As part of the Highland Street Foundation’s Youth Philanthropy Initiative, West End House teens donated $5,000 to the Animal Rescue League of Boston on Wednesday, June 29th. The Initiative gives youth insight into the importance of nonprofits and philanthropy by entrusting them with $5,000 to donate to the charity of their choice. After researching nonprofits across the...
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On Tuesday, June 28th, New Balance’s Global Lifestyle Design team came to West End House to advise 20 of our aspiring artists on how to turn their creativity into careers. The New Balance Global Lifestyle Design team — which included employees from Japan and England — answered West End House youth’s questions about day-to-day responsibilities, career paths, and artistic...
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On Tuesday, May 23rd, thirteen West End House young people learned about viruses and bacteria on their monthly visit to the Boston University Bioinformatics department. Youth ages 7 through 12 played microorganism-themed bingo and took home stuffed animals shaped like microorganisms such as staff infection, chicken pox, and the common cold.
On Friday, May 16th, 22 West End House youth attended the opening reception for the Museum of Fine Art’s Community Arts Initiative Artist Project, which is generously funded by the Linde Family Foundation. West End House has participated in this exciting initiative for 10 consecutive years. For this year’s project, our youth worked alongside...
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Ian Jaffier, Jr., Rick Taranto, Emily Katz, Gracia Bonilla, and Rudy Ash ran and finished the 2016 Boston Marathon on Monday, April 18, 2016 as representatives of West End House. The team name, “Team Dawnn for Peace,” paid homage to West End House alumna Dawnn Jaffier who, before becoming an innocent victim of violence in 2014, was a...
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