Tag: volunteers

  • Helping Hands: South Shore Advocacy Group Provides Food and Clothing to Boston’s Homeless

    Helping Hands: South Shore Advocacy Group Provides Food and Clothing to Boston’s Homeless

    On the Boston Common, 85 homeless people recently received food and clothes thanks to a homeless advocacy group from the South Shore. The Hingham-based community group Community Offering Practical Encouragement, or C.O.P.E, held its second annual family day to help the homeless of Greater Boston while they endured a cold and rainy April weekend. From…

  • A Cold Weather Message from C.O.P.E.

    A Cold Weather Message from C.O.P.E.

    Photo: Sushant Bhosale This weekend’s weather forecast looks bleak, especially for those who call the streets their home. Expected windchill factors could be as low as -23 degrees. I’m feeling a sense of anxiety and urgency. Not for me, but for our friends who will not have a safe and warm place to go as…