Enroot selected by SVP Boston

Note from the Executive Director:

Dear Friends of Enroot:

I am honored and excited to announce that after a rigorous vetting process, Enroot has been selected as the newest grantee for Social Venture Partners Boston! 

Enroot was awarded a major three-year investment by Social Venture Partners (SVP) Boston, including $100,000 in unrestricted funds and access to a pool of highly skilled business professionals to help us build capacity. 

SVP Boston chooses worthy nonprofits in which to invest financial and volunteer help from a network of highly skilled business professionals. Social Venture Partners Boston operates like a venture capital model for local early-stage nonprofits. It gives its Partners—or volunteers—the opportunity to invest their time, money, and expertise in innovative nonprofits that have the potential to make meaningful and sustainable improvements in the community.

As we enter this next chapter of Enroot's evolution, we are following in the footsteps of many impressive area nonprofits in the SVP Boston portfolio. We feel incredibly humbled to have been given this opportunity and excited about all that we'll accomplish together in the coming three years!

Please don't hesitate to be in touch with any questions. I look forward to providing updates throughout the grant process with Social Venture Partners Boston.

Ben Clark, Executive Director
Enroot

Student Reflection: Mentoring in Somerville

My name is Manuel, I am a freshman in Somerville High School.  I originated from the Dominican Republic, a country southeast of Florida. My Mentor and I work on assignments, play games and go out to restaurants. We went to Redbones Barbecue in Davis Sq. The Food and design of the restaurant was Southern American style. We ordered Beignets, long and skinny french fries, and pork sandwich. The food was marvelous and the service too!!!!!

I like it went my mentor helps me with my daily assignments but enjoy it more when we do fun stuff that does not include HOMEWORK. It was great to spend time with my mentor in a different way. We got to know each other as friends instead of student and mentor and we had a fun time together.

I never had this kind of food before. Beignets - are fried dough with powdered sugar and  they were FANTASTIC.

I want to learn about the food, culture and were they first originated. I like to learn more about Beignets and other food like Indian, Chinese, Russian, British, French, and  Italian.

It’s good to spent time with someone else that you are having a relationship.

Volunteer Profile: Lauren Fragoza

Lauren works as a Product Manager and volunteers as a Cambridge Mentor

I've been volunteering with Enroot for almost two years, and I've been mentoring the same student in the Leadership program throughout that time. I've really enjoyed getting to know my mentee, and we've done a lot of activities together around Boston. I love hearing about what my mentee does every week and answering her questions. It's really rewarding to see all the things she's been able to accomplish or get to experience through Enroot and through her own hard work and persistence. It's great to feel like I had a part in that, too. 
Being involved with Enroot has been a great experience all around, I feel like I've grown as a person and as a leader, and I've been able to see the impact of my volunteer efforts on my community.