The Friends of the Tewksbury Public Library makes possible the programs residents love from the library, including passes for free admissions to museums and state parks, cultural programs including author visits, children’s and teens’ summer reading and much more. Annually, the FoTPL fund over $20,000 worth of programs and services that are not covered by the Town budget. 

Lazarus House has worked to break the cycle of poverty in the Merrimack Valley since opening its doors as an emergency homeless shelter in 1983. The group provides food, clothing, housing and advocacy via St. Martha’s Food Pantry, which supplies emergency groceries to over 1,200 families each week, and the Good Shepherd Soup Kitchen, which provides meals for more than 300 people every day. 

Project Home Again’s mission is to “turn houses into homes” for low-income families by providing, free of charge, the new and gently used household goods, furniture and small appliances necessary to live with comfort and dignity. The group uses cash donations to purchase critical items, such as new pots and pans, and to supplement donated household goods.