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COVID-19 Underscores the Importance of the Greater Lawrence Summer Fund
During a typical summer, 40 children from Greater Lawrence have the opportunity to spend a week at Windrush Farm in North Andover, one of the oldest therapeutic riding centers in the country. Through the farm’s Giddy Up & Grow program, not only do the kids learn to ride and care for the ponies, but they are also taught how to harvest vegetables from the farm’s bountiful garden, bake zucchini bread and engage in literacy activities based on stories starring the farm’s fabled residents.
Housing the Focus of $590,000 in ECCF COVID Relief to Area Nonprofits
Danvers, MA — According to the latest U.S. Census Bureau Household Pulse Survey, about 24% of renters in Massachusetts have little to no confidence that they can make their next housing payment.
Investing in Human Potential: Antidote to Bleak Labor News
As we navigate through and past the COVID-19 pandemic, Essex County has within our grasp the antidote to recent labor market reports: human potential. Prior to COVID-19, Massachusetts had long enjoyed one of the lowest unemployment rates in the country, but things have changed. While state data for June is not yet available, the Bay State’s May unemployment rate of 16.3% tied for the 4th highest in the country and was three percent higher than the national rate at the time.
John D. Colucci Named Board Chair at ECCF
Danvers, MA – Essex County Community Foundation has announced that John D. Colucci, Director of the Corporate Department of the law firm of McLane Middleton and Managing Director of its Woburn office, has been named Chair of the Foundation’s Board of Trustees.
ECCF Announces 7th Round of Grants & Open-Application Cycle
Danvers, MA — Essex County Community Foundation (ECCF) announced today that it has awarded a seventh round of grants from its Essex County COVID-19 Response Fund, which has been supporting nonprofit organizations on the frontlines of the pandemic response in Essex County since the fund’s inception in March.
ECCF Announces Sixth Round of COVID-19 Response Grants
Danvers, MA — Essex County Community Foundation (ECCF) announced this week that it has awarded a sixth round of grants from its Essex County COVID-19 Response Fund, established in March to support nonprofit organizations on the frontlines of the pandemic response in Essex County.
Hope in Crisis: Exploring the Possibilities Post COVID-19
On March 11, 2020, we were thrust into a global health crisis that has so profoundly affected our way of life. Over the last three months, the Coronavirus pandemic has leveled unprecedented personal, societal, organizational and economic challenges against us, and it has exposed longstanding needs and inequities like rocks revealed in the receding tide.
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