BOSTONIANS FOR YOUTH
An Initiative of the Trinity Boston Foundation
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
The Royale, 279 Tremont St., Boston
Together, let's change the odds for Boston at-risk youth!
Let's help young people reach their full potential!
The odds for the young people of Boston – our children – are not good. The dropout rate is high and the graduation rate low. Jobs are scarce. And the streets of many neighborhoods – our streets, our neighborhoods – are not safe (in 2011, 26 young people under the age of 24 died in action of violence).
Bostonians for Youth is a call-to-action to change the odds for Boston youth.
The Bostonians for Youth annual fundraising event celebrates Boston's at-risk youth and those who support them.
Each year, Trinity Boston Foundation invites two organizations to partner with us for the event. We plan the event together and divide the net proceeds equally. The relationships we build lead to programmatic collaboration, increasing coordination and effectiveness within the social sector and strengthening the social fabric of our city. The event is a catalyst to inspire all of us to get involved.
Our Event Goals
- Create awareness of programs for violence prevention
- Celebrate a spirit of cooperation and partnerships
Our Vision for Boston
Our vision is a city with safe streets and excellent schools; a community strengthened by personal relationships that crisscross our neighborhoods, connecting Back Bay to Mattapan, Roxbury to Beacon Hill; a city where all children have the opportunity to achieve their full potential; and a city where noone's life is cut short by an act of violence.
Bostonians For Youth 2012 Partners:
- Trinity Boston Foundation - Trinity Boston Foundation is dedicated to changing the odds for Boston youth through programs that serve youth, their families and the community. TBF's programs include: TEEP, a 6-year values-based, holistic, year-round support program to Boston Public School students (7th grade through high school) that has 100% of its graduates going to college and graduating from college on time; SOLE TRAIN: BOSTON RUNS TOGETHER is both a running and mentoring program for Boston youth; TRINITY BOSTON COUNSELING CENTER increases access to effective mental health care for youth, families and community members as well as self-care and resiliency training to youth workers.
- Justice Resource Institute (JRI) - JRI was founded in 1973 and operates effective programs for a wide array of youth and adults including those who might not otherwise have access to quality care. Some of their many programs include JRI's Trauma Center, which provies comprehensive services to traumatized children and adults and their families. Boston GLASS provides LGBT youth with community space that is safe from bullying, harassment and forms of violence which lead to a disproportionate rate of suicide among these youth. JRI is currently training an agency-wide staff team who will be advanced "first responders" providing emergency trauma support to the broader community.
- The Youth Violence Prevention Learning Collaborative (YVP) - YVP is a network of businesses, foundations, government agency funders, and key experts formed to share knowledge, identify funding gaps and promote dialogue to help funders and businesses coordinate and strategically align their efforts to increase their impact on youth violence in Boston. The YVP Collaborative takes a public health approach to youth violence prevention and is focusing its initial efforts to ensure adequate funding support to five communities along the Blue Hill Avenue corridor: South End/Lower Roxbury, Dudley Square, Grove Hall, Bowdoin/Geneva, & Morton/Norfolk. The Collaborative will use its share of the proceeds from Bostonians for Youth to invest in community-based organizations working effectively in these neighborhoods to promote peace and positive outcomes for youth.
Scenes from Bostonians for Youth 2011
From the energetic dancing of Thee Slap Bracelets, to Topper’s powerful film and the Governor’s stirring remarks, from Ryan Williams’ stunning high notes to the challenge Robert Lewis issued to recreate the Boston Miracle, and Liz Brunner’s terrific MC work encouraging us all to give – it was a night to remember.
We’ve raised $400,000 together, money that will go to support work on the front lines in Boston. Thank you for your generosity, for catching the spirit of collaboration that is the signature of Bostonians for Youth, and for your commitment to ending youth violence.
2011 CO-CHAIRS
- Michael Greeley & Kathy Burns, Flybridge Capital Partners
- Seth & Elizabeth Brennan, Lincoln Peak Capital
- Christine & Jeff McCormick, Saturn Asset Management
- Jay Vacanti, M.D. & Susan J. Treacy, Chief, Pediatric Surgery, MGH
Bostonians for Youth is an initiative of the Trinity Boston Foundation - www.trinityinspires.org
