About the Mattapan Tech 5K
Mattapan Tech invites you to join the Mattapan Tech 5K, a community fundraising event supporting our Youth Rising Initiative, a youth employment and neighborhood empowerment program that creates summer jobs for young people while helping promote local businesses and build a stronger, more vibrant community.
This 5K is more than a race. It is a movement for youth opportunity, neighborhood pride, and community investment.
Supporting the Youth Rising Initiative
Through the Youth Rising Initiative, Mattapan Tech gives young people the opportunity to earn, learn, and lead. Participants gain real-world experience while contributing directly to the neighborhoods they call home.
Youth Jobs
Creating paid summer opportunities for youth to gain experience, confidence, and professional skills.
Technology Skills
Training youth in digital skills, communication, web support, outreach, and project management.
Local Business Support
Helping promote neighborhood businesses through youth-led outreach, storytelling, and digital visibility.
Community Pride
Building a stronger, safer, and more vibrant community through service, leadership, and collaboration.
Why Your Support Matters
When you register, donate, sponsor, or volunteer, you are helping Mattapan Tech provide paid summer job opportunities for youth and giving them the tools to become future leaders, entrepreneurs, and community builders.
- Create paid summer jobs for youth
- Train young people in technology, communication, and professional readiness
- Support local neighborhood businesses through youth-led outreach and promotion
- Build a stronger and more vibrant Mattapan and Greater Boston community
- Inspire the next generation of leaders
Be Part of Something Bigger Than the Finish Line
Join the Mattapan Tech 5K and help create opportunity for our youth while strengthening the businesses that keep our community alive.
Register or Support Today