Growing up in Dorchester, Tina Lewis-Ware watched her single mother scramble to pay the bills and raise four daughters. Her mom had dropped out of high school, worked at a dry cleaners and tirelessly ...

ABCD teams up with Fenway Park on its SummerWorks program. Good News Tuesday highlights the good works that make our community stronger. Share your Good News with us ...

For many years, the non-profit organization ABCD (Action for Boston Community Development agency) has kept kids off the streets, while helping them earn some extra ...

Kiabeth Pagan had just turned 11 years old when her father lost his mechanic job and her parents split up. Her mother packed her and her younger siblings up and moved them from Lawrence to a shelter ...

If there’s one thing John Drew never gets tired of, it’s his summer jobs program. Drew has spent well over 40 years at Action for Boston Community Development ...

Keeping kids off the streets and helping them earn some extra money during the summer is the main goal of a summer jobs program in Boston called SummerWorks, by the ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — 750 underprivileged young adults are getting paid to work through the internship program Summerworks this summer. The internships take place throughout Washington County, ...

DEADLINE. IT REALLY JUST FELT GOOD TO BE IN A SPACE WHERE I KNEW I WAS WELCOMED. REINA’S STORY WAS A PART OF THE SUMMERWORKS PROGRAM LAST SUMMER, MAYOR CRAIG GREENBERG JOINED OTHER COMMUNITY LEADERS ...