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Concord Prison Outreach’s Holiday Gift Bags
Deliver Hope To Inmates
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Concord Prison Outreach, a nonprofit that offers programs focusing on education, personal growth and increased opportunity for incarcerated people, is sponsoring holiday gift bags this season, according to a community announcement.
A $16 donation provides a bag filled with essentials and a greeting card, gifts that provide a reminder to those in prison that they’re not forgotten. The organization is seeking donations to help bring hope and human connection to incarcerated individuals, according to the announcement.
Concord Prison Outreach is sponsoring holiday gift bags to be given to incarcerated individuals.
The holiday gift bags program has been a staple of Concord Prison Outreach for nearly 40 years. This year, the organization is working with the Massachusetts Department of Correction to create 3,500 bags for inmates in the northern sector, according to the announcement. This includes facilities such as the Northeastern Correctional Center in Concord; North Central Correctional Institute in Gardner; MCI-Shirley; MCI-Framingham; and Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center in Lancaster.
About 150 volunteers and faith-based communities are assembling gift bags, according to the announcement. Each bag contains toiletries like shampoo, toothpaste, deodorant, soap and lotion. Additionally, recipients will receive a pad of paper, a calendar and a greeting card.
