Friday, December 14, 2012
When all is said and done more than 190 homes will have received groceries this Thanksgiving and Christmas, organized by the West Roxbury Business and Professional Association.
For many years, the West Roxbury Business and Professional Association has organized groceries deliveries to families with children and at-risk seniors and adults in the community at Thanksgiving and Christmas. This year’s Christmas deliveries will be made on Friday, December 21. We will meet at Roche Bros. both days at 9:30 a.m. at the driveway abutting the MBTA Commuter Rail Parking Lot. Those who volunteer to deliver are members of the business and residential communities in the area. We expect that when all is said and done, between Thanksgiving and Christmas, we will have delivered to over 190 homes. This year’s groceries will cost approximately $50+ per delivery and we depend upon the businesses and residents to help make this …
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Due to the high demand for the Families in Need program, donations are being sought to offset additional costs.
For those of you who may not know about the Family in Need effort, for many years, the West Roxbury Business and Professional Association, in coordination with the West Roxbury YMCA, Ethos /AgeWell West Roxbury, and our Boston Police Department, identify a list of families and seniors who need holiday groceries at Thanksgiving and Christmas. We then work with Roche Bros. who offers us consideration on the cost and then bags up the groceries and turkeys for us for distribution. A group of volunteers from the business, non-profit and residential communities then make the deliveries. We also identify one or two families with greater needs and “adopt” them, offering them assistance as well as presents from the business and residential …
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Thursday, December 22, 2011
West Roxbury Business and Professional Association 'adopts' three families.
The West Roxbury Business and Professional Association is seeking local support for its program to help families in need. The organizations aims to provide grocery deliveries to families with children as well as at-risk seniors and adults. This Christmas WRBPA has also chosen to "adopt" three families who are in a particularly difficult circumstances. Meet Sean, 11 and his dad, Stephen. Sean is an only child. Two years ago, Sean found his grandmother dead in their home. Sean had to deal with this loss, but life went on. Seven weeks ago, his mother, Judith, died at the age of 41. "It's kind of hard for me right now," Stephen said. He works every day trying to make a home for his son. His income is limited and there is little money left …
Elizabeth A. Doris-Gustin
9:32 am on Wednesday, November 21, 2012
One of the Best Community Events of the Season! Thank you Mary Mulvey-Jacobson! more ›