Friday, March 27, 2009

Largest Link Day Ever

This year over sixty MBA students from BU joined forces with local nonprofits to make a significant impact on the local community. Students from a multitude of disciplines were formed into teams of four to help local nonprofits overcome different organization challenges.


"After spending the majority of my days studying theories and lessons learned from case studies, it is incredibly refreshing to be able to apply my newfound skills to a real world challenge with an organization like NDEC that can benefit from my service."

Cabul Mehta

1st year MBA/MPH


“Link Day was an answer to a long standing prayer - a tremendous service! The team was interested in our non-profit needs, helped me to formulate the best approach to address our financial system problems, and worked diligently to help resolve them. They operated as a "think tank" researching, developing, and implementing strategies to improve our financial systems.”
Katherine Allen Combs
CEO Program Development
GRASP, Inc.


“The Link Day planning committee was especially proud of this year’s event because we were able to expand it by 50%. Our fundraising efforts proved more successful than anticipated, particularly in this economic climate, which allowed us to increase the number of nonprofits, MBA students, and faculty members participating. It was very rewarding to be able to increase the number of people who could be positively impacted by our efforts.”

Molly Brown

Link Day Co-Chair, 1st year MBA


Participating organizations:

Brockton Day Nursery

Cardinal Cushing Center

Citizens Schools

Crossroads for Kids

Gifford Cat Center

Grasp Inc.

Louis D. Brown Peace Institute

MA Center for the Book

MyTown Inc

National Autism Center

NDEC

The Food Project

Raising a Reader

Pathways to Wellness

The New Prosperity Initiative

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