News Coverage Archive

• Rosie’s Place Spreads Christmas Cheer in Franklin Field

  

  December 27, 2016 | SCN
  Again this year our Rosie’s Place satellite office co-hosted a holiday party for families at Franklin Field. Read More

• What It’s Like To Be Homeless During The Holidays?

  

  December 26, 2016 | Boston Globe
  The Boston Globe spoke to two Rosie’s Place guests on Christmas, who described their hopes for a better year ahead — and gratitude for the help they have received. Read More

• Rosie's Place Helps Veteran Find Housing After Addiction

  

  December 22, 2016 | Fox 25 News
  FOX25 News featured a segment on our guest, Judi, who, after being homeless for years, spent this Christmas with her son in her own place. Read More

• Through Music, Berklee Students Help Foreign-Language Speakers Learn English

  

  December 1, 2016 | Boston Metro
  Berklee students use music therapy skills to help women at Rosie's Place communicate and share their stories through song. Read More

• Volunteers, Workers Prepare for Thanksgiving at Rosie's Place in Boston

  

  November 23, 2016 | NECN
  Dozens of volunteers and workers spent days preparing a Thanksgiving feast for women and children at Rosie's Place in Boston. The homeless shelter is expected to serve about 400 meals. Read More

• Hanover Church Offers Homeless Women a Day to Be Free

  

  July 14, 2016 | The Patriot Ledger
  For 40 years, St. Andrew's Episcopal Church has hosted an annual beach, lunch and clothing browse for Rosie's Place guests each summer. Read More

• Leadership Institute Helps Eight More Women Find Their Voice

  

  July 8, 2016 | Spare Change News
  Eight guests graduated from the Leadership Institute, a public speaking and storytelling training focused on social justice issues. Read More

• Spotlighting Women's Stories of Hope

  

  July 8, 2016 | Spare Change News
  To celebrate the publication of “My Dreams,” a collection of writings from our Women’s Education Center students, Rosie's Place held a special event for selected writers to read their work. Read More

• Newton's Patty Simon Gives to Rosie's Place

  

  June 1, 2016 | Newton Tab
  For over five years, volunteers Patty Simon and Jane Levitt have led a creative writing program for guests in our Arts Initiative. Read More

• Jane Levitt of Belmont Gives to Rosie's Place

  

  April 29, 2016 | Belmont Citizen-Herald
  Rosie's Place volunteers Jane Levitt and Patty Simon teach a weekly creative writing program in the Arts Initiative. Read More

• Roslindale Instructor Helps Others Through Trauma-Informed Yoga

  

  April 21, 2016 | Roslindale Transcript
  Theresa Okokon, recipient of the 2015 Kip Tiernan Social Justice Fellowship, teaches Trauma-Informed Yoga classes at local community centers and shelters through her project, LEGIT.yoga. Read More

• Jeannie Greeley Brings Music Therapy to Rosie’s Place

  

  April 21, 2016 | South End News
  Rosie's Place volunteer Jeannie Greeley teaches in the Women’s Education Center and supported a partnership with Berklee College of Music for a music therapy initiative. Read More

• Andrew Maggiore Carries on Late Mother's Efforts to Help Shelter Residents

  

  April 17, 2016 | The Arlington Advocate
  Rosie's Place volunteer Andrew Maggiore honors his mother's memory by coordinating a special day for poor and homeless women to pamper themselves each year. Read More

• Community Garden Rebuilds Homeless Women’s Lives

  

  April 5, 2016 | HooplaHa
  Rosie’s Place community garden is a place where homeless women are flourishing. Read More

• Fox25 Serves up Lunch at Rosie's Place

  

  March 24, 2016 | Fox25
  Fox25 News staff visited Rosie’s Place and served lunch to nearly 200 women and their children. Read More

• Women Share Their Stories with the Help of Writing Classes at Rosie’s Place

  

  February 25, 2016 | The Boston Globe
  Students in Rosie's Place's Women's Education Center improved their writing at our Writing Cafe. Read More

• Rosie’s Place Empowers Women to Help Each Other in Franklin Field

  

  February 18, 2016 | Dorchester Reporter
  Rosie’s Place has expanded our outreach efforts into Dorchester’s Franklin Field public housing development. Read More

• How Community Health Workers Act As A ‘Bridge’ For Patients Needing Extra Help

  

  February 17, 2016 | WBUR
  Rosie's Place has created a new Community Health Worker position to help guests we visit at home who suffer serious or chronic health conditions. Read More

• Necklace Puts Her in a Rosie Disposition

  

  January 22, 2016 | The Boston Globe
  Michelle Wu, Boston City Council president and Rosie's Place board member, shares her favorite necklace, made by the artisans in our Women's Craft Cooperative. Read More

• Lawyers Knitting for Good

  

  December 17, 2015 | The Boston Globe
  Attorneys at Ropes & Gray, which holds a weekly debt clinic at Rosie’s Place, started a knitting club to provide our guests with hats, scarves and mittens. Read More

• Mix 104.1 Interview with Rosie's Place

  

  December 16, 2015 | Mix 104.1
  Mix 104.1 interviewed Communications Director Michele Chausse and guests Norma and Beverly who found new beginnings at Rosie's Place. Read More

• Charity Work Drives Local Man to Run Past Own Injuries

  

  October 16, 2015 | Somerville Journal
  Somerville native Paul McBrine raised funds for poor and homeless women by racing for Rosie's Place. Read More

• Malden Tri-athlete Races for Rosie's Place

  

  October 15, 2015 | Malden Observer
  Malden resident Paul McBrine dedicated 15 triathlon races in honor of Rosie's Place's guests. Read More

• Rosie's Place Branches Out

  

  October 14, 2015 | South End News
  On October 8, Rosie's Place hosted an open house to show off its new location, which opened in August at 10 John Eliot Square, Roxbury. Read More

• LEGIT.yoga Will Teach Weekly Yoga Classes in Area Women’s Shelters

  

  September 3, 2015 | Boston Magazine
  Rosie’s Place recently awarded Theresa Okokon the 2015 Kip Tiernan Social Justice Fellowship, which will allow her to bring yoga classes to local shelters. Read More

• Mehreen Butt Named Director of Public Policy

  

  May 14, 2015 | South End News
  Rosie’s Place has named Wakefield resident Mehreen Butt Director of Public Policy. Read More

• Volunteer Ginny ‘Dolly’ Gibson Still Doing What She Loves Best

  

  May 13, 2015 | Boston Globe South
  Rosie's Place volunteer Ginny “Dolly” Gibson, who plays the piano during dinner every Friday, was featured in the Boston Globe South. Read More

• Mother's Day with Rosie's Place

  

  May 10, 2015 | WCVB
  On Mother's Day, Advocacy Managers Catherine Louis and Erin Miller spoke with Karen Holmes Ward on WCVB's CityLine about our services for poor and homeless women in the community. Read More

• Lisa Tang Delivers Groceries, More For Rosie’s Place

  

  April 30, 2015 | The Quincy Sun
  Rosie's Place volunteer Lisa Tang, who delivers groceries to guests in their homes, was featured in The Quincy Sun. Read More

• Liz Chaves Named Director of Finance and Administration

  

  April 21, 2015 | Salem News
  Rosie’s Place has named Salem resident Liz Chaves Director of Finance and Administration. Read More

• Rosie’s Place Names Pisciotta to Board; Chaves Director of Finance

  

  April 16, 2015 | South End News
  Rosie’s Place recently named Newton resident Diana Pisciotta to its Board of Directors and Salem resident Liz Chaves as Director of Finance and Administration. Read More

• Newton's Diana Pisciotta Joins Rosie's Place Board of Directors

  

  March 28, 2015 | The Newton Tab
  Rosie’s Place, a sanctuary for poor and homeless women, recently named Newton resident Diana Pisciotta to its Board of Directors. Read More

• Time in the "Learning Zone" at Rosie's Place

  

  March 11, 2015 | The Brookline Tab
  An essay written by a summer 2014 Social Justice Institute participant reflecting on her experience at Rosie's Place was published in The Brookline Tab. Read More

• Rosie's Place Art at Dudley Library

  

  February 5, 2015 | South End News
  As part of our 40th anniversary celebration, art created by Rosie's Place guests was on display during December and January at the Dudley Branch of the Boston Public Library. Read More

• WomenUp: Sue Marsh of Rosie's Place

  

  January 23, 2015 | Boston Business Journal
  Sue Marsh, Executive Director of Rosie's Place, was interviewed for the Boston Business Journal's WomenUp, which features local women of influence. Read More

• Rosie’s Place Making Life a Bit Rosier

  

  December 25, 2014 | Boston Herald
  Norma, one of our guests who receives visits from our stabilization workers in her home each month, received special gifts for her children this holiday season. Read More

• Holiday Deeds and Schemes: Rosie's Place

  

  December 14, 2014 | WERS 88.9 FM
  Rosie's Place was featured on WERS 88.9's You Are Here: Holiday Deeds and Schemes special. One of our guests, along with staff members, talked about what Rosie's Place does during the winter to keep our guests warm and their spirits bright. Read More

• Business of Giving: Rosie's Place

  

  November 30, 2014 | NECN
  In this segment of CEO Corner, Rosie's Place Executive Director Sue Marsh joins Peter Howe. She talks about their current needs, which have been exacerbated by the shutdown of the homeless shelter on Long Island in Boston Harbor. Read More

• Exceptional Women: Sandy Mariano

  

  October 19, 2014 | Magic 106.7
  Rosie's Place's Sandy Mariano, Director of Advocacy and Residential Services, was interviewed on Magic 106.7 to talk about the work we do and her story as an "Exceptional Woman." Read More

• Sparkle Fashion Show

  

  June 9, 2014 | CBS Boston
  Ben Weisman and Tonya Mezrich explain about the Sparkle fashion show that raises money for Rosie's Place. Read More

• Why We March

  

  June 5, 2014 | Bay Windows
  Rosie’s Place Public Policy Assistant Andy Morgan writes about our participation in the Boston Pride Parade. Read More

• An Interview with Executive Director Sue Marsh

  

  May 23, 2014 | WBOS/WROR/Magic 106.7
  Our executive director Sue Marsh talks about what makes Rosie’s Place special on a May 25th radio segment with George Knight. Read More

• Unlikely friendship forms in shelter classroom

  

  May 5, 2014 | Boston Globe
  Achilles Aiken began volunteering at Rosie's Place during his freshman year at Boston College, where he met Marie Saint Louis. He began tutoring her, and they soon become inseparable. Read More

• Medfield resident volunteers as ESOL teacher at Rosie's Place

  

  April 24, 2014 | Medfield Press
  Every Tuesday and Thursday, Kathy Stuka of Medfield heads to Rosie’s Place in Boston’s South End, where for the past eight years, she’s been helping women advance themselves and their careers. Read More

• Women writers on 'the day my life changed'

  

  April 20, 2014 | Boston Globe Magazine
  To mark the 40th anniversary of Rosie’s Place, novelist Alice Hoffman asked 40 writers each to compose a 40-word essay on the theme. Read More

• Rosie's Place celebrates 40 years of helping women

  

  April 17, 2014 | South End News
  Two hundred and fifty dollars went a long way in 1974. That is what it cost the late Kip Tiernan to make history when she opened Rosie’s Place, the first shelter for homeless women in the United States, at 357 Columbus Avenue on Easter Sunday of 1974. Read More

• Diane Rodriguez brings gift of reading to Rosie's Place

  

  April 17, 2014 | The Milton Times
  Librarian Diane Rodriguez was highlighted as Rosie’s Place's volunteer dining room librarian as a part of National Volunteer Month. Read More

• Runner helping Boston get back on its feet [VIDEO]

  

  April 16, 2014 | Boston Herald
  Rosie’s Place guests run with Back on My Feet Development Director Ali Sherwood and work toward changing the way they see themselves and changing their lives. Read More

• Resident takes experience into volunteerism

  

  April 14, 2014 | Lexington Minuteman
  During April, National Volunteer Month, Rosie's Place acknowledges the vital role volunteers play in day-to-day operations, and recognizes those individuals who are making a significant contribution. Women's Education Center volunteer Mih-Ho Cha has been helping other people tell their stories for more than 25 years Read More

• What You Need to Know About Rosie's Place [VIDEO]

  

  April 10, 2014 | VATV
  Director of Communications Michele Chausse provides information on services at Rosie's Place and what guests can expect when they walk through the doors. Read More

• Lynnfield woman donates time and energy to serve those in need

  

  April 10, 2014 | Lynnfield Weekly News
  Volunteer Pam Abenaim has devoted herself to Rosie’s Place for nine years as a familiar face volunteering in the Dining Room. Read More

• Cooking Matters and Rosie's Place: Empowering Women through Food Skills Education

  

  March 28, 2014 | Cooking Matters
  Rosie's Place guests have increased their knowledge of healthy food through Cooking Matters cooking sessions and supermarket tours. Self-Advocacy Manager Katy Erker talks about this growing partnership in the Cooking Matters March newsletter. Read More

• Susan Wornick's Career: A Life on Television [VIDEO]

  

  February 27, 2014 | WCVB
  Executive Director Sue Marsh weighs in on WCVB news anchor Susan Wornick's special relationship with Rosie's Place as Susan ends her illustrious 33-year career. Read More

• Overview of Rosie's Place Services [VIDEO]

  

  January 31, 2014 | ABCD Community Taking Action
  Michele Chausse and Katy Erker discuss Rosie's Place's services and how others can get involved. Read More

• Sudbury man named a "Patriots Difference Maker"

  

  January 18, 2014 | Sudbury Town Crier
  For his 17-year leadership of a group of Rosie’s Place volunteers from the Memorial Congregational Church in Sudbury, the New England Patriots Charitable Foundation has named Hal Cutler a "Patriots Difference Maker." Read More

• Snow provides a key early lesson for Martin Walsh

  

  January 4, 2014 | Boston Globe
  Mayor-elect Walsh visits Rosie’s Place as part of his planned day of community service. Read More

• Family gets to spend Christmas together after homelessness [VIDEO]

  

  December 24, 2013 | WHDH TV and CW 56
  A Boston family was torn apart by abuse, job loss and homelessness but, with Rosie’s Place’s help, this Christmas Saundra Greene and her son Jourdon Johnson have a place to call home. Read More

• Social Enterprises & Hometown Celebrities

  December 22, 2013 | WCVB TV
  Gifts from the Women’s Craft Cooperative not only look good but actually do good too. Read More

• Rosie's Place needs help this holiday season

  

  December 19, 2013 | WCVB TV
  The need for donations and volunteers at Rosie’s Place was highlighted in WCVB’s “Help for the Holidays” segment shown during their evening newscast. Read More

• Joy Behar drops in for Rosie’s Place benefit

  

  October 16, 2013 | Boston Globe
  Joy Behar, emcee Susan Wornick and Rosie’s Place Executive Director Sue Marsh share a laugh at the start of the annual Funny Women ... Serious Business luncheon.

• Behar enjoys the view from a comic’s perch

  

  October 14, 2013 | Boston Globe
  The Funny Women…Serious Business luncheon headliner looks forward to her life post The View. Read More

• Sowing independence at Rosie’s Place

  

  September 11, 2013 | South End News
  A new, guest-maintained vegetable garden in Rosie’s Place’s yard has reaped much more than a bumper crop. Read More

• Interpreting a way out of poverty

  

  August 22, 2013 | Boston Herald
  Armed with a $40,000 social justice fellowship from the foundation of the late Kip Tiernan, the founder of Rosie’s Place, Maria Vertkin has launched Found in Translation, a free medical interpreter certificate program for immigrant women who couldn’t otherwise afford it.

• Artist is Announced for Kip Tiernan Memorial

  

  June 13, 2013 | South End News
  Nationally-known sculptor and installation artist Deedee Morrison’s Wisdom Lines is selected by arts panel. Read More

• On the Job: Welcoming Homeless Women With Shelter, Food, and Clothing

  

  May 12, 2013 | Boston Globe
  Rosie’s Place overnight manager Deborah Conway engages in Q&A on the unique aspects of her job overseeing Rosie’s Place 20-bed shelter. Read More

• A Rose in Boston

  

  May 1, 2013 | Polished Magazine, Lasell College
  A profile of Rosie’s Place and the jewelry artisans in the Women’s Craft Cooperative.

• For Hal Cutler, volunteering is a way of life

  

  April 25, 2013 | Sudbury Town Crier
  The occasion of National Volunteer Week is a fitting time to recognize lifelong Sudbury resident Hal Cutler and his team at Memorial Congregational Church for their 17 years of volunteerism at Rosie’s Place. Read More

• Rosie’s Place celebrates volunteer Judith Felton

  April 24, 2013 | South End News
  To mark National Volunteer Week, Rosie’s Place salutes Felton, a longtime resident of Boston’s South End, for her dedicated volunteer work in the arts@rosiesplace program.  Read More

• Valentine lunch at Rosie’s Place featured in “Inside Track”

  

  February 12, 2013 | Boston Herald
  Food truck titan James DiSabatino of Roxy’s Grilled Cheese fame and Ashley Stanley of Lovin’ Spoonfuls served grilled cheese sandwiches to the women at Rosie’s Place as a special pre-Valentine’s Day lunch. Read More

• Renew You event featured in “Names”

  

  February 5, 2013 | Boston Globe
  Salon Mario Russo and Kiss 108 teamed up again for the 4th Annual Rosie’s Place Renew You event, with proceeds going to Rosie’s Place. Read More

• Rosie’s Place offers nutritious meals with high-quality foods

  

  January 9, 2013 | Boston Globe
  Dining Room Manager Ruthie McDonough answers questions about healthy changes in the free meals at Rosie’s Place and the positive impact on guests. Read More