Friends of Jack Donates Toys to Over 400 SouthCoast Families
As I pulled up to the
Friends of Jack headquarters, I was pleased to see that one of the Mattapoisett Fire engines was on the scene (but for a good reason). The garage doors opened up and there stood a mountain of toys, wrapped up in bags, ready to be delivered to their rightful families. Santa s workshop is the closest metaphor to describe what I saw.
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Each year, Jill Fearons, CEO of the Friends of Jack Foundation, gets together a list of toys from each town and city s police or fire chief and then goes shopping for families from New Bedford, Mattapoisett, Rochester, Fairhaven, and every other SouthCoast community.
The SouthCoast Made This New Bedford Dad Hopeful [HOLIDAY WISH]
Fun 107 and the United Way of Greater New Bedford have been working hard all week long for Holiday Wish week, and today it comes to a close with the Morales family. Benny and Benny Jr. from New Bedford captivated the hearts of the SouthCoast this morning, ending Holiday Wish 2020 on a high note.
Benicio, at 21 years old, was shot in the back seven times in a case of mistaken identity. While he was rushed to the hospital, his girlfriend was complaining of stomach pains, and it was revealed that she was actually pregnant. This gave Benicio the strength to pull through, but unfortunately, he was paralyzed from the chest down and has been in a wheelchair ever since. His girlfriend, Benny Jr. s mother, left because she couldn’t handle Benicio’s disability.