donations can be made In Honor or In Loving Memory of friends and family.
Check with your employer to see if they do employee matches!
All donations are tax deductible!
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Happy New Year from all of us at Gathering Change, Inc.  |
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Upcoming Events:
5% Day
WHOLE FOODS MARKET
Swampscott, MA
to benefit
Gathering Change, Inc.
Wednesday, January 16th
GCI will receive 5% of the total pre tax sales for the day. The funds will be sent to the food pantries that serve the Swampscott Community!
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Your Change Makes A Difference
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Wakefield Interfaith Food Pantry shelves were stocked thanks to generous donors.
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This month GCI will provide funds to the following food pantries:
Beverly Bootstraps Community ServicesBurlington Food Pantry 10 St. Marks Road
Burlington, MA 01803Stoneham/Board of Health Food Pantry
First Congregational Church
1 Church Street
Stoneham, MA 02180
The Haven From Hunger
Peabody, MA
Wakefield Interfaith Food Pantry |
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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
Cranney Home Services
Dr. Bruce Goldman, DDS, Saugus
D'Amicis, Wakefield
Deborah Capuano's Holistic Massage & Health Therapies
Ernst & Young
Falcon Global Edge, Boston
IBM
John Hancock
Liberty Mutual
Louise's Skin Care, Lynnfield
LoConte Painting
Lynnfield Teachers Association
Madison Ave. of Melrose
Mary Briggs Physical Therapy
Melaleuca
Microsoft
Mobil Gas, Post Office Square, Lynnfield
Moderno Salon, Melrose
Natural Food Exchange, Reading
Nokia
Pawtucket Red Sox
Pinnacle Private Wealth, Woburn
Rada Boutique
Rich DelRossi
SalemFive Charitable Foundation
Saugusbank
The Savings Bank
Lou Schwechheimer of the Pawtucket Red Sox
Second Congregational UCC, Beverly
Silver Clay, Wakefield
Stop and Shop Supermarkets
Supino Insurance, Lynnfield & Malden
TaggArt Studios, Wakefield
Unitarian Universalist Church of Reading (UUCR)
Vital Emergency Medical Servces, Worcester
Village Pharmacy, Lynnfield
Wakefield Physical Therapy Associates, Wakefield
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Board of Directors
Yvonne Blacker
Creative Director
Judy Bousquin
Publicity Committee Co-Chair, Nominating Committee Co-Chair and Cofounder
Susie Cleary
Treasurer and Finance Committee Chair
Stacy Dahlstedt
Interim Secretary
Dorothy Goodwin
Founder and President, Grant Writing Chair, Website/Newsletter Co-Chair
Cindy Z. Hanshaw
Website/Newsletter Committee Co-Chair
Marianne Snow
Nominating Commitee Co-Chair, Publicity Committee Co-Chair, Volunteer Committee Chair and Cofounder
Marianne Supino
Board Secretary
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dgoodwin@gatheringchangeinc.org.
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President's Spotlight on Hunger
Dear Friends,
It is hard to believe that another year has passed and hunger is still an issue not just in every city and town in Massachusetts, but across the United States. As we look back on this past year and all that transpired, it is remarkable and humbling to witness the need. I wish others could see what we see.
Let me share a story of a small New England town that is affluent, beautiful, idyllic, but struggling with hunger.
I had the privilege of bringing a very large check to this food pantry before Christmas. They knew I was coming because I wrote to them ahead of time. When I walked in I told them I had a donation and the volunteers showed me the way to the back of the pantry where 4 of the board members were waiting. I was immediately teary upon seeing them and knowing in my heart they knew this was no ordinary donation. The women who raised these funds were extraordinary and the amount was the most we had ever donated at one time! After our initial introductions, many questions about GCI, a brief overview of who they serve, including 120 children, it is this next, unexpected, part of the story that was most surprising. Their average donation is $5 and it comes from their clients! The clients understand that without access to this food they and their families would not have enough to make it through the month.
How do we get everyone to see what is unseeable and share what we have so we can all do our part to end hunger in 2013? Make saving your change your New Year's Resolution and be the solution!
Wishing you all a healthy, happy and prosperous New Year!
Sincerely,
Dorothy Goodwin, President
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Wrapping it Up for Hunger Relief
Thank you to our volunteers especially Kathy D'Angelo, Camille Burns (pictured below l-r ) Jeanne Barrett, Fran Federico and her sister Maria, and Emily Sulloway for taking time out of your busy holiday schedules to help us wrap at the Barnes and Noble in Burlington. The funds raised are being sent to the Burlington Food Pantry.
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December Donation Photo Gallery
Gathering Change, Inc. squeezed in a few photo ops before the holidays!
Wakefield Interfaith Food Pantry
(l-r) Maureen Miller accepts a check from Dorothy Goodwin thanks to all those in Wakefield who are collecting their spare change!
Acord Food Pantry, Hamilton, MA
(l-r) Tom Ackerman, Brent Keltner, Dorothy Goodwin (GCI) Anne Marie Cullen, Lori Morency This donation was made possible because of the Ipswich Country Club Ladies Night Out!
Grace Ministries Food Pantry, Saugus, MA
A very emotional (l-r) AnnMarie Ward and Francis Meredith received a check from Gathering Change, Inc. thanks to a very generous donor.
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What's Your Resolution? Feel Good While Doing Good?
 Let Gathering Change help you keep this year's resolution by volunteering to support our marketing, publicity and administrative efforts. Experience working with a dedicated board that is committed to making change and community involvement. If this would make you feel good please contact Dorothy Goodwin to learn more: dgoodwin@gatheringchangeinc.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 46 Massachusetts food pantries.
FYI: Most food drives are not successful due to expired donated food. Spare change goes a long way when you consider every $1 donated is equal to $4.
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