Trinity Boston Foundation Celebrates Boston’s Youth at “Overcoming the Odds” Breakfast Meeting

BOSTON - Oct. 28, 2014 - PRLog -- For Trinity Boston Foundation, ‘Boston Strong’ is not just a slogan.  For the past eight years, the Foundation’s work to reduce youth violence and unlock opportunities for Boston’s youth has been building stronger neighborhood networks and gaining key supporters across the city. To celebrate the Foundation’s innovative work, Boston Mayor Martin Walsh, Sen. Sonia Chang-Diaz, Rep. Byron Rushing and other community leaders are convening for the Foundation’s first annual “Overcoming the Odds” Breakfast Meeting on Mon., Nov. 3, 2014, from 8 – 9:30 a.m., in the forum of Trinity Church, Copley Square, Boston.

The event, which will feature  a panel of youth sharing personal stories of overcoming the odds through their engagement with the Foundation’s innovative programs, is expected to draw a variety of area corporate, government and nonprofit leaders. The Foundation consistently builds relationships and establishes partnerships to promote youth development work in Boston. In the last year, it has expanded its running program for middle- and high-school students called Sole Train: Boston Runs Together, culminating in a 5K Community Fun Run this October. It has also increased its efforts to reach students in under-performing Boston Public Schools through its academic enrichment and character development programs.

The Foundation’s three components – Trinity Education for Excellence Program (TEEP), Trinity Boston Counseling Center (TBCC) and Sole Train: Boston Runs Together – are particularly influential as an integrated and embedded program at Boston’s Dever-McCormack Middle School, a school designated as a ‘turnaround’ school.

“Boston is strong  when it makes its young people a priority and offers them the resources they need to overcome the odds. We believe that building resiliency to trauma is critical for many young people to succeed,” said Louise Burnham Packard, Trinity Boston Foundation’s executive director. “When we strengthen our youth, we strengthen our entire city. We really do become ‘Boston Strong.’”

The slogan, of course, refers to the pride, determination to heal and resiliency embraced by Boston’s citizens following the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, which occurred just blocks from the Foundation’s offices in Copley Square. The Foundation’s mission to unlock opportunity and improve the odds for Boston’s youth by helping them complete high school and develop personal roadmaps for even greater success in life embraces the slogan’s underlying  message.

Trinity Boston Foundation serves more than 500 Boston youth each year through a portfolio of programs focused on community, education, health and wellness, character and leadership development  as well as clinical counseling services for youth, families and the staff of youth-serving organizations. In partnership, the Foundation builds communities that offer physical, emotional and spiritual well-being while strengthening  health and cohesion across Boston. Rooted in the unique community of Trinity Church in Boston’s historic Copley Square, Trinity Boston Foundation has operated as a separately incorporated  501(c)3 subsidiary since 2006. Trinity Boston Foundation programs are open to all. The Foundation honors and respects individuals of all faith traditions, including those with no faith tradition. For more information, please visit: http://www.trinityinspires.org.