Needham Katrina Volunteers

Katrina Home Welcome Baskets Christmas Basket Goods and Services Donors  

—Needham Residents Filling Local Evacuees' Needs.

  Thanks For All Your Efforts

Thank you to all who have helped coordinate donations to our families and to those who have provided donations. Wonderful work!

Best Wishes,
— Kathleen Rowe


Coordinators:

  • Liaisons to the Families: KK Booth Cohen, Jane Donovan, Kate Svirski
  • Clothing: Mary Lou Andre
  • Food Coordinator: Suzanne Holland
  • Furnishings: Gail Lustig
  • Paper Goods/Misc.: Laura Hynes
  • Website: Matt Elman
  • Welcome Baskets: Karen Dasey
  • Solicitors of Gift Certificates, Goods and Services: Cynthia Anderson, Mary Lou Andre, Greg Condon,  Karen Dasey,  Susan Howell, Lynn Klatt, Pam Putprush
  • Overall Coordinator: Kathleen Rowe

Donors of Goods and Services:

  • Cynthia Anderson
  • Robin Arvin
  • Holli Bassin
  • Bertucci's Needham
  • Julie Blake
  • Broadmeadow Service Committee
  • Sandy Cisternelli
  • Closet Exchange
  • Karen Crowley
  • Karen Dasey
  • Jane Donovan
  • Dress for Success
  • Cathy Guttila
  • Patrice Hagen
  • Jenni Haynes
  • Suzanne Holland
  • Laura Hynes
  • Kathleen Rowe Associates
  • Lynn Klatt
  • Sarah Lapides
  • Lisa James Salon
  • Diane Marget
  • Milton's
  • Kristin Mollerus
  • Needham Center Mobil Station
  • Needham Community Council
  • Needham Girl Scout Troop #3090
  • Organization by Design
  • Organization by Design staff:
    • June Tarter, Christie Edmonds, Karen Costa & Elizabeth Fragala
  • Jennifer Pachus
  • Parent Talk
  • Prelude Gift Expressions
  • PT Book Group II
  • Hillside School Community
  • St. Joseph's Elementary School Community
  • Roche Brothers
  • Trader Joe's

And thanks to anyone else whom we may have missed. (Please let us know!)

   Donations

Through all of your efforts, we have provided:

  • New business suit for interviewing
  • Gift certificate to a local department store
  • Certificate to a clothing store for basics
  • Generous amounts of fall and winter women's clothing
  • Warm socks
  • Diapers
  • Baby wipes
  • 5 cases of baby food and formula
  • Stroller
  • Infant clothes and winter wear
  • Baby sled
  • Jazz CDs
  • Plants
  • Bible
  • Resume assistance
  • Decorated canisters
  • Candle holders
  • Snacks
  • Referrals to social service agencies
  • Christmas basket of 10 Jazz CDs/collections
We have also provided connections to the Needham Community Council and their Food Pantry, other service agencies, and housing.

Welcome Baskets, including:

  • Maps of Needham
  • Needham phone books
  • Grocery/food gift certificates
  • Postage stamps
  • Toiletries
  • Scented candles
  • Note cards
  • Decorative soaps
  • Hair salon certificates
  • Bus and train schedules
  • MBTA ticket 12-packs
  • Edible gifts
  • Restaurant certificates
  • Phone cards

Since one of our families moved back south, we divided the items between the two families.

Thanks for all your efforts!


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