Jericho Road Lynn

Jericho Road Lynn (JRLY) is a new, joint social venture launched in partnership with General Electric's Boston Volunteer Council and in collaboration the Lynn Nonprofit Business Alliance and the Greater Lynn Chamber of Commerce. By providing free, targeted and excellent capacity-building services, JR Lynn will help Lynn nonprofits save money and build their organizational capacity to both better serve their missions and to collectively improve the quality of life in Lynn.

Once a vibrant manufacturing center, Lynn experienced a significant decline when its factories, like many in New England, closed or moved abroad in the middle part of the 20th century. Lynn has great natural assets, including a beautiful shoreline and municipal woods as well as a vibrant business, academic and nonprofit community that are working together to maintain and improve Lynn's quality of life.

Volunteers
The source of volunteers for JR Lynn includes The Boston Volunteer Council which represents GE's Greater Boston workforce (including the GE Lynn plant, Lynn's largest employer) and has access to over 2000 "white collar" employees.

Over the next year JR Lynn will be working to expand its volunteer base through its connection with the Lynn Area Chamber of Commerce and faith and other communities both in Lynn and from nearby towns such as Swampscott and Marblehead.

Steering Committee

Mark Kennard, the coordinator of Lynn's Nonprofit Business Association (as well as the CEO of Lynn's Project COPE) is joined on the steering committee by GE volunteers Bill Hayes, Cathi Lyons and Dave Hyde. We are also looking for candidates to join the JR Lynn Steering Committee, and helping to grow JR Lynn into the vibrant and effective organization we know it can be. Interested? See details here.

Contact Ellen Chulak, Program Director at echulak@jerichoroadproject.org for more information on Jericho Road Lynn.