A huge congratulations to “Fathers R Us” for the first ever Fathers Graduation! The ceremony was held Wednesday, December 18th at the Julia Martin House. This Fathers Group is a collaboration of Tree of Life and Urban Edge with the objective of strengthening fatherhood with resources and the Nurturing Fathers curriculum. This program incorporated a learning the […]
Thank you to everyone for taking a moment out of their busy schedule to help on Turkey Tuesday. We truly appreciate everyone who came and helped bring in the turkeys and bagged them. We gave out 300 turkeys and 50 chickens to families living in Urban Edge and the community, we know how difficult this time […]
Urban Edge is proud to announce that we had a successful Ribbon-cutting ceremony for our Walker Park Apartments on Monday, September 16. Walker Park Apartments are located in the Egleston Square neighborhood of Roxbury. Residents will have access to nearby parks, shopping, public transportation and the Egleston Square Library. The development is named for longtime […]
The back to school drive was a huge success! Every year we see families having financial difficulties especially at back-to-school time, when families are financially stressed due to all of the supplies and uniforms that need to be purchased for their children. Residents were extremely appreciative and thanked us for putting the event together. Mothers, fathers, and children expressed their gratitude for these essential supplies as […]
Dear Friends, There is no easy way to say this, so we thought it best to be open and direct: we are writing today to tell you that Urban Edge will not be moving forward with the Jackson Square Recreation Center project. As most of you know, we have spent over 15 years working on […]
