Holiday Hearts Program

Open your Holiday Hearts to Needham families during this Season.  With your support we can help every income-eligible family in Needham receive gifts during the Holidays. We will be providing gift certificates to local stores so they can purchase presents.  No matter how they celebrate, our goal is to bring a smile to all our neighbors. 

The program directly supports local businesses, Learning Express, Michelson’s and TJMaxx Companies.  Our families will receive age appropriate gifts certificates so they can purchase presents for each family member – it’s a WIN-WIN for local businesses and households!

Click here to make an online donation or visit Learning Express or Michelson’s to purchase a “heart”.

As we navigate these unprecedented times we are planning how to re-open our programs to keep our customers, volunteers and staff safe and healthy.  Every week we are making changes that will keep our customers supported and continue the programs we can safely provide.   

Thrift Store Donations: closed until further notice

We have closed all donations to our thrift store until further notice due to the increase in COVID cases. Our first priority is to keep you, our volunteers and our staff safe and healthy.

Food Pantry Update:

The Food Pantry continues to experience a staggering increase in demand for food. We are purchasing all that we distribute and thanks to you, we are keeping up!  We are here for any Needham resident who has income challenges.    If you know anyone who needs help, please call us at 781-444-2415.

 Thank you to our community for the overwhelming support, we could not do it without all of you! Although we are still not accepting individual donations of food, we are able to accept online direct delivery donations…check out our Amazon wish list.

Transportation Programs:

 We are able to provide transportation in both our medical appointment and “transportation of last resort” programs using LYFT.  

Masks are required, riders must be free of any COVID symptoms and use appropriate social distancing and safety measures, . Call our office to request a ride or for more information. thanks to BID-Needham for their support of this program.

 

 Donate your time:

We are still accepting applications for volunteers to be ready to go when we are able to re-open our doors. Volunteers help in the food pantry, deliver food, sort donations and work in the office; all with appropriate social distancing safety measures.

Check out our website to apply.

APPLY TO VOLUNTEER

How Can You Help?

We are a private non-profit organization funded entirely from donations from our friends and neighbors.  Every bit helps us distribute food and grocery items and keeps our programs running.  We are not yet able to accept any direct food donations from individuals, but food donations sent to us from online delivery sites are greatly appreciated. Whether it’s donating food through Amazon or financial contributions, your support allows us to continue to help our Needham neighbors in need.  

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Coat Sale is Back!

We are thrilled to be able to safely continue the tradition of our Annual Fall Coat Sale!  Come visit the Tent to see the newest collection of coats and fall clothing.  Prices will vary. 

Extended Hours on Tuesday & Thursday 
Now Open on Fridays!

 

Every Tuesday and Thursday
10 am – 4 pm

Friday
10 am – 2 pm 

570 Hillside Avenue

 

Now Accepting Credit Cards as well as cash & checks!

Our programs are dependent on the funds that the Thrift store generates. 
Come change your wardrobe and change a life in one simple and safe shopping experience! 

 

To keep everyone safe we have strict safety protocols in place

• Masks are required
• Social Distancing rules are in place
• Number of people in the tent is limited
• No outside bags allowed
• Cash and check only – contact free checkout
• All proceeds go directly to helping your neighbors

 

 

A Fun Evening with Don White
Singer, Songwriter & Comedian

Full Length Zoom Concert & After Party
Thursday, October 1st
7 pm

Enjoy an evening of music and comedy with Don White and support the Council at the same time!   Our very own Sandra Robinson will be there to introduce the Council.   The show is free, there will be a virtual tip jar and a portion of the money donated will be shared with the Homegrown Coffee House or you may make a donation via our website: Concert Donation

There is no one-word description for what Don White does. He’s an award-winning singer/songwriter, a comedian, an author, and a storyteller. He’s been bringing audiences to laughter and tears for thirty years, released ten CDs, three live DVDs, and a book, Memoirs of a C Student. For more information about Don’s work, please check out the videos and music here: Don White’s Website

This event will be interactive – meaning that Don and the audience will be able to hear laughter and applause as it happens. At the end of the show, there will be an after party with Don and maybe a surprise guest or two!

How to participate:

The show will be streamed live to Facebook and YouTube from zoom
at 7 p.m. on Thursday, October 1.

If you want to be in the interactive Zoom concert use this access information.

     Meeting ID: 856 6623 8071
     Password: 793408

To view the show on Facebook Live please go to https://www.facebook.com/DonWhiteFolk/live/

To view on YouTube Live please go to https://www.youtube.com/c/Donwhiteofficial1

Thank you for supporting Homegrown Coffee House & the Needham Community Council

     

 

 

 

 

As the Front Steps Project wraps up, thank you to Cara Soulia, Kristen Collins and their team of photographers who helped make Needham and the Council a part of history. They engaged the community and the entire world [no exaggerating!] as COVID-19 was forcing us to face a new reality of social isolation….and, raised more than $45,000 for the Council Food Pantry to help ensure that no Needham family ever face hunger or food insecurity.

Be sure to check out their new book: due out in November, 2020 and now available in pre-order.

The Front Steps Team:
Cara Soulia, Co-Founder, Photographer
Kristen Collins, Co-Founder, Marketing, Communications  PR
Topher Cox, Caitrin Dunphy, Kate King, Photographers

THE TENT IS UP, AND YOUR’E INVITED!

Loaded with all the spring and summer fashions that we would have sold this past spring, our tent is open for business. Come check out the great deals on clothing, shoes, handbags and more!

Open to the public
Tuesdays and Thursdays ONLY, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Cash and checks ONLY

Health and Safety are our top priority

Masks required
Hand sanitizing station available
Social Distancing
Contact free transaction at check out
No outside bags allowed
The number of people in the tent will be limited
If there is a line to enter, time in the tent will be limited

 

All sales fund Council programs, including the current unprecedented needs of the Food Pantry.

No Donations Accepted Yet…we are working on a donation plan for fall. Thank you for your patience and continued support of the Council. Please keep your good stuff for us!

Due to COVID, we are still unsure as to how our students will be going to school this fall. No matter how, we know that income-eligible families will need lots of back to school items and we will be there to help….instead of our annual back to school supplies distribution, we will distribute gift cards for local and online shopping. There are more than 150 school-aged children and teens registered in the food pantry.

We will not be accepting any donations of school supplies or back to school items; instead we will be distributing gift cards ONLY. How can you help?

• Click here to make an online donation and we will purchase gift cards with 100% of the funds received
  
• Send [or deliver] gift cards to local stores or online shopping sites to us at: 570 Hillside Ave., Needham, MA  02494 – Target, Walmart, Staples, Amazon are good choices

Here’s a great way to help local restaurants and our neighbors with food insecurity!

Purchase a $25 gift certificate/card online 
Send it to giftcard@needhamcommunitycouncil.org
We will collect all donated certificates and distribute them when we have enough for 1 per Food Pantry household

Please “Like and share” our facebook post!

Needham Scouts announce their annual Scouting for Food event on Saturday, March 21st. Scouts will deliver bags to as many Needham homes as possible before Saturday’s 8 a.m. collection.

Canned or boxed goods, as well as anything in plastic, should be left for the Scouts on your front doorstep. click here
for our food pantry wishlist.

If you don’t get a bag delivered, you can still donate…bring your items to the Scouts’ collection site at the Norfolk Lodge, 1101 Highland Ave., Needham anytime between 9 a.m. – 12 noon on Saturday, March 21st or to the Council anytime  during our open donation hours:
Mon., Wed., & Thurs.  8:30 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Tues. & Fri., 8:30 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Sat. 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Showcasing Fashion from
The Council Thrift Shop

Co-sponsored by
The Needham Community Council
& The Needham Health Department

Sunday, April 26th 
3-5 PM     Doors Open at 2:00 PM
Open Seating; First Come, First Sit
Powers Hall, Needham Town Hall

A fundraising event for the Thrift Shop Karma of Clothing Project a partnership of the Dressing Well Charitable Foundation and the Needham Community Council.

Make a donation/get a ticket – don’t wait! this show sells out every year! 
$25 donation per ticket

Click here to make your donation online
or send a check, payable to the Needham Community Council to
570 Hillside Avenue, Needham, MA 02494
[please note fashion show on your payment]