[caption id="attachment_9153" align="alignnone" width="300"]AIDING THE HOMELESS: Local 888 chapter chair Teri Lambert, right, gives a check to Tom Deeg of the Mashpee Homeless for the Holidays fundraiser.[/caption]

Local 888’s town, clerical and library workers in Mashpee donated their chapter funds to the Homeless for the Holidays event run by the Mashpee Fire Department.

“When I saw we had the funds available, I sent out an email to all the members asking for a vote as to how they wanted to use their funds this year — a party, pizza or to do something new like donating to a local charity,” said Teri Lambert, chapter chair. “It was unanimous as the votes came in, and I was so proud to see how caring and generous my members were as they chose to donate the funds instead of having a party.”

Local 888’s town, clerical and library workers in Mashpee donated their chapter funds to the Homeless for the Holidays event run by the Mashpee Fire Department.

“When I saw we had the funds available, I sent out an email to all the members asking for a vote as to how they wanted to use their funds this year — a party, pizza or to do something new like donating to a local charity,” said Teri Lambert, chapter chair. “It was unanimous as the votes came in, and I was so proud to see how caring and generous my members were as they chose to donate the funds instead of having a party.”

Mashpee Fire Department union members put on the fundraiser each year. “They sleep and live outside in shifts at a rotary to bring awareness to homelessness, in this state and around the country,” said Lambert, a police dispatcher. She added that some of the money raised will go to aid a firefighter who is battling breast cancer.