The Holliston Community Action Fund (HCAF) is conducting a unique and interesting
fundraiser this holiday season. HCAF is taking “slightly used but very loved” stuffed animals
and packaging them with a unique individual story (attached to their collar) and placed into a
holiday box and lovingly gift wrapped. These rescue pets will be donated to several toy-
collecting organizations to be given to children in need in ours and surrounding communities.
This is our “Holiday Rescue Pet” Project.

As this is a fundraiser for the Holliston Community Action Fund, we are looking for people in
our community to SPONSOR a rescue pet. Sponsorship for a rescue pet is $30 and all
proceeds go to the Holliston Community Action Fund. Sponsors will be listed on the packages
if you desire along with listing on our website and all of our publications.
Sign up to sponsor a pet today at www.HollistonCommunityAction.org. Our goal this holiday
season is to donate 200 rescue pets to children in need.

COME SEE US ON SATURDAY NOVEMBER 25TH: HCAF students will be building Rescue
Pet Packages at our “Holiday Workshop” at 747 Washington from 10am-5pm during the
Downtown Holiday Stroll.  We will be accepting sponsorships there as well. Please come
down to visit and see our HCAF Student Division hard at work!

The HCAF works hard to provide short term emergency financial assistance to residents
requesting assistance through the town department, Holliston Youth and Family Services. The
type of assistance that has been awarded over the past year includes paying of utility and
phone bills, heating bills, car payments, Christmas gifts for needy families, driver’s education
and insurance costs, school lunch bills, rent, mortgage, and health bills, just to name a few
categories of need. The HCAF was particularly honored to receive $75,000 of CARES Act
funding through the Town of Holliston in 2020-21 to provide mortgage and rent assistance to
families suffering job loss and health crises during the pandemic with the expert assistance of
the Holliston Youth and Family Services Office. Every penny of this assistance grant was
quickly assessed and used for this relief.

How does a resident ask for assistance? There is a determination of need, performed by the
Youth and Family Services Office of Holliston. If you are a community member in need of
emergency assistance, please contact , Allegra Denehy, LICSW,Holliston Youth and Family
Services at (508) 429-0620 or at https://www.townofholliston.us/youth-and-family-services

Donations are gratefully accepted in any amount at any time, online at https://hollistoncommunityaction.org