November 2004

Get Ready to "Raise the Roof" at Project Place's Second Annual Gospel Brunch

Put your hands together and join us for Project Place's Second Annual Gospel Brunch which will be held on Sunday, February 13, 2005. Over 200 attendees at last year's Gospel Brunch were inspired by the sounds of extraordinary Gospel performers who donated their talents to create a fantastic musical experience to benefit Project Place. And the silent auction and raffle ...what can we say! Bidders were offered an exciting selection of items including lunch with the Mayor at a local eatery and week-long stays in beautiful Sanibel Island and Mattapoisett, MA.

Sponsors of last year's event included 7-Eleven as the lead sponsor, the South End Business Alliance, Mt. Washington Bank, Gibson Domain Domain, Mary Kelleher and Ken Smith. We also were honored to have Mayor Thomas Menino as our honorary guest and David Brown from WCVB-TV as the event's host. The morning was a truly uplifting and inspirational gathering for all, and we are looking forward to an even bigger and better event this year...

So mark Sunday, February 13th down on your calendar - you won't want to miss it!

Many thanks to all of our generous silent auction & raffle donors!

A Few of Our Stellar Supporters...

All in attendance at Project Place's End of the Year Celebration were captivated by the wise and thoughtful words of State Representative Byron Rushing (below) who graciously served as the event's guest speaker. This celebration has become a wonderful tradition at Project Place as staff, clients, friends and family come together to enjoy a great barbeque lunch and recognize all of the hard work that has taken place over the past year.

State Representative Byron Rushing (center), pictured with Suzanne Kenney, Project Place Executive Director (left) and Manny Alves, Board President (right).

The computer lab has become an indespensible component of our programming - last year we saw over 200 individuals received computer training at Project Place, either through structured class time and/or during drop-in hours.

Project Place is celebrating the implementation of our new computer system, made possible through the generosity of The Rowe Family Charitable Trust, John Hancock and The Agnes M. Lindsay Trust. Our previous system was comprised of refurbished computers that were prone to frequent break-downs. We now have state of the art equipment - 18 new staff computers, 12 new pcs in our computer lab (shown above right), a new server, two new printers, updated software ... and a host of happy students!

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Yet Another Great Year for Project Place's Annual Golf Tournament!

The weather was perfect, spirits were high, and golfers were in top form on July 21,2004 at our Sixth Annual Charity Golf Tournament. Held at the beautiful Pinehills Golf Club in Plymouth, MA, participants enjoyed a day full of activities and great giveaways. The Patriot Cheerleaders were on hand, rooting for players and selling raffle tickets. Celebrity guests included Jimmy Young, New England Cable News; Paul Stewart, retired NHL referee; Jeff Norton, former NHL player; Joe Morgan, former Boston Red Sox Manager; and Bob Montgomery, former Red Sox player. When the golf day ended players returned to the club house where people relaxed, swapped golf stories, and placed bids on some awesome silent auction items, including a luxury box at the Fleet Center for 10, football autographed by Tom Brady, and a spa package. The awards ceremony and raffle drawing brought the day to a close and over $70,000 was raised for Project Place programs!

Many thanks to our lead corporate sponsors, The Pepsi Bottling Group, and Corning Life Sciences for being part of this exciting event. We are also grateful for the additional corporate support we received from Hess, Schwepps, Edwards & Angell, LLP, Iron Mountain, Boston Federal Savings Bank, Mt. Washington Bank, Tedeschi Food Shops and Trucchi's Supermarket. And as always, a special thank you to Tournament Chair Andy Spencer for his incredible enthusiasm and commitment to making this event the best that it can be!

Sixth Annual Charity Golf Tournament Auction and Raffle Donors:

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Coming soon to a neighborhood near you...

Next time you are walking down Boylston Street keep an eye out for the guys in the blue jerseys - Clean Corners... Bright Hopes, one of Project Place's three small business enterprises, has added this location to their growing list of neighborhoods and business districts around the city of Boston where location to their growing list of neighborhoods and business districts around the city of Boston where they provide supplemental maintenance and cleaning services. Other new Clean Corners sites include Columbus Avenue and the Theatre District, and during the DNC, Clean Corners... Bright Hopes took part in the democratic process by cleaning the sidewalks of Newbury Street.

We are very pleased about the continued expansion of this program for a number of reasonsÑnot only does it increase the program's visibility around the city, but it has enabled us to increase the number of homeless individuals we are able to employ from 10 to 16, and we recently were able to promote two Clean Corners client employees into permanent supervisory positions. If you would like more information about this highly successful program please contact Frank Woods, Director of Finance and Social Enterprise at (617) 542-3740 extension 11.

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