The Home for Little Wanderers and WCVB-TV Challenge the Community to Stuff-a-Truck

The Home for Little Wanderers and WCVB-TV Channel 5 are challenging the community to Stuff-a-Truck full of holiday gifts for children and families living in at-risk circumstances on Thursday, December 4, 2014. Drop off a new, unwrapped toy, gift card or winter coat to the Bernie & Phyl’s truck parked at Legacy Place in Dedham from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. The Home for Little Wanderers’ goal is to collect thousands of donated gifts and toys in a single day to go towards the Big Wishes Gift Drive, helping the children and families in The Home’s programs. Now in its fifth year, the Stuff-a-Truck event has collected more than 10,000 holiday gifts for youth at The Home since it began.

“WCVB-TV, their staff, and their viewers are committed to giving back to the community,” said Joan Wallace-Benjamin, President and CEO, The Home for Little Wanderers. “The Home for Little Wanderers is honored to be the station’s partner for this fifth year of its holiday Stuff-a-Truck campaign. Each year, through the support from individuals and businesses, we are able to make the holidays brighter for some of the state’s most vulnerable children and families while raising awareness about how The Home’s programs and services are doing whatever it takes to help them thrive and succeed during some of the hardest times in their lives.”

For donors who are unable to drop off a gift in person, The Home has launched a virtual Stuff-a-Truck on its website at www.thehome.org/stuffatruck where donors can make an online donation.

Over the past few years, many of The Home’s 600 employees have seen an increasing need for holiday assistance from clients who are served by the agency’s residential and community-based programs across Eastern Massachusetts. Many make holiday requests for essential items including personal hygiene products, coats, socks, linens, and gift cards from stores like Target, Stop & Shop, CVS and Rite Aid. As an organization that touches more than 7,000 lives each year, The Home relies on generous assistance from donors and sponsors. For a complete list of ways you or your business can help the children and families who are served by The Home for Little Wanderers this holiday season, visit www.thehome.org/bigwishes. Every effort, no matter how small, will help a child or teenager in need.