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Hands to Help distributes school supplies to hundreds of children
August 8
Nearly 400 school children received back-to-school supplies thanks to Merrimack College’s Hands to Help/Manos Para Ayuda neighborhood resource center working with St. Mary of the Assumption Church’s St. Vincent de Paul Society in Lawrence, Mass. Aug. 4.
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Mary Immaculate grant aids Hands to Help’s work
March 1
Merrimack College’s Hands to Help neighborhood resource center will use a grant from Mary Immaculate Health/Care Services of Lawrence to deliver “basic needs kits” to area homeless.
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Merrimack fills Santa’s sleigh
December 14
Merrimack College has run a successful toy drive this Christmas through the Hands to Help program and the Office of Development and Alumni Relations, to make sure many children in Lawrence, Mass. have a happy yuletide this year.
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Merrimack. St. Mary’s of Lawrence open Hands to Help resource center
October 1
LAWRENCE — Merrimack College’s new Hands to Help/Manos Para Ayudar neighborhood resource center is born of the Catholic, Augustinian values that underlie both the college and St. Mary of the Assumption parish.
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Manos para Ayudar abrió en St. Mary
September 5

Manos para ayudar es una asociación entre Merrimack College y la Parroquia Santa María de la Asunción en el servicio a la comunidad. Aquí están cortando la cinta
para inaugurar la oficina con sede en el convento de la iglesia:

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Merrimack College Partners with St. Mary of the Assumption Parish for “Hands to Help”
August 5
In partnership with St. Mary of the Assumption Parish, Merrimack College is opening Hands to Help, a community resource center, based out of the church’s friary. This partnership joins two Augustinian entities in an effort to assist and empower the underserved members of our community.
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