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 Household Goods Recycling of Massachusetts (HGRM)
When Ira and Barbara Smith heard about a woman from El Salvador who had fled her country after nine neighbors were assassinated, they put out a call to neighbors and friends, and soon outfitted her apartment. That was in 1990. The Smiths never meant for their efforts to lead to the birth of HGRM, an organization that now helps over 300 individuals and families every month by accepting and redistributing donations of household items free of charge. Rather, they simply wanted to help people in need—one after the next. They set up an exchange point in their basement, carport, and driveway, and for nine years ran to cover couches and beds with tarps when the weather turned bad. As the quantity of donated goods grew, they needed storage space—they found it first in a church basement, and finally in their current facility in Acton. Read More»
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