UWMBMV News

N. E. Patriots and United Way teamed up for neighborhood development

Meghan Keaney Anderson — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 01:00:00 -0400

The Patriots players worked alongside staff from UWMB-affiliate agency ESAC, the City of Boston Department of Neighborhood Development and teenage volunteers from YouthBuild Boston to improve the conditions of a 125-year old Mattapan house owned by Barbara Jones. The players and volunteers worked to make the home more handicap-accessible for Mrs. Jones, who has been living with Multiple Sclerosis for 26 years.

Projects that took place on October 18 included:

* Building a handicap ramp over Mrs. Jones’s front stairs
* Repairing the chain-link fence that surrounds the property read more »

United Way, Schott Foundation issue "Making it Work"

Meghan Keaney Anderson — Mon, 17 Oct 2005 01:00:00 -0400

BOSTON – United Way of Massachusetts Bay and the Schott Foundation for Public Education today release a report with recommendations to help ensure that children receive quality education and care both before they enter school and after the school bell rings. “Making it Work” is a blueprint for creating a professional development system for the Massachusetts ’ workforce serving children and their families outside of the traditional classroom. read more »

Family reading effort to expand in South Shore communities

Meghan Keaney Anderson — Thu, 13 Oct 2005 01:00:00 -0400

QUINCY -- United Way of Massachusetts Bay (UWMB), South Shore Day Care Services (SSDCS) and educational publisher Houghton Mifflin Company today are launching an effort to encourage and inspire parents to read at home with their preschool children. The partnership will expand the successful Project RISE (Reading Is So Exciting) in Quincy , Randolph and Weymouth and will be kicked off by a series of free community events. read more »