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Northshore October 2025
Tough economic times bring out the tightwad in all of us, and nowhere is that more true than in the area of charitable giving. After all, who can pony up donations to worthy causes when our own profit margins are in jeopardy? Surprisingly, four local small business owners bucked that trend with a giveaway wedding project that not only changed a young couple’s lives, but also changed their own. Like many good ideas, Reason to Give started small. It began in the summer of 2009 when Nicole Mitsakis, owner of Bee Custom Designs in Middleton, got together with Heidi Nicholson and Lisa Almeida, owners of Bella Sera Bridal in Danvers, and
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