In April, we launched our Crisis Response Campaign to support our ongoing response to the humanitarian crisis in Massachusetts. This spring, we launched two new pilot partnerships to expand our services to moms, children, and infants experiencing homelessness.
In March, we made our first delivery to the Eliot Community Human Services MSPCC Early Arrival Program in Revere to serve nearly 60 heavily pregnant moms in shelter. In the first month of our pilot partnership, EIGHT of those moms gave birth! The newborn and postpartum period can be a fragile time for all new moms and babies, but even more so for moms bringing their newborns home to a shelter. We're providing essentials for health, comfort, and dignity for the moms and newborns to support a strong and healthy start in life and motherhood.
In April, we launched a new pilot partnership with Voices Against Violence (VAV), a domestic violence shelter operated by South Middlesex Opportunity Council (SMOC)! We are providing clothing and hygiene essentials to survivors of domestic violence and their children.
We also made our first delivery to Winthrop Elementary School in Dorchester in May, providing clothing, new shoes, socks, and Dignity Bags full of hygiene products to 50 students experiencing homelessness and living in shelters. Many of these students have had to move frequently from shelter to shelter, and having reliable access to basic necessities gives them a small sense of stability. We're proud to provide essentials to keep them healthy and safe and enable them to attend school comfortably and confidently.
