anti-poverty
Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) Under Attack
Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) UNDER ATTACKDear friends, family, valued colleagues,Please help us save ABCD and the community action network. The ill-conceived budget cuts proposed for the President’s budget could shut down ABCD and places like it across the nation, for a sum that is pure pennies in the context of the entire federal budget. [...]
Buy Mother’s Day Cards at Prudential for Good Cause
THIS MOTHER’S DAY HONOR A WOMAN YOU LOVE WITH A GIFT TO A WOMAN IN NEED The Women’s Lunch Place will offer cards online and at Prudential Center Shops Kiosk; Proceeds help serve record-number of women in need this Mother’s Day BOSTON (April 6, 2010) – This Mother’s Day, you can honor your mother or [...]
Send Help and Hope with Pine Street Inn Holiday Cards
Winter Scene, by Sam Vokey This announcement is posted for the Pine Street Inn: December 2009, Boston, MA: Pine Street Inn’s charming holiday cards are now available online at www.pinestreetinn.org/holiday. Purchase of these cards, depicting festive scenes of winter in Boston, support Pine Street’s efforts to end homelessness. Each night in Boston close to 7,000 [...]
ANNOUNCEMENT – ABCD’S ANNUAL HOLIDAY TOY DRIVE KICKS OFF!
The annual Holiday Toy Drive of Action for Boston Community Development needs your help to put a smile on the faces of children across the city this year! ABCD President/CEO John Drew welcomes all members of the Boston community to join in the effort to ensure that every child, no matter how poor their family, [...]
Kappa Sigma's Month of Community Involvement
The Delta Zeta Turtle Tug of War.Image provided by Kappa Sigma The following press release was sent out recently by the Xi-Beta chapter of the Kappa Sigma fraternity at Northeastern: Kappa Sigma’s annual food drive to benefit Rosie’s Place successfully raised nearly $2,000 worth of food items and monetary contributions to help the shelter operate [...]
MassArt Concert Benefits Boston Food Bank
By: Emma Shuck Caught in the middle of a serious economic recession, some Massachusetts’s families may not be looking forward to the upcoming holiday season. Due to the efforts of the MassArt Activities Council (MAC), however, this season may look a little brighter for some. The MAC Board, which consists of Ainsley Bonham, Clare Pettengill, [...]
Announcement – Share Your Computer Skills with Low-Income Bostonians
A volunteer shows a Dorchester man how to maintain his computer. Imageprovided by openairboston.net Dear Friend of openairboston.net, Are you interested in using your tech skills to make a difference in our community? Open Air Boston has an exciting volunteer opportunity that we think will interest you. On Saturday, November 21st, we will be hosting [...]