10/20/2025
In November 2024, we received a $10,000.00 donation from RIZE Massachusetts, our largest donation to date. ❤️🫂☀️🏠
2024 was a busy year for us. We raised $11,158.00 with the help of our amazing Basement TryBe community. With those funds, we organized activities that our youth would never forget. We planned a blue bike trip through East Boston, a kayak trip in the Charles River, trips to watch some of the biggest fights in the Boston area, and our annual pool party for high school graduates. We also celebrated birthdays for some important people in our TryBe. Additionally, we held a 12-week summer program at and kept our Fighting Together program running strong at . Finally, we enjoyed a 4-day camping trip at Woodland Acres in Brownfield, Maine.
The Rize Massachusetts $10,000.00 donations helped us stabilize the program by providing stipends to all our coordinators and mentors who dedicate so much time. We purchased new merchandise and boxing gloves for our Basement TryBe youth and reimbursed our coaches for their outstanding work that year. This also helped us prepare for 2025, ensuring we can offer another great year of programming for our youth.
Looking ahead to 2026, we are already working to make it our best year yet. As of now, we’re wrapping up 2025 with over $40,000.00 raised in less than a year, a significant milestone for us. We started our first year with just $1,000.00 from our own pockets. Now, we close out the year with state and city grants alongside donations. None of this would be possible without our community’s support. We’re excited to share our plans for the upcoming year, and since the year isn’t over yet, we still have activities to check off the bucket list. Please stay tuned and tell a friend to tell a friend about the great work we’re doing at the Basement TryBe organization- because we are just getting started.❤️🫂🏠🐶💪
