Our Summer 2008 Clothing Drive at the Somerville Community Growing Center was a tremendous success. Neighbors, friends, other nonprofits, and colleagues donated 1,594 pounds of clothing, shoes and accessories to help people in need in Somerville and Cambridge while supporting a small, local nonprofit.

We exceeded our expectations, filling an extra large cargo van with your generous donations.

Thanks to the City of Cambridge's Recycling Program, Second Chances is able to recycle all plastic bags and paper packaging from these drives as well.

It was great to meet so many of you at the clothing drive. We are already thinking about doing this again in the fall, so keep watching our website for news.

Other ways you can help
Second Chances is entering its fourth year of operation and our needs are still immense. Right now, our biggest obstacle is funding - while we can operate on a small scale with volunteer labor and donated space and materials, we need to raise the funds to staff our program and become fully operational. Second Chances can benefit from financial contributions to support and expand our programs and operations. Financial contributions are 100% tax-deductible.

If you are interested in making a financial contribution, please send it to us separately.
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