Every May, members of the Mayflower team set sail to Cathleen Stone Island in Boston Harbor to participate in the annual 4k trail run. The event raises money to support the Island's Outward Bound school which works in tandem with Boston Public Schools to provide students with unforgettable educational opportunities outside of the classroom.  

Outward Bound’s flagship program model, Connections, combines hands-on science lessons with the best of Outward Bound’s approach to social emotional learning, leadership, compassion and service. Middle school students can attend Connections programs during the school year or for an overnight summer program. Many students go on to participate in Cathleen Stone Island’s Green Ambassadors summer employment program in high school.

Mayflower is proud to help support the efforts of Cathleen Stone Island's and their unique combination — of field science and physical challenge — which has a profound impact on Boston Public Schools students' academic and social-emotional growth. 

Larry Glazer founded and currently leads the Commonwealth's chapter: Jump$tart Coalition of Massachusetts. Jump$tart raises awareness about the importance of financial literacy for everyone, but specifically focuses on students. Bringing financial education to every public, private, and charter elementary, middle, and high school in the country is the goal; ensuring its effectiveness with reliable resources, relevant information, and unwavering support for educators.

Here is Larry Glazer speaking Massachusetts’ Financial Educators Symposium which Mayflower helped organize.

Feeding America recently estimated the number of hungry Americans nearly doubled in 2020, reaching a sobering 50 million—a good majority of which are children. Sadly, COVID-19 pushed those numbers even higher as unemployment numbers soared and students were cut off from school-based support services. In its ongoing commitment to support and invest in our community, our team recently teamed up to help Boston-area Community Fridges’ worthy and impactful effort in local neighborhoods.

Concurrent with rising need, charitable Americans have stepped up to provide assistance, and the number of nationwide Community Fridges rose from 12 to 160+ over the past year. The greatest focus and impact for this grassroots effort is on those neighborhoods where traditional forms of outreach are frequently difficult to access. Mayflower’s employee-led Outreach Committee was humbled to contribute to the broader effort by sponsoring a food drive, delivering items to the Somerville, MA-based donation center and collecting monetary donations to combat food insecurity.

It’s the warmest season of all—thanks to organizations like Building Impact. Using their innovative virtual volunteering platform, the Mayflower team was able to express our gratitude and respect by assembling “Warm Wishes” kits to bring “warmth, entertainment and dignity” to local veterans.

Mayflower Advisors supports Building Impact’s Boston-based community outreach and the impactful work of Fisher House and Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital. We proudly support Building Impact as they help identify and co-design volunteer projects that meet the needs of community organizations across the country. With different modes of volunteering, there are limitless ways to customize your own team's Day of Service. Click the button below to learn how you can make it happen!

Several volunteers from Mayflower’s team recently had the privilege to meet with a group of budding entrepreneurs from Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts. Before hosting their Shark Tank-inspired business plan-pitch with our “judges,” we helped this inspirational group of Scouts fine tune business plans, budgeting, marketing strategy and—most importantly—corporate responsibility as they work towards their Business Startup and Entrepreneur Accelerator Badges. Mayflower Advisors is honored to pitch in to support Girl Scouts’ long-standing commitment to build “girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place.”