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Great news for My Brother’s Keeper: our Dartmouth facility is officially up and running! We spent the beginning part of the summer laying the ground work: obtaining permits, equipping the offices, setting up the warehouse, installing our phone system, and making renovations to support our unique model of service.

Last May, we shared our plan to bring the mission of My Brother’s Keeper to Fall River and the South Coast. Today, we are delighted to share wonderful news: our vision recently became a reality when we leased a second home for the ministry in Dartmouth, Massachusetts.

God was truly present at my Brother’s Keeper this December as we celebrated the birth of His son by serving our more humble brothers and sisters. As always, we kicked off our Christmas Program in prayer. A record crowd of 750 attended our 22nd annual Gratitude mass with one of our own volunteers delivering the homily, recently-ordained Deacon Brian Kean …

My Brother’s Keeper started accepting Christmas requests in mid-September and we’ve already promised our help to 1,500 families. We expect this number to grow to 2,700 families in the coming weeks—more than 10,000 children and parents! So who are the families who reach out to My Brother’s Keeper for help? What are their lives like? Their stories are as different …

I went on a delivery in Quincy with two of our young volunteers, Sam Duke of Easton and Luke Bernasconi of Hanover, both high school freshmen. Our first stop of the day was a delivery to a woman named Maria. Maria was born here in the United States to Greek immigrants but as a young adult, she moved to her …

Over the past five years, My Brother’s Keeper has significantly increased the number of families served in Christ’s name. In 2011, we made a record 7,300 deliveries to 29,000 children and parents—a 57% increase in total deliveries

No snow… 2,500 hard-working volunteers… thousands of generous supporters… and most importantly, a deep commitment to serve struggling families in Christ’s name.  Put all of these things together and you have the makings of our most successful Christmas program ever: 2,662 deliveries completed in 67 communities-10,500 children and adults served!-all in just 21 days.

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?

In September 2011, the next generation of leaders will be appointed by the Board of Directors to carry on Christ’s work at My Brother’s Keeper. Acting on a motion put forth by co-founders Jim and Terry Orcutt and board chair Deacon Dan Sullivan

Charlene and her six children had been homeless for the last six months. Worse still, there were no rooms at any area family shelter so they’d been staying in a single hotel room the whole time.