Myra Boccardi Desroches Advancing Young Minds Fund Small Wonders Grant

May 2026 - Published in: 2026 Spring Newsletter - The Myra Boccardi Desroches Advancing Young Minds Fund is a donor advised fund that was established in 2022 to honor Myra’s life and her passion for children and literacy. The Fund’s advisors, Michael Desroches and Rebecca Boccardi Zappone, Myra’s husband and sister respectively, recommend grants to organizations that provide literacy services and resources needed to make literature more accessible to young minds.

Recently, a $1,000 grant was awarded to Plymouth Human Resources to support the Town of Plymouth Small Wonders program. This program provides gifts for over 100 children in Plymouth around the holidays and the grant is used to purchase the books requested by the participants. By providing the funds necessary to gift books to children, the Fund continues its mission to support organizations that encourage children’s interest in reading and work to advance young minds holistically, as well as continue Myra’s legacy of helping youth reach their full potential.