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Interns Shine This Summer at ECCF
By Michelle Xiarhos Curran This summer, ECCF welcomed three incredible interns to our team. Over the course of eight weeks, Genesis Galdamez, Nahdyn Reyes and Mateo Rosario provided critical administrative support and contributed to community leadership initiatives...
After 16 months of collaborative work, evidence of digital equity systems change emerges
By Michelle Xiarhos Curran In Salem’s Point neighborhood, where ECCF is working collaboratively to bring more people online, the common reaction to receiving a free laptop, said Nikki Schafer, is one of disbelief. Schafer, who is the North Shore Community Development...
Celebrating five years of Creative County
Live performances, inspiring speakers and a $2 million funding announcement top the 2022 Essex County Arts and Culture Summit By Michelle Xiarhos Curran When the beat dropped during Ana Masacote’s high-energy salsa performance at the 2022 Essex County Arts &...
Funding partnerships power support for behavioral health systems
ECCF and partners award nearly $600,000 in collaborative grants At the Integrated Center for Group Medical Visits (ICGMV), a national leader in the group medical care model with strong roots in Lawrence, Dr. Jeffrey Geller, co-chair of the nonprofit, says the city...
Michael Bobbitt, Dar Williams Headline Essex County Arts & Culture Summit
ECCF celebrates five years of Creative County at The Cabot on Sept. 30 Beverly, MA --- Hundreds of artists and community leaders will converge upon The Cabot on Sept. 30 to celebrate five years of the Creative County Initiative, Essex County Community Foundation’s...
Three Community Leaders join the ECCF Board of Trustees
Danvers, MA -- Essex County Community Foundation (ECCF), an organization serving the 34 cities and towns of Essex County, is pleased to announce that Lane A. Glenn of Amesbury, Patricia Fae Ho of Beverly, and Dean J. Marsh of Middleton have recently been elected to...
While the impacts of COVID linger, summer programs come up with new ways to engage Greater Lawrence youth
ECCF’s Greater Lawrence Summer Fund supports 45 nonprofit organizations By Michelle Xiarhos Curran, ECCF Communications Writer More than two years after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, organizers of summer programming focused on Greater Lawrence youth continue to...
Column: To become more effective, philanthropy must go deeper
COLUMN IN THE SALEM NEWSBy Stacey Landry and Michelle Xiarhos Curran SEE ORIGINAL COLUMN IN THE SALEM NEWS HERE. The need for innovative, effective philanthropy that forges deep connections between people and causes has never been greater. Nor has the time been more...
Keeping Watch – And Time – Over the City of Lawrence
After a nearly year-long restoration, the Ayer Mill Clock will tick once again By Michelle Xiarhos Curran On a recent summer day, a swift, refreshing breeze blows through the bell room of the Ayer Mill Clock Tower in Lawrence. From here, the entire city – its...
Reimagining the North Shore Technology Workforce
Think Lab brings together 50+ cross-sector leaders to discuss possibilities for the North Shore’s technology workforce In Massachusetts, 100,000 people are employed by the life sciences sector, an area that has exploded over the last decade. “Massachusetts is the best...
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