by Lend A Hand Society Communications Team | Mar 7, 2022 | News
Lend A Hand is here to help seniors who are in need. As we emerge from the Coronavirus Pandemic, many elderly Bostonians are still struggling to pay for basic necessities such as rent and medication. According to a recent article in the Boston Globe, many seniors on...
by Lend A Hand Society Communications Team | Feb 24, 2022 | News
We are excited to announce that LAH has been awarded a Residential Energy Assistance Grant by the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office. This award will help provide relief to residents struggling to pay their heating bills during this challenging time. We are...
by Lend A Hand Society Communications Team | Feb 7, 2022 | News
Thanks to the generosity of our donors, the Lend A Hand Society was able to help even more of our neighbors in 2021 than in past years. As the greater Boston community continued to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic, donors enabled us to make more and larger grants...
by Malaika Moyer | Mar 15, 2021 | News
Katie M. Hart was a pioneer of culture and literacy; a black woman who broke barriers as the first librarian of Hertford County, North Carolina, during the Jim Crow era. This is a bit of her story: In 1931, Katie, then a teacher supervisor, started a small library...
by Malaika Moyer | Mar 8, 2021 | News
Edward Everett Hale is remembered for many things: his religious preachings, his generosity, his patriotism… but mostly his words. That’s why Lend A Hand Society was excited to hear of a recent discovery made by Massachusetts native, Eliot Putnam. While cleaning...
