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Meet the real-life fairy godmother for local teens who can’t afford prom
With prom comes all kinds of expenses that quickly add up. Through Giving the Glam, low-income high school seniors can celebrate the rite of passage. -
This Brockton couple has hosted Saturday kids’ races for 47 years. This month, they’re calling it quits.
For a $1 donation, Dave and Judy Gorman have hosted races for kids in Brockton on spring and fall Saturdays. Generations of families have participated. -
ChopChop Family brings joy, skills and memories to each family's kitchen
The organization doesn't just teach the art of cooking. It also teaches cultural and financial literacy, math and science. -
Even in remission, childhood cancer is rarely ‘done.’ A survivor’s building community around ‘long effects.’
Erin Cummings was still dealing with new cancer, surgeries, and heart failure decades after beating Hodgkin lymphoma as a teenager. She learned she was far from alone. -
Ben Diaz fought for custody of his child by himself. Now, he's helping other dads doing the same
Fatherly Justice Association was founded in 2023, but the vision stemmed from his daughter's birth in 2017. -
'One Last Word' finds the comedy in what happens when you tell someone how you really feel
Author Suzanne Park's new rom-com is a novel centered around a Korean tech entrepreneur — and what happens when her new app accidentally sends intimate messages to all the important people in her life. -
Meet Brenda Kelley of Lenox, Massachusetts’ elementary principal of the year
"Our days are long days. Days can be tough. But you know, every day, there’s something positive happening within a school building," Kelley says. -
At Household Goods, thousands of furniture donations help families make a house a home
The Acton nonprofit that’s distributed over a million items was founded in a "twist of fate" 30 years ago, says executive director Sharon Martens. -
A Boston nonprofit is bringing community-owned solar power — and profit — to low-income neighborhoods
The Boston Community Solar Cooperative's next plan is a solar project on the roof of the Dorchester Food Co-op. -
Building confidence with beauty, Give n’ Glow looks to empower unhoused women
Northeastern student Samantha Asprelli founded her nonprofit to provide cosmetic products to unhoused women in Boston.
