More Than Dessert

Thu Jun 04 2026 at 06:00 pm to 08:00 pm UTC-04:00

More Than Words Warehouse Bookstore | Boston

More Than Words
Publisher/HostMore Than Words
More Than Dessert
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Our annual community celebration and fundraiser - it's the sweetest night of the year!
About this Event

Celebrate social enterprise and youth empowerment with More Than Words staff, youth, friends, and supporters. Explore our program and find tastes of dessert from restaurants hidden among the book stacks. Talk to youth and hear how they are taking charge of their lives.


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Thank you to our 2026 Host Committee:

Tref Borden, Christopher Casgar, John & Pat Chory, Katie Fagan, Mary Ann Mattoon, Jennifer Paci, Anne Peacher, Dan Pedro, Sam Tully-Chambers, Stefania & George Mallett, and Ted Tye





Come try a taste from our dessert restaurant partners!

With support from Culinary Chair, Jefferson Macklin of Traveler Street Hospitality

Kathy's Kakes




THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS
EDITORS

ezCater

Jennifer & Vic Paci

Grayson Family Foundation

Christopher & Kirstin Casgar



AUTHORS

National Development

Anne & Stephen Peacher



READERS

ALKU

Accomplice

The Boston Foundation

Brand Content

CityWide Boston

Eastern Bank

Ed & Robin Orazem

Ellen & Dan Pedro

Katie & Jamie Fagan

John & Pat Chory

Leanne & Adam Goff

Marion & David Mussafer

Mary Ann & Peter Mattoon

Sam & Joe Tully-Chambers

Secretary Martin J. Walsh

The Village Bank

Watertown Savings Bank

Anonymous


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What to Expect

🕑: 06:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Explore More Than Words and talk to staff and youth
🕑: 06:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Taste desserts from 16 local restaurants
🕑: 06:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Complete "secret missions" to earn entries into a raffle
🕑: 06:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Try your hand at tasks in our youth-run business
🕑: 06:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Shop our collection of pre-loved books, clothing, and accessories
🕑: 07:15 PM - 07:30 PM
Hear from leaders and young people in a brief program
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

More Than Words Warehouse Bookstore, 242 East Berkeley Street, Boston, United States

Tickets

USD 0.00 to USD 535.38

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