The Allston Brighton Community Development Corporation (ABCDC) engages neighborhood residents in an on-going process of shaping and carrying out a common vision of a diverse and stable community in the face of sustained economic pressures. This vision is evident in community-led projects that protect and create affordable housing, create greenspace, foster a healthy local economy, provide avenues for economic self-sufficiency, and increase understanding among and between our neighborhood's diverse residents.
The American Red Cross is a humanitarian organization led by volunteers that provides vital relief to victims of natural and man-made disasters and helps people prevent, prepare for, and respond to emergencies. First mandated by Congress in 1900, the American Red Cross is the ONLY voluntary organization designated to respond to disasters with the mission of alleviating human suffering and helping those affected rebuild their lives. American Red Cross disaster assistance is provided at no cost, made possible by voluntary donations of time and money from the American people. read more »
Asian American Civic Association
The Asian American Civic Association provides limited-English-speaking and economically disadvantaged Asian adults and youth programs and services to develop survival, literacy, and employability capacities needed to qualify for further education, job training, and employment opportunities. These opportunities will enhance their abilities to undertake their responsibilities towards the larger community, and to realize their potentials as contributing family members, productive workers, participating citizens, and community leaders.
The Boston Center for Independent Living is a private nonprofit organization, which is controlled and directed by persons with disabilities. We empower others and ourselves with disabilities to advocate and take control over our lives, and become active members of the communities in which we live. As a center, we work to promote the civil rights of all people with disabilities and to respond to the needs of persons with many different disabilities.
It is the mission of the Boy Scouts of America to serve others by helping to instill values in young people and, in other ways, to prepare them to make ethical choices during their lifetime in achieving their full potential.
Cambridge Community Center's mission is to provide enriching cultural, educational, recreational and social activities for the community it serves, with particular commitment to the children and youth of the Riverside/Cambridgeport neighborhoods.