ABCD SummerWorks is a jobs, education and mentoring program serving low-income, at-risk youth ages 14 to 21 from Boston's inner-city neighborhoods.

Kids work real jobs, receiving guidance and career development from the more than 175 community organizations that serve as program work sites, places like hospitals, colleges, clinics, child care facilities and summer camps.

SummerWorks enrollees also attend workshops that focus on topics ranging from careers and higher education to money and time management, from violence prevention to community building.

In 2008, ABCD's SummerWorks program was able to provide jobs to 1,100 of the 3,000 kids who applied. Many of today's business, government and community leaders held their first jobs in ABCD SummerWorks.

Find out more by reading our annual report.

Aaron Tanimoto
Director, Youth Explorations
617.348.6546
tanimoto@bostonabcd.org