Easter Bunny Helpers 2017
On Saturday March 18, 2017 a team of volunteers, predominantly under the age of 10, assembled over 400 Easter Baskets for the children served by Interfaith’s food pantry. Over 2,000 lbs. of candy and small toys were donated by community...
Feed the Hungry Gala 2016
What a night! On Friday December 9, 2016 over 500 guests filled Granite Links' Ballroom in Quincy Massachusetts to set another fundraising record for Interfaith Social Services. Over $300,000 was raised to provide food, mental health counselling and emergency assistance...
Charlene Manning – Interfaith Social Services’ 2016 Community Hero of the Year
Charlene Manning of Quincy will receive Interfaith Social Services Community Hero of the Year award at our Feed the Hungry Gala on Friday December 9th. Since 1947 Interfaith Social Services has been a safety net for South Shore families in need....
Una Armstrong – New Directions Counseling Center Therapist
Una Armstrong received her Bachelor’s degree in Business Management and Sociology from Emmanuel College in 1984. Following graduation she immediately started working for a software sales company. After working in the field of business for a few years she felt...
Kerry MacDonald – New Directions Counseling Center Therapist
Kerry MacDonald has a master’s degree from Simmons School of Social Work. She has been a therapist since 2001 and began seeing clients through Interfaith’s New Directions Counseling Center in 2010. Her areas of expertise include: working with adults who...
Elizabeth Wagner – New Directions Counseling Center Therapist
Elizabeth Wagner is a licensed mental health counselor with a Master’s Degree in Family Counseling from Eastern Nazarene College. She has been a counselor at Interfaith Social Services’ New Directions Counseling Center since 1988. Ms. Wagner is also a supervisor of...
Clara Sparks – Chaplain at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital – Milton
Clara Sparks has journeyed around the world two times. She reached the Arctic Circle on foot with a 12-person expedition. She has traveled 1,000 miles, by ship, up the Amazon River and organized a trek to Mt. Kilimanjaro. She has...
George Fahey – New Directions Counseling Center Therapist
George Fahey is a licensed independent clinical social worker. He received a Bachelor’s Degree in philosophy from St. John’s Seminary, and a Master’s Degree in Social Work from Boston College. George joined the New Direction’s team in 2015. Since 2004,...
Barbara Goodman – New Directions Counseling Center Therapist
Barbara Goodman joined the counseling staff at New Directions Counseling Center in 2002. Â She earned her Masters of Education in Counseling Psychology at Cambridge College. Â Barbara works with children, adolescents, and adults covering a broad spectrum of issues including self-esteem,...
Anne Donovan – New Directions Counseling Center Therapist
Anne Donovan has worked at Interfaith Social Services’ New Directions counseling since 2006. Anne is a licensed (LADC1) and certified (CADC) alcohol and drug abuse counselor with 30 years of experience. From 1989-1994 she completed the Alcohol/Chemical Dependency Program at...
Maureen Richardson – New Directions Counseling Center Therapist
Maureen Richardson is a Registered Nurse and a Licensed Mental Health Counselor. Maureen has been working at Interfaith Social Services’ New Directions Counseling Center since 2004. She will be the first to tell you that in her long and varied...
Volunteer Appreciation Dinner 2016
On Thursday August 4, 2016 eighty of Interfaith Social Services’ volunteers and their loved ones assembled for an evening of food, fun and recognition. Hingham’s Sons of Italy Hall hosted Interfaith Social Services annual Volunteer Appreciation Dinner. Guests enjoyed a...