April 4, 2023
Dear Friends,
I reach out to you with great excitement - MAXCourage is growing and expanding in leaps and bounds! Thanks to our Executive Director, Carrie Coughlin, and her incredible staff, MAXCourage saw a 30% increase in essay submissions this year. The brand new out-of-school time program, The MAXCourage Writers' Workshop Series, is reaching more students with partnerships in after-school programs in Boston. This new program will be reaching an additional 600 students (with the potential of many more) in summer camps beginning in June in Boston, Brockton, New Bedford and Chelsea. We will continue to update you on our growth and expansion both nationally and internationally in the coming months.
Our Gala, chaired by Astrid Burns, Mimi Eger, and CJ Hacker again in May, is our biggest fundraising event of the year. This year I look forward to welcoming back many Essay Winners who we have reconnected with us this year through our Alumni Outreach Project. As we continue to grow our program and expand to where it's most needed, we look for additional funding.
Please join us at our 2023 Gala on May 5 at the Fairmont Copley. If you cannot attend, please consider providing support for alumni tickets, or, for our Annual Children's Celebration later in May.
I thank you for the support over many years. Please contact our Executive Director with any other questions.
Sincerely,