The Berkley Girl Scouts Strike Again! This past week, Berkley Troop 75329 came back for a visit bringing a car-load of new toys for our Birthday Program. Photos here. Here is what one of their leaders had to say: "Berkley Girl Scout Troop 75329 volunteered at...
Another great HBR Article! "The Top Complaints from Employees About Their Leaders"
In 1975, 1 in 5,000 kids was estimated to have it. Today, 1 in 68 is on the autism spectrum. What caused this steep rise? Steve Silberman points to “a perfect storm of autism awareness” — a pair of doctors with an accepting view, an unexpected pop culture moment and a...
Pediatrician Nadine Burke Harris explains that the repeated stress of abuse, neglect and parents struggling with mental health or substance abuse issues has real, tangible effects on the development of the brain. (Another TED talk)
What an amazing night! What an amazing food fest! What an amazing group of neighbors! Photos from our evening are here. Two hundred neighbors spent their Saturday evening together! It was a blast! None of this would have been possible without a most wonderful group of...
This is a story about tempered glass, but not really. This is really a story about a remarkable woman, Iris Wallace of Glaser Glass. It's also a story about the power of giving. Where to begin? We opened our thrift store in Acushnet to help offset our programming and...
We struggle as a non-profit to be as transparent as possible. Every dollar that we raise is categorized and accounted for. Our tax returns and our independently reviewed financial statements are available to anyone that wants to access them at any time. When we see...
Last Monday, Santander colleagues spent the day with us. Shirley Gantz, VP of Partnership and Training said - "It was an overwhelming experience just to be able to see the amount of donations that come into the center on a daily basis. Tons of clothes, from infant to...
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We struggle constantly, raising money to fund our programming and overhead. We have a bookkeeper, a bookkeeping firm, an accounting firm (all mostly probono) and we even pay an outside auditing company to review all our financials after they are done, even though...