WHS Holiday Drive for Homeless Youth

Alissa Mullen, a freshman at Westwood High School, is organizing a charity drive to collect gifts for homeless youth at Bridge Over Troubled Waters. The pandemic has been particularly hard on homeless families and disadvantaged youth in Greater Boston, so Alissa is striving to give these youth a helping hand for the holidays.

Please join us in providing warm essentials and gift cards for the homeless youth at Bridge Over Troubled Waters. The holidays can be an especially stressful time for Boston's homeless youth, so anything we can do to keep them safe and warm means a lot. The most needed items this winter are socks, hats, gloves, and scarves. Bridge asks for one size fits all so that as many items as possible can be handed out without worrying if they will fit. Gift cards are also needed so that youth can buy something they especially want during the holidays. Make sure to drop off donations any time before December 11th. All help is greatly appreciated!

What is this drive about?
We offer contact-free drop off boxes at the main lobby of Westwood High School. You can drop off any of the items listed below from November 2nd to December 11th

• new socks
• new hats, gloves, and scarves
• $10 gift cards to Primark, TJ Maxx, or Marshall's

What is Bridge Over Troubled Waters?

Bridge is Boston’s foremost agency providing life-changing services for homeless, runaway, and at-risk youth throughout Greater Boston who are 14 to 24 years old. Bridge connects with 2,000 youth each year through street outreach, runaway intervention, emergency services on the Mobile Medical Van, counseling, education, career development, and housing.