Verizon Foundation to Award $160,000 in Grants to 13 Massachusetts Domestic Violence Prevention Agencies on Oct. 23
Posted on: Tuesday, 20 October 2009, 11:36 CDT
HOLYOKE, Mass., Oct. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Thirteen Massachusetts nonprofit agencies that have been working to end domestic violence and help victims of abuse will receive a total of $160,000 in grants from the Verizon Foundation at an annual awards ceremony Friday (Oct. 23). The ceremony will be hosted by Holyoke Mayor Michael Sullivan; Verizon Region President Donna Cupelo; and Karen Cavanaugh, executive director of Womanshelter/Campaneros of Holyoke, one of the grant recipients.
WHEN: Friday (Oct. 23), 10 a.m. to noon WHERE: Heritage State Park Visitors Center 221 Appleton St. Holyoke WHO: Michael Sullivan, mayor of Holyoke Donna Cupelo, president, Verizon New England State Sen. Michael Knapik State Rep. Mike Kane Karen Cavanaugh, executive director, Womanshelter/Campaneros Curt Rogers, executive director, Gay Men's Domestic Violence Project Lois Kanter, clinical professor and director of the Domestic Violence Institute, Northeastern UniversityNOTE TO REPORTERS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS: Interviews with all award winners can be arranged.
BACKGROUND: Each year, the Verizon Foundation awards grants to a number of agencies working to curb domestic violence in New England and help victims of domestic violence. In the past three years, Verizon has awarded nearly $500,000 in such grants.
This year's grant recipients are:
- Abby Kelly Foster's House of Worcester
- Close to Home of Dorchester
- Elizabeth Freeman Center, Inc. of Pittsfield
- Elizabeth Stone House of Jamaica Plain
- Gay Men's Domestic Violence Project of Cambridge
- Healthcare of Southeastern Massachusetts of Brockton
- Manet Community Health Center of Quincy
- Massachusetts Alliance of Portuguese Speakers of Cambridge/Lowell
- New Bedford Women's Center of New Bedford
- Northeastern University's Domestic Violence Institute of Boston
- Portal to Hope of Medford
- Reach Beyond Domestic Violence of Waltham
- Womanshelter/Campaneros of Holyoke
SOURCE Verizon
Source: PR Newswire
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