FALL 2019 | In This Issue Back-to-School with the Women’s Education Center Q & A with Our New Teacher Coordinator Our President on New Beginnings The Wellness Center Turns 25
NEWS
A New Holiday Card Is Unveiled Hear Glennon Doyle at Funny Women… Serious Business October 16
Our Women’s Education Center Evolves to Meet Guests’ Needs As schools everywhere re-open their doors in September, the Women’s Education Center (WEC) at Rosie’s Place also readies itself for another year. This fall, WEC has expanded its services by adding job placement and arts programming to its existing offerings of free language and computer classes.
Q&A
PAULINE JENNETT
WOMEN’S EDUCATION CENTER TEACHER COORDINATOR Pauline Jennett draws on her varied educational and professional background in business, counseling and education leadership as the new Teacher Coordinator in our Women’s Education Center (WEC). In this role, Pauline oversees and coordinates the placement of more than 100 volunteer teachers who lead free pre-literacy, literacy and English as a Second or Other Language (ESOL) classes here. What brought you to Rosie’s Place? I volunteered for two years as a teacher in one of the pre-literacy classes, and it was great! So when I saw the posting, I knew the job was for me. I realized I loved teaching adults when I was a chaplain at the University of Pennsylvania Health System, instructing other chaplains in the research methodology of working with people who are hospitalized. I can relate to this group of students, as I’ve been an adult learner myself, studying within different areas of interest well into my 30s. What is the purpose of a pre-literacy class for English learners? Many of our students were never able to attend school in their home countries, so they need to acquire a foundational understanding of language itself before they can learn English. You’re at “square one,” and I enjoy that challenge. We cover the basics: the alphabet, money, body parts, telling time. From here, students can move onto more advanced ESOL classes. What is the focus of your work with the WEC teachers? I’m committed to enriching the teacher experience in what is a unique, volunteer-staffed ESOL program. Our volunteers range from individuals with no prior teaching experience to special education, pre-k and high school teachers to a college linguistics professor. I ascribe to Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences, which outlines different learning styles, and I try to share those insights with our teachers. During our teacher retreat this summer, we took a deep dive into what they’ve learned this year, what accomplishments they’re most proud of and what new skills and innovations we can integrate into their classrooms this coming fall. Also, I am starting to think about a new teacher advisory council to foster teacher involvement in WEC strategic arenas including curriculum development and classroom management. Our teachers’ educational experiences are broad and deep, and we are well poised to garner insight from our valued teaching staff. What do you find gratifying about your position? This job brings together many elements of my skill set and experiences. I saw a lot of trauma as a chaplain, working on the West side of Philadelphia. I also volunteered at the front desk for a while at Father Bill’s. I have always been concerned with poverty and helping an overlooked population. But what I think about most when I’m here is my Belizean grandmother, Ruth, who lived until 107 in my hometown, New York City. She wanted to read the Bible in English, but she had to do it all on her own as an adult learner. From her, I understand our guests’ desire to learn. They have important goals and we are here to help ensure they achieve them.
“These three service areas are naturally linked,” says WEC Director Sara Jorgensen. “Our free classes can create the opportunity for guests to pursue a new job or career, and we’re here to assist when they’re ready to move forward. And our range of arts activities offers another outlet for learning and self-expression. We’ve been working on exciting new initiatives while investigating the best way to integrate these three areas, to make them more seamless.” Again this year, we expect to enroll more than 300 women in our English as a Second or Other Language (ESOL), pre-literacy, literacy and iPad/computer classes. Once our summer semester ends, thoughts turn to preparing for the upcoming year. To this end, WEC staff hosted its second annual retreat in late July to thank our volunteer teachers, share classroom strategies and get energized for the semesters ahead. Additional work continues behind the scenes with the formation of a curriculum committee, comprised of volunteers who are also professional teachers. The committee will meet regularly to determine benchmarks for different class levels and to help diversify the WEC “faculty.” WEC is also developing a teacher advisory council (see Q & A on this page for more) and a student advisory council. Students selected for the council will meet monthly to provide input about what goes on in the classroom as well as suggestions for subjects they would like to see added to our curriculum. “Just participating in the meetings provides learning for our guests– about democracy and the decision-making process,” Sara says. Outside the Rosie’s Place classroom, we have been invited to provide ESOL classes to women awaiting deportation at the South Bay House of Correction in Boston. Each week, we conduct language assessments and teach two levels of English to about 30 ICE detainees from countries all over the world, including El Salvador, Guatemala, Korea and Cuba. According to
Juval Racelis and his students at May end-of-year celebration
Sara, “The women we’ve met are young, all under age 25, and distressed.” We have been offering a curriculum focused on ways to recognize and release stress, similar to the content of our summer class sessions held at Rosie’s Place. By bringing our contract workforce specialist, Aisha Browder, in house, we have made her expertise more readily available to our guests, thus increasing utilization of her services. “I’m able to introduce myself in the classrooms, so students know I’m a resource for them,” Aisha says. “In addition to working with guests to find a job, I also spend time helping them to clarify their long range goals.” Aisha offers job skills workshops and assists guests in addressing barriers that might prevent them from getting hired, such as finding appropriate clothing for an interview and explaining gaps in their employment history. She’s also placing more emphasis on linking guests with job training programs that will allow for income while they learn. In FY19, close to 30 guests entered training programs and/or found employment with the help of Rosie’s Place. Developing creative outlets for our guests is also a priority. “We’re looking to spark learning through different learning styles, and that’s why it’s important to integrate arts into our program,” Sara says. With our partner, the Arts/Lab@Med Campus (BU Medical Community/Boston Medical Center), we are poised to select another artist-in-residence for the 2019-2020 school year. Following last year’s “word artist,” who inspired guests to create self-affirming poetry, we are excited
to partner with a new artist who will engage guests as they bring their discipline into the food pantry, sitting room and other areas throughout Rosie’s Place.
Back-to-School with the BPS Collaborative The Rosie’s Place School Collaborative will begin the academic year with an established presence at 50 Boston public schools, increasing its involvement from 31 schools in 2018. Rosie’s Place connects with underserved women and families through partnerships with elementary, middle and high schools in nearby Roxbury and Dorchester, and throughout the city. We continue to grow so that our services can be more accessible to a greater number of woman-headed households in the community. We provide on-site and call-line multi-lingual advocacy services, including food access, housing resources, benefits applications, funding assistance with rent to prevent eviction and with utility payments to avoid termination of service and referrals for counseling, substance use disorder treatment and mental health services. For help or to refer a family, contact Tenisha at tmdaluz@rosiesplace.org.
Gisett’s Story Gisett had heard about Rosie’s Place from a friend a while back, but it wasn’t until this winter when she came in for the first time to enroll in a free ESOL class in the Women’s Education Center. She emigrated from the Dominican Republic a few years ago, drawn to Boston by the promise of a better life for her family. Although she had been on a law school track in college back home, she knew her limited English narrowed her opportunities here. Living with her uncle and infant son in Roxbury, Gisett searched for work right away and found a job cleaning buses overnight. But when she took time off to take care for her sick baby, her job was filled in her absence. That’s when she turned to Rosie’s Place. “They are here for a lot of people,” she says of Rosie’s Place, “They help anyone who is looking for it. With me, at first it was English.”
While in her English class, she learned of the job placement services also available here. She worked with our specialist to create a resume and then apply for housekeeping jobs in the area. She was thrilled when she was offered a full-time job at the Boston Best Western in May. She has already received two gift cards Rosie’s Place provided as incentives, for completing 30 days and then 90 days in her new position. Gisett dreams of getting her own place and reuniting her family here in Boston; in the meantime, she saves what she can after sending money back home to them twice a month. And she will continue her English classes at Rosie’s Place in the fall. “I have a plan and I am working to make it happen” she says, “with the support of Rosie’s Place.”
Our President on New Beginnings Dear Friends: For me, September has always been synonymous with fresh starts; the transition back from summer vacations, first days of school, weather that is beginning to change all give the sense of starting back or starting anew. At Rosie’s Place, new beginnings happen every day, in every season. We hope that, for our guests, a visit to Rosie’s Place will be an initial step down a new path. Whether a guest is coming to us for the first time, or coming back to continue a conversation, we aim to create an environment in which opportunity emerges. This could take the shape of new housing, a new job, or sometimes simply a moment of respite from the chaos that is chronic poverty. Steps big and small are taken and they are equally weighted. Time and again I am struck by the resilience of the women I meet here. Just a couple of weeks ago, a guest in our overnight program stopped by my office to say “good morning” on her way into work. She’s been homeless for the past year but, throughout, she’s maintained her employment—in fact, that job has been one of the only constants in her life. I thought two things in that moment. First, how hard it must be to get ready for work when you’re living with 19 other women, in a place that’s temporary. And second and most importantly, how I hoped she knew that for as long as she needs us, Rosie’s Place would also be a constant. Unfortunately, permanent housing isn’t on the immediate horizon for this guest. But, thanks to you, a good night’s sleep, in a clean safe bed, at an organization that can help her move on to what’s next, is. While her journey to stability may well be long, she will know that we’re walking this path together. Particularly in these dark and divisive political times, my thoughts go to our immigrant guests. The women who bravely sought out new beginnings writ large—new lives in new lands with new languages. They come to Rosie’s Place for all sorts of services—legal advice, food from our pantry, meals in our dining room, and most noticeably, ESOL classes in our education center. Needing help is universal; it transcends borders and economic class. That women can find all that they need at Rosie’s Place–without the English words to ask–continues to be something for which I am grateful and proud. Of course this begs the question of why one must ask for something as necessary as food to start with; but until that broken system is fixed, Rosie’s Place is here with welcome. For 45 years, our doors have been open to any woman who seeks to walk through them. On the other side, she’ll always find love, compassion, acceptance, and expert help from those who believe that impactful change doesn’t just happen, it’s made. In recent years, our reach has extended beyond our fixed address in the South End and into the community. Our services are in area courthouses, Boston public schools, and a housing development in Dorchester. But undeniably our community is bigger than any building or neighborhood—Rosie’s Place is wherever you are reading this. With your faith in us, and your commitment to our guests, together new beginnings are made. With appreciation, Leemarie
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Tending to Guests’ Health for a Quarter Century In 1993, while at Regis College accepting an honorary degree, Rosie’s Place founder Kip Tiernan was presented with an intriguing offer by Regis nursing faculty member, Mary Smalarz, EdD, RN: Could her nursing students obtain valuable, relevant communitybased experiences by providing nursing care to the guests of Rosie’s Place? According to Mary, Kip was reluctant at first, but she soon supported this mutually beneficial arrangement, and the Wellness Center at Rosie’s Place was born. The program started with one Regis RN student and one faculty advisor finding any corner of our busy dining room to offer blood pressure screenings and wellness-related education on a variety of topics. Five years later, Health Care Without Walls volunteered their physician and nursing services to the Center, joined in 2009 by providers from Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program. Today, 25 years after its doors first opened, the Wellness Center has grown into a dedicated space for exams, direct care and consultations, providing an average of 4,600 appointments with guests each year. “We are so grateful to have been able to offer our guests excellent wellness care under our roof for the past quarter century,” Rosie’s Place President /Executive Director Leemarie Mosca says. “Because of the generosity of these three organizations, our guests are comforted, knowing they can see a caring clinician for a range of medical needs five days a week. We extend our deep appreciation to everyone who makes the work being done in our Wellness Center possible.” Regis College faculty Laurel Gourville, RN, MSN, CPNP, who oversees their nursing students in the Wellness Center, agrees that providing health care access to poor and homeless women is essential. “Over the years it remains surprising that, in a country with great wealth, we continue to witness an unmet need for care for vulnerable populations. It is heartwarming to work with a Memorial during fabrication dedicated group that does their best to meet these needs, butKipit Tiernan is heartbreaking to see that the need never ends.” She adds, “At Regis, we so appreciate the opportunity to partner with Rosie’s Place so that we can extend to students the opportunity to become part of the health care work force that does understand.” According to founder Roseanna Means, MD, her organization, Health Care Without Walls (known as Women of Means until 2015), was invited to join the nurses from Regis College to expand their programming to include nurse practitioner students and an MD on-site for clinical supervision. “I have been volunteering continuously at the Wellness Center for all 20 years,” says Dr. Means. “Over the years, we hosted medical students and medical residents side by side with Regis nursing students. Our emphasis is on safety, autonomy and dignity, and we are gratified that our long and consistent presence has nurtured close relationships that are reflected in improved health and fewer emergency room visits.” “For the more than a decade that Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program has provided on-site services for the guests of Rosie’s Place, we have seen both an increase in the complexity of the health care needs of people experiencing homelessness and a health care system that is more difficult to navigate,” says Melinda Thomas, BHCHP Assistant Medical Director. “It is essential that we, and all of the organizations that partner with the Wellness Center, continue to work in collaboration with Rosie’s Place to maintain this important access point for guests to receive care that addresses their full scope of health needs in a compassionate, dignified, and culturally competent way. We are appreciative of the opportunity to provide services in the Wellness Center and look forward to continuing this work for years to come!” Rosie’s Place will mark the Wellness Center’s 25th year with a celebration and recognition of its partners on September 19.
QUOTABLE
Heather Anderson Fitzpatrick
Eveliss P.
“Pre-baby I volunteered teaching English at @rosies_place but I definitely took a hiatus from volunteering after [my son] was born. What’s so wonderful about their volunteering process is that it’s super easy and efficient– you apply online and once you are approved you have access to a calendar with tons of offerings for days/times and where to volunteer, and you sign up for whatever works for you. Tonight I volunteered in the Food Pantry and it was so much fun and the time flew by so fast that I was actually disappointed when it was over. If you are looking for a volunteer opportunity I highly suggest you check them out. I could go on and on about how great Rosie’s Place is, but I would rather you see for yourself.”
“One day I fell in love with the wrong person…he tried to control my life…and that included physical and verbal abuse…I could not take it anymore and I decided to leave. I write these short lines so that you will realize that not all is lost…We are valuable and we always achieve what we desire. Life always gives us another opportunity to be happy. Today I am in a happy relationship with a man who values me together with my children. I am proud of everything that I have achieved in my life, especially if I could inspire you to never give up and to seek help.”
Excerpted from an Instagram post by volunteer and personal trainer Heidi Anderson Fitzpatrick.
“Interning in the Women’s Education Center has inspired me to think about the relationship between immigration and poverty/ homelessness in Boston. I have two years of experience teaching ESOL in China and being in the classroom here with the guests constantly humbles me and reminds me that I’m a learner instead of a teacher. “ (Mandy) “During my time as an intern, I’ve learned a lot about the needs of our guests, and how important it is to keep the curriculum interesting and relevant. The students usually need English to get around and for their jobs, so it’s helpful for them to learn everyday terms they can immediately put to use. It’s exciting to learn from the dedicated staff who works every day to make an impact.” (Taylor)
ROSIE’S PLACE NEWS is published three times a year to inform our friends about activities and events taking place throughout the Rosie’s Place community. OUR MISSION is to provide a safe and nurturing environment to help poor and homeless women to maintain their dignity, seek opportunity, and find security in their lives. President/Executive Director Leemarie Mosca Director of Communications | Editor Michele Chausse Communications Coordinator | Contributor Mikayla Mercado Design Colette O’Neill We’d love to hear from you! Please contact us with your comments at mchausse@rosiesplace.org or 617.318.0210.
Excerpted from the piece, “Domestic Violence,” by Eveliss P. (reading above at our spring book celebration), one of the ESOL students who takes classes at our satellite office at Franklin Field, a housing development in Dorchester, and a contributor to our fourth book of student writing, My Life, My World.
Mandy You & Taylor Langdon
Reflections from two of the 15 college interns who were with us this summer– Mandy You (left), a rising sophomore studying international relations and political science at Wellesley College and Taylor Langdon, a rising junior studying psychology and politics at Pomona College–on their experience at Rosie’s Place.
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Many thanks to our generous friends, who made our annual Safe and Sound gala another record-breaking success, raising $805,000 to benefit the women we serve. Held May 8 at The Cyclorama at Boston Center for the Arts, the special event featured co-emcees Susan Wornick and WBUR’s Jack Lepiarz, pithy verse from Bill Littlefield, chef tastings, and live and silent auctions. We are grateful to our event chairs: Bank of America, Brightsphere, Christina Gordon and Michael Gordon, Anne Kubik and Michael Krupka, Marriott Daughters Foundation, Michele May and David Walt, and Deb and Mark Pasculano as well as close to 20 table hosts, including Suzanne Chapman (seated, second from left) and Jennifer Eckert (standing, second from right).
To honor the life of Carolyn Falzone, who passed way in September 2018, her co-workers, family and friends remembered her this past April by volunteering to serve Sunday brunch to our guests. They said they felt it would be a wonderful way to honor Carolyn, who had been the supervisor of the Winchester Hospital Sleep Center, while supporting an organization and cause she held so dear.
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Send holiday greetings to your family, friends and clients, and give the gift of hope to poor and homeless women. The holiday cards you purchase from Rosie’s Place for business or personal use will help fund new beginnings for 12,000 women a year. We are pleased to offer another new image from acclaimed local artist Sam Vokey. Beacon Hill Sledders depicts a scene of nostalgic pleasures–children sledding on the Boston Common–with Beacon Street in the background. Visit our website to view all nine classic Boston scenes and whimsical winter illustrations, available in 10-packs ($20) and variety 15-packs ($26). Custom printing is available as well.
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In June, 10 guests took part in a semi-annual seminar from the Public Policy program, learning about the branches of government, how our state legislature works, and ways they might make their own impact on policies that affect their lives. The training culminated in a tour of the State House and meetings with elected officials.
Again this year, Rosie’s Place staff, guests, family and friends came together to celebrate community at the Boston Pride Parade. Whether marching or riding in our duck boat, we showed our commitment to equal treatment for all the women we serve. As one of the first organizations in Boston to welcome transgender women to overnight shelter, Rosie’s Place participated in the parade as allies of and advocates for the LGBTQ community.
Our new note cards featuring four scenes representing a different season in New England (North Country Stream featured here) make a great gift while supporting our work! Our holiday card artist Sam Vokey has generously donated his paintings for this series. Cards are blank inside and are sold in packs of 10 and variety sets of 16, or can be printed with a custom message. Shop at www.rosiesplace.org/notecards or contact Mikayla at mmercado@rosiesplace.org or 617.318.0238 for assistance.
Our Rosie’s Place satellite location at the Franklin Field housing development in Dorchester organized a health fair in June attended by more than 125 mothers and children. Representatives from local providers offering health and dental care, insurance and other services met with residents while we hosted refreshments and crafts and face painting for kids.
You can remember Rosie’s Place at holiday time in two ways: Purchase packs of cards • 9 winter scenes to choose from • 10-packs of 1 design: $20 • 15-packs with 3 designs: $26 • Comes with envelopes and classic greeting inside: “Warm wishes for a happy and healthy holiday season.”
Personalize your greeting with custom-printed cards • Available on orders of 50+ cards • Print a unique message in color or black and white • Add logo, photo or signatures for a special touch • Envelopes are included and can be customized • Our online ordering system makes ordering quick and easy
Order your special holiday greetings while supporting the work of Rosie’s Place today! • Online: www.rosiesplace.org/holidaycards • Phone: Mikayla Mercado at 617.318.0238 • Email: mmercado@rosiesplace.org • Mail: send a check to Rosie’s Place, Attn: Holiday Cards, 889 Harrison Ave., Boston, MA 02118
We celebrated what would have been founder Kip Tiernan’s 93rd birthday with a special dinner for guests on June 17, featuring a jazz band and her favorite food – BBQ – prepared and served by our board members, special friends and family.
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author glennon doyle headlines funny women...serious business, october 16 Funny Women…Serious Business is back on Wednesday, October 16, 2019, from noon to 2 p.m. at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. Our annual luncheon celebrates Rosie’s Place’s unique mission and raises critical funds for our work. We look forward to another sold-out afternoon with 2,000 of our friends and supporters.
WISH LIST
It’s never too early to start making the holiday season happier for our guests. We strive to provide a special gift which, for many women, may be the only present they will receive. With your help we can create a warm holiday experience that—like everything else at Rosie’s Place—will be wrapped in unconditional love and respect. Most needed items are: $25 Gift Cards • CVS • Walgreens • Target • Payless • Old Navy Children’s Toys • We have a limited need for children’s toys. Please contact us if you are interested in organizing a toy drive.
Holiday Gift • Bath and body gift sets with lotion, body wash and body spray (from stores such as Bath & Body Works) • Sets of hats, scarves and gloves • Pajamas and robes • Slippers • Perfume (individual bottles and gift sets) • Throws and blankets
Support Rosie’s Place with a Holiday Event! Here’s another way you can contribute to our holiday giving: When planning a community event or holiday party at home or work, please consider making Rosie’s Place the beneficiary. Monetary donations are most welcome, as they allow us to purchase gift cards and items we will not already have received. For a step-bystep Event Toolkit, visit rosiesplace.org/drives. Your generosity will help brighten the season for our guests and their families. Please contact Alyssa Schoppee at 617.318.0283 or aschoppee@rosiesplace.org for more information and to arrange a drop-off time. We hope to receive all holiday donations by December 6, 2019. Thank you for your support!
This year we are featuring a conversation with Glennon Doyle, author of The New York Times bestselling memoirs Love Warrior (a 2016 Oprah’s Book Club selection) and Carry On, Warrior. She was named among OWN Network’s SuperSoul100 inaugural group as one of 100 “awakened leaders who are using their voices and talent to elevate humanity.” Glennon is an activist, speaker and founder of Together Rising, a non-profit organization that has raised more than $20 million for women, families and children in crisis. She is also the creator of Momastery.com, an online community where millions of readers meet to experience her moving and irreverent essays about marriage, motherhood, faith, mental health, addiction, recovery and connection. Drawing from her own personal story, Glennon inspires audiences with her authentic, empowering, hopeful, and fresh perspective on a life that is “brutiful: brutal and beautiful.” On October 16, Glennon’s unique voice will translate from the page to the stage with wit, candor and heart. The afternoon will be co-hosted by longtime friends and luncheon emcees Susan Wornick and WCVB’s Karen Holmes Ward. They will be joined by anchorwomen from Boston television outlets: Latoyia Edwards, Kate Merrill, Amaka Ubaka and Vanessa Welch. This event is made possible through the support of Presenting Sponsors Bank of America, Brightsphere Investment Group, Globalization Partners, Christina and Michael Gordon, J.Jill, Anne Kubik and Michael Krupka, Kristen and John Maxwell, Michele May and David Walt and Deb and Mark Pasculano; Presenting Centerpiece Sponsor Neiman Marcus; and Leading Sponsors Amundi Pioneer Asset Management, Elaine Construction Company, Inc., Forest Foundation, The Gilson Family Foundation, Highland Partners Charitable Fund and Jane and Joe Kringdon (as of print date). At the luncheon you’ll have the chance to network with other Rosie’s Place supporters, shop for gorgeous jewelry made by our guest artisans in the Women’s Craft Cooperative, win a fabulous centerpiece from Neiman Marcus and hear the uplifting stories of three women whose lives have been changed by Rosie’s Place. All proceeds from the event help provide food, housing, advocacy, education and employment opportunities–and so much more–for the 12,000 women who visit us each year. “We look forward to this wonderful day of community each year,” says President/Executive Director Leemarie Mosca. “You can feel the energy and enthusiasm of so many friends together in one place supporting our vital work; it inspires us to do more for every poor and homeless woman who comes to our door. Whether she is seeking meals and a food pantry, shelter and one-on-one assistance, or help in the community at schools and courthouses, we are here with services to meet her needs, all delivered with unconditional love. Because of the generosity and commitment of our luncheon guests, we can continue to be more than a shelter for 12,000 women each year.” You can support Rosie’s Place by becoming a sponsor or by purchasing tickets today. Tickets are $200; to order, visit www.rosiesplace.org/fwsb. For questions or sponsorship information, please contact Michael Oliver at moliver@rosiesplace.org or 617.318.0291.
Friends of Rosie’s Place Fall Night Out
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Thursday, September 26, 2019 Lamplighter Brewing Co., 284 Broadway, Cambridge
Join Friends of Rosie’s Place for our Fall Night Out! You’ll have the opportunity to enjoy a variety of Lamplighter Brewing favorites while meeting other young professionals and learning about our critical work. Tickets are $25 and include one drink ticket and light refreshments. For more information about the event or the benefits of joining our Friends of Rosie’s Place group, please contact Kristen Leonard at kleonard@rosiesplace.org.
Funny Women... Serious Business
Wednesday, October 16, 2019 Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, Boston Join Rosie’s Place at our annual luncheon–the best in Boston! This year’s event features a conversation with bestselling author and activist Glennon Doyle. For sponsorship or ticket information, contact Michael Oliver at moliver@rosiesplace.org or 617.318.0291 or visit www.rosiesplace.org/fwsb.
Wbur’s A Christmas Carol Monday, December 16, 2019, 7:00 pm Omni Parker House, Boston
Save the date for the 17th anniversary of WBUR 90.9 FM’s reading of the Charles Dickens’ classic, A Christmas Carol. You will hear your favorite WBUR personalities bring this timeless tale to life at Boston’s historic Omni Parker House, the site of Dickens’ first reading. Tickets are $60 and all proceeds benefit Rosie’s Place. Tickets will be available in November; check back at www.rosiesplace.org/wbur for more information.
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