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Glee Gifts Partners with Birthday Wishes

The Canton gift shop is helping homeless children throughout the New England area.

One Canton gift shop is helping birthday dreams come true for local homeless children.

is partnering with Birthday Wishes, a Boston-based nonprofit organization that provides birthday parties for homeless children throughout Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Long Island, New York.    

“Unfortunately, children living in homeless shelters miss out on many of the typical childhood traditions, including the celebration of a birthday party,” said Ann Foley-Collins, owner of . “People come to Glee Gifts to buy special birthday presents. We see firsthand what excitement a birthday party and birthday gift can bring to a child, and want to do our part to help ensure that homeless children are able to experience this simple joy.”

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For the balance of 2012, Glee Gifts will donate $1 to Birthday Wishes for each Lolita wine glass sold; will have Birthday Wishes items for sale with proceeds benefiting Birthday Wishes; and will host an event in March at the Mansfield store donating 10% of the proceeds from that day to Birthday Wishes.

“Birthday Wishes is celebrating its 10th Birthday this year,” said Rachel Calabrese, Southeastern Massachusetts Birthday Wishes Coordinator, “and we couldn’t be more pleased than to have Glee Gifts’ support. Ann and the Glee girls understand firsthand how special birthdays are to customers of all ages. It is a wonderful match!”

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About Birthday Wishes: Founded in 2002 as a volunteer organization serving one Boston shelter, last year more than 10,000 children experienced the joy of a birthday party thanks to the incredible support of a grassroots network of volunteers who do everything from bake cakes and donate toys to run the parties. For more information about Birthday Wishes and its 10th birthday celebration activities, please visit www.birthdaywishes.org.

-Press release by Glee Gifts.


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