FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – For the past 25 years, the Kraft family and the New England Patriots Foundation have been recognizing volunteers for going above and beyond to give back to their communities through the Myra Kraft Community MVP Awards program. Formerly known as the Community Quarterback Awards, this volunteer recognition was renamed in 2011 in memory of Myra Kraft. On…
Proceeds benefit ABCD’s summer jobs program that provides underserved teens with paid work and career guidance (BOSTON, MA) — Thanks to the generosity of the Boston Red Sox, ABCD (Action for Boston Community Development) will once again host its iconic summertime fundraiser, Field of Dreams, at Fenway Park to benefit Greater Boston’s underserved, low-income youth through the ABCD SummerWorks program. NESN’s Tom Caron…
For decades Action for Boston Community Development’s (ABCD) Parker Hill Neighborhood Service Center has been an oasis of help and hope for countless families in the neighborhood. Social service programs like ABCD’s Fuel Assistance have helped low-income residents and fixed income seniors heat their homes throughout the winter without having to worry if they would have enough money for both…
Action for Boston Community Development, a Boston-based nonprofit human services agency that helps low-income residents in Greater Boston to transition out of poverty, recently announced that John Drew, its president/CEO since 2009, will retire, to be succeeded by chief operating officer Sharon Scott-Chandler. Drew, now 85, who joined Action for Boston Community Development (ABCD) in 1971, said, “I have had a long…
John Drew is probably one of the most influential Bostonians you don’t know much about. Which is a shame because — at the tender age of 84 — he is stepping down as the CEO of Action for Boston Community Development, better known as ABCD. It’s the city’s biggest and most durable antipoverty agency, a Swiss Army knife of social…
For decades Action for Boston Community Development’s (ABCD) partner site at the Putnam Community Center in Jamaica Plain has been an oasis of help and hope for countless families in the neighborhood. Social service programs like ABCD’s Fuel Assistance have helped low-income residents and fixed income seniors heat their homes throughout the winter without having to worry if they…
As part of the Business Journal’s special feature on the Future of Nonprofits, we asked a number of Boston nonprofit leaders about the view in their looking glass — their current priorities, how the public and private sectors can help, and how fundraising has changed in the Covid era. Here’s what they told us: What’s the most important item on your…
ABCD has hired Jennifer Williams as General Counsel. In 2012, Jennifer joined the U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services, Administration for Children & Families as a Presidential Management Fellow. In 2015, she moved to HHS’s Office of General Counsel, litigating Medicare, Medicaid, Federally Qualified Health Center, Head Start & employment matters. Jennifer graduated Magna Cum Laude from DePaul University…
ABCD (Action for Boston Community Development) has named James P. Collins IV to lead the newly renamed Climate Equity & Impact Department as its director. James has more than 10 years of experience implementing large-scale energy efficiency programs, renewable energy and new technologies in the affordable housing sector at ABCD. James will oversee program delivery, policy and strategy. He holds…
ABCD (Action for Boston Community Development) has promoted Flossy Calderón to Director, ABCD Head Start & Children’s Services. Flossy is a board member of the Massachusetts Head Start Association and a member of the Head Start Regional Training and Technical Assistance Advisory Committee. Born in the Dominican Republic, she holds a BS from UMass Boston, a Master of Education degree…
