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Showing posts with label volunteering. Show all posts

Boston Community Change: Make A Difference Fast!

Okay everyone, here is another easy way to give back and feel connected to your community. Boston Community Change provides you with a plastic magnetic card that tracks where you spend your money locally. Not only will you get discounts and cash back by supporting local shops and restaurants, you'll also be supporting the local nonprofit organization of your choice (I chose Bikes Not Bombs)! Yay! Click Here to sign up. It only takes about 30 seconds, and then you will receive your card in the mail.

Did you sign up? What nonprofit did you benefit and why? Tell us about it in the comments section!
"The program provides consumers with the incentives they need to shift their purchasing habits to support the cultural, economic and environmental health of their communities by shopping locally. When you shop at participating neighborhood businesses, you facilitate a shift of dollars to the common good through cash rewards for consumers, beneficiaries and the local community." - Boston Community Change

Support Community Servings This Holiday Season

Yesterday I sold pies for Community Servings, an amazing Boston-based organization that serves homemade, nutritious meals every day to almost 700 individuals and families struggling with HIV/AIDS and other critical illnesses.

The purchase of one $25 pie will serve a client lunch, dinner, and a snack for an entire week!

As QueerToday blogavist and past Community Servings Volunteer Coordinator Jennifer Pockoski can attest, the organization is always looking for motivated volunteers to help with fundraising events, cooking and preparing meals, and so much more.

In addition to providing meals, each holiday season Community Servings delivers baskets of gifts to their clients, 95% of whom are below the federal poverty line. Each family creates a wish list and Community Servings and their volunteers do their best to fulfill them.

According to Community Servings, "it takes over 750 hours of volunteer power per week to get our 1300 meals per day prepared, packaged and delivered."