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Cambridge Firefighters are again partnering with the United States Marine Corps Reserve in collecting toys in the annual “Toys for Tots” drive. Now in its’ 70th year, the program was started in Los Angeles, CA when a handful of Marine Reservists distributed 5,000 toys to needy children on Christmas Eve 1947. Since its inception, over millions of needy children throughout the U.S. have benefited from the donation of over 512 million toys. Toys for Tots is a program that brings all elements of a community together for a common cause and delivers a message of hope to children who have little reason to have hope for the future. New, unwrapped toys may be dropped off at any Cambridge Fire Station.
Contact: Fire Chief Gerard Mahoney, gmahoney@CambridgeFire.Org.
The Cambridge Employees' Committee on Diversity is organizing a Winter Coat and Accessories Drive to benefit CASPAR and other shelters in Cambridge in an effort to help the homeless stay warm this winter!! The following unwrapped items are being accepted:
New: Gloves, Socks
Gently Used or New: Scarves, Coats (Sizes: L, XL, XXL)
Winter Coat/Accessories Drop-off locations:
• City Hall lobby – 795 Mass. Ave.
• City Hall Annex – 344 Broadway
• Department of Public Works – 147 Hampshire St.
• Cambridge Public Library, 449 Broadway
• Citywide Senior Center, 806 Mass. Ave.
• Robert W. Healy Public Safety Facility, 125 Sixth St.
Contact: Muna Kangsen, mkangsen@cambridgema.gov
About CASPAR
CASPAR has been serving the Cambridge community since 1970. It has grown from a halfway house for men and a shelter from homeless men and women to a multi-service agency offering intervention and prevention services that provide access to people wherever they are on the substance use/abuse/recovery continuum.
CASPAR's primary goal is to save lives today, by connecting our homeless neighbors who are living on the street with services that they need so that recovery and an end to homelessness is possible. Their Street Outreach Van begins this process by building relationships with our homeless neighbors living on the street and by providing food, hygiene supplies, new or gently used weatherproof winter coats (Women’s L, XL and Men’s L, XL, XXL) and other necessities to them.
CASPAR works to move homeless neighbors into their Homeless Shelter where they can provide referrals for medical and mental health care, counseling, employment and housing in an environment that is warm and welcoming. Once the clients are sheltered, the secondary goal is to move them into one of six residential recovery homes where they can safely begin developing independent living skills again.
For more information, visit www.casparinc.org.
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