News and Events – It Takes a Village

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Special Events

We are so excited to able to host our back to school event this year! Pop over to the Village Closet to grab supplies you may need; backpack, crayons, a couple pairs of jeans for the playground! We look forward to seeing you. Reminder- everything is 100% FREE; no income or residency requirements.

Please note: one backpack per child!

If you are interested in donating items to the back to school event for local students and their families- please visit our Amazon wishlist- https://amzn.to/3OnHXQC

During the month of August, United Way Diaper Bank will be hosting a Diaper Drive for families of Hampshire and Franklin counties. It Takes a Village is happy to have four drop off sites for you to utilize:

1) It Takes a Village- 2 East Main Street, Huntington, MA 01050

2) St John’s Episcopal Church – 6 South Street, Ashfield, MA 01330

3) Dollar General- 45 Blandford Stage Road, Russell, MA 01071

4) Wild Garden of Childhood- 11 Ormond Drive, Florence MA 01062

Drop-off new or clean, opened packages of diapers or pull-ups at the listed locations. New packages of wipes are also needed. Any diapers that we collect, we are able to keep for It Takes a Village families.
 
Visit https://uw-fh.org/diaper-drive for more info!

In the News

The Daily Hampshire Gazette, September 2018

“Village Closet seeking volunteers for holiday toy distribution” 22 News, December 2021
“Local organization helps new parents find their ‘Village’,” Mass Appeal WWLP, February 2018
“Expert to lead workshop on electronic use among youth,” from the Daily Hampshire Gazette, September 8, 2018
“Opinion: Helping Hands,” from the Daily Hampshire Gazette, September 3, 2018
“It Takes a Village” from The Daily Hampshire Gazette, August 26, 2018
“It Takes a Village, Village Closet,” from iBerkshires.com, July 2, 2018
“Village Closet hits $100K mark in donations,” from the Daily Hampshire Gazette, June 23, 2018.
“It Takes a Village”, from The Berkshire Eagle, June 19, 2018
Valley Gives PSA, New England Public Radio, May 2018
LGBTQIA+ Families, Mass Appeal WWLP, May 2018
“It Takes a Village rolls out film series, new groups”, from The Daily Hampshire Gazette, February 12, 2018
“Family support agency hosting open house”, Berkshire Eagle, September 2017
“United Way Diaper Drive PSA”, Hits 94.3, June 2017
“Nonprofit seeks backpack donations for foster kids”, from The Daily Hampshire Gazette, June 2017
“Backpack Drive PSA”, Hits 94.3, June 2017
“United Way grants awarded”, The Daily Hampshire Gazette, June 2017
“Women’s Fellowship Follow-Up – It Takes a Village”, from the Westhampton town Newsletter, November 2016
“Agency offers free support to moms”, Springfield Republics, November 2016
“It Takes a Village: More than a Proverb in the Hilltowns of Western Massachusetts”, from Vida Leche Amour, October 2016
“Village Closet offers free items to young families”, from The Country Journal, October 2016

It Takes a Village’s programs are always 100% free to families, regardless of income or circumstance. We rely on sponsors, grantors, and generous individuals to keep it that way.

Do you want to keep these programs free?