By: Jennifer Bray, Enterprise Staff A gingerbread house, a handful of gift cards worth hundreds of dollars, and a truckload of gift-wrapped presents was delivered to a family in need in Taunton on Christmas Eve. For the mom, dad and four children, the delivery of Christmas presents by My Brother’s Keeper, a charity in Easton, made the holiday festive. For …
My Brother's Keeper makes 100,000th delivery in Taunton
By: Kenneth J. Souza, Anchor Staff A local Christian charity with roots in Taunton came full circle last week by making its 100,000th donation delivery to needy residents in the city.Easton-based My Brother’s Keeper, which has been providing furniture and food donations for 25 years, made delivery number 100,000 on Christmas Eve day to a family in Taunton. The organization …
My Brother’s Keeper expands with second facility in North Dartmouth
By: Kenneth J. Souza, Anchor Staff NORTH DARTMOUTH, Mass. — My Brother’s Keeper, a Catholic ministry based in Easton that delivers furniture free-of-charge to families in need, has expanded its outreach by opening a second facility in North Dartmouth to provide more direct services to Fall River and the greater South Coast area. The ministry officially opened and commemorated the …
My Brother’s Keeper Planning Fall River Expansion
By: Justin Graeber, Enterprise EASTON — My Brother’s Keeper has been serving the region for 25 years. Officials at the Easton-based charity, which focuses on delivering furniture to people in need, are now looking to expand that mission to Fall River. The city will be home to a new facility, said My Brother’s Keeper co-founder Jim Orcutt, but a location …
Living Their Faith
By: Justin Graeber, Enterprise The founders of My Brother’s Keeper, Jim and Terry Orcutt of Easton, sat down with The Enterprise to share their reflections on 25 years of serving others and what keeps them going. Was there an event in your life that inspired you to create My Brother’s Keeper? Jim Orcutt: (In 1986, two years before the founding …
My Brother's Keeper Founders Speak Out
Jim and Terry Orcutt, co-founders of Easton-based My Brother’s Keeper, talk about what has kept them involved in the charity for 25 years. Watch the video here.
"Giving = Happiness"
By Don Aucoin, Boston Globe staff Not that any of you need more stress in your lives at this particular time, but Harvard psychologist Richard Weissbourd wants all you parents out there to take a long look in the mirror and ask yourself whether you’re doing your children more harm than good. For his new book, “The Parents We Mean …
"The coming charity crisis"
By Daniel Gross, Newsweek The latest victims of the sagging economy: charities. In May the annual gala of the Robin Hood Foundation, an event at which a few thousand hedge fund magnates and leveraged buyout titans conspicuously display their wealth and commitment to social justice while rocking out to A-list musical guests (Shakira, John Legend, Sheryl Crow), raised $56.5 million, …
"As it celebrates its 20th year, MBK bids farewell to it's founders"
By Vicki-Ann Downing, Brockton Enterprise The simple bungalow on Everett Street in Taunton doesn’t look like a place where grace struck two decades ago. But it was there, on a Sunday night in March 1988, that life changed forever for James and Theresa Orcutt, empty-nesters in their mid-40s, full-time employees at the Paul A. Dever State School. That moment grew …
"My Brother's Keeper rare among non-profits"
By Vicki-Ann Downing, Brockton Enterprise Dennis Carman, president of the United Way of Greater Plymouth County, says that My Brother’s Keeper is rare among non-profits because it has remained true to its faith-based origins by not accepting public funding. “They provide a needed service without any of the strings that come attached with other funding sources,” said Carman, who is …
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