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Annual Meeting Highlights Homelessness in the Community and Impact of Philanthropy
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Nearly 200 residents, business leaders, and nonprofit professionals attended the Greater Lowell Community Foundation (GLCF) 2019 annual meeting “Homelessness and Hope” on June 13th at the UMASS Lowell Inn & Conference Center.
GLCF Board Chair Chet Szablak opened the event speaking about the impact of charitable giving on the local level - citing the Foundation’s $1.95 million in grants and scholarships distributed to the community in 2018.
The meeting continued with remarks from GLCF President and CEO Jay Linnehan, as he discussed the power of partnerships to address the growing issue of homelessness in downtown Lowell. “Last June, the GLCF board voted to support and facilitate an initiative to address homelessness in the downtown. Since then, the Foundation, under the adept leadership of the City Manager Eileen Donoghue and the City of Lowell, along with
Community Teamwork (CTI)
, the Lowell Plan and SMOC (South Middlesex Opportunity Council) regularly meet as the leadership team charged with the important task of creating an action plan to address this critical issue.”
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GLCF Elects Three to Board of Directors
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Eric P. Healy, CEO, NorthOut, Groton
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Ben James, CFO, SchoolCNXT, Concord
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Niki Tsongas, Former U.S. Representative, Lowell
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At the Greater Lowell Community Foundation Annual Meeting on June 13th at the UMASS Lowell Inn & Conference Center, the Board of Directors approved the election of three local business and community leaders to the board. These newly elected directors represent marketing, finance and the public sector. The new board members will each serve a three-year term.
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GLCF Announces New Greater Lowell Bar Association Agency Fund
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Greater Lowell Bar Association President Brian W. Leahey, Esq. and President Elect Jeanne E. Early, Esq. with President/CEO Jay Linnehan at the GLBA Annual Dinner
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Lowell, MA – The Greater Lowell Community Foundation is excited to announce the creation of the Greater Lowell Bar Association Agency Fund. This new agency fund provides annual and capital support to the association to fulfill their mission.
“The Greater Lowell Bar Association has partnered with the Greater Lowell Community Foundation to allow us to increase our ability and resources to more effectively carry out the mission of the Greater Lowell Bar Association to unite the members to better serve the public, the Bar and the Bench within the Greater Lowell area; to unify and improve the legal skills of the members; to sponsor and provide continued legal education of the Bar; to foster and promote awareness of, and respect for the law of the Municipalities, of the Commonwealth and of these United States, and of the rights of all persons; to participate in, and encourage, civic, charitable and community projects of a worthwhile nature,” said Brian W. Leahey, Esq., President of the Greater Lowell Bar Association.
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The Greater Lowell Community Foundation (GLCF) hosts quarterly exhibitions of local artist’s work at the GLCF office suite at 100 Merrimack Street in Lowell, Mass.
If you are interested in submitting your work for consideration, contact
Jennifer Aradhya
, VP for Marketing & Programs.
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Book Distribution at Lowell's Lincoln School with On the Move and Votze Butler
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On the Move
(OTM), a GLCF Children's Services Discretionary Fund recipient, promotes literacy for children in need from low-income families by providing them with books.
At a recent visit to Lowell's Abraham Lincoln Elementary School, team members from
Votze Butler Associates, Inc.
and GLCF joined OTM to hand out books and bookmarks to the children before they headed out on summer break.
Thank you OTM for the important work you do in our community.
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Focus on Fiscal Sponsorship
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Free Soil Arts Collective:
Hair Tales - Stories of Black Hair-i-Tage
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To learn more about GLCF Fiscal Sponsorships,
contact us
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2018 GLCF Annual Report - Now Online
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Hot off the presses! Check out our 2018 Annual Report and see GLCF highlights from last year.
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Partners in Philanthropy
Thank you to our community partners who support GLCF's work and mission.
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PLATINUM PARTNERS:
Nancy L. Donahue
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A complete list of our sponsors is viewable on the Foundation's website (click
here).
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We love it when our sponsors stop by! Salem Five's Shawn M. Schiffer and Jeff McDonald hand delivered their sponsorship to the Foundation.
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The weekend of June 6-8, the Lowell Cox Bridge was lit up orange to fight for a future free from gun violence. Thank you to
UTEC
for leading the awareness of this important issue.
#WearOrange
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Mill City Grows recently purchased a transit vehicle to help shuttle fresh food and volunteers to increase food access for hundreds of residents with funds from a recent 2019 Help Alleviate Hunger and Homelessness in Massachusetts grant. This generous one-time capital grant was made possible from an anonymous donor that partnered with the GLCF to distribute the funding to area nonprofits.
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Life Connection Center Scott McGrath, Director and Executive Director Jaime Dillon with GLCF VP Aradhya. The Center purchased a transport vehicle with funds from a recent 2019 Help Alleviate Hunger and Homelessness in Massachusetts grant.
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