Horizons For Homeless Children Receives Holiday Donation From WinterWyman To Provide Toys & Books To Children

Waltham, Massachusetts (December 27, 2013) — WinterWyman, a Waltham, MA-based recruitment firm announced today that Horizons for Homeless Children (Horizons), a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the lives of young homeless children and their families by ensuring that they are prepared for school success, was the recipient of the firm’s seventh annual holiday donation.  Past recipients include the American Red Cross, Santa Claus Anonymous, Franciscan Hospital for Children, Cradles to Crayons and the Home for Little Wanderers. 

Horizons will use the $15,000 donation to help provide toys, books and engaging learning opportunities for very young children who experience the trauma of not having a place to call home. 

Horizons for Homeless Children is the only organization in Massachusetts focused exclusively on the needs of young homeless children and their families. They are recognized as a national leader in the education of homeless children and provide high-quality early education, opportunities for play, and family engagement services to more than 3,000 homeless children in Massachusetts.

“This generous gift from WinterWyman will do much to support the work of Horizons for Homeless Children,” said Katherine Carroll Day, Senior Development Officer at Horizons. “We are proud to call WinterWyman a partner in our goal to help homeless children learn, play, and thrive.” 

“WinterWyman actively supports our community through a variety of donations and volunteer work and one of our main community service goals is to make a real difference in the minds, hearts, development and care of children,” said Bob Boudreau, CEO of WinterWyman. “We could think of no better way to celebrate the holidays as a company than to assist Horizons for Homeless Children.” 

For more information about this release, contact Elizabeth Spayne at 781-530-3191 or espayne@winterwyman.com.

About Horizons for Homeless Children

Horizons for Homeless Children is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of young homeless children and their families by ensuring that they are prepared for school success. Horizons provides high quality early education, opportunities for play, and family support services. Today, Horizons serves more than 3,000 young homeless children in Massachusetts through three comprehensive early education centers and 150 shelter-based Playspaces. For more information, please visit www.horizonschildren.org.

About WinterWyman

WinterWyman, a leading recruitment firm for over 40 years, is one of the largest and most recognized recruitment organizations in the Northeast. We specialize in search, contract and contract-to-perm staffing in Accounting & Finance, Human Resources, Information Technology and Software Technology. We service the New England and Metropolitan New York markets with additional technology contracting capabilities nationwide. For more information on WinterWyman, visit www.winterwyman.com.