On Monday Nov. 15, 2021 Rich Giacoppo & Jimmy Maroney delivered 64 backpacks to the clients at the Andrew House detox facilities in Jamaica Plain & Stoughton. They were able to meet and speak with the men regarding Ricky, Inc's programs and personally distributed individual backpacks to the men at the Jamaica Plain program. Each of the program's received 32 backpacks for their clients.
Rich & Jimmy also delivered 11 books and 2 jigsaw puzzles and placed them on the bookshelves in the Ricky Memorial Reading Room in Jamaica Plain pictured above.
During our interaction with the men in both programs, several were able to share fond memories of Ricky including one man who shared that he was on the verge of suicide and Ricky stayed with him and actually talked him out of it. Another man stated that he was with Ricky and his bag was torn to shreds, so Ricky emptied his own backpack out and gave him his and told him that he would just get another one. We thank those men for sharing their stories and wish all of the clients at both Andrew House facilities the best of luck in their recovery.
We would like to extend our thanks for making this distribution possible to Shawna Smith, Cherelle Ball & Stefanie from Jamaica Plain and Maritza Castillo, Tori, Patty, Yleis & Robert from Stoughton.
Also, a very special thanks goes out to Jimmy Maroney for working so hard on his day off from his full time job and unselfishly assisting in Ricky Inc's backpack distribution.