BOSTON – During the six months Robert Burke spent in a Brookline nursing home dying from cancer, Whitney Taylor regularly visited with her dog Barrington, a seven-pound Pomapoo, to brighten his days just a little and provide support.
But it wasn't like she was an old friend. Taylor was matched to Burke through her volunteer work with PetPals, a branch of FriendshipWorks, a Boston-based nonprofit organization. The program aims to help ease loneliness and isolation among people in nursing homes and long-term care facilities.
BOSTON – Mayor Marty Walsh and the Brighton Marine Health Center have teamed up to end homelessness among veterans in the city, under a partnership announced Wednesday in honor of Veteran's Day.
Brighton Marine has set up a $200,000 endowment to assist the Mayor's Homes for the Brave program, according to a statement from City Hall. Walsh began the initiative to help find permanent housing for veterans in June 2014 in response to First Lady Michelle Obama's challenge to mayors to end homelessness among vets by the end of this year.
