WCVB Channel 5

This is a very late post. In August we held a toiletry drive for Women's Lunch Place. This was a very meaningful project that me and my intern, Priya Radcliffe worked on together. There is a reason that WCVB is such an amazing and special place, it is because of the people. I was overwhelmed with the amount of items donated. We were able to put together 22 toiletry kits!! There are so many full-sized and trial sized items left that I know the shelter will be able to use. A tremendous Thank you to everyone who donated and those that helped me assemble the kits 💛 Look what you helped do Priya!

Last Thursday was National Intern Day. This summer we have 16 interns, our largest group yet. We thought it would be fun to try and get all 16 of them together before the internship ends, so we decided to have an Intern Mixer! We had an iced coffee bar, some snacks and a "no-jito" beverage for their enjoyment. We couldn't get all 16, but we got 12(I'll take it) We think they had a great time chatting and getting to know each other better. What a fun afternoon a with a spunky, happy, incredibly smart and talented group!

It is very important to continue to educate AND spread the word about what your amazing organization does. Thank you Ellie Fund 💗

WHAT A DAY! The 2023 Helping Veterans Heal Televent on WCVB Channel 5 is in the books and, as of 9pm, we have raised $3️⃣6️⃣1️⃣,6️⃣2️⃣0️⃣ to help heal the invisible wounds of war! Thank you for your support and stay tuned to @homebaseprogram in the coming days for our final fundraising total. Massachusetts General Hospital | Red Sox Foundation

WCVB hosted a group of 25 high school students who were taking part in the Journalism Scholastic Press Association Fall Conference this past week. They toured the station, then participated in a Q&A with WCVB President & General Manager and Hearst Television Vice President, New England Kyle Grimes, News Director Margaret Cronan, Anchor Ben Simmoneau and Senior Producer/Chronicle Sangita Chandra. They ended their day watching the Noon newscast and a Q&A with Anchors Antoinette Antonio and Jessica Brown and Chief Meteorologist Cindy Fitzgibbon.

In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month, we decided to have a Pink Pumpkin Painting/Decorating Contest. The only "rule" was that the pumpkin needed to be painted pink, then you could be as creative as you want. First place winner would have a $1,000 donation made in their name to the Ellie Fund. We were extremely lucky to have Executive Director of the Ellie Fund, Meredith Mendelson join us that day. Finished pumpkins were displayed in our 5 & Dine for about a week, voting was done anonymously by number and open to all employees. Most number of votes, determined the winner!! Please enjoy pictures from our fun afternoon and see the winning PINK PUMPKINS!!!

I realize this post is very late, but wanted to share these photos from our Fiesta celebrating Hispanic Heritage month. We listened to music while enjoying delicious food from 4 different restaurants representing cuisines from Ecuador, Mexico, Guatemala and Venezuela. While the food was AMAZING!!, the best part of the luncheon was having everyone together. It was simply fantastic seeing faces you hardly see and hearing all the chatter in the cafeteria. It was reminiscent of my own family holiday parties, everyone talking, enjoying the music and each other. There was a sense of community and celebration which made this luncheon a perfect representation of Hispanic Heritage for me.