Project Ellie promotes tolerance and encourages kind and charitable acts.

Project Ellie began on the streets of Boston on Dec 21, 2014, and soon after began accepting donations for the homeless. Since then and through trial and error, our main focus today is on the Walking in His Shoes middle and high school project, andGift Card and Gift Bag Item Drives for businesses and communities. We will continue to look for opportunities to promote tolerance, spread kindness, and help those who are less fortunate.

Our Mission

Project Ellie provides opportunities for individuals and groups to perform kind deeds and participate in charitable acts to benefit those who are less fortunate.

 

What We Do

In Schools (grades 7-12)

  • Provide an avenue for students and staff to get involved in charitable giving by hosting a Walking in His Shoes Sock Drive.

  • Provide an avenue for students to experience first hand the meaningfulness of helping folks living on the streets.

  • Provide an avenue for students and staff to get involved in spreading kindness by holding a day of kindness.

  • Promote nonjudgmental thinking by holding a Walking in His Shoes essay writing contest.

In Businesses

  • Provide an avenue for businesses to hold a gift card drive.

  • Provide an avenue for businesses to put a team of employees together to assemble and distribute gift bags.

In General

  • Raise funds to help individuals and organizations in need. Pine Street Inn, New England’s largest homeless services provider, and Bridge Over Troubled Waters, Boston’s only homeless shelter for teens, are frequent recipients of our donations.

  • Collect gift cards to distribute to homeless individuals and to organizations who can use them meaningfully.

  • Collect new hats, gloves, scarves, and socks for the homeless.

  • Encourage donation drives in Project Ellie's name.