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We do 100% of everything with volunteers – 15-20 managing the mission year-round, and, when we hold our big party, 2,500 for events. Being all-volunteer ensures that 100% of our donations go to those we support.
Dec 24, 2019 · December 24, 2019. Robin Young. Karyn Miller-Medzon. Jake (left) and Sparky Kennedy, Christmas in the City founders, with their son Zack Kennedy, a post-doctoral researcher at UMass Medical School ...
THE FINAL TWO DAYS ARE: Monday December 11th from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday December 12th from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. After that, you will no longer be able to register your children to receive gifts from Christmas in the City. If you have any further questions after reading this, please email maureen@christmasinthecity.org.
Boston’s Christmas in the City runs non-denominational holiday events for children and families experiencing homelessness and poverty. Founded in 1989 by Jake and Sparky Kennedy, Christmas in the City is a 100 percent volunteer organization with a strong ethos of “community caring for community .”
Dec 12, 2019 · Ratt Kennedy, who with Jake founded Kennedy Brothers Physical Therapy and like every other Kennedy enlisted in Jake and Sparky’s Christmas in the City army, went on to become president of the ...
Oct 14, 2020 · Jake Kennedy and his wife founded Boston's Christmas in the City, one of the biggest volunteer events in the world for homeless children and their families. Kennedy, who was 65, died Tuesday from ...
Following a maelstrom of events that include the sudden illness and loss of our founder, Jake Kennedy, and the Covid-19 pandemic, Christmas in the City temporarily lost our tax-exempt 501(c)3 status due to a lapse in submitting tax filings.
