Saint John Paul II Catholic Academy

Hi Team,

During the holiday season, it is important to give back to the community and spread holiday cheer. We are all lucky to have great jobs and access to resources but there are many in our community that need a helping hand.  In the spirit of giving, a few of us from the Inspire Waltham office have partnered with The Catholic Schools Foundation (CSF) in Boston to go down to the Saint John Paul II Academy in Dorchester, to teach financial literacy to students from grades 4 and 5. 99 % of these students live below the poverty line  and receive financial support from CSF.

Speaking with CSF on the most impactful way to give back, we agreed that teaching these children the basics of money management would lay the foundation to build strong money habits early on and avoid many of the mistakes that lead to lifelong money problems. The Associate Business Value Consulting team will be creating the curriculum for this event and we plan to organize lunch and snacks for the 75 students we will be interacting with.

For those of you in the Boston area, my ask is you consider joining us at the school – we could use 2-4 additional volunteers. For those of you that cannot join us, my ask is you consider making a donation towards the purchase of some school supplies. I have created a GoFundMe page to help collect these funds and am hoping we can raise at least $1000 in the next 2 weeks.

https://www.gofundme.com/inspire-financial-literacy-campaig?sharetype=teams&member=1240296&rcid=r01-154379346737-442e3ea7e75343b5&pc=ot_co_campmgmt_w

Here are some additional details about the school and CSF.

https://www.sjp2ca.org/apps/pages/missionandhistory

http://www.csfboston.org/2018annualreport/


Thank you all!

Our boiler has konked out, and we're barely holding it together to get some heat going!  It has 18 holes in the steam system and has been refurbished until it can't be refurbished any longer - the latest damage is just too great.  

We have to get a new boiler, and it is going to cost $45,000.   Our school (formerly St. Angela's Grammar School, built in 1935) is located in Mattapan and needs help to fund the new boiler.    SJP2CA is the only Catholic school in Mattapan.  We have 130 students, from ages 2 years 9 months to 11 years, and all would be so very grateful for your generosity.

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Saint John Paul II Catholic Academy  (SJP2CA) is a four campus regional elementary school  (three in Dorchester, one in Mattapan) with an enrollment of over 1200 students.  SJP2CA is the largest elementary school in Boston (public or private) and the largest accredited Catholic elementary school in the Northeast.