The Vietnam Veterans Workshop d/b/a the New England Shelter for Homeless Veterans (NESHV) is a substance-free, not-for-profit organization dedicated to creating a one-stop service center to empower homeless veterans to address the issues leading to homelessness and unemployment and to gain the tools to move toward independent living. We are located at 17 Court Street in downtown Boston, Massachusetts and are open 7 days a week, 24 hours a day, serving both men and women veterans. Take a photo tour of the shelter here.

In 1989, the Vietnam Veterans Workshop acquired a ten year lease on the former Veterans Administration Outpatient Clinic in downtown Boston's financial district, through Title V of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Act and with assistance from concerned friends and volunteers. The 140,000 sq. ft., ten-story building offered the space needed to expand the programs and services that the Workshop staff and volunteers had initiated and developed.

In 1990, the Workshop opened NESHV, the nation's first and largest veteran-specific homeless shelter and was recognized as the 142nd "Point of Light" by President George H.W. Bush's administration. NESHV offers a wide range of services through five distinct programs and support services: Emergency Shelter, Transitional Housing, Single Room Occupancy Apartments, Training and Employment, and Health Care and Case Management. Each of these services assists veterans in solving the problems that led him/her to homelessness. Many of the staff and board are fellow veterans who understand and help their comrades back to recovery. Since opening our doors, we have provided aid to more than 12,000 veterans.

We serve the following Greater Boston areas: Arlington, Belmont, Boston, Brookline, Cambridge, Chelsea, Dedham, Dover, Everett, Lexington, Lincoln, Malden, Medford, Melrose, Needham, Newton, Revere, Somerville, Stoneham, Waltham, Watertown, Wellesley, Weston, Winchester, Winthrop, and Woburn.

The Network/La Red was formed in 1989 when a group of formerly battered lesbians came together to address domestic violence in lesbian and bisexual women's communities in Boston. Initially the group worked to educate the community and existing programs/resources for battered women about the existence of woman-to-woman battering and the need for programs to address it. In 1991, the group incorporated under the name New England Women's Support, Inc. d/b/a The Network for Battered Lesbians. The Network changed its name to the Network for Battered Lesbians and Bisexual Women in 1996, and in 2000 to The Network/La Red: Ending abuse in lesbian, bisexual women's, and transgender communities.

The Network/La Red is a founding member of the Boston area GLBT Domestic Violence Coalition, and a member of the National Coalition of Anti Violence Programs (NCAVP), National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Jane Doe, Inc./Massachusetts Coalition Against Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence, GLBT Advisory Board to the Boston Police Commissioner, LGBT Youth Issues Committee, Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition, and the Advocacy Review Team.

Wayside Youth & Family Support Network is a non-profit, nationally accredited human service agency providing individual and family counseling, youth residential programs, and prevention education to children, youth, and families throughout Eastern and Central Massachusetts.

Serve New England is a program designed to promote volunteer service by offering deep discounts on the highest quality grocery, meat, and vegetable items to community-minded individuals willing to volunteer 2 hours of their time each month to a worthy cause. We have over 350 chapter sites located throughout the six New England states.

Serve has no eligibility requirements other than the 2 hours of volunteer service. Our program is open to people of all ages, races, and income levels.

If you already help at your church, school, youth sports, senior center, etc. then you already qualify. If you are helping someone other than a family member with yard work, meals, babysitting, or transportation, etc., then you already qualify. Serve will also be happy to assist you in finding a volunteer project that interests you as well as training if necessary.

Helping Hands: Monkey Helpers for the Disabled is a national nonprofit serving quadriplegic and other people with severe spinal cord injuries or mobility-impairments by providing highly trained monkeys to assist with daily activities. As live-in companions, our monkey helpers provide 20-30 years of service, bringing the gifts of independence, companionship, dignity and hope to the people they help.

Helping Hands also educates thousands of young people annually in schools, camps, and youth programs through the Spinal Cord Injury Prevention Program (SCIPP.) SCIPP teaches preventive measures for safety awareness and making good choices, heightens sensitivity to the challenges of being disabled, and promotes understanding of the human-animal bond.

We have experienced, trained operators ready and willing to help and guide you through the car donation process. To donate a car, call Kars 4 Kids between 8 AM and 11 PM, Sunday through Friday.

Kars for Kids will provide hassle free pick-up when you donate a car. Simply fill out the car donations form. The average pickup time for your car is usually between 24-48 hours. There is absolutely no charge when you donate a car!

Auto Donations to Cars for Kids will benefit Joy for Our Youth, an IRS registered tax-exempt 501(c)(3)