{"id":2376,"date":"2026-04-07T12:30:52","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T16:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mblc.state.ma.us\/mblc_blog\/?p=2376"},"modified":"2026-04-07T14:39:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T18:39:24","slug":"more-than-7000-pjs-collected-for-kids-and-teens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mblc.state.ma.us\/mblc_blog\/2026\/04\/07\/more-than-7000-pjs-collected-for-kids-and-teens\/","title":{"rendered":"More than 7,000 PJs collected for Kids and Teens"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Staff at Swansea Library pose with Bruins Mascot Blades at PJ Drive Event<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The 19th<\/sup> Annual Boston Bruins PJ Drive brought in a total of 7,364 brand new PJs for kids and teens in need across the Commonwealth! Library collections account for more than half: 3,958. Thank you, Libraries!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There were 93 groups participating this year; 58 of those groups were libraries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The top three groups that collected the most donations were:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • CBRE Group: 488 PJs<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Choate, Hall and Stewart LLP: 390 PJs<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Seekonk Public Library: 366 PJs<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
    \"Caregiver<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
    \"Staff
    Taylor Silva poses with Ollie and Ollie’s person Lieutenant Sandy Piccard, MBLC Commissioner Debby Conrad, MBLC Director Maureen Amyot, Blades, and staffer from Cradles to Crayons.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    This year marks the 19th<\/sup> annual drive and the MBLC\u2019s 17th<\/sup> year joining the Boston Bruins and Cradles to Crayons to collect pajamas for kids and teens in need. At any given time, the Department of Children and Families estimates that it\u2019s working with estimated 40,000 babies, kids, and teens. Many of the pajamas collected go to DCF. MBLC staff joined Bruins family members at the Cradles to Crayons facility to sort and create clothes packages to be distributed to families in need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    PJ Parties with Bruins Mascot Blades were held at Swansea, Gloucester, and Bridgewater\u2014thank you libraries for hosting these family fun events!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \"Swansea
    Swansea Free Library Director hugs Bruins Mascot Blades<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    Former Bruins forward P.J. Axelsson and his wife, Siw, started the PJ Drive during the Boston Bruins 2007-2008 season as a way to give back to their community. The couple collected 1,600 pairs of pajamas for Cradles to Crayons which connects with social service agencies in Massachusetts to identify specific children in need.

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    \"Jenny
    Jenny Benedict, Director of the Sawyer Free with Bruins Mascot Blades and Senator Bruce Tarr<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
    \"Families<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    The 19th Annual Boston Bruins PJ Drive brought in a total of 7,364 brand new PJs for kids and teens in need across the Commonwealth! Library collections account for more than half: 3,958. Thank you, Libraries! There were 93 groups participating this year; 58 of those groups were libraries. The top three groups that collected […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[167],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pj-drive"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mblc.state.ma.us\/mblc_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mblc.state.ma.us\/mblc_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mblc.state.ma.us\/mblc_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mblc.state.ma.us\/mblc_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mblc.state.ma.us\/mblc_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2376"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mblc.state.ma.us\/mblc_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2376\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2390,"href":"https:\/\/mblc.state.ma.us\/mblc_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2376\/revisions\/2390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mblc.state.ma.us\/mblc_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mblc.state.ma.us\/mblc_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mblc.state.ma.us\/mblc_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}