Bianca here. While on the couch still recovering, I've been doing some research on local volunteer opportunities in hopes of finding something feasible to do for the blog. I came across and organization called "More Than Words," (MTW) which is a nonprofit social enterprise that empowers and supports youth in foster homes, out of school, or involved with the court in any way to take charge of their lives, and takes steps in the "right direction" to bettering themselves to set and accomplish long term goals. The ultimate goal of MTW is to get the youth involved in leadership, employment, or community oriented positions that will teach them lifelong skills, especially those necessary in running a business, a particular aspiration in which they encourage in their youth. To foster this goal, the youth in MTW run their own book business. Recently in the Sherborn local paper, there was an article about the MTW organization and the town has set up book donation locations in the area. One was at the Sherborn library, so I stopped by on the way to work to drop off a giant bag of books from the Cutler household. Each one of us had perused our own bookshelves to see which books we could donate to that cause. The MTW headquarters for the bookstore is located in Waltham, MA and is looking for volunteers to help sort through the donated books until June 30th. I am hoping to take advantage of this opportunity once I am off crutches!
http://mtwyouth.org/book_donations/
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