In the News!
december 2011
HGRM receives $15,000 grant from Middlesex Savings Charitable Foundation....learn more>>
MassNonprofit.org talks about Sharon Martens being named first Executive Director at Household Goods Recycling....learn more>>.
november 2011
Brandeis business students giving back....learn more>>
october 2011
Littleton resident Sharon Martens named first executive director of HGRM...learn more>>
July 2011
Boston College partners with HGRM for move out day donations of reusable items.
June 2011
The story of HGRM's early days is featured in this podcast interview with Bruce Frankel, author of "What Should I Do with the Rest of My Life?" -- (It starts at about 8 minutes in.) http://thebrassring.net/site/?p=214
April 2011
Chair Auction - Ordinary chairs are being transformed into works of art..
The Boston Globe
The mission of Acton-based Household Goods Recycling of Massachusetts is to provide furniture and other household items free of charge to people in need. So it’s only fitting that for the nonprofit organization’s upcoming benefit auction, ordinary chairs are being transformed into works of art...more
November 2010
Check out this article in the Boston Globe as Citizens Bank salute Barbara and Ira "from the pages of good citizenship" in Giving Families a New Start.
June 2010
Smiths Selected as Gold Honorees by MetLife Foundation Older Volunteers Enrich America Awards Read more from the Senior Journal here...
The Smiths were also the front page story in the June 2010 edition of 50+ Advocate Newspaper
may 2010
HGRM participates in Green Acton's 2nd Annual Drop & Swap Day
April 2010
HGRM named Champion in Action! Citizens Bank and NECN provide $25,000 grant, PR and volunteer support.
Check out the NECN Champion in Action video here
MAY 2009
"Party in the pods" celebrates 20th anniversary of HGRM. Our 20th anniversary celebration, Party in the Pods held in May was a great success!
Click here to read more from the Beacon paper...
April 2, 2009
Old chairs, new art One-of-a-kind castoffs become a blank canvas to benefit local agencyThe Boston Globe
People who have fallen on hard times turn to Household Goods Recycling of Massachusetts for all sorts of used items: couches, mattresses, dishes, microwaves. Last year, the not-for-profit organization based in Acton passed along donated goods to more than 3,400 families. But people don't usually take single wooden chairs. Most households need sets, for a dining room or kitchen table, and when the agency's volunteers checked its inventory recently, they found more than 100 unmatched straight-backed chairs... Read the whole Boston Globe article here.
March 12, 2009
More in Need Going for the Matresses - Demand Outpacing Supply at HGRMThe Beacon Newspaper
On a good day, the mattress room in the Household Goods Recycling of Massachusetts warehouse is overflowing with teetering stacks of innersprings. In another corner, sofas and wingback chairs are sometimes stacked on top of each other, barely leaving enough room for volunteers and clients to sneak past the section of bureaus and wooden tables, all of it destined for families and individuals who cannot afford home furnishings... Read the Beacon article here and watch co-founder Ira Smith's video on YouTube.