Glastonbury Abbey volunteers honored for supporting formerly homeless women in Quincy
HINGHAM – A group of volunteers from Hingham’s Glastonbury Abbey monastery has been recognized by Father Bill’s and MainSpring for its ongoing support of Claremont House, a Quincy home for 12 formerly homeless women.
Father Bill’s presented its Richard C. and Virginia A. Welch Dedicated Volunteer Award to the group, known as the Claremont House Team, for providing home-cooked meals, in-kind donations, birthday celebrations and holiday cheer to residents. The volunteer group consists of more than 30 women of the monastery community.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, the volunteers have regularly supported the residents of Claremont House by delivering bagged lunches and prepared dinners. The volunteers also support residents by visiting with cake and gifts on birthdays, wish list gifts during the Christmas holidays and donating household items to residents moving out on their own.
Father Bill’s and MainSpring president and CEO John Yazwinski said the volunteer group will have a lasting impact on the residents of Claremont House.
“The Claremont House Team from Glastonbury Abbey has been a beacon of hope and positivity for the women at Claremont House,” Yazwinski said in a statement. “Particularly during the darkest days of this pandemic, our agency relied on the generosity of our donors and volunteers to step up for our most vulnerable neighbors.”
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Mayre Hammond, Ellie Devine and Brother Dan Walters have helped lead the Claremont House Team.
“We’ve got a very generous, open-hearted group of people at Glastonbury, who just want to do more,” Hammond, a Weymouth resident, said in a statement. “They are very generous with their time and resources to share their gifts and blessing with people who aren’t as fortunate.”
Father Bill’s and MainSpring is a nonprofit focused on providing services to prevent and end homeless in southern Massachusetts. The agency helps more than 5,000 people annually who are experiencing or at risk of homelessness, and runs Quincy's only homeless shelter.
Father Bill's provides case management services to the women living at Claremont House, a property owned by the nonprofit NeighborWorks Housing Solutions.
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