GivingTuesday, the first Tuesday after Thanksgiving, is a global movement promoting acts of kindness and charitable donation. Charities around Boston typically host events, send out messages through social media and reach out to past donors to boost financial support.

Boston University’s Wheelock College of Education and Human Development announced three new internship sites for their master’s of science program in child life and family-centered care Friday, according to the Wheelock website.

Approximately 20 people gathered Monday at the Horizons for Homeless Children, a daycare center in Roxbury, to discuss the issue of homeless families in Boston, pertaining to early education and childcare. The...