NEEDHAM COLDWELL BANKER RESIDENTIAL BROKERAGE AND BERNIE & PHYL'S FURNITURE COLLECTING TOYS FOR CHILDREN IN NEED

NEEDHAM, Mass.  (Nov. 13, 2013) — The Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage office in Needham, is pleased to once again join with Bernie & Phyl’s Furniture to collect toys as part of The Home for Little Wanderers’ Big Wishes Gift Drive. Big Wishes is one of the Boston area’s oldest and largest toy drives, supporting children and families who are living in at-risk circumstances and are served by The Home’s programs across Boston and Eastern Massachusetts.

Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage and Bernie & Phyl’s Furniture encourage neighbors throughout the community to drop off new, unwrapped toys at the Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage office located at One Chapel Street, and any Bernie & Phyl’s store in Massachusetts. The Coldwell Banker offices are accepting donations now through Monday, December 16, 2013. 

“The Home serves children and families with limited financial means who often struggle to afford basic necessities, and the holiday season can be extremely challenging for them. By donating a toy or other gift, we are helping to make the holiday wishes of thousands of children and families supported by The Home come true,” said Bill Dermody, sales manager of the Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage office in Needham.

The Home needs gifts for children ranging in age from birth to 22-years, with an urgent need for gifts for the 14- to 18-year-old teenagers in its care. To help meet the challenge of providing suitable holiday gifts for the teens that The Home serves, Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage and Bernie & Phyl’s also welcome donations of gift cards. Some suggested places for purchasing gift cards are music stores and clothing outlets such as Target, Marshalls, T.J. Maxx, or Walmart, and online retailers for personal care items, electronics and sporting goods.

To learn more about ways to help The Home this holiday season, including how you can pledge a gift from a child’s personal wish list or shop from a general list and have the gift delivered free of charge directly to The Home’s Toy Room, visit www.thehome.org/bigwishes.

About Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage

Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage is the largest residential real estate brokerage company in New England. With 4,000 sales associates and staff in approximately 80 office locations, the organization serves consumers in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire and Maine. Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage is part of NRT LLC, the nation’s largest residential real estate brokerage company.  For more information, please visit www.NewEnglandMoves.com.

About The Home for Little Wanderers

For more than 200 years, The Home for Little Wanderers has earned a reputation for doing whatever it takes to strengthen vulnerable families and keep children safe in their communities, even when they don’t have family support. Serving children and youth from birth to 22, The Home makes a positive impact on over 7,000 lives across Boston and Eastern Massachusetts each year through a network of behavioral health services, therapeutic residential, special education, adoption and foster care. Additionally, a number of innovative programs provide specialized assistance to youth transitioning to adulthood from state systems of care. We continuously measure the impact of our work to develop and enhance our programs. We never give up on children. And we don’t let children give up on themselves. For more information, visit www.thehome.org.

About Bernie & Phyl’s Furniture

Bernie & Phyl’s Furniture is a privately owned furniture retailer based in Norton, Massachusetts.  The family run business currently has eight stores in New England: Braintree, MA; Hyannis, MA; Nashua, NH; Natick, MA; Raynham, MA; Saugus, MA; Warwick, RI; and Westboro, MA.  Bernie & Phyl’s Furniture received the prestigious Better Business Bureau Local Torch Award for Excellence in 2011, 2009, 2007, and 2004, which is given to companies that embody the highest ethical standards.  In 2002, the company was named “Retailer of the Year” by the National Home Furnishings Association, which is the highest honor in the retail home furnishings industry.  The company ranks among the Top 100 furniture stores in the country according to Furniture/Today magazine.