Click image or here to play video BOSTON – The oppressive heat and humidity is breaking but it’s been a long stretch of brutal heat in New England. Boston has already had 14 days over 90 degrees and that puts…
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Ethos partners with EPIC to bring Anti-Ableism workshops to Boston Housing Authority residents. Valéria Souza, Ethos’ Resident Services Coordinator (a partnership with the Boston Housing Authority) noticed that many of the residents of the six Boston Housing Authority buildings in…
Sara Tse has been visiting Tony for 5 years and recently helped him celebrate his 100th birthday. Sara started volunteering as a Friendly Visitor in 2013. Meg Barhite, the Volunteer Services Manager at the time, shared with Sara three possible…
Ethos is grateful to the Grimes King Foundation for the Elderly, Inc. for their generous support of the Boston Money Management Program (BMMP)! In the past year, with the Foundation’s support, the BMMP was able to stabilize housing and essential…
AgeWell West Roxbury is an Ethos-sponsored initiative that promotes the development of an age-friendly community and the creation of successful aging- in-place strategies for the Boston neighborhood with the highest concentration and highest absolute number of elders. AgeWell collaborates…
Our Spring Yard Work program for 2018 has come to an end! Thank you to all the volunteers who participated, and to those who planned to participate but were thwarted by inclement weather. Over 185 volunteers committed 531 hours to…
With temperatures expected in the 90s today and this week, the National Weather Service has issued a heat advisory. Ethos, the elder services non-profit, would like to remind everyone to be safe during this hot and potentially dangerous weather. Heat-induced…
Ethos partners with Jewish Family & Children’s Services to bring anti-bullying workshops to Boston Housing Authority residents. Valéria Souza, Ethos’ Resident Services Coordinator, has been busy advocating on behalf of the residents of the six Boston Housing Authority buildings she…
It’s the first ever National Older Adult Mental Health Awareness Day! According to the National Institute of Mental Health, more than two million Americans age 65 and older suffer from some form of depression. The Healthy IDEAS Program at Ethos…
During the fall of 2017, Ethos’ Resident Services Coordinator (a partnership with the Boston Housing Authority) noticed that residents of the Malone and Hassan Apartments were seeking opportunities to purchase any fresh produce at an affordable price. She decided to…
