You Might Qualify For An Extra $2,000 This Year
Moving Families Out of Poverty
For many families, tax refunds are essential to financial stability. In fact, many initiatives to get money into the hands of those who need it most are baked into the…
Black History IS American History
DEI
Karen Groce-Horan is the Senior Director of Diversity Equity Inclusion Priorities at the United Way of Massachusetts Bay & Merrimack Valley I, Karen Groce-Horan, am committing to living this February…
Tocqueville Member Spotlight: Krissy Davis
Donor Story
Krissy Davis’ energy is contagious. A long-time United Way Tocqueville Donor, busy executive at Deloitte and mother of two young daughters, she speaks quickly, with the air of someone whose…
An Interactive Computer Science Activity for Teens from BoSTEM
Preparing Youth to Succeed
This year on Ada Lovelace’s birthday and during Computer Science Education Week BoSTEM celebrated the first published female computer scientist to encourage more women to pursue a career in computer…
A Catalyst for Opportunity
DEI
Many of us spent last week giving good riddance to 2020, while expressing hope and optimism for 2021 and the promise that it held for our lives and our communities to be better. But the storming of…
Tax Efficient Ways to Give This Holiday Season
The holidays are here and, for all of us, this year looks different than any before. But for many, it may mean no holidays at all as 1 million people…
“Sometimes, I am lost for words:” Reflections of a hotel housekeeper during COVID-19
Disaster Relief
Nadine moved to the U.S. 30 years ago and for the last six years, she has worked as a housekeeper at the Westin Copley. It was a steady job that…
Giving Tuesday – Our Communities Can’t Wait
Disaster Relief, Ending Homelessness, Moving Families Out of Poverty, Preparing Youth to Succeed, Supporting Young Children
With more than 1 million people in our state facing food insecurity, a tidal wave of evictions on the horizon and unemployment skyrocketing across most industries, it’s up to our…
The Future is Written in Code: How You Can Inspire Future Computer Science Innovators
Preparing Youth to Succeed
This year BoSTEM is overjoyed to announce our partnership with Digital Ready to offer students throughout the Boston area an innovative AP Computer Science course that emphasizes social justice in…
Virtual Campaign 101 with Unitil
Corporate Social Responsibility
For 20 years, Unitil has run a United Way campaign to engage employees in giving back and coming together for a cause they care about. Due to the pandemic and…