Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston (BGCB), the city’s largest youth-serving nonprofit organization, partnered with AT&T to host its Teen Career Fair, an event to promote and ensure digital access among local families, while giving teens a head start on preparing for their futures.
The event took place on Feb. 2 at the Berkshire Partners Blue Hill Boys & Girls Club in Dorchester.
Some 140 teens in the BGCB’s Ready to Work program received hands on mentorship through Q&As, mock interviews and workshops about career and college readiness from professionals across multiple industries. At the end of the event, each teen was surprised with one of 250 laptops being donated to the BGCB by AT&T.
Boston Chief of Economic Opportunity and Inclusion Segun Idowu addresses the hundreds of Ready to Work program teens during the BGCB Teen Career Fair
Boston Chief of Economic Opportunity and Inclusion Segun Idowu joined BGCB Nicholas President and CEO Robert Lewis Jr. and AT&T Atlantic Region President John Emra to address the teens at the beginning of the event. The Ready to Work program teens also participated in job booths from a wide range of industries, from sales, marketing and media relations to government, law and more.
