The 2010
Laurel Ball Committee Present
The Seventh Annual
Laurel Ball
Friday, December 17th
7:00 to 11:00 p.m.
Taj
Boston
Hotel
15
Arlington Street
Boston, MA 02116
To benefit
organizations that transform children's lives
2010
Beneficiaries: Cradles to Crayons & Beacon Academy
Boston's Cradles to Crayons equips homeless and in-need children with
the basic essentials they need to feel safe, warm, ready to learn and
valued. Help keep kids safe and warm this year.
cradlestocrayons.org
Beacon Academy~ a transformational year between 8th and 9th grades to
promising, motivated and hard-working students from Boston and
surrounding urban areas; preparing students to thrive at competitive
independent and public exam high schools.
Help give 14 months that last a lifetime. beaconacademy.org
Thank you to all of the 2010 Laurel Ball Committee Parents who are
supporting their child's participation and
have generously donated
to ensure this years fundraising effort is a
success.
The Laurel Association enables
high school students in New England to participate in the process of
charitable giving
through the planning and production of an annual holiday event.
The 2010 Laurel Ball Committee includes 39 Students from New England
High Schools that are able to invite their
school and neighborhood friends, expanding the outreach to hundreds of
communities in the region.
2010 Laurel Ball Committee are students from the following High Schools:
St. Georges School, The Rivers School, Newton Country Day School,
Dexter School, Southfield School, Winsor School, Noble and Greenough
School,
Worcester Academy, Wellesley High School, St. Sebastian's School,
Beaver Country Day School,
Roxbury Latin School, Dover- Sherborne High School, Dana Hall
School,
Brooks School, Pomfret School, Weston High school, Milton Academy,
Thayer School and Middlesex Academy
The vision is to build a diverse community of young philanthropists who
join together for a common cause each year and remain connected
through their shared memories and collective achievements for many
years ahead.
Join the Laurel Association and help make this a sustainable process
and a new tradition for teenagers in Boston.
LEARN MORE ABOUT THE 2010 CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS PRESENTED TO THE
COMMITTEE
We thank the 2010 Laurel Ball Committee members for their
research, nominations, and endorsement of charities that benefit
children's education, health and
enrichment programs. The 2010 charitable organizations presented to the
committee:
2010 LB Committee member, Erin, a senior at Newton Country Day,
nominated
Thompson Island and introduced Mr. Arthur N. Pearson,
President of Thompson Island Outward Bound Program
http://www.thompsonisland.org/about-us
Thompson Island, a very accessible and most ecologically
diverse
islands in the Boston Harbor Islands,
National Park Areas. Thompson Island has a school campus
and
serving over 6,500 youth annually whose primary purpose is to provide
adventurous and challenging experiential learning programs that
inspire
character development, compassion, community service,
environmental responsibility and academic achievement. The
organization
principally serves early adolescents from all economic
and social communities of greater metropolitan Boston, and the
institutions and adults who support them.
2010 LB Committee member, Katharine, a junior at Nobles &
Greenough
School, nominated Boston's Cradles to Crayons,
http://cradlestocrayons.org/
In 2009 Cradles to Crayons provided 45, 000 local
children with
basic essentials.
The need is great- 305, 000 children ages (0-12) live in
low-income
situations in our State, they will all need a winter coat.
Mrs. Sarah Ducas, one of our founding LB members,
introduced
BeaconAcademy and the
2010 LB Committee members, Hamilton, and Alek, seniors at
Pomfret
School, nominated the organization to the committee.
Donations to Beacon Academy can transform the lives of
young
people for a lifetime. http://www.beaconacademy.org/
PAST BENEFICIARIES OF THE LAUREL BALL ASSOCIATION & COMMITTEE
2009
B-SAFE Program
St. Stephen's Youth Program, South End Boston,
(Bishop's Summer
Academic and Fun Enrichment)
http://www.ststephensbos.org/summerkids.html
Foster
a
love of dance
and creative expression in children with Down’s syndrome
BOSTON BALLET's
Adaptive Dance
Program, now in its fourth year, continues to be a successful
joint venture between Boston Ballet
and the Department of Physical
Therapy, Children's Hospital in Boston. The program reflects an
innovative collaboration between the staff from both facilities and is
designed to foster a love of dance and creative expression in children
with Down’s syndrome.
http://www.bostonballet.org/community/adaptive-dance.html
2008
TOYS FOR TOYS
http://www.greaterbostontft.org/
2007-2006
Conservatory Lab Charter School
Learning
Through Music
The mission of
the Conservatory Lab
Charter School is to engage all children by using the Learning
Through Music curricular model to ensure every child's academic,
artistic, creative, and social/emotional success, as validated by
qualitative and quantitative measures.
Conservatory Lab Charter School
http://www.conservatorylab.org/
2007- 2004
Epiphany School
Never gives up on a
child
Epiphany
is an
independent, tuition-free, middle school
for children of economically disadvantaged families from Boston
neighborhoods. We admit children of diverse faiths, races, cultures,
and cognitive profiles, believing in the Episcopal tradition that we
find God in and through each other's presence. Epiphany's small
classes, individualized curricula, and extended school days provide
rigorous academic, moral and social instruction. In close partnership
with families, we are an innovative learning community that affords
structured support to help students thrive. Together, we are a school
that never gives up on a child. Epiphany challenges students to
discover and develop the fullness of their individual gifts. We seek to
prepare graduates who will contribute intelligently, morally, and
actively to the society they will inherit.
http://www.epiphanyschool.com