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The 7th Annual Safe Zones Fill the Bus Toy Drive is taking place this coming Saturday, as the organization teams up with police departments in New Bedford, Acushnet, Dartmouth and Fairhaven to collect toys for local children and families that can't afford gifts.

NEW BEDFORD — The New Bedford Educators Association collected more than $3,900 in donations for their annual winter coat drive. With the donations, the school nursing staffs, who coordinate the drive, were able to purchase more than $5,000 worth of clothing and toiletries for students in need with discounts from local businesses...

While many of us are sitting down to a home-cooked meal with all the fixings this Thanksgiving, there are a number of families throughout Greater New Bedford that won't have that luxury. That's why a group of volunteers began a Thanksgiving Ministry 17 years ago, and are now preparing and delivering over 2,000 turkey dinners...

Mobile Loaves and Fishes is a local non-profit that truly makes a difference in another person's life, especially if that person is down on his luck or has fallen through the cracks of life. If you have any gently used or new warm clothing, socks, boots/shoes, coats, hats, mittens/gloves and blankets, Mobile Loaves and Fishes will distribute them weekly in downtown New Bedford...