Pennies for Poverty:
Two Cents For Change

Community Collaborative:

The Newburyport Community Collaborative Task Force consists of representatives from local social service agencies and churches. They meet monthly to discuss ways to coordinate and facilitate services as well as invite speakers.

LOCAL FOOD PANTRIES URGENT NEEDS:

cereal, juice boxes, school snacks, condiments, hygiene items, paper items, peanut butter and jelly, pasta and pasta sauce, canned meats and fruit, soup, powdered milk, macaroni and cheese, dried fruit, rice cakes, bread, crackers.

Community Service:

Community Service, 31 Green St:

Individually wrapped snack foods for school children! Raisins, granola bars, peanut butter crackers, animal crackers etc. Boxed potatoes, boxed meals (Hamburger Helper, Banquets Meals), canned meats, juice, coffee, peanut butter, jelly, canned fruit, cereal, crackers, cookies, rice as well as men's t-shirts, underwear and socks and gas cards.

THE SALVATION ARMY:

HAS ONGOING NEED: INDIVIDUALLY WRAPPED SNACK FOODS FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN, NON NONPERISHABLE PARMESSAN CHEESE, MAYO, FRAGRANCE FREE LAUNDRY DETERGENT, TOILET PAPER, PAPER TOWELS, KLEENEX, JUICE CONCENTRATE (NOT FROZEN): CRANBERRY, APPLE, GRAPE, FRESH FRUIT, FROZEN VEGGIES

Other Service Agency Needs:

Please download the Newburyport Resource Directory for more information. (Please note that it has been formatted to be printed on both sides and then folded in half.)

Service Agencies:

American Redcross:

Together, we can save a life.

The American Red Cross of Northeast Massachusetts has held its Charter since May 20, 1933. As a unique part of the American Red Cross, the country's largest humanitarian organization, our Chapter provides a number of vital services including:

• 24-Hour Disaster Relief
• Health and Safety Education Classes
• Emergency Services for U.S. Servicemen and women & their families
• Community Disaster Preparedness and Education
• International Tracing and Social Services
• Volunteer Recruitment to Staff our Programs

Amnesty International's Merrimac Valley
Local Group 708:

Amnesty International's Merrimac Valley Local Group 708 meets on the 3rd Thursday of every month at the First Religious Society, Unitarian Universalists Church, 26 Pleasant Street, Newburyport, MA from 7-8PM Local groups are community-based volunteers who work as a team for the promotion of human rights. They are representatives of Amnesty International in their communities. They work with local media, lobby public officials, produce events, work in coalition with other organizations, and raise money for AIUSA. Local groups work on AI's human rights campaigns, action files, and also adopt cases of individual prisoners of conscience.

Amnesty International was founded in London in 1961. Amnesty International is a Nobel Prize-winning grassroots activist organization with over 2 million members worldwide. Amnesty International undertakes research and action focused on preventing and ending grave abuses of the rights to physical and mental integrity, freedom of conscience and expression, and freedom from discrimination, within the context of its work to promote all human rights. Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) is the U.S. Section of Amnesty International.

CASA, Northern Essex County:

Address: 430 N. Canal Street, Lawrence, MA 01840; Phone number: (978) 327-6615

Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children (CASA) is a national program founded in 1977 in Seattle, Washington by Judge David Soukoup. Judge Soukoup conceived the idea of using trained community volunteers to speak for the best interests of abused and neglected children in court. This program was so successful soon judges across the country began utilizing citizen advocates. In 1990, the US Congress encouraged the expansion of CASA programs with passage of the Victims of Child Abuse Act.

Northern Essex County CASA program came into existence in October 1991 with an executive board of 16 put in place and the support of a local juvenile judge and a local state representative. The first case was assigned in May 1992 out of the Lawrence Juvenile Court. In the fall of 1997, Northern Essex County CASA expanded to include the Newburyport Juvenile Court and in July 2000, CASA became part of Family Service, Inc.

Commission for Diversity and Tolerance (CDT):

PO Box 1283, Newburyport, 978-465-1871. Mediate housing complaints by referring folks to the proper agency; have been a resource against discrimination

Community Action:

In the business of caring since 1965.

Community Action, Inc empowers individuals, families and communities to overcome poverty through education, training, advocacy and prevention, and services to meet basic human needs. We offer hope and assistance with respect and understanding.

Community Action, lnc. Head Start Program, 447 Merrimac St, Newburyport, 978-499-8357 145 Essex St, Haverhill, MA 978-373-1971

Community Service:

Community Services of Newburyport, 31 Green St., Newburyport 978-465-7562

Electric service termination help, emergency dental help, food pantry & vouchers, free clothing, small household items, personal care.

Council on Aging:

40 Water Street, Newburyport, 978-462-8650

Family Service, Inc.:

Family Service, Inc. is a non-profit social service agency located in Lawrence, Massachusetts. Originally established in 1854 as a relief society for the area's newly arriving immigrant mill workers, Family Service has grown in recent years from a small mental health clinic (c.1985) to a large and dynamic organization providing over 20 programs and services.

Family Service believes that every person's emotional health and wellbeing is most influenced by the group of people that they call "family". To achieve our mission and strengthen families, we provide a broad range of treatment and prevention programs that meet the unique needs of each member of a family.

By working with individual people to be part of a strong, stable family, we strengthen the community as a whole.

General Charitable Society:

PO Box 365, Newburyport, MA

Horizons for Homeless Children:

Enriching the life of every homeless preschool child in Greater Boston and beyond.

We help children learn how to play, to share, to read, and to enjoy exploring their worlds. We help parents learn how to be nurturing and involved in the growth and development of their children, and help them learn and grow through job training, GED and college courses. We help to stabilize families so that they can weather any crisis, and thus help to break the cycle of homelessness that too often occurs.

Since 1994, more than 1,000 children have been served by the Community Children's Centers. We have recruited and trained more than 8,000 volunteer Playspace Activity Leaders since 1990, giving thousands of children living in family shelters in Greater Boston the opportunity to play, learn and to just be kids. We have training sessions for service providers in Massachusetts and participate in local and national conferences. We work with public officials in state and federal government to increase the resources available to young homeless children and to change the conditions that lead to family homelessness.

Hugh Doyle Resource Center:

Provides human services resource information. The center works in collaboration with the schools, social service agencies and religious organizations to advocate and coordinate services for individuals, children and adults, as well as families in need. If you or members of your family are in need of services, please call 978-465-1688. Our address is PO Box 403, Newburyport, Ma 01950.

Jeanne Geiger Crisis Center:

We are a domestic violence program in the Newburyport area serving 9 communities including: Newburyport, Amesbury, Salisbury, Rowley, Newbury, West Newbury, Merrimack, Groveland and Georgetown.

We operate from two offices:

Amesbury:
5 Market Place, Ste. 109
Amesbury, MA 01913
Tel: 978-834-9710 and Hotline: 978-388-1888

Newburyport:
2 Harris Street
Newburyport, MA 01950
Tel: 978-465-0999

Volunteer Needs: Court Advocates, Rapid Response Advocates, Hotline Advocates, Child Care Advocates, The above require 25-30 hours of Training*.

Other volunteer opportunities: Events, Outreach, Administrative, *Training held in fall early September to early November.

Volunteer Coordinator-Cintra Warden: Tel: 978-465-0999 Ext. 13

Learning Enrichment Center:

15 Storey Park, 978-499-8820 or 978- 884-1343 and email.

After school academic enrichment, tutor/mentoring, cultural arts and family literacy.

Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless:

The Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless (MCH) works to address the broad economic and social issues that lead to homelessness.

Created by an association of grassroots organizations in 1981, MCH is the country's oldest statewide homeless advocacy organization. MCH's policy and organizational work involves the annual participation of over 700 volunteers, over 800 faith communities, 1300 service providers and regional advocacy groups, and hundreds of families and individuals who have experienced homelessness.

Massachusetts Citizens for Children, MassKids.org:

Massachusetts Citizens for Children (MCC) was founded in 1959 by Dr. Martha May Eliot, an internationally recognized pediatrician and chief of the US Children's Bureau (1951 - 1956). We are a non-profit statewide child advocacy organization, whose mission is to improve the lives of the state's most vulnerable children through advocacy by concerned citizens.

MCC is the source that citizens and the media turn to for an independent view of events, legislative issues or public policies affecting and their families. We are independent of political, partisan, and government organizations.

To effect change for the Commonwealth's most vulnerable children and youth, we work to improve state services for children, push for needed legislation and, when necessary, take legal action. We research and document unmet needs, evaluate existing programs and policies, and act as a catalyst to link individuals and groups around common concerns. MCC educates the general public and professionals through conferences, workshops, demonstration projects, publications, public opinion polling, and the media.

Merrimack Valley Habitat for Humanity:

Merrimack Valley Habitat for Humanity is a non-profit homebuilder and ecumenical Christian housing organization. Merrimack Valley Habitat for Humanity works in partnership with people in need to build and renovate decent, affordable housing. The houses then are sold to those families in need at no profit and with no interest charged.

Communities served by Merrimack Valley habitat include: (in Massachusetts): Amesbury, Andover, Boxford, Bradford, Byfield, Georgetown, Groveland, Haverhill, Lawrence, Merrimac, Methuen, Middleton, Newbury, Newburyport, North Andover, North Reading, Salisbury, West Boxford West Newbury; (in New Hampshire): Atkinson, Plaistow, Salem.

For more information, please visit our website.

Newburyport Friends for Peace:

FRIENDS for PEACE... supporting diversity and tolerance.

Friends for Peace, Inc. is non-profit organization whose mission is to the raise funds for the City of Newburyport's diversity initiates in order to promote inclusion, tolerance and diversity and end discrimination in our community.

Newburyport Howard Benevolent Society:

The Newburyport Howard Benevolent Society, established in 1819, gives financial assistance to people in serious need. Recipients must be residents of Newburyport. Assistance is, in general, not meant to continue indefinitely.

A short application form establishes particular financial needs and eligibility, as well as giving authority to verify information and share it with other charities that may be able to help. Call 978-462-4158 for an application.

If you, or a Newburyport friend or family member, may need such assistance, please call. We would rather avoid problems by helping early, than hear about them only after the bills are overwhelming. But even if they are, please call.

Our Neighbors' Table:

• Our Neighbors' Table, PO Box 592, 145 Main Street, Amesbury, MA 01913
• Office: (978) 388-1907
• Rosemary Werner, Executive Director (978) 835-3016
• Joan Bukoskey, Assistant Director (978) 790-8073

Our Neighbors' Table is a non-profit organization serving the greater Amesbury area since 1991. We rent kitchen and dining facilities from the Main Street Congregational Church, but remain a distinctly separate organization.

Our programs include: Wednesday Night Meals, Meals to Go, Food Pantry, Mobile Food Pantry, USDA Program, Sunday Night Soups, Food Stamp Applications, Emergency Bags, Back to School Backpacks and School Supplies, Holiday Meals, and Easter Baskets. Please visit our website for more information about these programs.

The Pettengill House, Inc.:

The mission statement of the Pettengill House is to support and coordinate community services in the greater Salisbury community empowering people of all ages through advocacy, prevention education and direct services.

Building upon this goal, the Pettengill House implements the Massachusetts Department of Education School Link Service model "to ensure that all children come to school ready to learn." In this regard we support a strong community partnership with a wrap around service model, to support children and families within area schools and their community.

St. Vincent de Paul Society

Immaculate Conception Church Parish Center, 978-234-7416

Salvation Army:

40 Water Street, Newburyport 978-465-0883 .

The basic social services developed by William Booth have remained an outward visible expression of the Army's strong religious principles. In addition, new programs that address contemporary needs have been established. Among these are disaster relief services, day care centers, summer camps, holiday assistance, services for the aging, AIDS education and residential services, medical facilities, shelters for battered women and children, family and career counseling, vocational training, correction services, and substance abuse rehabilitation. More than 30 million a year are aided in some form by services provided by The Salvation Army.

Youth Empowerment Services:

Youth Empowerment Services provides programs and resources to schools, camps and youth serving organizations to empower youth create help create peaceable conditions in which all young people and adults feel safe and respected; to teach skills in communication; community building; conflict resolution; and cooperative leadership.

CHURCHES:

• Newburyport Churches
• Amesbury Monthly Meeting
• Annunciation Greek Orthodox
• Belleville Congregational Church
• Central Congregational Church
• Christian Science
• Congregation Ahavas Achim
• First Religious Unitarian Universalist
• Hope Community Church
• Immaculate Conception
• Old South Church
• St. Paul's Church