The Brookline Food Pantry, a nonprofit organization with three different locations in Brookline, is currently serving as many as 700 households a week, almost a four-fold spike since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. With a quarter of Brookline residents “financially vulnerable” according to the Brookline Community Foundation’s 2023 “Understanding Brookline” report, there is an… Continue reading Brookline Food Pantry serves 700 households a week, as need remains high
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Coolidge Corner art gallery closes after cannabis shop abruptly ends agreement
The Brookline Arts Center has been forced to close its gallery in Coolidge Corner, after the cannabis dispensary where it has been located elected not to renew an agreement slated to end on Jan. 31. The BAC, a 60-year-old nonprofit that offers art classes, exhibitions and outreach programs, had partnered with Sanctuary Medicinals to use… Continue reading Coolidge Corner art gallery closes after cannabis shop abruptly ends agreement
At Thrifty Threads, volunteers cultivate community through clothes
If you’re not looking for it, it’s easy to miss: Thrifty Threads is housed in the intermediary spaces of United Parish, sprouting up across the chapel, hall, and back room every Friday and Saturday at noon, and disappearing again at 3 p.m. For some, the thrift store in the church at 210 Harvard Street is… Continue reading At Thrifty Threads, volunteers cultivate community through clothes
News in brief: New leader for Mothers Out Front, town installs ballot boxes
New leadership for Brookline Mothers Out Front The Brookline chapter of Mothers out Front, a national organization focused on climate activism, is adding a new leader to its ranks. Anne Sudduth, who has been a co-coordinator of the chapter for three years, is stepping into a statewide role with the organization, she said. Laura Knott,… Continue reading News in brief: New leader for Mothers Out Front, town installs ballot boxes
Changing of the guard at a ‘home away from home’ for families of children with cancer
Dawn Emerman first came to The Boston House in 1979. She was 4 years old, and she arrived from Maine with her mother and younger sister, Danielle, who was being treated for medulloblastoma at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Boston Children’s Hospital. The Boston House, then a Ronald McDonald House, became their home away from home, a… Continue reading Changing of the guard at a ‘home away from home’ for families of children with cancer