Partner Organizations
The Winter Walk supports service organizations in Massachusetts addressing issues around homelessness. We aim to grow our community of partners each year, and raise awareness for all the incredible services in our area. 100% of the funds raised through the Winter Walk event will benefit the following organizations in 2022/2023:
BOSTON PARTNERS
BHCHP provides access to the highest quality health care for all homeless men, women and children in the greater Boston area.
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Through transitional employment and financial empowerment, Breaktime works to break down barriers to job security, financial security, and–ultimately–housing security for their Associates.
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Brookview is a Black- and Afro-Latina women-led organization that works for justice, equity and systemic change for low-income mothers and children in Boston. They provide housing and a broad range of supportive programs to improve educational achievement, health and wellbeing, and economic independence. Learn More>>
FamilyAid empowers parents and caregivers facing homelessness to secure and sustain housing and build strong foundations for their children’s futures. Learn more>>
NECHV equips Veterans who are facing or at-risk of homelessness with the tools for economic self-sufficiency and to provide them a path to achieve successful and dignified independent living. Learn more>>
St. Francis House is the largest day shelter in Massachusetts. Located in the heart of downtown Boston, their basic, rehabilitative, and housing services overlap and build on one another to provide our guests with continuous and comprehensive care. Learn More >>
Y2Y Harvard Square employs a youth-to-youth model to provide a safe environment for young adults experiencing homelessness. Learn More >>
Providing exceptional healthcare without exception, with many programs focused on homeless and vulnerable populations in our city.
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Bridge offers a comprehensive range of services and programs for homeless youth in Boston in a positive and safe environment.
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common cathedral is an outdoor congregation, homeless and housed, sharing God’s love through community, pastoral care, creative expression, and worship on Boston Common. They are non-proselytizing and ecumenical and welcome and support all people.
MANNA (Many Angels Needed Now and Always) located in St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral is a ministry of and with the homeless community in downtown Boston. They provide incredible work and programming for housed and unhoused individuals.
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Pine Street Inn provides a comprehensive range of services to more than 1,900 homeless men and women each day.
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Women’s Lunch Place provides healthy meals, essentials, and one-on-one assistance from a unique daytime shelter and advocacy center in Boston dedicated to helping women in need. Learn More >>
NEW YORK CITY PARTNERS
The Bowery Mission exists to promote the flourishing of New Yorkers overcoming homelessness and marginalization by providing compassionate services and transformative community. Their goal is to be the most effective provider of compassionate care and life transformation for hurting people in the New York metro area.
Covenant House New York is proud to be New York City’s largest provider serving youth experiencing homelessness. So much more than a shelter, we provide affirming and transformative services so each young person can create their own path to independence. Our doors are open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. Learn More>>
The Coalition for the Homeless is the nation’s oldest advocacy and direct service organization helping homeless individuals and families. We believe that affordable housing, sufficient food and the chance to work for a living wage are fundamental rights in a civilized society. Learn More>>
New Alternatives increases the self-sufficiency of LGBTQ+ homeless youth and young adults by enabling them to transition out of the shelter system to stable adult lives. They provide long-term support, weekly case management, education services, life skills training, community-building recreational activities, opportunities for self-expression, and programs for HIV+ youth. Learn More>>
Win provides safe housing and critical services to help homeless women and their children rebuild their lives and break the cycle of homelessness. Learn More>>
WESTERN MA PARTNERS
The Center for Human Development (CHD) provides a broad range of high-quality, community-oriented human services dedicated to promoting, enhancing, and protecting the dignity and welfare of people in need. Learn More >>
CSO’s long experience with people who have all kinds of disabilities and behavioral health problems leads us to believe that there are no individuals or families we cannot serve well. Their expertise is supporting people in their progress toward self-sufficiency no matter what challenges they face on that journey. Learn More>>
MHA provides access to therapies for emotional health and wellness; services for substance use recovery, developmental disabilities and acquired brain injury; services for housing and residential programming, and more. With respect, integrity and compassion, MHA provides each individual served through person-driven programming to foster independence, community engagement, wellness and recovery. Learn More>>
The Health Services for the Homeless Health Center is a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) focused on serving at-risk and underserved populations in Springfield and the 3-counties of western Massachusetts-Hampden, Hampshire, and Franklin. Learn More>>
New Destiny’s mission is to end the cycle of domestic violence and homelessness for low-income families and individuals by developing and connecting them to safe, permanent, affordable housing and services.
From its inception, the mission of Providence Ministries has been to assist those most in need in the community by providing life’s basic needs of food, Clothing, and shelter. This mission has evolved to include provision of sober housing for men seeking recovery from alcoholism and substance use disorder as well as men who are experiencing homelessness. Learn More>>
The Network creates collaborative solutions across Hampden, Hampshire, Franklin and Berkshire Counties to prevent and end homelessness through a Housing First approach that centers racial equity. Learn More>>