The Daily News of Newburyport
How did the business get started?
The severe economic downturn in 2008 made it difficult for many people to donate cash to critical local charities. As a result, these charities were forced to underserve the community. Rob wanted to find an alternative way to keep these charities funded without asking for cash donations.

The Daily News of Newburyport
​The Leeward Charitable Foundation Inc. held its "Ladies Luncheon" last week to thank the many dedicated volunteers and employees, who, working together, raised $200,000 that was donated to local charities in 2018.

Portsmouth Herald & York Weekly ​
The holidays are a particularly difficult time for area food pantries to meet surging demands.
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​A recent study by feedingamerica.org suggests nearly 25,000 people suffer from food insecurity in York County alone. With this in mind, the Leeward Charitable Foundation...

The Daily News of Newburyport
The Leeward Charitable Foundation has donated $80,000 to Essex County food pantries to help meet a surging demand during the holidays.

The Daily News of Newburyport
Happy Anniversary Leeward!
​For the past nine years, the Leeward Charitable Foundation has carried out its goal of recycling donated clothing, furniture and household goods and turning these donations into food, clothing and fuel assistance for our neighbors in need.

The Daily News of Newburyport
On April 6, an Amesbury woman who had been shopping and donating to the Leeward Light Charitable Thrift Store for years was a little too generous, by accident.

Portsmouth Herald & York Weekly 
​Leeward Landing Thrift Store presents a check for $15,000 to York County Community Action. 

The Daily News of Newburyport
It wasn't quite an "Antiques Roadshow" find, but the sepia-toned photo Jon Werner and Jeanette Nolan presented to the library's Archival Center Friday afternoon carried with it the weight of the Civil War and an ill-fated Arctic voyage from more than a century ago.

The Daily News of Newburyport
Rob Werner was sitting at home one day in 2008 when a new chapter in his life began.

"I was reading a newspaper article about a food pantry in Maine and they had nothing on the shelves left for Christmas except for Halloween candy," Werner said.