December 2013 Quick Links  Our Website Services Contact Us Support Us Solutions at Work serves 5,500 homeless and low-income people annually. Our programs are at maximum capacity and we are in the heartbreaking position of having to turn people away.     Please make a financial contribution today. With your support, we will help even more people achieve self-sufficiency. Dear Friend of Solutions at Work, Today marks the second annual #GivingTuesday, a special day to kick off the giving season. Your holiday season can be about more than merely giving or getting. It can be about participating. We invite you to participate in Solutions at Work's efforts to end homelessness by making a financial contribution today. As you likely know, Solutions at Work provides the following resources to 5,500 homeless and low-income people annually to help them achieve self-sufficiency: --Professional Attire --Children's Clothing, Books, and Toys --Computers --Moving Services What you may not know is that, unlike most nonprofit organizations, we intentionally call the people who receive these resources "participants" rather than "clients" or "consumers." This is because most of the people we serve help others who are living in poverty by giving back to Solutions at Work. Even our youngest participants seize opportunities to help others in need. Recently twenty children who receive clothing, books, and toys from Solutions at Work painted vases that were auctioned off at our Third Annual Gala. As you can tell from the photos below, the children approached their work with unforgettable enthusiasm and care. They are so proud of the fact that their efforts generated $10,200 for Solutions at Work, and rightly so! Please join the children who helped raise funds for Solutions at Work by making a financial contribution today. We truly appreciate your continued interest and participation.  Happy Holidays,  Lauren Corduck Executive Director Odessa, a three-year-old girl from Cambridge, loves to run and dreams of being a doctor when she grows up. Zacharias, a six-year-old boy from Cambridge, loves to play baseball and dreams of being a scientist when he grows up. Above photos courtesy of Cara Soulia Photography.  Joanne, the lucky guest at our Third Annual Gala who won the vase that Zacharias (pictured above) painted. Photo courtesy of � Teresa Coates.