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Melrose Nonprofit In Need Of New Pajamas For Foster Kids
MelroseKind has asked community members to drop off new pajamas in newborn through teenage sizes on their Kindness Porch at 249 Grove St.
MELROSE, MA – MelroseKind, a local nonprofit organization helping encourage fellow Melrosians to reach out to each other with kindness, is in need of new pajamas for foster children.
May is National Foster Care Awareness Month, and the nonprofit is doing a pajama drive for The Foster Box, an organization that provides and delivers clothing to new foster families and children.
Last year, the nonprofit collected twenty new childrens' pajamas for The Foster Box, Stephanie Nelson, MelroseKind co-founder and executive director of the Melrose Chamber of Commerce, wrote in an email.
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This year, the nonprofit hopes to increase the number of donated pajamas tenfold.
“Let's make that 200 this year!” Nelson said.
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Melrose community members can drop off new pajamas on MelroseKind’s “kindness porch” located at 249 Grove St.
Co-founders Nelson and Maribeth Darwin continue to be amazed and humbled by the generosity of the Melrose community, Nelson said.
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