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VOAMASS Hosts 26th Annual I Remember Mama Fundraiser
Boston Mayoral Candidates & State Sen. Chang-Diaz Helped Pack 200 Mother's Day Gift Bags for Senior Mothers living in public housing
Volunteers of America of Massachusetts (VOAMASS), a nonprofit that creates opportunities for individuals through residential and outpatient behavioral health treatment, re-entry for justice-involved individuals, veteran services and senior living, hosted the 26th Annual I Remember Mama on May 8, 2021. The event is a signature fundraiser that supports VOAMASS’s substance use recovery programs.
While the event traditionally includes a hotel ballroom brunch for roughly 200 senior mothers living in public housing throughout the City of Boston, because of COVID-19 restrictions, VOAMASS packaged and delivered 200 gift bags to the women as a reminder of how much the community cherishes them.
Two candidates for Mayor of Boston, John Barros and State Rep. Jon Santiago, joined State Senator Sonia Chang-Diaz to help VOAMASS assemble the bags at Shiloh House, a residential recovery center for women with co-occurring behavioral health and substance use disorders in Jamaica Plain.
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