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Ricky Inc. is offering sponsorships for one month’s rent to “MASH” certified sober living homes for men and women who are about to enter into sober living. These funds are reserved to help individuals who are not already in a sober home. 

This sponsorship is designed to help homeless individuals, experiencing substance use disorder, who are seeking a sober living home.

 Please note you must have been accepted to the house but not already residing there before contacting us. Please contact Ricky, Inc. to begin the process. 

Contact us via email at Info@rickyinc.org and we will send you a Sponsorship to Recovery information form & checklist. Any incomplete submissions of the required documents needed will NOT be addressed until ALL documents are submitted. 

We will provide Narcan safety kits to those in need. 

Ricky Inc will be providing “Uber” rides to individuals with a financial need to detox programs, TSS, CSS, court or other important appointments with no other means of transportation. 

Please share this post so those in need will be aware of the services we can provide at this time.

Contact Rich Giacoppo regarding any questions or concerns. 781-727-6628. 

Always in the name of our beloved sons.

Our Nicholas’ photography of the city he loved and the neighborhood he lived in. We can’t believe our beautiful free spirit is not here with us. 

Dear Jesus give us the help we so desperately need. 💔

   Wed  11/15/2023  11:00 AM

Good morning, 

My name is Ryan DiFillipo and Ricky Inc. paid for one month of rent for my sober living as part of their Sponsorship to Recovery program. 

This help has allowed me to not be so financially stressed, to be able to concentrate on my sobriety deeper and also financially allows me to not be handicapped with owing the house money. 

“By them doing this, it has helped me substantially.  I was freaking out and worried, not sure what I was going to do. I am indebted to Ricky, Inc. for helping me. It's immensely appreciated, and I am forever grateful”. 

Thanks to them and their organization for helping me as well as countless others struggling. I can only hope someday down the road; I will be at a place in my life where I can also start a foundation to help others in this same situation.  

I am extremely grateful. 

Ryan DiFillipo

  Hey Ricky, Inc.,

Just wanted to say how much this means to me and my family. This scholarship has allowed me to change my life and move forward with repressing my disease of addiction. 

“My son will have a father in his life now” and your scholarship has catapulted my recovery by letting me focus on my 12 steps and on early recovery so I can get a jump start on the process. 

I feel like I was given a chance of hope from your organization. 

Thanks again,

Vinny

I just wanted to thank all of the amazing people at Ricky, Inc. 

I’m coming up on 10 months clean, enrolled at Quincy College for Substance Abuse & Addition Services and had exhausted my savings to come up with my sober house rent.

I reached out to Rich and the great people at Ricky, Inc. and received a one month rent paid Sponsorship to my sober house!!

I am extremely grateful to them for their assistance and taking the stress off this month’s rent. I recently received my Personal Trainers certificates and getting my Recovery Coach certificate next month.

"Big thank you to Ricky, Inc. for helping me to reach these milestones"

So grateful,

Steve D.

  First off, I want to just say 

“Who says there is nobody kind or nice out there?”  

Well, I may have gotten so lucky to meet TWO of the kindest, nicest people ever in Rich and his wife Bernadette. 

At maybe my rock bottom, I reached out and with not even a hesitation or blink of an eye before Rich helped tremendously.    

He provided two rides to detox and to the sober house and also paid a sponsorship for my rent for one month. 

But that's not just it.  Rich and I had conversations from the heart that had that left me in awe. Rich voluntarily offered to help someone else that I care so much about (my girlfriend) and offered the same help to me; someone he DOESN'T EVEN KNOW. 

That's solid in My book and just beautiful on the inside.     

Thank you so much Rich for everything.    

I love you man. I mean that.   

Thanks again Christopher L   

  I would just like to personally thank Ricky, Inc., for the generous contribution to my rent for my sober home. 

This greatly affects my transition to the next steps in my life, and recovery in the biggest way. 

This rent help is giving me the ability to spend quality time finding the right job for me and gives me relief so that I can also apply to school. 

This is such a blessing. 

I would really like to express my gratitude to Ricky, Inc. 

Thank you so kindly, and God bless.

Sincerely,

Kaylee Calder

  I know this firsthand to just be truly honest with you if it was not for you and your wife, I myself probably would not be here today. I am still clean and sober. Doing the best I can in life making each day better than yesterday because of what you guys have done for me in the past. And I know there was many more people out there that you guys have helped and you might not be aware of it and that’s unfortunate because I know for a fact that you have helped more than just myself so to look at it the way you said in the message I don’t think it’s fair to you guys nor the individuals that you have helped along this journey. 

I know it sucks and you want to scream and throw in the towel in that is completely understandable, but I want you to know from the bottom of my heart my children have their father in their life today because of your kindness, and understanding of what was going on with me in the past. I might not have everything I want in life and I might not be where I would like to be but I will get there and I have you and your wife to thanks for that. Regardless of where things go from here I would definitely like to stay in touch because like I said earlier in this message, my children have their father in their lives today. It may not be as much as we all wish but I am still clean and sober and doing the best I can and making today better than yesterday and that is mostly in part due to you and your wife giving me a chance when no one else would and for that I will be forever grateful for you and your family and Ricky Inc. 

Again, I am so sorry for your loss. Please stay in touch with me regardless and if I could just ask one thing today and that is, if you could please smile just a little bit because there are three boys that can call their father today and I will answer and that is a direct result of you guys and) Ricky Inc. 

God bless.

Chad

RICKY Inc

Wed  8/16/2023 

To Ricky, Inc. & Rich,

I wanted to write an email to say how much I appreciate what you guys have done for me! 

I am so excited to start college, and Ricky, Inc. has helped me bridge the gap and paid for a month of my sober house. 

This will help me tremendously by letting me focus on my recovery and studying for class.

 "I cannot thank you all enough for the incredible acts of kindness and helping people in recovery better their lives" 

This honestly means a lot to me and again, I cannot thank you enough.

Sincerely,

Joshua Lavoie

 "Everyone can master grief, but he that has it"

William Shakespeare 

Ricky & Nick

We miss you.

To the depths of the ocean we miss you.

To the heights of the heavens, we miss you both. 

Until we take our final breath we will miss you both.

More than words can say we miss you.

We miss you our beloved boys

💔💔Ricky & Nick

“Nick we love you to da moon and back”.

Thank you for your kindness during this inconceivable life altering tragedy. 

The Ricky Inc. Family.

“Respecting Individuals with Care and Kindness You matter “

  Text from Anthony Thomas

July 4, 2023

To whom it may concern,

My name is Anthony Thomas and I am a 55-year-old man from Boston. I’ve had my fair share in the world of drug abuse and I must say that I was lost with no hope until I decided to change my ways by getting myself into a detox and then a residential.

I heard about an organization named Ricky, who was known for helping addicts in a good way. I contacted Rich and if it was not for his helping hand I wouldn’t have known about a long-term treatment in a sober house where his organization was able to pay for one month’s rent in this sober house. 

I am able to stay at Aspire House where I can stay for that month without having to pay, be able to work and continue a job training course through Project Place. With this help, I can save money and the stipend check from training in order to have funds so I can continue my long-term sobriety and be able to pay my rent on my own. 

I now can be a productive individual, save my own life and grow old. My priority was to have a place to live and Ricky, Inc. has made that possible.

I am truly grateful and appreciative to Ricky, Inc. for the life I am now able to live.

Thank God and God Bless Ricky, Inc.

Anthony Thomas

  June 12, 2023

My name is Kyle Gibbs and Ricky, Inc. helped me with a ride to treatment.

Days prior, I reached out to many people that wouldn't help me or wouldn't answer me.

I need help now more than ever !

Rich answered the phone and did not hesitate to help me.

I am very grateful for Ricky, Inc. and Rich.

Thank you for your help,

Kyle Gibbs

 On Saturday April 1st, Ricky Inc. provided Uber transportation from an East Boston recovery home to Tewksbury for a young man volunteering to play in a fundraising basketball tournament to benefit sober living. This was hosted by The Greater Waltham Recovery Solutions 

“Thank you so much, I had a good time”. 

Ricky Inc provides Uber transportation for individuals with a financial need to get to many different destinations. 

Always in the name of our beautiful son Ricky that loved to make us laugh. 💔

To Ricky, Inc.

Mari Santos

Thank you for all that you do for our people!