New winter coats for 94 girls!

Each winter, Big Sister Association of Greater Boston engages our generous community of supporters to help the families that we serve celebrate a joyful holiday season. One of our most successful endeavors is our annual coat drive for girls on the wait list. Having seen the need, and heard the interest from families and generous donors, we designed a web application that would help us connect those who wanted to buy a new coat, with those who needed one.

 

From Arizona, to Illinois, to New Hampshire, and cities and towns all over the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, families, individuals, and local businesses came together to donate 94 coats to girls on our wait list. In an outpouring of support for our second annual coat drive, all 94 requests for coats were fulfilled before the Christmas holiday. By New Year’s Eve, every coat had been collected or delivered to the enthusiastic Little Sisters.

 

Little Sister Amber from Mattapan’s mom said “Amber just loves the coat and it fits her perfectly.  She cannot stop wearing [it]!”

 

Little Sister Amanda from Milton wrote, “Thank you so much for giving me and my sister beautiful winter coats.  I only have one winter coat that I’ve been wearing for about three years! I’ve always wanted a new coat but my mom insisted I keep the one I had.  It’s very sweet of you to wrap the wonderful gifts up, like a Christmas present. Thank you so much!”

 

And another parent told us, “My daughter is thrilled she doesn’t have to wear a hand me down jacket this year.”

 

Thank you to everyone who donated a coat – several who donated more than once!

 

Nancy Banfield

Bethany Bartlett

Maria Bautista

Laura Boyd

Maria Brenner-Kelly

Cassie Brown

Virginia Bullock

David Chaffee

Holly Charron

Hillary Cohen

Kirstie Crawford

Cindy   Cutshall & David Downing

Emily Dahl

Elizabeth Davis

Shelley-Ann Dewsbury

Laura Dill

Brenna Downing

Colleen Duggan

Annie Fischer

Jennifer Gentile

Danielle Girouard

Emily Giroux

Kristen Graves

Megan Herald

Kim Hill

Julia Horvitz

Julia Howes

Maren Johnson

Michelle Kenney

Jane Kepros & Nick DeLucia

Corinne Kinsman

Shoshanna Kostant

Jesse Kwan

Tess Lesniak

Longhorn Steakhouse

Ruby Lorenzo

Jasmin Lorenzo

Jennifer Martin

Ana Mascagni

Rosiane Matos

Claire McClintock

Lindsay McConchie & John Kinsman

Rebecca McHugh

Stephanie Mendenhall

Jessica Mendenhall

Dorothy Najda

New England Aquarium

Kerri Norris

Colleen O'Brien

Anne O'Connor

Jennifer Ojeda

Jennifer Pascarelli

Lauren Peckler

Lynne Prodger

Anthony Randall

Lisa & James Redding

Dawn Renda

Jean Sandler

Paula Sciabarrasi

Meg Secatore

Carine Simon

Kristie Smith

Terrie Smith

Dorothy Stiller

Melanie Stone

Karla Ventura

Virtual, Inc.

Kathleen Wallace

Jackey West

Heidi Ziobro

Melody Ziobro

Heather Ziobro

Hayle Ziobro