The talk around Boston during the marathon season is John Hancock, the major sponsor of the most iconic race on Earth – the Boston Marathon – and a huge participant in all the citywide events that weekend. This year they teamed up with St. Francis House for some special events around One Boston Day, April 15, […]
Contact: Christina Smith (617) 457-1002 csmith@stfrancishouse.org Webster Bank sponsors St. Francis House Boston Marathon Team BOSTON, April 6, 2017 – The journey out of homelessness is like running a marathon: one step leads to another, mile after mile. St. Francis House is thrilled to announce that five runners will be participating in the 2017 Boston […]
Photo: Christopher Silva, market sales specialist; Anthony Singleton, Downtown Crossing Banking Center Manager; Haley Smith, Downtown Crossing Asst Banking Center Manager; Sumakshi Vali, Regional Manager; Jennifer Zhang, Downtown Crossing Banker; Bill Lionhood, Boston Market Manager Webster Bank has committed to support Team St. Francis House at the $2,500 level! In addition to this financial support, Webster Bank is gearing up for […]
On Tuesday, a group of senior leaders from the Technology and Global Services branch at Fidelity Investments took time to volunteer at St. Francis House. Led by St. Francis House Board Member Stephen Neff, Head of Technology and Global Services at Fidelity, the group helped serve lunch in the kitchen. With their support on our lunch line, […]
#25 Days of Giving with WinterWyman WinterWyman supported the St, Francis House Women’s Center Holiday Party as day 24 of their “#25 Days of Giving” – a holiday themed community service program. Other agencies they worked with included: Franciscan Children’s Hospital in Brighton, Somerville Cambridge Elder Housing, Boston Cares Bed Project, and the Massachusetts State […]
Harpoon Helps is the charitable arm of Harpoon Brewery in Boston. The Harpoon Helps team weren’t actual elves, but they carried plenty of holiday spirit into St. Francis House on Saturday Dec 3. The group brought festive supplies and created a winter scene on our 5th floor for our Moving Ahead Program students and staff to […]
Bank of America gives “big” support to St. Francis House on Giving Tuesday On November 29, #GivingTuesday, some employees from Bank of America gathered in our 6th floor conference room to present a $15,000 check to St. Francis House and our President, Karen LaFrazia. The “big check” (literally) represented a grant award by the Bank […]
To support basic services of meals, clothing, and counseling support for individuals experiencing poverty or homelessness Presented on #GivingTuesday 2016 BOSTON – November 29, 2016 –Citizens Bank has awarded St. Francis House with a $50,000 gift to support their basic services, counseling and supportive housing initiatives as a low-barrier shelter turning no one away. They […]
We are proud to have celebrated our first annual Financial Services Week. Financial Services Week coincided with National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week as an opportunity for our partners in the financial services community to volunteer and support the basic services at St. Francis House. It was a huge success! We were lucky enough to close […]
St. Francis House has a Fresh Threads program that distributes full, fresh changes of clothing every week to men and women in need. This month, UNIQLO donated casual wear for men and women. After the delivery was made, UNIQLO staff came in for a volunteer day, helping process, sort, and distribute their donated clothing to […]
