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01.26.12 Building Impact Announces Hartford Pilot at Annual Celebration
Building Impact Announces Pilot Expansion to Hartford at Annual CelebrationBOSTON   Leaders in Boston real estate, business and philanthropy gathered Thursday night to...
01.12.12 Civic Engagement Study with Tufts
To what extent does Building Impact help those we serve become more engaged in the community?  To test this idea, Building Impact is collaborating with Tufts University’s...
01.10.12 Busy December for Building Impact!
December was a busy month for Building Impact.  On December 16th, we rented ZipCars to collect toys and gift cards from over 35 buildings across Greater Boston.  By mid-...
09.17.11 The Climb to the Top of the John Hancock Tower
The thought of climbing 61 flights of stairs was a bit scary to us at Building Impact, but September 17th we ventured to the John Hancock Tower for exactly that…or maybe just to...
09.13.11 River Place Towers Resident Fair 2011
Over 200 residents from the River Place Towers (RPT) apartment community in Lowell attended the third annual River Place Towers Resident Fair on Tuesday, Sept. 13, in the...
08.17.11 View the Global Food Crisis from your Home Computer
Oxfam recently released an interactive map revealing which countries are being hurt the most from record breaking food prices. Oxfam’s GROW campaign is an interactive tool that...
08.09.11 Making Summer Count for Students
Summer Programs for children are commonly overlooked by school districts, especially if they are low-income.  A recent study conducted by RAND Education, a unit of the RAND...
08.03.11 NAIOP and NEWiRE Lend a Hand at the Massachusetts Hospital School for Children
On Tuesday April 26th, NAIOP and NEWiRE hosted a Community Service Day at the Massachusetts Hospital School for Children in Canton, MA.  When my colleague and I left our...
08.02.11 BI Volunteers Serve Meals and Smiles Throughout July
There is a sense of gratitude one cannot find anywhere else when preparing and serving a meal to those in need. Throughout the month of July, volunteers from CHI, State Street,...
07.26.11 Social Media + Social Good = Youthful DoGooders?
As we all know, young adults nowadays are absorbed in social media. Although it has a seemingly selfish reputation, this internet escape is not all bad. A growing number of...