Community Engagement

YBB’s mission is to empower and assist under served young people from the Boston area with the essential social, vocational, academic, and life skills necessary to navigate a positive pathway to self-sufficiency and neighborhood responsibility.

Art in Giving raises funds for childhood cancer research through the sale of fine arts. Talented artists exhibit their work and fifty percent of the purchase price of their artwork sold goes directly to talented cancer researchers working on breakthrough ideas.

RAW offers visual arts groups, a film school, leadership development opportunities and teen employment to over 1,200 youth. RAW recognizes the vital potential of each young artist and commit ourselves daily to their mission.

ArtLifting empowers artists living with homelessness or disabilities through the celebration and sale of their artwork. ArtLifting offer artists the chance to secure their own income through the sale of original paintings, prints, and products. Learn more.

Heading Home provides emergency shelter, transitional housing, permanent housing, and supportive services to homeless and formerly homeless families and individuals in Boston and neighboring communities. Learn more.

Cradles to Crayons provides children from birth through age 12, living in homeless or low-income situations, with the essential items they need to thrive - at home, at school and at play. Their vision is that one day every child will have the essentials they need to feel safe, warm, ready to learn, and valued. Learn more.

The Food Project's mission is to create a thoughtful and productive community of youth and adults from diverse backgrounds who work together to build a sustainable food system. Learn more.

Italian Home for Children provides an integrated network of powerful and effective programs to help children and families with emotional, behavioral, and educational challenges thrive in their communities. Learn more.

Make-A-Wish creates life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses. Learn more.

United Way improves lives by mobilizing the caring power of communities around the world to advance the common good. Learn more.

Children's Friend is the innovative leader in improving the well-being and healthy development of Rhode Island's most vulnerable young children. Learn more.

The Clothing Collaborative provides free professional clothing to low-income individuals who are completing job training, education programs, or seeking employment. They work with the clients of participating Rhode Island agencies who meet the income and job search criteria of the program. Learn more.

The Historic Metcalf Franklin Farm Preservation Association works as an all-volunteer organization to work on its three missions: preserving historic facets or farm, offering educational opportunities for all ages, and providing farm fresh product to those experiencing food insecurities in Rhode Island.

Habitat for Humanity partners with people in your community, and all over the world, to help them build or improve a place they can call home. With your support, Habitat homeowners achieve the strength, stability and independence they need to build a better life for themselves and for their families. Learn more.

Over the past 30 years, the Children's Fund Gingerbread Express has provided members and friends a way to ensure that no student feels the stigma of a break, gift-less holiday season. Learn more.

Covenant to Care's mission is to provide essential goods to Connecticut's children in need - serving all children from birth through age 18. Learn more.