In December, WEEI 103.7 FM donated thousands of dollars worth of free air time encouraging their listeners to help families in need by supporting the My Brother’s Keeper Christmas program. Thanks, WEEI, for being a part of our work in your own special way!
Living Day by Day
Many of the families we serve are living day by day: struggling to keep food on the table, a roof over their heads and oil in the tank. How can these parents even think about joyously celebrating Thanksgiving and the birth of Jesus with their kids?
Living Day by Day
Many of the families we serve are living day by day: struggling to keep food on the table, a roof over their heads and oil in the tank. How can these parents even think about joyously celebrating Thanksgiving and the birth of Jesus with their kids? A plea for help from Kathy in Dorchester reminds us how desperate many of …
Repaying Our Kindness
Despite her quiet, soft-spoken nature, Isabelle opened up to our delivery crew: she’d been physically abused by her husband for many years before she left him. With nowhere to go, she found herself homeless, at one point even reduced to returning to her abuser. Isabelle finally escaped her husband and got her own apartment but she had no furniture. When …
The Gift of a Good Night's Sleep
Since August, My Brother’s Keeper has moved adults off the floor and onto Tempur-Pedics, arguably the best mattresses on the planet! My Brother’s Keeper partnered with Good360, a website which helps nonprofits get free or deeply-discounted products from major retailers. Through Good360, My Brother’s Keeper purchased 110 full-size Tempur-Pedics for $5800—only $53 per mattress!—which included the cost of shipping from …
Two New Board Members
Two talented men recently joined the My Brother’s Keeper Development Board: Paul A. Quaranto, Jr. and Brian J. Walsh. Both reflect a new and growing dynamic: their children are the ones who introduced them to My Brother’s Keeper. PAUL A. QUARANTO, JR. Paul was recently elected President of Boston Mutual Life Insurance Company in Canton by its Board of Directors, …
Joined For Life
Sean and Camille (Fitzpatrick) Markey recently sent us a generous donation accompanied by a picture and wonderful story. They came to My Brother’s Keeper in January 1999 to participate in our Urban Plunge retreat. Though both attended the University of Notre Dame, they had never met before that weekend. Sean and Camille became friends through their gift of service, began …
Daily Meditation
It is more blessed to give than to receive. (Acts 20:35)
Now I Know
I went on deliveries with Jackie and Saira, two employees from Reebok who spent a corporate volunteer day at My Brother’s Keeper. Together we headed to Bridgewater to help John, a 60-year old man living alone who needed a kitchen table and chairs, a dresser, nightstand, TV table, end tables, dishes and pots and pans. John was waiting for us …