FEATURED CHARITY
- Family Services of Greater Boston
- Cambridge Housing Assistance Fund
- Lori’s Breast Friends
- The Jimmy Fund
- Manitou Experience
- Save A Dog
- Massachusetts Youth Leadership Foundation
- Bay State Community Services
- NuPath, Inc.
- YWCA Malden
Family Services of Greater Boston
Family Service of Greater Boston (FSGB) promotes self-sufficiency and well-being for at-risk urban children, youth and families by providing innovative, culturally competent, and integrated health and social services intended to contribute to healthy communities. Family Service fulfills this mission through sustained commitment to programmatic excellence in the areas of family formation, family wellness and family coping skills. They will be celebrating 175 years of service with a gala on Thursday, October 14th from 7-10pm at Cyclorama at the Boston Center for the Arts.
Cambridge Housing Assistance Fund
The Cambridge Housing Assistance Fund (CHAF) is committed to preserving the diversity and character of the city of Cambridge by providing an economical bridge to housing for homeless and near homeless families and individuals. Funds donated to CHAF assist those in need with the startup costs of rental housing. CHAF believes that people thrive best in a home, and that children shouldn’t be raised in a shelter. The CHAF Home Sweet Home Dessert Tasting, takes place on Saturday, October 16 from 7-11pm at the Cambridge Hyatt Regency Hotel.
Lori’s Breast Friends
Lori’s Breast Friends is a team of individuals bound together for a common cause: finding a cure for breast cancer. This will be their fifth year participating in the Boston Breast Cancer 3-Day, a 60-mile walk around the greater Boston area benefiting Susan G. Komen for the Cure. As a team, they put together various events including the Lori’s Breast Friends annual Golf Tournament and their kick-off fundraiser, Think Pink!, a night featuring food, raffles and dancing in memory of their friend Lori and in celebration of finding a cure.
The Jimmy Fund
Since its founding in 1948, the Jimmy Fund has supported the fight against cancer in children and adults at Boston’s Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, helping to raise the chances of survival for cancer patients around the world. The Jimmy Fund Golf Program is one of the oldest and largest charity golf programs in the country, having collectively raised millions of dollars in support of cancer research and care at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
The Jimmy Fund Council of Greater Boston’s annual golf tournament is on June 21st at Blackrock Country Club in Hingham, MA.
Manitou Experience
The mission of Manitou Experience is to provide boys who have experienced a significant death-loss with a one-week summer camp program that helps build confidence, encourage laughter and navigate their grief through friendship, teamwork, athletics, and the common bond of loss.
Beginning this fall, Manitou Experience will expand to year-round programming to support the continuing needs of our campers, their families and the community. Join them for cocktails, hors d’oeuvres and silent auction to support this new program on June 26, 2010 at Temple Shir Tikva, 141 Boston Post Road, Wayland, MA.
Save A Dog
Save A Dog is a humane society whose primary focus is rescuing and rehoming abandoned dogs. With over 8 million pets being euthanized annually, their goal is to save as many lives as they can. As a private non-profit organization, they rely solely on fundraising and private donations to help continue the important work of taking in homeless dogs.
Save A Dog’s 10th Annual Paws in the Park event on May 23, 2010 at the Wayside Inn in Sudbury. Come join them and many other dog lovers for a day filled with family and canine fun while helping to raise money for homeless dogs!
Massachusetts Youth Leadership Foundation
The Massachusetts Youth Leadership Foundation is an all-volunteer, non-profit organization focused on recognizing, teaching, and empowering youth citizenship across our state. They realize young people are our future leaders and, as such, they need exposure to a proactive, concerned citizenship. Their programs give students the tools to create positive change in their own schools and communities.
MYLF’s central program is MassSTAR (Massachusetts STudents Accepting Responsibility), a three-day leadership conference held on a college campus each summer. They invite one sophomore from every Massachusetts-accredited rural, suburban, and inner city high school, both public and private, to participate in an exciting, hands-on learning experience. Student delegates are nominated and chosen by their school principals, guidance counselors, teachers, and advisors, based on their demonstrated and potential leadership ability. For more than twenty-five years, the annual program has reached over 5,000 students.
Bay State Community Services
Bay State Community Services is a nonprofit organization that supports individual, family, and community empowerment through an integrated, culturally competent continuum of social, mental health, addiction, and correctional services. They are currently planning their annual event, the Best of Bay State, a fundraiser which honors outstanding community members.
NuPath, Inc.
NuPath, Inc. (formerly known as CMARC), is a Woburn-based, not-for-profit organization, serves individuals with developmental disabilities. They provide a broad spectrum of services to empower the developmentally disabled to live full daily lives in their own community. NuPath currently provides transportation, day habilitation, vocational training, job placement and residential services to nearly 300 individuals each day.
A Taste of Spring is NuPath’s largest fundraising event. In its 13th year, it is one of the Woburn area’s most popular events. Attendees gather to sample menu items, bid on auctions, and take a chance on raffle items in this evening of food, friends, and fun. This year, A Taste of Spring will be held on Wednesday, April 28th from 5:30-8:00 p.m. at the Holiday Inn Select in Woburn.
YWCA Malden
The YWCA Malden Center for Women and Families is running an online auction from April 28 through May 7, 2010. The auction is to support the Teen Program and your generosity is needed to keep the doors of the YWCA Teen Center open. The auction site can be accessed via http://www.biddingforgood.com/YWCA.
Through a series of interactive programs, hundreds of teens are directly impacted and thousands of their peers, family and friends are indirectly affected. YWCA teens increase their chances for academic success as well as develop a strong sense of community and social responsibility positively impacting everyone not only in their community but in their surrounding communities as well.