Friends of ESAC - Imagine the difference that ESAC makes in the lives of your neighbors...

Sometimes, the difference between fearing the future and embracing it is just a helping hand from someone up the street. For over 40 years, ESAC has provided that helping hand. And with your help it will continue to for another 40 years and beyond. By joining the Friends of ESAC, you’ll broaden our community of support and help ensure our own future.

Thank you to our new (and old) friends:

2006 has been a watershed year for ESAC with exciting developments in many areas. Our mission to ensure stable and healthy communities continues to be fulfilled through ESAC's flagship programs: GED Plus, the Egleston Square Peace Garden , and the Sustainable Homeownership Center .

Our recently expanded GED Plus program is a critical alternative to young people living in neighborhoods where violence is on the rise. ESAC's ongoing commitment to the Egleston neighborhood has resulted in a revitalized Main Streets initiative. And ESAC continues to play a leadership role in the city's lead paint abatement effort.

With foreclosure filings across greater Boston skyrocketing in 2006, ESAC's Foreclosure Prevention work remains front and center. Our advocacy with the Attorney General and Banking Commission has resulted in enforcement actions against unscrupulous mortgage brokers. Happily, ESAC will expand its capacity to assist low income homeowners at risk of losing their homes with a $100,000 grant awarded in October from the City of Boston .

The past few years have been trying times for small non-profits like ESAC. We have weathered some fiscal difficulties and come out stronger. In fact, ESAC is poised for growth in 2007. Become a true friend of ESAC and join us in our efforts to eliminate childhood lead poisoning, to stem the tide of foreclosures and to lift the city's most troubled youth out of hopelessness.

Emily Morris Litonjua, President