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Registration opens Feb. 1 for the 2022 Institute for Trustees
Registration opens Feb. 1 for the 2022 Institute for Trustees Expanded partnership; keynote Dr. Kenann McKenzie highlight this annual event Danvers, MA --- Essex County Community Foundation (ECCF), an organization that inspires philanthropy that strengthens the...
Equipment and internet access are key, but training ties it all together
By Michelle Xiarhos Curran ECCF Communications Writer Having a computer and access to the internet is critical to functioning in the everyday world, especially now that so much of what we do happens online. But those things only represent half of the equation. “If you...
Digital equity begins – but doesn’t end – with a reliable device
By Michelle Xiarhos Curran ECCF Communications Writer Melissa Marrama, an insurance executive and avid volunteer from Andover, is known for making good things happen when there is a need anywhere in the community. When she heard about Jeffrey Williams – an Amesbury...
Like electricity and clean water, access to the Internet is a basic need
By Michelle Xiarhos Curran ECCF Communications Writer The Point – a densely populated, culturally diverse neighborhood in north Salem with a large immigrant population – is home to a strong and tight-knit community of residents, students and businesses. It’s also a...
Access Opportunities the Focus of Third Meeting of Digital Equity Coalition
By Michelle Xiarhos Curran ECCF Communications Writer More than 80 members of a new Digital Equity Coalition working collaboratively to bridge the digital divide in Essex County met on Dec. 9 to learn about some innovative ways to connect more residents to the...
Column: Moving forward together
It started off as a late-night post in a social media group created to spread positive news. An Afghan evacuee family of 13 would soon be arriving in Newburyport and temporarily housed at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church on High Street. In a matter of hours, dozens of...
Lynn Small Business Loan Fund
LYNN — The City of Lynn and EDIC/Lynn are offering the Lynn Small Business Loan Fund, a new funding opportunity that will provide loans to the city’s existing and start-up businesses that cannot currently access financing from a traditional bank or credit union. Loans...
Applications are open for ECCF’s Behavioral Health Partnership Grants
Danvers, MA – In response to pre- and post-COVID behavioral health challenges, Essex County Community Foundation (ECCF) is proud to announce new investments in organizations working together to improve the region’s behavioral health system. ECCF, in partnership with...
A Return to ‘Normal’ Highlights Value and Need for Summer Programming in Greater Lawrence
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...
ECCF Reimagines Generational Philanthropy in Essex County
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...
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