Boston is an academic and economic hub: a destination for students from around the world.
Yet Boston youth, who could be first in their families to graduate college, are too often not accessing these same opportunities.
Boston HERC is changing that. Passport students are on a journey to Destination. . . Greatness!
What We Do
Equip first-generation-to-college high school students with the resources, connections, and skills they need to get in and stick through college, and launch careers
What You Can Do
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We had an incredible summer with our students! Check out some of the photos from our summer engagement! 🤍
We are back to school and so excited to meet new students! See new faces and build lasting connections!! Don’t forget to connect with your coach!! 🎉📚🎓 #collegereadiness #firstgen #bostonherc
🚨Update from our Mentoring Program 🚨![]()
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We are so excited that we got to share a moment with some of the students and their siblings from our mentoring program! We love spending time with you!
Thank you! Anchor Boston for hosting the Boston HERC team for training, and all of your partnership supporting first-generation students! 🎉
Ah ah ah stayin’ alive!! Check out some of our students getting their CPR & First Aid certification!
We want to give a big THANK YOU to Eversource Energy for coming alongside students and being an agent of change in the community. We are so grateful for your donation and we know that it will change the life of a student!
Don’t Melt Away! Summer is coming in HOT at The Boston HERC.![]()
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Here are 3 tips for staying on track for college in the fall! Share and like for more college related content!![]()
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Wishing you the best summer!![]()
-BHERC
Thank you Boston HERC supporters for making our 25th Anniversary Celebration so special! Together, we raised $77,000 to support our first-generation students through expanded programming. ![]()
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We still have $8,000 left to reach our matching goal in the last few days of our fiscal year. If you are planning to give, there's is still time for your gift to be matched. You can give at www.bostonherc.org/donate ![]()
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Here's to the next 25 years of making a difference together! Thank you Tom and Nancy CFlour Bakery+CafeakFidelity InvestmentsnvLiberty Mutual Insurance ICongregación León de JudáónEastern BankstUniversity of MassachusettssaThe Boston FoundationFoState Street CorporationorUnited Way of Massachusetts Bayusetts Bay, Beth Israel Lahey Health, Emmanuel Gospel Center, Symphony Church, Housing Families, Rooted in Restoration, Estrada and Associates Realty, and Marco Technologies.
It was beautiful to see so many of you Celebrating 25 Years of Destination Greatness last night! Thank YOU! ![]()
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Our event's Silent Auction is still LIVE until 11:45pm tonight. You've still got a chance to get some great items like Urban Nutcracker tickets, an art workshop, a laptop, an apple watch, or more, all while supporting programming for our first-generation students. ![]()
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You can bid here: givebutter.com/c/exBuyS/auction
LAST DAY to buy your tickets for Boston HERC's Celebrating 25 Years of Destination Greatness! This is our most important fundraiser of the year, and we would love for you to be part of it. ![]()
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Join us on Wednesday, June 12, from 5:30 to 7:30pm at The Boston Foundation (75 Arlington St. Boston MA). There will be time to connect with one another, including many of our students and alumni. You'll enjoy delicious appetizers, drinks, and desserts, a photo booth, and live Latin jazz music. ![]()
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Tickets available here: www.tickettailor.com/events/bostonhighereducationresourcecenterherc/1201795![]()
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Pictured here is Passport Coach Michael Gonzalez celebrating with his Seniors on their last day of school at Margarita Muñiz Academy. None of us get where we are going on our own, and these are some of the wonderful young people whose journeys we are privileged to support together.