100 People Who Care Tewksbury Q3 Impact Award Event

434 Main Street,Tewksbury MA 01876

29 September, 2021

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Sponsors for Sept. 29 will be Smitty’s Liquors and the Missions Committee at Tewksbury Congregational Church. We will be OUTSIDE! After a successful kickoff event in June where about $13,000 was raised for three local nonprofits, Tewksbury’s 100 People Who Care giving circle announced the three organizations randomly selected to present to members at its Q3 event, to be held on Wed., Sept. 29 at Wamesit Lanes The three nominees were selected using an automated picker wheel. Each has an opportunity to present to the assembled group; one will be selected to receive that quarter’s $10,000 Impact Award. The nonprofits selected are: The Friends of the Tewksbury Public Library makes possible the programs residents love from the library, including passes for free admissions to museums and state parks, cultural programs including author visits, children’s and teens’ summer reading and much more. Annually, the FoTPL fund over $20,000 worth of programs and services that are not covered by the Town budget. Lazarus House has worked to break the cycle of poverty in the Merrimack Valley since opening its doors as an emergency homeless shelter in 1983. The group provides food, clothing, housing and advocacy via St. Martha’s Food Pantry, which supplies emergency groceries to over 1,200 families each week, and the Good Shepherd Soup Kitchen, which provides meals for more than 300 people every day. Project Home Again’s mission is to “turn houses into homes” for low-income families by providing, free of charge, the new and gently used household goods, furniture and small appliances necessary to live with comfort and dignity. The group uses cash donations to purchase critical items, such as new pots and pans, and to supplement donated household goods.