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City Service Projects for 2004
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Friends of Boston's Homeless
Friends of Boston's Homeless works in a public/private
partnership with Boston Public Health Commission's
Homeless Services to develop and fund effective,
solution-oriented programs that help the homeless
move beyond shelter to lead independent lives
in the community. Through advocacy and education,
the Friends also seek to increase public awareness
and understanding of the realities of homelessness
and provide a way for individuals and businesses
to be part of the solution.
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Sportsmen's Tennis Club
Sportsmen's Tennis Club provides high-quality,
affordable tennis and academic support programs
for the children of Boston and has been a safe
haven for the children of Boston's communities
for more than 40 years.
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Project: Think Different
PTD uses pop culture to increase the power
of unheard voices in civic dialogue and policy
formation to ensure equity and fairness for
all. PTD furthers its mission by providing disenfranchised
people venues for message creation, amplification,
and engagement in action. By enabling people
to think differently about their power to create
change, PTD transforms individuals, communities
and society at large.
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Give Us Your Poor: Homelessness
& the United States
Based in the belief that homelessness is
solvable, Give Us Your Poor aims to create a
revolution in public will towards understanding
and acting to solve homelessness.
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Dress for Success Boston
DFSB provides low-income women with interview-appropriate
clothing as they try to enter or re-enter the
workforce. The organization dresses, coaches
and mentors women trying to regain control of
their lives and those of their children through
economic independence. DFBS runs an educational
support group for the newly employed woman with
monthly seminars on topics relevant to achieving
success in the working environment.
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Filmmakers Collaborative, Inc.
A nonprofit association of Boston-based
independent documentary filmmakers, FC, Inc.
supports the production of independent documentaries
that increase public understanding and dialogue
about social, cultural, racial, historical,
political and environmental issues. FC, Inc.
also works to educate and inform the public
about documentary films and the filmmaking process.
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Neighborhood Action, Inc.
NAI's mission is to meet the immediate
physical, medical, and social needs of its homeless,
aged, and impoverished guests by providing food,
clothing, medical attention, fellowship, and
emotional support.
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Boston Soccer Legacy Fund,
Inc. (CityKicks)
To enrich the lives and enhance the futures
of urban girls and empower them to realize more
of their potential by connecting them with the
social-emotional, physical, and educational
benefits of participating in an after-school
soccer program structured to be inclusive and
emphasize health and skills.
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