For the past 29 years, Phillips Brooks House has collected gifts and donations during the holiday season for several community-based programs in Cambridge, Somerville, and Boston. This holiday season, the House is running a virtual toy and joy drive to serve a variety of community needs during the winter months.
More than 40 Harvard-based departments and programs have generously supported Harvard’s holiday giving efforts. We are excited to partner with Harvard Chan School of Public Health, Harvard Medical School, Davis Square Martial Arts, Mass General Hospital, Harvard University Retirees Association, and Harvard Extension Students Association on this initiative!
Our community partners have a wide range of needs including books, sports equipment, games, toys, and art supplies. For anyone who would like to support this effort, please visit any of our community partner donation wishlists that are linked below!
Participating Organizations - the online drive closes on December 17th!
- Cambridge Community Center
- Center for Families
- Center for Teen Empowerment
- East End House
- Fidelity House
- Franklin Field (Boston Housing Authority)
- Mission Main Housing
- PBHA's Afterschool Programs (cash donations go toward youth gift purchases - please pick "Other" and list Toy and Joy Drive as the designated option)
- Tobin Community Center
- VietAID
- YWCA Cambridge (wish list fulfilled for 2023)
(Please note that all online purchases will be shipped directly to our partner sites.)
For more information about Harvard’s holiday giving efforts, please contact Travis Lovett at tlovett@fas.harvard.edu.