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Doc Rivers, Brad Stevens Host Hoop Dreams

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 31, 2017 Contact Colneth Smiley Desk: 617.348.6224 Cell: 617.872.9435 colneth.smiley@bostonabcd.org ACTION FOR BOSTON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PRESENTS 7TH ANNUAL HOOP DREAMS AT TD GARDEN Hosted by LA Clippers Coach Doc Rivers, Celtics Coach Brad Stevens and Boston Sportswriter Bob Ryan Corporate Fundraiser Benefits ABCD Youth Service Programs For the seventh consecutive year, ABCD presents Hoop Dreams at TD Garden, inviting corporate sponsored…

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DOC RIVERS, BRAD STEVENS TALK B-BALL, PHILANTHROPY WITH BOB RYAN

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Basketball Hall-of-Fame scribe Bob Ryan facilitates a fascinating conversation in the privacy of the Red Auerbach Center between two of Red’s biggest admirers, Los Angeles Clippers Head Coach Doc Rivers and Boston Celtics Coach Brad Stevens. Rivers, Stevens and Ryan co-host ABCD’s annual Hoop Dreams charity tournament.   CLICK HERE TO LISTEN Learn more about ABCD Hoop Dreams and the Youth…

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Dorchester Toy Drive Missing Thousands Of Presents Weeks Before Christmas

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BOSTON (WBZ NewsRadio) — About two weeks out from Christmas, a toy drive in Dorchester is down thousands of presents for needy kids. Action for Boston Community Development (ABCD)’s annual toy drive has collected less than 500 toys for kids this Christmas, but that’s nowhere near the 6000 they were hoping to collect by now. Bianny Suncar is the Director of…

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DPH awards Ostiguy High $324,000 to support students in recovery

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Multi-year grant to help fund student-centered wellness and enrichment activities ABCD’s William J. Ostiguy Recovery High School has received a $324,000 multi year grant from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health Bureau of Substance Addiction Services to expand comprehensive year-round, after-school and out-of-school, services and supports for youths with substance use disorder.  Recovery high schools in Beverly and Springfield also…

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Dr. Gary Gross, Boston champion for reproductive justice, retires as ABCD medical director

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ABCD will honor Dr. Gross at fall gala FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 7, 2022 CONTACTSusan Kooperstein                                     617.875.3619                                           skooperstein@comcast.net                          (BOSTON, MA) – John J. Drew, President/CEO, Action for Boston Community Development, today congratulated Boston physician Gary L. Gross, M.D., for his courageous and effective leadership of programs that enable individuals of all economic means to have access to…

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Drew: Increased funding for recovery high schools will save lives

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I applaud the Boston Herald’s recent call for increased state funding for recovery high schools — an investment that’s critical to preventing ever more misery along Boston’s “Mass & Cass” methadone mile. Since 2006, ABCD — Action for Boston Community Development — has operated William J. Ostiguy High School, Boston’s only recovery high school and one of just five in…

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Drew: It’s critical to bring back the Child Tax Credit now

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What kept low- and moderate-income families with children afloat in 2021 as COVID-19 variants battered their world and soaring prices bore down on them? The Child Tax Credit. Throughout 2021 this lifesaving program based in the IRS provided families with a monthly payment of $300 per child under age 6 and $250 for each child ages 6 to 12 years…

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Drew: Note to universal pre-k planners – we already have Head Start

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Across America, many are applauding the Senate passage on Aug. 12 of a $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation package as a first step in advancing the largest safety net expansion since the 1960s. That legislation aims to expand health care, fund climate change programs and provide free preschool and community college among other “human infrastructure” initiatives that will increase quality of…

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East Boston Legend John T. White Dies on June 7

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Beloved, longtime community leader headed ABCD East Boston APAC since 1970s Legendary East Boston community leader John T. White Jr. died June 7 in Syracuse, New York,at age 87, surrounded by his loving family. For more than 50 years he served as ExecutiveDirector of the East Boston APAC of Action for Boston Community Development. John was oftenreferred to as the…

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East Boston Legend John White Dies at 87

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“Every time you do a good deed you shine the light a little farther into the dark. And the thing is, when you’re gone that light is going to keep shining on, pushing the shadows back.” John White, a man who selflessly gave back to the community he grew up in for over five decades, has died. Mr. White, who…

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