Photo: Children in the City Connects program. Source: City Connects
Implemented in schools serving predominantly under-resourced neighborhoods and families, City Connects helps teachers and schools provide integrated supports to address the in- and out-of-school needs of students and foster their strengths. Providing holistic support to students facing external obstacles to learning is a core aspect of GHR's Education strategy in Twin Cities Catholic schools and animates the Foundation’s long-term partnership with the program. A recent piece from the Boston Globe recognizes City Connects' inspiring founder:
From the Boston Globe:
"Her own humble beginnings, and the help she received along the way, drive Mary Walsh’s passion for giving every child a shot at a good education and a good life.
Operating out of the Mary E. Walsh Center for Thriving Children at BC, City Connects is now helping 50,000 kids in Massachusetts, eight other states, and Ireland, the country Mary Walsh’s parents left for a better life.
For all she’s done for poor children, Mary Walsh deserved a medal. On Monday, at BC’s commencement, she got one.
BC President William Leahy handed her the Bellarmine Award, named for an Italian cardinal who was a leading intellectual figure in the Counter-Reformation. St. Bellarmine was canonized in 1930.
Appropriate, because what Mary Walsh has done to help poor kids is the work of a saint.
She never forgot where she came from, or that everybody needs a little help sometimes."
Read more.
From the Boston Globe:
"Her own humble beginnings, and the help she received along the way, drive Mary Walsh’s passion for giving every child a shot at a good education and a good life.
Operating out of the Mary E. Walsh Center for Thriving Children at BC, City Connects is now helping 50,000 kids in Massachusetts, eight other states, and Ireland, the country Mary Walsh’s parents left for a better life.
For all she’s done for poor children, Mary Walsh deserved a medal. On Monday, at BC’s commencement, she got one.
BC President William Leahy handed her the Bellarmine Award, named for an Italian cardinal who was a leading intellectual figure in the Counter-Reformation. St. Bellarmine was canonized in 1930.
Appropriate, because what Mary Walsh has done to help poor kids is the work of a saint.
She never forgot where she came from, or that everybody needs a little help sometimes."
Read more.
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