With support from community businesses, Parent Talk was able to provide some important services to area families. Parent Talk s Clothing, Toy and Equipment Sale is a fund-raising event. The sale, however, is also a multilevel community service. Shoppers are able to purchase needed clothing, toys and equipment at substantial savings off retail prices, and the proceeds received by Parent Talk help fund its monthly newsletter, Parent Talk Matters, as well as its parenting lecture series and other family-oriented events.
All unsold merchandise is donated to local charities.
This season, Parent Talk donated, for the first time, to an organization called New Day, which is a safe house for women fleeing abusive situations. At New Day, women and their children are given housing and support while being assisted toward independence. They were happy to receive maternity clothing and baby equipment. Parent Talk also donated clothing once again to the Boston University Grow Clinic, via the Unitarian Church, which helps families of infants diagnosed with failure to thrive.