| • Sent South Shore families who suffered recent losses on vacations (two to the Cape, one to Disneyworld) • Paid for grief counseling for a young boy whose father died suddenly • Funded several enrichment programs in Abington schools • Granted more than $15,000 in scholarships to many local high school graduates • Helped local families pay household bills after a sudden loss of aspouse/parent or serious illness in the family • Contributed to 40 junior high school students’ trip to Washington, D.C. • Sent several South Shore grieving children to a Boston Bruins game and arranged for them to meet the players • Purchased $1000 in books for the Junior Reading Room at Burton Wales Library in Abington. • Sent more than 300 care packages to South Shore servicemen serving in Iraq and Afghanistan • Paid for the construction of a ramp to be built on a home for a handicapped child • Helped families during the holidays who were struggling due to hardship or illness in the family • Purchased video camera for military family to communicate with father stationed in Iraq • Assisted many local families with funeral expenses after the death of a loved one |
