Chance encounters in a frame shop. Sarah E. and I had just worked together framing her Baby Nathalie's tiny hand and foot prints as a birthday gift for her husband. Chic, blond and beautifully-blue-eyed Sarah barely looks 25 but her deep husky voice reveals a load of maturity. Tucked into her portable car seat, baby Nathalie quietly smiles through rare steel grey eyes. She's wearing an awesome pearl grey knit outfit that I begin to covet. "Sarah, would you consider donating Nathalie's outgrown outfits to Room to Grow, where they will benefit a baby born into poverty?"

With the continuing increase in the demand for the services provided by the Brookline Emergency Food Pantry comes the need for a greater supply of non-perishable food and consumer goods.  The Brookline Food Pantry used to be able to satisfy the community's needs through its participation in the Greater Boston Food Bank program.  However, this is no longer the case.  Now, in addition to the items provided by the Food Bank, the Brookline Food P