On Friday, June 1st, PYD held an event at the The Lansdowne Pub. This event was to recruit mentors whom we ask to commit to one year in being matched with a mentee. Matches meet four to six times a month to do fun events in the community together. This recruitment event at The Lansdowne […]
The PYD’s stress management workshop was a youth focused benefited, toward reducing youth stress. Between PYD’s Eli Wolff, Jordan Lome, and Nicole Malo, attendees learned great tactics and tools on stress management. During the workshop, PYD and the attendees shared great tips of self-care, such as listening to music, recreational activities, hanging out with friends, […]
A moment of silence fell over the PYD office as a brilliant idea filled Nicole’s brain after listening to ‘In the Afternoon with Austin’ on Radio Perkins. Nicole strung up from her desk and turned to me with an overwhelming amount of enthusiasm as she spilled her idea, “Austin, do you think Kennedy would like […]
On February 21 and March 22nd, PYD staff and a great group of mentors and mentees came together at the new PYD office in Somerville for a mentor/mentee training, The Match Building Workshop! It was a fun night of interactive activities and discussions to help all get more familiar with each other, see what we […]
On January 8, I attended with other mentees and our mentors an Advocacy Leadership Training with Mass Mentoring in collaboration with PYD (Partners for Youth with Disabilities) in preparation for Youth Mentoring Day at the State House that was on January 8th. The night was educational, active and fun. We had a great night together and […]