On Friday, April 1, Project Place attended the Boston Employment Network job fair, a semi-annual event to help connect homeless individuals with local employers. Resumes in hand, 30 Project Place clients pitched their candidacy to over 20 employers and learned about potential career opportunities. Despite popular stereotypes, many individuals experiencing homelessness are ready and willing…
On Sunday, March 6th over 350 guests attended Project Place’s 13th Annual Spring Forward Brunch at the InterContinental Boston. We are grateful to all who made this day a stunning success and helped us reach our fundraising goal of $200,000. These funds will support programs and services providing job training and stabilization to 1,400 homeless…
On October 15th, over 60 young professionals helped raise $2,500 at our first annual Gatsby for Good: Young Professionals Ending Homelessness event. The event, hosted by Project Place’s Young Professionals Steering Committee, was held at Stage Nightclub in Boston. The event was a huge hit and everyone danced to the jazzy beats of the Adrian…
On Friday, October 9, State Senator Sonia Chang-Diaz visited Project Place to hear from current and former clients Project Place about what is needed to help individuals reentering society from prison stay out through a job and housing. Senator Chang-Diaz is sponsoring a bill to prevent recidivism and invest in reintegration for individuals looking to change…
It is no secret that a job is one of the greatest preventers of recidivism, re-offending and returning to prison. Jobs provide a reliable and legal source of income and are a stabilizing force in the lives of individuals leaving prison and returning to society. In Boston, almost 50% of individuals who leave the Suffolk…
Project Place staff took their annual retreat on Friday, August 14. We spent the day swimming and socializing at Project Place Board Member Jim Stowe’s house on Buzzard’s Bay in Mattapoisett, MA. The staff retreat is an opportunity for Project Place staff members to take a day to eat BBQ and bond outside of the…
This op-ed was written by Project Place Executive Director, Suzanne Kenney, and published in the South End News on Thursday August 20, 2015. It may sound strange, but the anxieties wrought by homelessness do not go away with permanent housing. The relief experienced by those who have secured housing after a period of homelessness is…
Monday was a beautiful day for a golf tournament with Project Place! Teams and individual players arrived at The Bay Club in Mattapoisett for registration and breakfast and then headed out to the course before the 9am Shot Gun start. The sun was shining as golfers played The Bay Club’s 18 perfectly-manicured holes. On the…
Boston, July 4, 2015 – Project Place held the first-ever Speed Interviewing event for clients on Tuesday, June 30. Based on the format of a speed dating event, clients cycle through stations where they are asked an interview question and receive immediate feedback on their answers. Volunteers from Edelstein & Company, LLP served as the…