
33rd Annual Ride for Kids Weather Update
URGENT RIDE FOR KIDS RAIN PLAN! All riders will go off at the 9AM start.
A better future begins with investing in the youth in our communities. This includes supporting education, health, social, and creative development. Rodman for Kids shines a light on possibilities and potential, creates pathways, and provides access to a better future for kids in need of support.
Rodman for Kids provides comprehensive support, including fundraising and organizational resources, to youth-focused charities of all sizes. In addition to financial support, Rodman for Kids provides space and programs for collaboration, networking, professional development, and best practices for our Charity Partners.
URGENT RIDE FOR KIDS RAIN PLAN! All riders will go off at the 9AM start.
Rodman for Kids, in partnership with Blue Man Group, Broadway in Boston, and the Doug Flutie Jr. Foundation for Autism, brought a special, sensory friendly performance of Blue Man Group to Boston!
We were recently able to talk with one of Bruce Rodman, Celebration for Kids co-chair, Don & Marilyn Rodman Foundation Trustee, AND Team Rodman for Kids Rider, to discuss why he participates in the Rodman Ride for Kids!
Rodman for Kids’ Charity Partner Program was a key influence in FNC’s success over the last 18 years. How? Read the post to find out!
We were recently able to talk with one of Rodman for Kids’ newest board members, Nicolette Shaughnessy, to discuss why she participates in the Rodman Ride for Kids!
LeEric Daye is new to the Rodman for Kids Board of Directors, but the impact he has already had is immense. In his own words, “I was one of the kids Rodman for Kids exists to serve.”
Are you ready for an unforgettable holiday party that raises funds to support vital programs that ensure kids enjoy a happy holiday season and a bright year ahead?!
Jim Brett is a disability rights advocate, serving as the Chairman of the President’s Committee on People with Intellectual Disabilities for Presidents Bush, Obama, and now Biden. In addition to all of this amazing work, Jim makes time to serve on Rodman for Kids’ Board of Directors, offering his unique insight on how we can be a more inclusive organization.
“It’s so far removed from their everyday life. Some of them are homeless, and struggling to find food, and in very abusive homes, or not with their parents at all. To put themselves into this world (of live theatre) that takes them away and gives them the hope of a world that they can have I think was a massive thing.”
“Having an opportunity to come together with more than 1,000 riders, volunteers, and donors who have committed their time and resources to brightening kids’ lives is truly an inspiring experience,” said Amy Rossman, Executive Director at Rodman for Kids.
The 32nd Annual Rodman Ride for Kids took place on Saturday, September 24th and was featured across different news sites! Thank you to our Media Sponsor, WCVB Channel 5 Boston, and Antoinette Antonio for coming out on Saturday to help us at the Start Line!
Dreams came true and fears were conquered on this year’s Disney for Kids trip with 100 Dorchester area kids. We sat down with Mary Scannell, Boys & Girls Clubs of Dorchester’s Senior Vice President and Disney for Kids trip director, to chat about the trip and the impact she witnessed.
In order to create a safer route and overall better experience for riders, participants, volunteers, & staff, we are packing up our bikes and moving to 38 Neponset Avenue in Foxboro, MA!
This month, Amy Rossman, Executive Director of Rodman for Kids, graduated from the Institute for Nonprofit Practice (INP)’s Core Certificate Program.
On Tuesday, June 7th, Rodman for Kids was honored as the non-profit beneficiary of Booty by Brabants’ first in person class of 2022!
Rodman for Kids’ Theatre for Kids program is in the news for our recent trip to see Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird” at the Citizens Bank Opera House with Broadway in Boston!!
Join Rodman for Kids at the Hingham or Dorchester Wahlburgers on Thursday, March 24th to enjoy some delicious food AND support kids!
Take a peek at the amazing impact Rodman for Kids made on kids in our community as a result of your support!
Thank you to the Shamrock Foundation for honoring Rodman for Kids as the evenings community beneficiary.
On Tuesday, November 2, the Marilyn Rodman Theatre for Kids program welcomed 500 kids to the Citizen’s Bank Opera House for the premiere of “Hadestown.”
We’re looking forward to Cozying Up to Celebration for Kids with you on Saturday, December 4! Want an inside scoop on everything you’ll need to know to be ready to enjoy an incredible evening of food, fun, and philanthropy?! You came to the right place 😉
Since it’s inception, Celebration for Kids has been a unique gala event equipped with a huge live & silent auction, dozens of local high-end chefs, and an incredible dance party to top off the night. Now in it’s 19th year, Celebration for Kids has raised over $15 million.
“Although our organization hosts and participates in many fundraising efforts, this event has been the one consistent way we have engaged volunteers, raised needed funds and networked with other nonprofits for support and advice. It truly has been an effort that our organization depends on each year to fund for hundreds of children in their enrichment, sports, music, and arts programs.”
The Theatre program endeavors to broaden the horizons of at-risk youth and foster a lifelong appreciation of performing arts by exposing kids to live, professional theatre.
“To be able to complete the ride, together, reinforces so much of what Friends of the Children and specifically our relationship has been built on. We joke around, we make a shared playlist to listen to on the ride, we look forward to it, but really we see it as an anchoring part of our relationship.”
Like anyone who has ever quickly closed a deal, Ed Kelley wondered if he should have asked for more. As president of The Robert F. Kennedy Children’s Action Corps, a nonprofit that operates programs…
As always, our top priority is the health and safety of our riders, volunteers, guests and staff. In addition to fielding a limited pool of riders this year, we have implemented a number of guidelines with consideration to the COVID-19.
Who is excited to visit the happiest place on earth?! We know that those traveling to Walt Disney World for our 28th annual Disney for Kids (DFK) trip sure are! Rodman for Kids and all DFK chaperones are making sure that this trip is the safest visit on earth.
Did you catch us on WCVB Channel 5 last night and this morning? If you missed it, watch here!
The Boys and Girls Clubs of Dorchester’s mission is to inspire and enable all young people, from diverse circumstances…
Our mission at Jett Foundation is to extend and enrich the lives of individuals affected by Duchenne muscular dystrophy…
Sibling Connections’ mission is to support the creation of enduring family relationships and community connections for sisters and brothers separated by the foster care system in Massachusetts…
To leverage the power and platform that sports and athletes have in our culture to motivate at-risk kids to participate in transformative educational programs…
Do you love to ride a bicycle? Do you want to give back to your community by raising funds to help at-risk kids? If you answered YES to both of those questions, you should consider signing up to Ride…
Thanks to the generosity of an anonymous donor and our partners at Broadway in Boston, five hundred local kids attended School of Rock at The Boston Opera House on February 20th through the Marilyn…
Two-thousand Greater Boston youth attended a performance of the Broadway smash, Hamilton, as part of the Marilyn Rodman Theatre for Kids program, which endeavors to broaden the horizons of at-risk youth…
Bicycle accidents often result from something happening on the right – a car door opening or someone pulling into the street without seeing a cyclist. This causes the cyclist to swerve into the traffic…
Foxborough’s Orpheum Theatre opened in 1912, serving as a silent movie house and Vaudeville stage. Through several iterations, reconstructions, and transformations, the Orpheum has remained central…
When Don Rodman endeavored to pen his story, along with those of several friends who share his philanthropic spirit, he did so with the goal of exposing a new generation to the joy of giving back…
Don’t miss our annual newsletter, The Rodman for Kids Report. Learn about the year past and look forward with us to the year ahead…
We’re looking forward to celebrating the holidays with you on December 2nd! Read on for everything you’ll need to know to be ready to enjoy an incredible evening of food, philanthropy, and fun…
In the 5th grade, Geovani approached his teacher at the McKay K-8 School in East Boston and asked to join SCORES. Geo, as he is known to his teammates, joined a team of his classmates to play soccer…
Casey is just one of many young people who’ve been positively impacted by The Wildflower Camp Foundation. Watch the story of one camper’s journey from grief to healing after experiencing the loss of…
The only thing better than a Blue Man Group Ultimate Dance Party, is a Blue Man Group Ultimate Dance Party, Theatre for Kids style…
My favorite scene was when the tornado was forming. It felt so real and there was so much suspense!” “The Wizard of Oz is my favorite movie and I can’t believe I got to see it live! It was my first…
People think the trip is just about having fun, but it’s really about making new friends, learning new things and being a little different when you come back. It’s as though all the kids who have gone…
When Ryan’s mom contacted Above the Clouds, she wrote, “I have tears in my eyes as I read of the incredible program that you offer to help seriously ill children.”…
Audrey, age 11, joined Horizons as a kindergartner and has returned for seven consecutive summers…
Kethleen “Kat” Canola, a senior at East Boston High, started as a painter at Artists for Humanity in February 2014 and soon realized her passion for design…
Big Sister Luz and Little Sister Natalia, a 16-year old sophomore, were matched in 2014. Little Sister Natalia admitted she kept to herself at first, but guidance from their Match Support Specialist…
Taking someone with autism to the theater can be a challenge. Many parents face the scenario of spending money to take a chance on going to the theatre as a family, only to have their son/daughter need…
10-year old Edwin is a camper at Hale Reservation through a partnership with Dorchester’s Bird Street Community Center…
Congratulations to our America Scores Boston’s National Slam candidate, Saverio, whose poem “Stuck” will be featured in the next Men In Blazer’s blog The Raven…
As the primary caretaker of her family, Ronique, 17, was cooking, packing lunches and making sure everyone’s needs were met…
Mishaliz began to shine at age seven in the Boys & Girls Clubs of Dorchester Music Clubhouse…
Middle school student Hannah Levine recognized early warning signs of her cancer and, thanks to the 15-40 Connection programs, she knew what to do next…
Zachary faced the hardships of poverty and homelessness throughout school, but with the help of School on Wheels he held on tight to the one thing in his life he could control—his education…
Prior to being referred to The Robert F. Kennedy Children’s Action Corps’ Detention Diversion Advocacy Program (DDAP) for an assault and battery charge, Naishka was a victim of bullying and had suicidal…
Victoria, was a shy, three-year-old who had not spoken a single word. Her mother, Rebecca, enrolled in Raising A Reader to help her…
Robinson went to the South Boston Neighborhood House Preschool Program in 2007 as a four year-old boy with very limited language skills and considerable behavior management issues…
Become a Virtual Rider and help make a difference for over ¼ million Massachusetts kids without ever getting on a bicycle! A Virtual Rider is anyone who is passionate about the Rodman Ride for Kids…
Since 1992, Disney for Kids has sent over 2,000 at-risk kids to Walt Disney World in Florida. Nobody is better qualified to convey the Disney for Kids impact than Mary Scannell, VP of Education at the…
To help kick off the long-awaited summer vacation, we sent 500 kids to the Boston Opera House to see Disney’s Newises on July 1 as part of our Marilyn Rodman Theatre for Kids initiative…
Ride Day. An early fall Saturday that has become a tradition for cyclists, volunteers, and non-profit staff. Some riders, like George Forte, are even rumored to say they love Ride Day more than Christmas…
George Forte and John Ratcliffe have a lot in common. Their support for the Italian Home for Children, a longtime Rodman for Kids affiliate, goes back to the 1980s…
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