REFA Gala Charitable Gift Sponsor
A portion of the REFA Gala proceeds will benefit
Breaktime and FamilyAid Boston.
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Breaktime - Breaktime's co-founders, Connor Schoen and Tony Shu, met as undergraduate students at Harvard while working at the Y2Y Shelter for young adults experiencing homelessness. After noticing young adults staying at the shelter wanted to work and learning that stable employment is the most critical factor in achieving stable housing, they founded Breaktime in 2018 with a mission to break the cycle of young adult homelessness.
Breaktime's mission is to break the cycle of homelessness by equipping young adults with the job and financial security they need to establish housing security.
Breaktime continues to evolve and grow. From developing the Breaktime Cafe to growing our Double Impact Initiative during the pandemic, our team has remained relentlessly committed to launching the careers of young adults experiencing homelessness. Through the Double Impact Initiative, we learned that empowering young adults to serve their own communities is critical in fostering purpose, dignity, and hope. Today, Breaktime continues to push forward a unique model of supported transitional employment.
Breaktime's mission is to break the cycle of homelessness by equipping young adults with the job and financial security they need to establish housing security.
Breaktime continues to evolve and grow. From developing the Breaktime Cafe to growing our Double Impact Initiative during the pandemic, our team has remained relentlessly committed to launching the careers of young adults experiencing homelessness. Through the Double Impact Initiative, we learned that empowering young adults to serve their own communities is critical in fostering purpose, dignity, and hope. Today, Breaktime continues to push forward a unique model of supported transitional employment.
FamilyAid Boston - Founded in 1916, and initially called the Travelers Aid Society, FamilyAid Boston (FAB) is the largest agency focused solely on homeless families in Boston, providing prevention, emergency shelter, housing supports, and comprehensive case management to more than 2,600 children and parents annually, and hundreds of thousands since its inception. Since COVID struck, FAB also now provides humanitarian relief to all our clients, supplying food, diapers and other essentials weekly, as well as educational supplies and financial support to parents, most of whom are now unemployed.
FAB, who is the largest provider of private funding to prevent family homelessness in Greater Boston, has recently enrolled more than 1000 unstably housed children and parents into an innovative new homeless prevention program. Boston’s leading institutions are now working directly with FAB on this program to stem the city’s rising tide of family homelessness, including Boston Public Schools, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston Medical Center, City of Boston’s Department of Neighborhood Development, Boston Housing Authority and the United Way. With these partners, FamilyAid Boston empowers parents and caregivers facing homelessness to secure and sustain housing and build strong foundations for their children’s futures.
FAB, who is the largest provider of private funding to prevent family homelessness in Greater Boston, has recently enrolled more than 1000 unstably housed children and parents into an innovative new homeless prevention program. Boston’s leading institutions are now working directly with FAB on this program to stem the city’s rising tide of family homelessness, including Boston Public Schools, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston Medical Center, City of Boston’s Department of Neighborhood Development, Boston Housing Authority and the United Way. With these partners, FamilyAid Boston empowers parents and caregivers facing homelessness to secure and sustain housing and build strong foundations for their children’s futures.
