Sudbury-Wayland-Lincoln Domestic Violence Roundtable To Collect Items For Families In Need

SUDBURY, MA — The Sudbury-Wayland-Lincoln Domestic Violence Roundtable is inviting the community to help families experiencing domestic violence this Valentine's Day.

The organization is collecting items and filling bags for children, teens and adults who are served by local domestic violence programs. As part of its annual charitable act, the local Domestic Violence Roundtable is inviting people to donate items and to assemble the bags.

Community members can help assemble the bags on Tuesday, Feb. 3 at 3 p.m. at the Sudbury Grange, at 326 Concord Rd., next to Sudbury Town Hall. The bags will be decorated by children from Sudbury Extended Day, a before and after-school care program in Sudbury.

Those interested in helping can also donate gift cards or other items that will go inside of the bags.

"This is a great opportunity for civic organizations, workplaces, families, friends, and neighbors to contribute to the Roundtable collection and to help us make lives brighter for families affected by domestic violence," the organization wrote in a statement. "Small acts of kindness, like the gift bags, let families know they are supported and these gestures brighten their day."

Some examples of needed items include $5 or $10 gift cards for CVS, Target, Market Basket, Dunkin', and gas stations. The bags can also be filled with full-size bath products, socks, cosmetics, nail polish, hair products, journals, gloves and mittens, boxed candy, wash cloths, underwear, scarves, and small pouches that fit inside backpacks and purses.

Items for children could include playing cards, educational materials, small toys, small stuffed animals, coloring books, underwear, socks, candy, crayons, pencils, markers, or Matchbox cars.

Donations can be left in the collection basket provided at Sudbury Wine and Spirits in the Rugged Bear Plaza, 410 Boston Post Rd. The collection will begin on Jan. 13 and end on Jan. 30

All donations should be new, and gift bags cannot hold larger items.

You can find a complete list of suggested donations here.

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