‘Giving Back in Greenfield’ toy drive helps record numbers

by LaMara HunterKelly | Dec 23, 2016 | In The News

By SHELBY ASHLINE
Recorder Staff
Thursday, December 22, 2016

GREENFIELD — The navy blue couches at The RECOVER Project were piled high with stuffed animals, board games, books, clothes and an abundance of other toys Thursday morning, marking the third year of Giving Back in Greenfield.

Through Giving Back in Greenfield, staff at The RECOVER Project — a peer-to-peer addiction recovery group — collected new and used toy donations for several weeks. Families in need were then welcomed into The RECOVER Project’s offices on Federal Street to pick out a few items from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday.

The program, according to organizer Heather Taylor, is intended to ensure that all local children will have presents come Christmas Day, regardless of what their families can afford. Taylor said families came from across Franklin County and even as far away as Springfield to take advantage of Giving Back in Greenfield, displaying significant gratitude for the invaluable help in getting toys for their own children and relatives.

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RECOVER Project in Greenfield Holds Toy Drive

by LaMara HunterKelly | Dec 19, 2016 | In The News

GREENFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – A non-profit organization in Greenfield is trying to help families in need over the holidays.

It’s the third year in a row the Recover Project in Greenfield has run their toy drive. The non-profit organization is collecting new and used toys for children of all ages.

Toys have included sports equipment, clothing, coloring books, and board games. Families will be able to come pick out gifts, December 22nd, which is also the last day donate.

The toy drive was started by a volunteer at the Recover Project as a way to give back to the community.

Peggy Arce, Peer-Coordinator of Recover Project, told 22 News, “Those of us in recovery have had struggles in our lives and today we are able to give back to the community in this way and many other ways also.”

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