GRANTEES IN THE NEWS

Source: CommonWealth Magazine

In Massachusetts’ high-tech economy, employers and organizations like Associated Industries of Massachusetts decry the lack of employees with technological training. Boston’s Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology, a private, two-year technical school originally endowed by Benjamin Franklin, focuses on filling the need for skilled, hands-on employees.

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Featuring Benjamin Franklin Institute, a grantee of the Schrafft Foundation.

GRANTEES IN THE NEWS

Source: New York Times

A New York Times Op-Ed features letters from youth involved in the 826 Boston creative writing program that were invited to write to the first lady.  The results were collected in the book I Live Real Close to Where You Used to Live: Kids’ Letters to Michelle Obama (and to Sasha, Malia and Bo)

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Featuring 826 Boston, a grantee of the A.C. Ratshesky Foundation, the Ludcke Foundation and the Clipper Ship Foundation.