Action for Boston Community Development has roughly 6,500 requests from families in need, but only has enough toys to distribute to about a third of them. A Boston nonprofit is asking for more donations for its annual toy drive as it struggles to meet the demand from families this year. Action for Boston Community Development has roughly 6,500 requests from families in need,…
Dorchester-based ABCD says it needs approximately 6,500 toys to serve at least 800 families this season This is a time for joy and giving, but for many children, the holiday spirit can be dampened by a lack of gifts. Action for Boston Community Development, a Dorchester-based nonprofit, is running a toy drive to stop that from happening, but they haven’t…
This is a time for joy and giving, but for many children, the holiday spirit can be dampened by a lack of gifts. Action for Boston Community Development, a Dorchester-based nonprofit, is running a toy drive to stop that from happening, but they haven’t received a single donation this season. “We haven’t received any donations as of yet for this…
Brad Stevens said he has no issue with nearly half of his team playing high-level basketball so close to training camp, despite the risk of injury.(FILE/TIM BRADBURY/GETTY IMAGES) Brad Stevens’s day started off with angst. As he entered Boston Children’s Hospital to help usher the opening of the Fazzalari Sky Bridge, he watched on his phone as star forward Jayson…
Celtics coach Brad Stevens and Clippers coach Doc Rivers on Tuesday teamed up for their annual Action for Boston Community Development (ABCD) Hoop Dreams charity event at TD Garden. And as employees of the corporate sponsors played on the parquet floor, it was impossible for Stevens not to think about what has taken place here, and what might come next….
ABCD Black History Month celebration features spirited panel discussion In celebration of Black History Month, ABCD President and CEO Sharon Scott-Chandler was joined by City of Boston Chief of Economic Opportunity and Inclusion Segun Idowu, Accordia Partners Vice President of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Jill Lacey Griffin and ABCD Director of Workforce Development and Alternative Education Ron Marlow for a…
98.1 FM Urban Heat Check out R&B singer-songwriter and Brockton native Noel Gourdin (20:22 to 30:22) on Urban Heat discussing his upcoming appearance at the 2024 Community Heroes Celebration on November 1st! https://fb.watch/voYEhClDKu
On a beautiful spring afternoon, the birds were chirping as 60-year-old Jeanette Cutts sat on her front porch in Dorchester. On a day like this, cold weather seems like a lifetime away, but Cutts is already thinking about it. “Winter in New England is inevitable,” she said. “Like, this is great. This is wonderful. But it is coming.” She’s worried…
ABCD is only as strong as its partners. Working alongside a network of community leaders, elected officials, corporate sponsors, and other community action agencies is critical to ensuring that ABCD can be as effective as possible across all of our programs. State Street has been one of ABCD’s most important corporate partners for over two decades. The company’s philanthropic arm,…
ABCD’s North End/West End Neighborhood Service Center (NE/WE NSC) 9th annual fundraising event Buona Sera: An Evening with Friends raised nearly $40,000 to aid low income and elderly residents of the North End and West End who turn to the center for assistance. For the seventh year in a row, Ron Della Chiesa of WGBH and the Boston Symphony Orchestra…