This past June, the ABCD North End/West End Neighborhood Service Center (NE/WE NSC) honored 43 students from over 15 countries for their success in completing the 2015/2016 Adult Education Program. The English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) program is the only program funded by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education in the North Read More…
The ABCD North End/West End Neighborhood Service Center (NE/WE NSC) is pleased to announce a generous grant award from their friends at Church on the Hill, who support elderly services at the NE/WE NSC, especially the West End Food Pantry. ABCD is grateful to the staff at Church on the Hill for their ongoing commitment Read More…
The ABCD North End/West End Neighborhood Service Center (NE/WE NSC) honored fathers in June and simultaneously celebrated the dawn of Summer at its site at 1 Michelangelo Street in the North End. The center includes the seniors’ elected officials in these gatherings and the celebration serves as an opportunity for them to see their constituents and Read More…
The word respect in Latin meant to “look at” and it is with much sadness that I write this letter in response to the news of the closure of the 140-bed North End Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center that Partners Healthcare owns and is planning to close in about a year’s time. Seniors and Read More…
Action for Boston Community Development, Inc. (ABCD) will host a 4th of July celebration on Friday, July 1st at 12:30PM, at Copp’s Hill Terrace (Slide Park) in the North End. The weather prediction is a comfortable 79 degrees under partly cloudy skies, but in the event of rain, we will move the party indoors to Read More…
Volunteers Wanted The ABCD North End/West End NSC has a plethora of open volunteer opportunities: Opportunity-teach computers to seniors at the NE/WE NSC on 1 Michelangelo Street in the North End. We need a patient volunteer to teach seniors basic Internet searches, typing in Microsoft Word, setting up email, and navigating online shopping services such Read More…
Dear Friends and Family of ABCD: In this month’s letter I would like to highlight the importance of men’s health, as June is Men’s Health Awareness month. This is a special awareness period first recognized by Congress in 1994 and celebrated across the country. The goal is to educate men, boys, and their families and Read More…
Have you stopped in to see the latest improvements at the North End / West End ABCD Neighborhood Service Center (NE/WE NSC)? New floors have been installed along with a state-of-the-art big screen TV! Offering resources and programs for neighborhood seniors and those struggling financially, ABCD’s mission is to empower disadvantaged people by providing them Read More…
Dear Friends and Family of ABCD: The purpose of this letter is to support affordable housing in the North End of Boston, and this is a cause that drives me both professionally and personally. I grew up in the North End as a child in the 1950s and 1960s and recall when the neighborhood was a working-class place where 4 rooms rented for Read More…
The ABCD North End/West End Neighborhood Service Center (NE/WE NSC) recently held its spring luncheon at 1 Michelangelo Street in the North End. Nearly five dozen seniors gathered to enjoy a festive, although slightly chilly, April day. The NE/WE NSC’s cook and volunteer assistants prepared a feast of ham, rice, potatoes, vegetables, bread, raviolis, with Read More…
The ABCD North End/West End Neighborhood Service Center (NE/WE NSC) held its St. Patrick’s Day party on Friday, March 11th. Nearly 5 dozen members of community, almost all of them seniors from the neighborhoods, came to the center at 1 Michelangelo Street in the North End to feast on corned beef with all the trimmings, Read More…
The ABCD North End/West End Neighborhood Service Center (NE/WE NSC) held its Valentine Party on Friday, February 26th, due to snow earlier in the month. Nearly 4 dozen members community, almost all of them seniors from the neighborhoods, came to the center at 1 Michelangelo Street in the North End to enjoy fish, chicken and Read More…