August eNews: Highlights & Impact
Housing Families
Housing Families works to achieve housing equity and well-being for all.
This month we celebrated the signing of the Affordable Homes Act (AHA)! I had the pleasure of attending Governor Maura Healey's signing into law the historic and monumental $5.16B Affordable Homes Act.
This legislation has been Housing Families’ advocacy priority since its unveiling nearly a year ago.?Since then, we have been working alongside numerous partners to ensure that critical pieces within the bill—that are most central to our mission of achieving housing equity and wellbeing for all—remained intact throughout the legislative process. Read more resources and our full blog post here.
What We've Been Up To
Making Treasured Memories at Summer Camp
EnrichEd's Summer Camp program was an incredible success again this year! With the help of our supporters, our staff planned and executed an amazing program filled with laughs, community, food, a couple of scrapes and bruises, and so much fun! Read more about our Summer Camp activities here.
Annual Client Appreciation Carnival & Backpack Drive Distribution Day
Thanks to the generosity of our supporters, we were able to provide over 700 backpacks to children and teens in our programs for back to school. Each bag is full of?supplies to ensure the students are well-equipped throughout the year. Here's a few numbers from this year's drive:
And so much more!
Families received supplies at our annual Client Appreciation Carnival (pictured below). You can read more about the wonderful event here.?
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Events
Housing Families Annual Fun Run Exciting News! We have switched the model of the former Housing Families 5K and are now offering a Fun Run, perfect for families, friends, colleagues, and anyone who wants to get outside and have fun. Enjoy a relaxed, untimed run/walk, food, games, and activities for all ages. Join us at River's Edge park on this special day for our community.
Event sponsors: Greystar New England, ProKeeping, River's Edge, StonehamBank and United Way ?
Learn more about sponsorship opportunities.
Thank You Corner
Greystar New England Team We would like to extend a huge thank you to Greystar New England for inviting us to their 6th annual Team Member Appreciation and Fundraising Event.?? Greystar has also provided tremendous support this month for our backpack drive and Client Appreciation Carnival events. We're grateful for their outstanding generosity and commitment!?
Thank You Backpack Drive Volunteers
Thank You Legislative Leaders?
The Massachusetts Legislature recently passed the Fiscal Year 2025 state budget. Within this budget were two earmarks for Housing Families. The first earmark supports our youth program EnrichEd, in the City of Malden. The earmark was sponsored?by Rep. Paul Donato and cosponsored by Rep. Steve Ultrino and Rep. Kate Lipper-Garabedian. We also received an earmark, sponsored by Sen. Jason Lewis, to purchase transport vans for our programming. A special thank you to Reps. Paul Donato, Steve Ultrino, Kate Lipper-Garabedian, and Senator Jason Lewis for sponsoring and supporting these earmarks.
Thank you for once again making this summer so special for our community. Wishing you a wonderful back to school month,
Laura Rosi, Esq., CEO
Did you know??August is National Make-A-Will Month.
Everyone needs a will, whether they’re 18 or 80. And there’s no better moment than now to find some peace of mind in planning for the future.?While you’re writing your will, you’ll also have the opportunity to join the amazing people who have helped Housing Families by including legacy gifts in their wills. Write your free will
If you or someone you know needs help or is facing eviction or homelessness, please reach out to us via our Get Help?page.