Help these local kids have a happier holiday season!

Photo: 93.9 & 101.5 The River


“The families are so grateful that you are doing it this year!”

The 2021 Cares for Kids program works with Big Brothers, Big Sisters agencies in Brattleboro, Greenfield and Amherst to help provide holiday gifts to over 200 local kids. Won’t you help a local kid have a happier holiday this year?

Please visit our gift list right here. Pick a kid (or kids) to give a gift to. Follow the simple instructions on our site and bring the unwrapped, labeled gift to one of our drop-off locations by Tuesday, December 14th :

Amherst:
Hamshaw Lumber (formerly Leader), 150 College Street (Route 9)
Brattleboro:
Hamshaw Lumber (formerly Leader), 225 Marlboro Road (Route 9)
Greenfield:
Hamshaw Lumber (formerly Leader), 1123 Bernardston Road, (Routes 5 & 10)
Lundgren Honda, 409 Federal Street
Hadley:
UMass Five College Credit Union, 200 Westgate Center Drive
Northampton:
The River studios, 15 Hampton Ave.
UMass Five College Credit Union, 225 King Street

The River’s Cares for Kids campaign is supported by these fine sponsors:

             

All Energy SolarFinck and Perras InsuranceFreedom Credit Union,  Lundgren Auto Group, Hamshaw Lumber, and Nini’s Ristorante.

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