The Women’s Foundation of Boston presented Dress for Success Boston with a 3 year, $30,000 grant that will fund 10 “Confidence Days” for young women per year, in and around the Boston community. “Confidence Days” consist of 4-hour sessions that cover career empowerment, clothing style, grooming, and other confidence-boosting activities. https://boston.dressforsuccess.org/ https://wfboston.org
Boston Scores provides urban youth with team-based education programs that promote their health & well-being, academic engagement, and civic leadership. Our innovative blend of soccer, academic enrichment, and civic engagement programs improve students’ health, academic engagement, and global citizenship. During the COVID-19 crisis, Boston Scores has worked with each school to identify the types of…
Get some cool new masks and support Habitat for Cats! Beautiful Things, an awesome shop in Westport, is generously donating proceeds of the sale of our masks to HFC. The masks were handmade by one of our talented volunteers. Check them out! Beautiful Things is at 440 Main Rd. in Westport, near Bittersweet Farm. Do…
World of Wellesley is committed to fostering an anti-racist and anti-bias community where diversity, equity and inclusion are fully embraced. Since the Select Board serves as Wellesley’s executive body we believe it is important to know the perspectives of the 3 candidates; Collette Aufranc, Ann-Mara Lanza, and Odessa Sanchez in relation to these values. On…
HomeStart Staff Are Working Remotely While Our Office Is Closed to the Public Due to the current public health emergency and in efforts to prevent and limit exposure, HomeStart’s office is CLOSED until it is safe for clients and staff to reopen. We will announce the office’s re-opening based on city and state guidelines regarding COVID-19. HomeStart’s…
When you visit the waterfront in Boston, you’ll likely find blue signs letting you know that you’re on the Harborwalk as well as public amenities from public restrooms to binoculars to water taxi docks. Over the past 36 years, the coastline has gradually transformed into a mostly-connected path system that extends along more than 43 miles. It’s…
As a proud coalition member, Jumpstart supports Common Start Coalition in filing legislation that would establish a universal system of affordable, high-quality early education and child care for all Massachusetts families, over a 5-year timeline. “Jumpstart is excited to support this new vision for affordable high-quality early education for all Massachusetts families. If adopted and…
Status Update: All Jumpstart programming is currently on hiatus through the spring semester due to the COVID-19 outbreak and all Jumpstart offices are currently closed. For more information about Jumpstart events, including our spring Scribbles to Novels galas, visit our events page. Please check back soon for the latest information. A Note from Jumpstart CEO Naila Bolus…
We at Beverly Bootstraps are committed to adhering to all local, state, and federal guidelines established to help mitigate the spread of COVID-19. Below is an overview of the measures we are taking to provide a safe environment for all who visit our building; whether that be clients, staff, volunteers, vendors, donors, or shoppers. If…
During this time of education disruption due to COVID-19, we are expanding our online resources: https://generationsinc.org/virtual
