Mary Regan

Boston Arts Academy was founded in 1998 as the only public high school for the visual and performing arts in Boston. The private company is based in Dorchester, MA. The school provides formal arts training and academic instruction to students from all 23 neighborhoods of the city. Boston Arts Academy has been consistently recognized for its innovative and effective student-centered education, exemplifying the power of an arts-rich education. The school has a proven model for artistic and academic ideation, transforming the lives of more than 1,500 city youth. In fall 2022, the school will welcome students to its first purpose-built, state-of-the-art school building directly across from Fenway Park, with new and much-needed enhanced theatres, career center, academic classrooms, dance studios, music practice rooms, and fashion technology studios and workspace.

Project Hospitality, Inc. provides comprehensive services for hungry and homeless. It programs include community initiatives, disaster relief, food and nutrition, HIV and AIDS services, homeless services, housing services and wellness and recovery services. The company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Staten Island, NY.