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McMenamin Volunteers at Cradles to Crayons as Part of Community Connect 2014

April 3rd, 2014 by Catie McMenamin

On April 1st, Catie McMenamin participated in Community Connect 2014, where she volunteered at Cradles to Crayons with over 100 other members of the CRE Industry. She worked in the Library, where she inspected books for “like-new” quality, sorted them into age groups and created bundles of five books to go into customized “KidPacks”. She and the seven other volunteers in the Library helped 132 children in just two hours.

She chose to work in the Library over other departments such as toys, clothes, shoes, and arts and crafts because of her love of books.

“It was fun to find my old favorites while I was sorting,” McMenamin said. “Plus I could scope out new books my kids might like!”

Catie’s favorite childhood book: Green Eggs and Ham… or maybe Because A Little Bug Went Ka-Choo

The event was organized by NAIOP Massachusetts, the commercial real estate development association.

Cradles to Crayons provides children from birth through age 12, living in homeless or low-income situations, with the essential items they need to thrive – at home, at school and at play. They supply these items free of charge by engaging and connecting communities that have with communities that need.

More than 305,000 Massachusetts children 12 years old and younger live in poor or low-income households. In any given year, more than 100,000 Massachusetts children will experience homelessness.