Tuesday, October 15
UMass Lowell Inn & Conference Center
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5:30 p.m.
Reception + Business Philanthropy Exhibitors
6:30 p.m.
Program Begins
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Tickets:
$100 per person
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Join the Greater Lowell Community Foundation as we celebrate business philanthropy and community impact at this year's
Celebrate Giving
. This annual event celebrates the impact of philanthropy on our community and showcases poignant stories about the importance of charitable giving with keynote speaker:
Prabal Chakrabarti
, Senior Vice President & Community Affairs Officer, Boston Federal Reserve.
The event will also feature a number of exhibitors who focus on business philanthropy, including:
- Custom MMIC
- DCU
- Enterprise Bank
- Trinity EMS
- Working Cities Challenge
The event will also include our community partner, Paul Blount, President of
Custom MMIC
who will talk about the company’s commitment to scholarship support of women in engineering. Additionally, we will also be presenting the
2019 GLCF Business Philanthropy Partner Award
to
NETSCOUT
for their
Heart of Giving
community grant program.
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WANTED:
2019 GLCF Discretionary Grant Applicants
Greater Lowell Community Foundation is seeking applicants for its 2019 Discretionary Grant Cycle. There will be $140,000 in grant awards available through this program.
Cycle Opens:
October 1, 2019
Submission Deadline:
October 29, 2019 at 12 p.m.
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GLCF announces the establishment of the Gerald C. Barnes II Scholarship Fund, a memorial scholarship named for Barnes, a 2015 Lowell High School graduate and lacrosse player.
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GLCF Announces LHS Scholarship Established in Honor of Gerald “Jerry” C. Barnes II
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As a new school year begins, the Greater Lowell Community Foundation is honored to announce the establishment of the Gerald C. Barnes II Scholarship Fund. This new scholarship fund honors the spirit of Gerald “Jerry” C. Barnes II by awarding scholarships to a Lowell High School (LHS) graduating senior lacrosse player.
A 2015 graduate of LHS, Barnes completed his junior year at UMass Amherst as a Natural Resource Conservation major when he died unexpectedly in June of 2018. An active outdoor enthusiast, Barnes worked for the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation at Walden Pond in Concord and enjoyed playing lacrosse which he played throughout high school. To honor his memory, family and friends launched the Gerald C. Barnes II Scholarship Fund through the Greater Lowell Community Foundation.
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Focus on
GROTON
Grants
The Foundation is proud to serve the following communities:
Ashby, Ayer, Bedford, Billerica, Burlington, Carlisle, Chelmsford, Concord, Dracut, Dunstable, Groton, Lowell, Littleton, Pepperell, Shirley, Tewksbury, Townsend, Tyngsboro, Westford, Wilmington.
In this edition of our e-newsletter, we are highlighting recent
Groton
grant recipients.
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Photos courtesy of Nashua River Watershed Association. Photographer: Nancy Karuzis
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• Nashua River Watershed Association
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Nashua River Watershed Association received a 2018 Discretionary Grant for “Learn to Fish” Family Clinics. The program enriched the lives of the residents of 7 communities by engaging them in activities that deepen their connection and appreciation of clean waterways and aquatic life.
“It was so rewarding to observe the positive impact on both youth and adults of the “Learn to Fish” clinic. It was clear that everyone enjoyed all aspects of the clinic -- being outdoors on the water’s edge; learning how to fish; the excitement of putting their new skill into action by baiting and casting a fishing pole; and, of course, the thrill of catching a fish!” stated Kathryn Nelson, Water Monitoring Coordinator for the Nashua River Watershed Association. “The importance of releasing the fish they caught gently back to the water was emphasized and practiced by all. The connection to waterways, clean water and aquatic life this program was able to achieve was phenomenal. We appreciate the support from GLCF that allowed this program to take place and we look forward to a second clinic we will be offering in November on Fly Tying.”
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Learn to Fish
clinic at Trout Brook Conservation Area
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• Seven Hills Family Services: WhisperGlide Wheelchair-Accessible Glider Swing
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The Community Foundation of North Central Massachusetts and the Greater Lowell Community Foundation have awarded $6,663 to Seven Hills Community Services (SHCS) through the Nashoba Valley Community Healthcare Fund. These generous grant funds will give individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities living in one of the SHCS group homes in North Central Massachusetts a reason to be outside and enjoy quality time in the fresh air with the purchase of a WhisperGlide wheelchair-accessible glider swing.
“Seven Hills is so grateful to the 2018 Nashoba Valley Health Care Fund for the grant to purchase a WhisperGlide Swing for individuals living in our group residential home in Groton," stated Elizabeth Vittum, Assistant VP of Development, Seven Hills Foundation & Affiliates. "The therapeutic benefits of having this type of a swing made available to our individuals has had such a positive impact on their health and wellbeing. Witnessing the calming effects of the swing on each person who uses it and the happiness they feel in having such a special place to sit and read with a family member or staff has been wonderful. Thank you for this most generous gift.”
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To learn more about the
Nashoba Valley Community Healthcare Fund
grants, visit our
website
.
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Project Learn: Girls Who Code
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A recipient of a
2018 Women Working Wonders Fund
grant
at GLCF,
Project Learn
's
Girls Who Code
after school program trained ten 5th -10th
teachers and serve 177 girls in the Lowell Public Schools. The teachers were trained in how to teach basic code.
Girls Who Code
met weekly after school in each of the 10 participating schools and girls gained leadership skills from working in teams as they identified a problem in their community to be solved through the coding/app-building skills they learned together. These issues ranged from gender equality and empowering women and girls, to food access, to the importance of positive messages such as inspirational quotes. The girls were provided a well-rounded foundation for leadership development as they considered how STEM and technology might be applicable in their future academic and/or professional careers.
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Focus on Fiscal Sponsorships
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WE ARE AMERICA PROJECT
Twenty-eight students at Lowell High School recently published the book:
We Are America
in January 2018. The students are all part of the Seminar on American Diversity, offered at LHS. Earlier that school year, LHS teacher Jessica Lander challenged her students to explore their own personal history and draw connections between their history and the larger history of America. That spring the second semester of students published the sequel,
We Are America Too.
While the class might be over, some of the student authors and Lander are expanding on the two books this coming year. This summer they launched a national
We Are America Project
with the goal of sparking a different type of national conversation about American identity today led by the next generation. The students and Lander are working with 35 teachers from across the country who will be teaching the
We Are America Project
curriculum in their classrooms this year and writing books with their students that showcase students personal American identities. Lander and the student team are also building a website that will house a library of the more than 1200 stories that will be shared through the project. The We Are America Project is collaborating with three leading national partners: Facing History and Ourselves, Re-Imagining Migration, and New York’s Tenement Museum.
To learn more about the origin of the
We Are America Project
and to listen to the oral stories of the student authors of
We Are America
and
We Are America Too
, visit:
lhsweareamerica.com
Copies of
We Are America
and
We Are America Too
are available at the LHS Store both downtown in Lowell and on campus.
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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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GLCF is Confirmed in Compliance with National Standards for U.S. Community Foundations.
Our accreditation provides assurance that we have sound policies and practices in place. In short, it means we meet the highest standards for local giving.
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