Stores put out Christmas items earlier each year but it doesn’t compare to how early we hear from families in need. In July and August, we typically field the first inquiries about our Christmas Assistance Program: “When will you start taking calls this year?” Hearing this question when it’s 90 degrees outside highlights the stress parents feel. They love their …
Update: Dartmouth Building Project
Architecture and Design Wessling Architects has provided leadership and coordination of final work by our engineers. The Wessling team also created a rendering of the new facility to help us envision what the building will look like when completed. Site Work Brian Barry and his staff at Atlantic Earthworks in Norwell built a stabilized construction entrance, installed erosion control, cleared …
Be Your Brother’s Keeper This Christmas!
Looking for ways to help this Christmas? Here are a number of things you can do: Help with building set up (early December) and breakdown (late December) Sponsor a family in need Wrap gifts with friends & family Help make deliveries Make a financial donation Make cookies or soup for our volunteers Help with kitchen clean-up (3-6pm) or building cleanup …
What You Are Doing Is Truly Something Special
The beauty of our Christmas Program is the way it touches the lives of those who serve with us too… even people from around the globe. Here’s an email we recently received from Joe O’Connor from New Zealand. He was in Massachusetts last year coaching field hockey at Holy Cross. Hi Guys! Not sure if you will remember a New …
My Brother’s Keeper is honored with the John S. Brayton Community Service Award
The Fall River Area Chamber of Commerce presented My Brother’s Keeper with the John S. Brayton Jr. Community Service Award at a banquet held at White’s of Westport on June 18th. The award recognizes outstanding individuals and organizations who go above and beyond in contributing to the South Coast community and demonstrate excellence, creativity and initiative in their work. Josh …
New Staff – Welcome Aboard!
It takes special people to accomplish our mission “To bring the Love and Hope of Jesus Christ to those we serve.” We are grateful to these new staff members who have said “yes” to God and My Brother’s Keeper. Ben and Andrew have been hired as full-time employees. Giuliana and Taylor are both participating in one-year post-graduate volunteer programs. Ben …
Sacred Moment
The Providence College Campus Ministry staff recently came to My Brother’s Keeper for an afternoon of service. We split into two crews and Fr. James Cuddy, Fr. Peter Martyr Yungwirth, Kelly Hughes, and PC summer interns, Maodo Lo and Shannon Grady, joined Dave O’Connor and me on some furniture deliveries. Our first stop was to Lisa and her foster daughter, …
Emmanuel…God is with Us
One December afternoon, I found myself standing at the front door of a three family home on the South side of Brockton. With two wonderful volunteers, three bags of Christmas gifts and a $50 gift card to Stop & Shop in tow, I rang the bell. Within a few seconds a young man in his late teens flung the door …
A Little Faith and Hope
By Jessica Chaves from Haemonetics in Braintree Jessica chose to spend a day making deliveries as part of her company’s employee volunteer program. It was her first time volunteering with us. Safe to say, though, it won’t be her last! “I don’t know what I’m walking into.” That’s what I kept thinking to myself when we pulled up to the …
2015 Urban Plunge – Another Way We Serve as “A Ministry of Education”
From January 6th – 9th, 16 college students from 5 different schools joined us for “Urban Plunge,” an intensive service retreat we’ve hosted for the past nineteen years. Along with our staff, the students slept overnight at My Brother’s Keeper in Easton, attended daily Mass, delivered furniture and food, volunteered at local homeless shelters and soup kitchens, and reflected each …