Massachusetts organizations work to support communities in need [Video]

AT THE NEWTON NONPROFIT WELCOME HOME. WE PROVIDE PRIMARILY USED HOME GOODS TO OUR CLIENTS WHO ARE PEOPLE IN TRANSITION. WELCOME HOME IS A TEAM EFFORT. ACCORDING TO CO-FOUNDERS AND LONGTIME FRIENDS JULIE PLAUT MAHONEY AND MINDY PICKLER. DONATIONS COME IN, AND THE NONPROFIT’S MORE THAN 100 VOLUNTEERS JUMP INTO ACTION, ENSURING THERE ARE NO RIPS, TEARS OR STAINS. DIGNITY IS ONE THING WE STRIVE TO PROVIDE FOR OUR CLIENTS. THAT DIGNITY STARTS IN THEIR SIMULATED STORE, WHERE PATRONS CAN SELECT FIVE ITEMS FOR THEIR SPACE. IT’S REALLY A SPECIAL MOMENT WHEN A CLIENT READS IN THEIR OWN LANGUAGE THAT THEY’RE WELCOMED IN, THAT THERE ARE NO COSTS INVOLVED. WELCOME HOME. DEPENDS ON THE COMMUNITY. WE ARE MOVING FROM OUR HOME OF 47 YEARS, JIM MNOOKIN SAYS HE’S BEEN DONATING AT THE NONPROFIT FOR YEARS, SO WE ARE DEACCESSIONING AND WELCOME HOME HAS BEEN AN IMPORTANT PART OF THAT. THE …