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Governor Maura Healey during a press conference at the Melnea Cass recreational complex in Roxbury on January 31, 2024. The Healey-Driscoll Administration granted Woburn Council of Social Concern $500,000 as part of the Early Education and Out of School Time capital grant. MATTHEW EADIE/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Early education, childcare programs to implement renovations with EEOST grant allocations

Camille Bugayong September 9, 2024
The Healey-Driscoll Administration awarded $8.5 million in early education and out-of-school time capital funding grants to 20 organizations across Massachusetts with the goal of renovating early education and childcare program facilities that serve primarily low-income families.
Two pride parade attendees stand on a column on June 10, 2023.

‘Empowering’ — Boston’s celebration of pride returns after three-year hiatus

Matthew Eadie June 12, 2023
Boston erupted in a celebration of pride on Saturday as thousands flocked to the streets for the city’s first Pride parade and festival after a three-year hiatus.
YMCA hunger challenge partnership with BU

BUild Lab and Innovate@BU offer $10,000 prize for remedy to food insecurity

Metta Santoso February 3, 2022
A new challenge is available for students from innovate@bu and the YMCA of Greater Boston to win $10,000 prize. Applications close March 1.
McKinley Middle School, a public school in Boston. The City of Boston is providing free breakfast and lunch to public school students, many of whom would otherwise go hungry, while schools remain closed due to the coronavirus. CONOR KELLEY/ DFP FILE

City and residents make efforts to feed those in need during pandemic

Jane Avery March 25, 2020
As schoolchildren, the elderly and the immunocompromised face hardships accessing food during a pandemic, communities around them have stepped up to help.
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