Since 2001, the mall has provided much needed support to Rosie’s Place, a Boston women’s shelter through a variety of fundraising opportunities such as gift wrap, Women’s Craft Cooperative sales, donations and more. Each year the mall provides space and advertising necessary to provide a gift wrap service. Generous Boston, Cambridge and surrounding area employers provide employees as volunteers to staff the Gift Wrap booth and all of the funds raised benefit Rosie’s Place.

Rosie's Place was founded in 1974, when Kip Tiernan, a Boston activist, noticed that women were disguising themselves as men in order to get shelter. With a handful of committed volunteers, Kip started Rosie's Place in an abandoned grocery store in the heart of Boston's South End. Today, Rosie's Place has evolved from simply providing shelter to offering solutions -- from the immediate to the long term. Among their programs are lunch and dinner every day, emergency shelter, permanent housing, advocacy, clothing, a food pantry, a food cooperative, job training (Women's Craft Cooperative) and more.

For more information, visit www.rosies.org