Gratitude Project - United Way of Massachusetts Bay

Calling The Doers!

Because need knows no season, The Gratitude Project provides year-round opportunities to join supply drives, fundraisers, and volunteer opportunities. The Gratitude Project is United Way’s inclusive, community-centered invitation for our partners—donors, corporate partners, policy makers, community members, and government agencies —to increase resource accessibility in some of our most vulnerable communities.

Holiday Gratitude Project Events

CORPORATE VOLUNTEERING EVENTS

Employee engagement through philanthropy and volunteerism strengthens employee relationships, morale, and even builds critical skill sets and expertise. Contact us for more information.

FUNDRAISING
The Gratitude Project’s Holiday Food Essentials

For 25 years, The Gratitude Project Holiday Essentials Drive (formerly Thanksgiving Project) has supported families who must choose between putting food on their tables or paying their bills. Support United Way’s 25th Gratitude Project today!

GIVE TODAY!

CORPORATE VOLUNTEERING EVENTS

Employee engagement through philanthropy and volunteerism strengthens employee relationships, morale, and even builds critical skill sets and expertise. Contact us for more information.

FUNDRAISING
The Gratitude Project’s Holiday Food Essentials

GIVE TODAY!

The Gratitude Project: Holiday Food Essentials

November 19-22, 2024 Boston Convention & Exhibition Center

Sponsor

Volunteer Opportunities

Tuesday, November 19, 2024

Private Equity & Venture Capital Industry Night

6:00 - 9:00 PM Join professionals from the PE/VC industry and their guests for an evening of networking and hands-on volunteering! For questions, please contact Mirayah Cheek at mcheek@supportunitedway.org or learn more about sponsorship!

Wednesday, November 20, 2024

Friends & Family Day

9:00 AM - 4:30 PM SHIFTS FULL The Gratitude Project’s Holiday Food Essentials Distribution is a unique opportunity to volunteer with your loved ones during the holiday season. This is a 90-minute, family-friendly packing shift during Friends and Family Day, where we’ll be assembling bags of holiday food items to be distributed directly to families in Attleboro, Dorchester, Lowell, Lynn, Quincy, Roxbury, and Taunton.

Thursday, November 21, 2024

Young Professionals Night

6:00 - 9:00 PM Hey young professionals—Join over 300 of your peers for an evening of giving back. Network with other young professionals in Greater Boston while packing food to nourish families across our region. For questions, please contact Molly Cullen at mcullen@supportunitedway.org or sponsor the night!

Leadership Opportunities

Wednesday, November 20, 2024

Friends & Family Night

5:30 - 7:30 PM Grab your friends and family for a fun evening of service, packing meal bags for local families! For questions, please contact Aimee Sanchez at asanchez@supportunitedway.org.

Saturday, November 23, 2024

Holiday Food Essentials
Distribution Day

Attleboro, Dorchester, Lowell, Lynn, Quincy, and Taunton Join us as we distribute 10,000 meal kits throughout our region just in time for the holidays! For questions, please contact Mirayah Cheek at mcheek@supportunitedway.org.

In 2023, our holiday distribution:

United

21 communities, 250 donors, and 900 volunteers

Distributed

106,400 pounds of food, $195,000 in grants, and 9,500 gift cards

Raised

$687,000+ in emergency assistance that went immediately back into the community

Supported

more than 16,000 families!

Gratitude In Action