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Boys & Girls Clubs of Dorchester holds Women’s Leadership Awards

May 17th, 2023 Comments Closed

SOUTH BOSTON — 450 guests attended the 30th annual New England Women’s Leadership Awards, which honored Collette Divitto of Collettey’s Cookies, Pamela Everhart of Fidelity Investments, and designer Taniya Nayak. The event was held at the Seaport Hotel and was hosted by Bob Scannell, president and CEO of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Dorchester, chaired by eternalHealth founder Pooja Ika, and emcee’d by WBZ-TV CBS 4 anchor Lisa Hughes. Special guests included former Boston…

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Dorchester Boys & Girls Clubs raise money, honor women leaders at gala

June 18th, 2021 Comments Closed

About 100 guests attended the pre-event reception for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Dorchester’s 28th annual New England Women’s Leadership Awards. US Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh, the former Mayor of Boston and longtime supporter of the Dorchester clubs, attended as did former state Senator Linda Dorcena Forry, a longtime Dorchester resident, attended. Among those honored at the online gala were: Tufts Medical Center’s Sherry Dong, longtime BGC supporter Dora Ullian, local business owner,…

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UPDATED 04.07.2020: Boston area events that have been postponed or canceled

April 7th, 2020 Comments Closed

EDITOR’S NOTE: Few in town attend more events than Bill Brett and so Bill and his team have been getting queries about what events have been canceled (short answer, everything) and if we have any information on what events have already been rescheduled. To keep as up-to-date as possible — and figure out where we’ll be this fall, we hope — we are compiling this list, which we will update as we are given information,…

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Boys & Girls Clubs of Dorchester holds Jingle & Mingle

December 21st, 2019 Comments Closed

SEAPORT — More than 400 guests attended the Jingle & Mingle event to benefit the Boys & Girls Clubs of Dorchester. The gathering was held on December 12, 2019 at the Barking Crab in the Seaport District. All photos by Bill Brett

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Boys & Girls Clubs of Dorchester raise more than $450,000 at gala

November 20th, 2019 Comments Closed

COPLEY SQUARE — More than 300 guests attended the Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston’s annual gala, which this year had a Disco theme. The event, held on November 16 at the Fairmont Copley Plaza hotel, raised more than $450,000 to support the clubs’ programs. The 32nd annual “Grand Drawing” gala got a boost when Boston Mayor Marty Walsh stepped up to serve as the celebrity auctioneer. The night’s emcee was WBZ morning anchor Kate…

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