A RECORD-BREAKING YEAR FOR THE HOUSING FAMILIES HOLIDAY TOY AND GIFT CARD DRIVE!

Thanks to the incredible generosity of our community, we made the holiday season magical for our clients by providing toys and gift cards to the 1,000 children and teens in our programs, as well as gift cards for adults in our individual shelter.

We collected nearly 4,000 toys and over $8,000 in gift cards, with the total value of the toys estimated at approximately $40,000.

This success would not have been possible without our amazing donors, partners, and volunteers—many of whom have been long-time Housing Families supporters!

We are deeply grateful to our partner organizations and the Malden and Melrose communities for their generous support during the holiday season and year-round!

We want to express our gratitude to  some of the organizations that were key to our efforts:

• Our top gift card donor, IBEW Local 2222
• Our Melrose partners led by the Melrose Chamber of Commerce which includes Melrose Kind, Melrose Alliance Against Violence & Melrose Rotary Club
• Leading Edge Real Estate
• Teamsters Local 25
• Malden Catholic High School
• Malden Police Department
• Toys for Tots
• Incarnation Catholic Church
• Idle Hands Craft Ales
• Malden Girl Scouts

We also want to give a special thank you to our Board Member Virginia Todd and her team from Leading Edge as well as our Development Committee member Elizabeth Keeley for their significant impact on our Holiday Drive!

We hope you had a wonderful holiday season and wish you a fantastic year ahead!