News and Events
Campership Update
Cambridge Camping students enjoying their field trips! Finding safe, appropriate, and affordable childcare for young children, and interesting and meaningful summer activities for older kids and teens, is difficult and can be a huge financial burden for families....
Meet Our Fall LAH Intern
Sarah Knotts is a junior at Boston University majoring in Health Science with a minor in Dance. She is a Boston local and is excited to work on social media and outreach as an LAH intern this fall. She has worked in marketing and communications at the Boston Public...
Lend A Hand on The Upside
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Event: An Opportunity to Visit LAH Founder’s Home & History
Thank you to Kenneth Woodcock and his team for graciously hosting and presenting several of our donors with an opportunity to learn more about LAH’s founder, Edward Everett Hale’s homestead in Matunuck, RI. It was a special day with a visit to Hale House and its...
Our Campership Program
Summertime in the city when school is out presents a challenge for many low-income families. Finding safe, appropriate and affordable childcare for young children, and interesting and meaningful summer activities for older kids and teens, is difficult and can be a...
Edward Everet Hale 200th Birthday Celebration
Lend A Hand Society was excited to hold an event at the Boston Public Garden last Sunday, April 3rd to commemorate our founder Edward Everett Hale’s 200th birthday! The celebratory gathering at the Hale statue in the Boston Public Garden was lively and festive. ...
LAH 2021 Grants Made
LAH’s mission is to help people towards a better future. Over the past two years, the pandemic has made the future very uncertain. The community needed help in this time of difficulty. Thanks to our wonderful donors we are proud to announce that in 2021, we provided...
Rise in Youth Homelessness in Boston
One of LAH’s main priorities is to help combat homelessness in the Greater Boston Area. There has been a significant increase in youth homelessness over the past four years. The pandemic aggravated the already prevalent problem because many people lost their jobs and...
Boston Residents Struggle With the Rising Cost of Living
Lend A Hand is here to help seniors who are in need. As we emerge from the Coronavirus Pandemic, many elderly Bostonians are still struggling to pay for basic necessities such as rent and medication. According to a recent article in the Boston Globe, many seniors on...
LAH Awarded AGO Grant for Heating Assistance
We are excited to announce that LAH has been awarded a Residential Energy Assistance Grant by the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office. This award will help provide relief to residents struggling to pay their heating bills during this challenging time. We are...