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Home for Little Wanderers' Big Wishes Gift Drive

The Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage office in Jamaica Plain is pleased to once again join with Bernie & Phyl’s Furniture to collect toys as part of The Home for Little Wanderers’ Big Wishes Gift Drive. Big Wishes is one of the Boston area’s oldest and largest toy drives, supporting children and families who are living in at-risk circumstances and are served by The Home’s programs across Boston and Eastern Massachusetts.

 

Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage and Bernie & Phyl’s Furniture encourage neighbors throughout the community to drop off new, unwrapped toys at the Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage office located at 713 Centre Street, and any Bernie & Phyl’s store in Massachusetts. The Coldwell Banker offices are accepting donations now through Monday, December 16, 2013. 

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“The Home serves children and families with limited financial means who often struggle to afford basic necessities, and the holiday season can be extremely challenging for them. By donating a toy or other gift, we are helping to make the holiday wishes of thousands of children and families supported by The Home come true,” said Paul Melanson, sales manager of the Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage office in Jamaica Plain.

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The Home needs gifts for children ranging in age from birth to 22-years, with an urgent need for gifts for the 14- to 18-year-old teenagers in its care. To help meet the challenge of providing suitable holiday gifts for the teens that The Home serves, Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage and Bernie & Phyl’s also welcome donations of gift cards. Some suggested places for purchasing gift cards are music stores and clothing outlets such as Target, Marshalls, T.J. Maxx, or Walmart, and online retailers for personal care items, electronics and sporting goods.

To learn more about ways to help The Home this holiday season, including how you can pledge a gift from a child’s personal wish list or shop from a general list and have the gift delivered free of charge directly to The Home’s Toy Room, visit www.thehome.org/bigwishes.

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