PBHA’s Auction for the Summer Urban Program

Cambridge Queen’s Head Pub

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

5:30-8:30 p.m.

CHECK OUT OUR FANTASTIC AUCTION ITEMS	To plan for your bidding, please download a copy of a program of the event SUP Auction Program 2009
DIRECTIONS TO THE QUEEN’S HEAD PUB	The Queen’s Head Pub is underneath Sanders Theatre in Memorial Hall on the campus of Harvard University. Please visit the Sanders Theatre Website for directions
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Check out the article and news clip at http://wbztv.com/local/students.volunteer.spring.2.968692.html

Please visit MHASP’s website to learn more!

A few months and many field trips later, Tomasz has no regrets. He and his mentee have explored Salem, MA, visited each other’s schools, gone to the beach, and played Frisbee together, among other fun activities. “I’ve had an absolutely fantastic experience!” exclaims Tomasz. “At first, I thought our relationship would be really academic – that it would be more of a ‘teaching-learning’ kind of thing – but actually, it is more like having a friend who just happens to be 12 years younger than you are.”

Tomasz, who is leaning towards a concentration in Molecular and Cellular Biology, also works in a lab and is a member of the Harvard College Alliance for Africa. But as enriching as his other commitments are, Thomasz loves SBBS for the “personal and tangible effects” of watching his mentee “grow up,” and because he has been able to forge a much stronger relationship than he could ever have anticipated.

South Boston Big Siblings is a one-to-one mentoring program that matches volunteers with children ages 6-13. For information, please contact Program Director Liz Ballaconis at elizabeth.balaconis@gmail.com.

As a Senior Counselor with the Summer Urban Program, you have the chance to work with a group of 10 children, teaching and mentoring them as you explore the city together. All Senior Counselors receive free housing and a stipend of at least $3400.

Please come learn more at our info sessions this week and next:

Email sup@pbha.org with questions.

Non-Profit Management Fellow

The Harvard Club of Boston Nonprofit Management Fellow with PBHA is a recently graduated Harvard undergraduate seeking experiences to develop leadership skills in the nonprofit sector. By working closely with the Executive Director, the Fellow assumes responsibilities for several projects relating to the management of PBHA. Although specific responsibilities vary, areas include: strategic planning, special events, public relations and marketing, fundraising, board development, etc.

Emily graduated from Harvard in 2009 with a degree in sociology.  During her undergraduate years, Emily was very involved in PBHA through its Chinatown and Cambridge programs.  She was also student development chair in 2007 and 2008.  Emily plans to work in youth-based non-profit organizations.  Her interests include visual arts, snowboarding, and social theory.

Supports: Afterschool Program Group Officer; Afterschool, Elderly, South Boston, South End, Mission Hill, Native Community, and Special Needs Programs.

The PBHA Directors of Programs (four in all) support student PBHA program directors. They ensure that program run effectively, responsibly, and safely. They work in conjunction with program directors to plan for the semester, do site visits, and write evaluations of the program. Finally, they provide institutional memory as program directors change each year. They report directly to PBHA’s Deputy Director.

After graduating from Harvard, Kate opened a youth center in South Boston‘s Mary Ellen McCormack Housing Development and continued in South Boston as the Director of South Boston FANS where she worked with parents and teens to build a healthy community. Kate’s professional areas of focus are youth development, out-of-school time programs, youth with special needs, parent leadership and development, community organizing and development, and community based trauma response. Kate works with the South Boston, Mission Hill and South End Communities of Boston and is a member of the United Youth and Youth Workers of Boston.

Programs supported by Kate: Alternative Spring Break (ASB), Best Buddies, Committee on Deaf Awareness (CODA), Elderly Affairs (Vernon Hall, 1-2-1, Alzheimer Buddies, Pets as Therapy), Harvard Emergency Services (HEmS), Keylatch (After School , Mentor), King School Buddies, Kids with Special Needs Afterschool Program (KSNAP), Mission Hill (After School Program [MHASP], Mentor), Native American Youth Enrichment Program (NAYEP), South Boston Outreach Big Sib, Strong Women Strong Girls (SWSG).

Supports Adult Services Program Group Officer; Immigrant, Dorchester, Chinatown, Prisoner Education Programs

Programs Supported by Kerry: Boston Refugee Youth Enrichment (BRYE) (Extension, One to One, Summer camp, Tutoring, Teen), Chinatown Committee (Afterschool, Big Sib, Citizenship, ESL, Teen, Adventure summer camp, ESL/Citizenship Summer),  Marshall Afterschool Program, Partners Empoweing Neighborhoods (PEN),  Prisoner Education (Women’s Resource Center, Suffolk Prison Tutoring, Connelly Youth Tutoring), Project Literacy, Refugee Youth Term Enrichment (RYTE), Refugee Youth Summer Enrichment (RYSE)