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Year 13 Managing Team

Chief Executive Officer

Mia Burgio

Mia is excited to join the team as the CEO for Year 13 Build Day!

Chief Financial Officer

Julia Saksena

Julia is excited to join the team as the CFO for Year 13 Build Day!

Chief Operations Officer

Kay McNamara

Kay is a senior at Holy Cross and is from Brewster, MA. She is pursuing a Political Science degree and is on the pre-law track. This is Kay's 4th year on the Working for Worcester Managing Team. She is committed to the impactful work that W4W is able to do each year and is excited for Year 13!

12 Years of Impact 
By The Numbers

2,400,000

$

 Reinvested in the Community 

30

+

Local Business Involved

7

+

Colleges Represented

45,000

+

1,500

+

25

+

Estimated People Impacted

Volunteers Each Year

Playgrounds Built

1,500 Volunteers. 
One City.
One Day. 
This is Working For Worcester.

Working for Worcester Year 11

2012

From Idea to Reality

In the Fall of 2012, Holy Cross junior roommates Jeff Reppucci and Derek Kump decided that they wanted to step outside their campus gates and learn a more about the greater city of Worcester, MA. Thus, the inspiration for W4W was born: Reppucci and Kump launched an organization dedicated to mobilizing college students to improve recreation infrastructure and opportunities within neighborhoods across the city.

2013

Build Day Begins

On the first Build Day, Reppucci and Kump yet assembled close to 540 volunteers across 12 community recreation sites assisting the construction of 2 new playgrounds, 4 new basketball courts, a dance studio, a baseball field, a teen recreation room, a food pantry, a school cafeteria, new walking trails!

2020

Overcoming Covid-19

With the Managing Team trying to navigate getting sent home from school, Build Day was unfortunately cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet, the team raised $23,240.59 for the Worcester Together COVID-19 emergency response fund!

2021

The "New Normal"

After a year with no playgrounds, Build Day Year 9 was faced with over coming the rapidly evolving Covid-19 pandemic, creating a Covid-Tzar role to monitor health trends. Nonetheless, 2 playground still managed to be built, albeit the smiles covered with masks!

12 Years of Working for Worcester

Our Journey

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Meet the team
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Build Day Would Not Be Possible Without the Other Executive Team Members 

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BUILD DAY

INFORMATION

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Volunteers

Build Day Volunteer recruitment begins in late-February stretches all the way till Build Day.  This year we are looking for aprox. 1,200 volunteers across our 20 sites!

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Site Managers

College students looking to get involved? Becoming a Site Manager allows you the opportunity to express total creative control on a site!

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Prospective Sites

We are no long accepting new applications at this time. For prospective sites we will be finalizing the details by Dec 1st and will formally begin project planning by Dec 15th.  

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Corporate Sponsors

Corporate partnerships are vital to W4W and we are always seeking out new companies to partner with us! Your organization can get involved in numerous ways from volunteering to donating!

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