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
Purchase Tickets	If you HAVE NOT purchased tickets, click below to make your paid reservation(s). With an online paid reservation, you will be placed on a guest list – no paper tickets are needed.

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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.

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).