Community Impact

The Norfolk & Dedham Group® is a local company with deep roots. We are committed to positively impacting the communities in which we live and work. The N&D Group champions the responsibility to volunteer, give back, and make a real difference.

Formed in 2017, The N&D® Foundation is a 501(c)3 charitable organization. The Foundation distributes funds directly to charitable causes, programs, and organizations in the local region.

Major recipients of Foundation contributions in Dedham include Dedham Square Circle and Dedham Community House. Major recipients outside of Dedham include Cristo Rey School of Boston and Clear Path for Veterans.

Cradles to Crayons

Cradles to Crayons, located in Newton, hosted a team of N&D volunteers that sorted, sized, and prepared clothing, gifts, school supplies, and other items for local low-income children.

With locations in Boston, Chicago, and Philadelphia, Cradles to Crayons provides much needed items to children in need.

Cradles to Crayons Boston

Community Servings

Community Servings hosted a group of N&D employees at their kitchen in Jamaica Plain. Our team worked together across a variety of stations – prepping ingredients, measuring servings, and packaging medically tailored meals for those in the community with critical and chronic illnesses.

Community Servings

 

Carbon Footprint

N&D designed their new headquarters building to maximize energy efficiency and reduce their impact on the environment. A 208-panel photovoltaic array was installed on the roof, producing up to 90 kWh of electricity.

Energy consumption for July 2022 in the new, larger building was reduced by more than 60% compared to July 2019.

Solar Panels

Dedham Winter Coat Drive

The N&D Foundation, Dedham Community House, and Dedham Youth Commission created an informal partnership to host a winter coat drive for Dedham families in need during the COVID-19 Pandemic. N&D provided $7,500 of new winter coats for 270 local Dedham children.

The Dedham Youth Commission provides physical and mental health programs and social resources for the young people of Dedham.

Dedham Community House

Dedham Youth Commission

Pine Street Inn

N&D employees volunteered for the annual holiday Chop-a-Thon at the Pine Street Inn, a Boston organization that helps homeless individuals find and retain permanent housing as well as job opportunities. Employees chopped vegetables and prepared food for use in the Inn’s holiday celebrations.

N&D donated $5,000 of sock produced by Neon Bandits, a local Boston company, for those in need during the pandemic.

Pine Street Inn

Neon Bandits