A Brush With Kindness

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Our Mission

“A Brush With Kindness” brings resources, volunteers and homeowners to come together and help with small projects such as yard clean up or painting a solid structure that needs a little TLC. Our program brings volunteers from service groups, businesses, congregations and community agencies to help low income homeowners who are challenged by age, disability or circumstance.

To qualify for our A Brush with Kindness program, you must:

1. Be an owner-occupied homeowner and complete the application form, any person living in the household (over age 18) should complete all sections of the application,

2. Have lived or worked in our service area for at least one year: Assonet, Attleboro, Bellingham, Berkley, Dighton, East Freetown, Fall River, Foxboro, Franklin, Mansfield, Norfolk, North Attleboro, Norton, Plainville, Raynham, Rehoboth, Seekonk, Somerset, Swansea, Taunton and Wrentham.

3. Scope of work requested must match our program resources – we are taking applications at this time for home exterior projects with a materials limit of $500.

4. Meet the following HUD Median income guidelines: Click Here. 

5. Have secure employment, good credit, legal residency, no felony convictions and no more than one conviction for a misdemeanor,

6. All able-bodied homeowners and residents of the home are required to work alongside volunteers. Homeowners and residents are expected to be cooperative partners with staff and volunteers.