The City is Only As Beautiful As You Make It

Spring is here and Youth Build New Bedford has been getting in some season cleaning.





WCBVtv News Clip of YouthBuilds Gathering in Boston

Big Stars Attend Presidential Fundraiser



If you're unable to view the video please check it out at it's direct link below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBPbMjudelw

Town Hall Meeting with Senator Kerry

This past Saturday, YouthBuild had the opportunity to attend Senator John Kerry's town hall meeting in Marshfield, Ma. Here are some pics from the day's event.

YouthBuild would like to thank Senator Kerry for his continued support of our program.

218,000 young children will not be able to receive Head Start services.

The House-passed cuts would be the largest one-year cuts in history!!! That is why it is so important that you call your Senators.

Your Silence Means the Cuts Will Get Worse

The House Continuing Resolution proposal is expected to make cuts to the fuel assistance program, Head Start, the Child Care Development Block Grant (Child Care Works), YouthBuild, Americorp amd other vital services many of our clients use such as the WIC program and community health centers.

Please contact Senator Scott Brown and request that he support the Federal Line Item that supports social education programs like YouthBuild

317 Russell Senate Office Bldg.

Washington DC 20510

(202)224-4543

scottbrown.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/emailscottbrown

   

Kerry to Host South Shore Town Hall Meeting in Marshfield

BOSTON – On Saturday, Senator John Kerry will host a town hall meeting in Marshfield to discuss the major issues facing cities and towns in the South Shore and the state.

The Senator will also provide an update on his work in including the continuing battle over the budget and the deficit.

WHO:           Senator John Kerry

                       Congressman William Keating

                       State Representative Jim Cantwell

                        Weymouth Mayor Sue Kay

WHAT:          Town Hall Meeting

WHEN:          TOMORROW, Saturday, March 12, 2011

                        12:00 pm

WHERE:       The Seth Ventress Building

                        76 South River Street

                         Marshfield, MA 02050

YouthBuild New Bedford will be in the building! Will you?!?!

YouthBuild NB Makes the News

DORCHESTER

Obama's visit sparks excitement in Dorchester neighborhood

E-mail | Print | Comments (0)Posted by Cara Bayles March 8, 2011 05:09 PM

(By Cara Bayles for Boston.com)

Alma Cruckshane cheered as the president's motorcade passed on its way to BostonTech Academy in Dorchester.

By Cara Bayles, Town Correspondent

Dozens of people stood on the corner of Talbot Avenue and Washington Street in Codman Square today, waiting for President Barack Obama to drive by on his way to TechBoston Academy.


Standing outside the Codman Square Health Center where they work, Trish Hao and Susan Kelliher said they'd received e-mails saying the president's convoy would drive through the intersection around 3 p.m.


"We're just hoping for a glimpse of him," said Kelliher.


Hao added that some people had been waiting since 1:30 p.m.


Further down on Norfolk Street, barricades kept people from spilling into the street. A group of at least 20 teens had commuted from New Bedford to hold up signs asking the president to preserve federal budget money for Youth Build, a national organization that employs low-income youth with construction jobs while helping them complete their GEDs.


"We're just trying to get enough support to keep our funding," said 17 year old Francisco Delgado.


Alma Cruckshane and Agatha Toole had been standing on Norfolk Street for 30 minutes, before they nervously began to discuss the different possible routes the president could take to get to Peacevale Street from Dorchester Avenue.


"We're proud," said Cruckshane, who brought a navy blue scarf to wave when the president came by. "I'm proud of him, and I'm proud that he's coming into the black community. It shows that he cares."


When the motorcade finally drove by, the streets filled with cheering, and moments later, when it had passed, people shouted across the street to one another, "Did you see him? Did you see him?"
The crowd slowly dispersed afterward, and someone could be heard shouting into her cell phone: "On Norfolk Street! Obama was on Norfolk Street! That's crazy, yo."


E-mail Cara Bayles at carabayles@gmail.com.