AFC Mentoring
www.afcmentoring.org

727 Atlantic Avenue, 3rd Floor
Boston, MA 02111
617-224-1300

AFC Mentoring prepares children in adoption, foster care, and/or similar situations to become emotionally and socially well-adjusted adults who can define and achieve personal success through one-on-one mentoring with adults, group mentoring with other youth and adults, internships to gain professional skills, and a vibrant volunteer program.

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Boston City Lights
www.bostoncitylights.org
Volunteer Contact: Duggan Hill

1154 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02118
617-695-2856

Boston City Lights is a free pre-professional performing arts program for inner city youth. We are an all-volunteer organization that offers intensive training in dance, singing, acting, scene design, graphic arts, theatre and video production. When students are ready, they have the opportunity to perform in both benefit and paid shows, to record their work in our studio, and to learn to teach in our internship positions. City Lights also offers monthly focused two-day training camps in Maine for Boston youth.

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Boston Scholars Program
www.bostonscholars.org

75 Federal Street, 5th floor
Boston, MA 02110
617.226.4618

The mission of the Boston Scholars Program is to open doors for disadvantaged youths through educational opportunity. We achieve our mission by granting scholarships to meritorious Boston-area students who have demonstrated a pressing financial need, and by pairing these “Boston Scholars” with mentors from the Boston professional community who share similar academic and professional interests.

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The Children's Room
www.childrensroom.org

1230 Massachusetts Avenue
Arlington, MA 02476
781.641.4741

The Children's Room provides a safe and caring place and pathway for grieving children, teens and their families with peer support and the guidance of trained volunteers. They enable families to express their grief and adapt to the many changes that accompany death. In particular, they help children recognize that the grieving process is an important part of a normal life transition and ongoing growth and development.

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CityKicks
www.citykickssoccer.org

Bayside Office Center
150 Mount Vernon Street, Suite Two
Dorchester, MA 02125
617.288.4730

CityKicks was launched in 1999 to enrich the lives of under-served girls in the Boston Public Schools. Providing opportunities for them to experience the joys of playing soccer on a team, CityKicks empowers girls to become the best they can be, in the classroom, on the field, and in their communities. Currently serving 180 girls from 12 Boston middle schools, CityKicks provides year-round programming that promotes positive leadership, teamwork, self-confidence, and healthy decision-making.

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COMPASS (Community Providers of Adolescent Services, Inc.)
www.compassboston.org
Volunteer Contact: John Lydon

26 Sunnyside Street
Boston, MA 02116
617.524.2333

Compass is a non-profit school and social service agency that provides services to high risk inner city children. Since 1974, our dedicated staff has worked with more than 8,500 young people and their families. We are best known at the Santa Claus Anonymous for our Violence Prevention Program.

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Courageous Sailing Center
www.courageoussailing.org

One First Avenue
Charlestown Navy Yard
Boston, MA 02129
617.242.3821

The mission of Boston’s Courageous Sailing Center, a self-sustaining educational program, is to provide a fun, safe, accessible environment that promotes positive life skills and values through the sport of sailing. Since 1987, Courageous has served thousands of traditionally underserved Boston area children for free, teaching them how to sail while growing their self-confidence and building their teamwork, leadership and communication skills. Courageous youth programs span three full seasons and include learn-to-sail, racing, cruising/navigation, instructor-in-training, instructor, high school sailing, after school sailing, and environmental education programs.

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The Family Nurturing Center
www.familynurturing.org

200 Bowdoin St.
Dorchester, MA 02122
617. 474.1143

The mission of the Family Nurturing Center (FNC) is to build nurturing communities where children are cherished, families are supported, and everyone works together to promote healthy human development. FNC works collaboratively with youths, parents, professionals, community-based organizations, and private and public institutions to offer a range of programs that support families with the goal of reducing abuse and neglect. Best known for its Nurturing Programs and Welcome Baby Home visiting programs, FNC’s programs focus on new parents, teen parents, and families at risk.

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The Arc of Greater Boston
KOALA (Kids of All Learning Abilities)
www.arcgb.org

221 North Beacon Streets
Boston, MA 02135
617.783.3900

For over 17 KOALA (Kids of All Learning Abilities) has had extensive experience pioneering and advocating to open doors for children with disabilities to be included in after-school programs and recreational activities in their schools and communities through the development of disability awareness trainings, peer workshops, program innovation, resource development and tuition assistance.

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MetroLacrosse
www.metrolacrosse.com

Bayside Office Center
150 Mount Vernon Street, Suite 2
Dorchester, MA 02125
617.288.9898, ext 4

MetroLacrosse provides free, year-round lacrosse and character education programs to over 500 youth living in Greater Boston’s historically underserved urban communities. Through its character education curriculum that builds upon the lessons learned while participating in team sports, MetroLacrosse highlights the importance of a healthy lifestyle, focuses on developing strong teamwork and communication skills, and aims to teach participants lessons that are transferable to their daily lives. Relying on over 100 trained volunteers and a small full time staff, MetroLacrosse programs encourage youth to reach their full potential both on and off the field.

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MissionSAFE
www.missionsafe.org

P.O. Box 201060
Roxbury, MA 02120
617.592.7608

MissionSAFE is a highly effective youth development program working with adolescent youth from neighborhoods whose poverty and legacies of hopelessness and violence put these youth at great risk. Currently based in the Mission Hill area of Roxbury, MissionSAFE creates an emotionally, psychologically and physically safe space where youth are nurtured, listened to, engaged and cared for by adults who form healthy relationships with them.

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5 Star Student Program, Grace Church of All Nations
www.gcoan.org

451 Washington St
Dorchester , MA 02124
617.825.6757

The mission of the 5 Star Student Program is to empower inner-city high risk and at-risk youth with an opportunity to defy the statistical odds pertaining to education. Through the vehicle of an after-school program, they provide a safe haven full of spiritual nurturing, community building, and educational development while catering to the needs of low-income families.

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Summerbridge Cambridge
www.summerbridgecambridge.org

P.O. Box 381486
Cambridge, MA 02238-1486
phone: 617-349-6647
summerbridge@cpsd.us

The mission of Summerbridge Cambridge, a Breakthrough Program (SBC) is to inspire excitement for learning; create paths to college; and promote careers in education. Founded in 1992, SBC is a year-round, tuition-free academic program committed to educational equity. It provides middle school students with challenging classes and enriching activities while training talented high school and college students for careers in education. SBC offers diversity, community, spirit, academic excellence and an energetic commitment to learning.

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Urban Improv
www.urbanimprov.org

670 Centre Street
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
info@urbanimprov.org
Phone: 617-524-7049

Urban Improv’s mission is to challenge young people to meet the major issues in their lives head-on. By participating in an innovative, interactive curriculum, students develop the necessary skills of problem solving, cooperation, and leadership. We use structured theater improvisation to teach: violence prevention; conflict resolution; decision-making; and impulse control. Our program in based on best practices research and has been proven effective in reducing youth violence.

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YES (Youth Enrichment Services)
www.yeskids.org
Volunteer Contact: Jeffrey Wortham

412 Massachusetts Avenue
Boston, MA 02118
617.267.5877 ext. 24

YES provides an urban program of outdoor education, vocational training, and environmental awareness, focusing on vocational guidance and leadership development of youth. Organized programs include skiing, camping, backpacking, and environmental studies.

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Snail Mail:
304 Newbury Street, Box 332
Boston, MA 02115

Phone: (617) 333-0327

Santa Claus Anonymous Email: beneficiaries@scaboston.org