The Boston Warm Day Center at Old South Church is open! The atmosphere has been peaceful. Guests have rested, read, slept, chatted. We’ve gone through a lot of coffee and snacks! And we’ve filled 60 storage lockers with people’s possessions, so far. This is a HUGE service we’ve been able to offer to those who otherwise would have to carry all of their possessions with them to doctor’s appointments, job interviews, and work, and people have been so thankful for it. If that weren’t enough, the Boston Warm Day Center at Emmanuel Church opens this Monday! So, we need your help…

Donations: Financial resources are critical. With your $43 donation, we can purchase a storage bin ($40) and a padlock ($3), where those people displaced from Long Island can store their belongings. You can literally take some weight off of another persons shoulders. Address checks to: City Mission Society, 14 Beacon Street, #203, Boston MA 02108 with Boston Warm on the memo line.

Material needs: Boston Warm day centers are in need of the following material donations:

• Food: sandwiches, hard-boiled eggs, fruit, baked goods, granola bars and other non-perishable snacks, juice boxes, canned food with pop-top lids.
• Bulk Items: ground coffee, sugar packets, coffee cups, plates, napkins, wet wipes.
• Water cooler water jugs.
• Pillowcases and fleece blankets for the nap room.

  $5.00 CharlieCards to help guests get to appointments and job interviews

• Hygiene kits (in ziploc bags, containing items like soap, toothbrush, toothpaste, washcloth, deodorant, comb, shampoo, tissues, hand sanitizers, feminie hygiene products.
• Socks, and warm hats, gloves, mittens, and scarves.
• Due to space limitations, we cannot accept other clothing donations.