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Lynn Tech plumbing class revives energy-, money-saving system
Daily Item - Lynn,MA,USA- May 2009
With funding from the Essex County Community Foundation, students designed, built and installed two different working solar hot water system prototypes, ...
Pastor named 2009 'Champion for Children'
The Salem News - Beverly,MA,USA- May 2009
The Rev. Michael Duda, senior pastor at the First Church in Wenham, will receive the annual Champion for Children award from Children's Friend and Family Services...He also served as interim senior minister at the Second Congregational Church in Beverly, youth-at-risk manager at the Essex County Community Foundation, ...
Lynn YMCA girls program lands grant
The Daily Item- October 16, 2008
LYNN - The Greater Lynn YMCA kicked off a new program for teenage girls Wednesday following a successful pilot run and news that it will receive a $7,000 grant later this month from the Women's Fund of Essex County, the Ronald McDonald House Children's Charities, and from Pepsi Co... The funding will be awarded on Tuesday, Oct. 21, when the Women's Fund holds its 6th annual Grants Awards Luncheon at the Peabody Marriott Hotel, 8 Centennial Drive in Peabody, from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Read More...
Summer Fund Grants Distributed
Andover Townsman - July 3, 2008
The Essex County Community Foundation has announced the distribution of the Greater Lawrence Summer Fund grants totaling $250,000. The Greater Lawrence Summer Fund grants support summer programs for inner-city youth from the Greater Lawrence communities of Andover, Lawrence, Methuen and North Andover. This year more than 10,000 disadvantaged school-age children will benefit from the summer programs. The GLSF was developed in part to respond to community needs for quality summer programs for school-age youth in Greater Lawrence. Through the funded programs, young people have the opportunity for skill development, personal growth and exposure to new experiences. Forty-nine donors including foundations, banks, local businesses and individuals contributed to the 2008 fund. Grant recipients Include: Asian Center of Merrimack Valley, Essex Art Center, Groundwork Lawrence, Methuen Arlington Neighborhood Inc., North Andover Historical Society, St. Ann's Home and Windrush Farms.
Wild classroom: School courtyard turned into science habitats
Salem News - June 11, 2008
SALEM — Second-graders sipped nectar from flowers and sketched pictures of goat's beard plants yesterday morning in their new "outdoor classroom" at Bentley School...For the project, Salem Harbor Power Station, whose nearby smokestacks are visible in the background of the courtyard, donated $6,000; the Essex County Community Foundation gave $2,500; the Salem Foundation for Public Education donated $500; and the school also received $600 from the 21st Century Grant. Read More
Lynn schools to net money for social studies grant
By Dan Baer / The Daily Item
LYNN - The Essex County Community Foundation has awarded Lynn Public Schools a portion of a $110,773 Hardscrabble Education Fund Grant that the department will put toward its third grade social studies curriculum. Read more
Marblehead schools get $10,114 from ECCF
Wicked Local Marblehead- June 4, 2008
MARBLEHEAD -The Marblehead Public Schools received $10,114 of $110,773 in Hardscrabble Education Fund grants recently distributed by the Essex County Community Foundation. The Hardscrabble Education Fund supports academic achievement in the fields of mathematics, science and English for the public school districts of Beverly, Lynn, Marblehead, Nahant, Salem and Swampscott. Read More
Welbourn named new head of North Shore foundation
Business Journal - May 19, 2008
David M. Welbourn has been named president and CEO of the Essex County Community Foundation, effective immediately. Read more
Scholarship fund started in memory of Corinne (Morris) Johnson
Andover Townsman - May 15, 2008
The Corinne (Morris) Johnson Scholarship Fund has been established in memory of Corinne Johnson of Andover. The Andover resident was the first female general manager at the General Electric aircraft engine plant in Lynn. Read more
Essex County Community Foundation Breaks the $12 Million Mark
July 9, 2007
Danvers, MA – In a short eight years, the Essex County Community Foundation has built a $12 million asset base of 80 named donor funds. These funds provide grants to serve the critical needs of the communities...Read more
Essex County Community Foundation breaks the $5 million mark in grants awarded
July 9, 2007
Danvers, MA- Essex County Community Foundation has granted over $5 million to non-profit agencies. In the past 12 months alone we granted close to $1 million in grant dollars. ECCF manages and distributes funds for eight competitive grant programs and a dozen scholarships...Read more
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