This year-long project, 500 Women & YouthBuild, is engaging women across all sectors and walks of life to invest in Boston neighborhoods through construction and rehabilitation projects. The 500 Women & YouthBuild project is sponsored by John Hancock Financial Services and spearheaded by Angela...
This year-long project, 500 Women & YouthBuild, is engaging women across all sectors and walks of life to invest in Boston neighborhoods through construction and rehabilitation projects. The 500 Women & YouthBuild project is sponsored by John Hancock Financial Services and spearheaded by Angela Menino, First Lady of the City of Boston, and Diane Patrick, First Lady of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
The initiative works to:
>Build housing for low-income disabled citizens
>Weatherize the homes of low-income elderly residents
>Assist local nonprofits with interior and exterior renovations
>Rejuvenate public parks and playgrounds
>Link Boston professionals and YouthBuild trainees in mentoring relationships
>Allow women to offer “sweat equity” in more than 50 construction and rehabilitation projects