ECCF’s Greater Lawrence Summer Fund supports vital out-of-school programming This summer at Camp Otter – a Merrimack Valley YMCA camp located on the shores of Captain’s Pond in the border town of Salem, NH – kids from Greater Lawrence were among the many campers...
Foundation’s NextGen initiative aims to make giving back a more inclusive experience Danvers, MA – What does it mean to be a ‘philanthropist?’ This question is at the heart of a reimagining of NextGen Philanthropy, ECCF’s initiative to engage new generations of...
Right now, in the Mount Washington neighborhood of Haverhill, 13 local residents are learning computer skills that will help them successfully navigate our increasingly digital world. It’s all happening at MakeIT Haverhill (MIH), a program of Community Action, Inc....
Next week, the clock in the Ayer Mill Clock Tower, which has kept watch over the City of Lawrence since 1910, will be getting a facelift. The west dial of the clock has been inoperative since July and Essex County Community Foundation (ECCF), which is responsible for...
ECCF’s ‘ChangeMakers’ Spark Partnerships, Big Ideas for Arts and Culture in Essex County By Michelle Xiarhos Curran Red Rock Park, located on Lynn’s eastern shore, is an expanse of green that juts out into the Atlantic Ocean. It’s a little piece of paradise on the...
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED BY NORTH OF BOSTON MEDIA GROUP By Beth Francis The historic events that have taken place over the last 18 months have influenced the role businesses play as catalysts for social reform in our communities. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and...
COLUMN IN THE SALEM NEWS By Stratton Lloyd and Michelle Xiarhos Curran SEE ORIGINAL COLUMN IN THE SALEM NEWS HERE. When the COVID-19 pandemic struck Essex County, nonprofit organizations working to nourish the region’s most vulnerable residents were among the first in...
ECCF is pleased to announce that Amy Kingman of Essex, Dr. Kiame Mahaniah of Andover and Jonathan Payson of Manchester have recently been elected to the organization’s Board of Trustees.
Though the long-term impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on students is not yet fully known, what we do know – and what the early data confirms – is that learning has suffered, equity gaps have widened and the time to come together to create systems that work for all students is now.
Liz Brea of Methuen and Duong Huy of Lowell were recently awarded scholarships by the Arts Institute Group of The Merrimack Valley and Methuen Arts Initiative.
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