Seven Hills Family Services to open new family support center in Athol
Staff Report
Modified: 2/14/2021 3:26:52 PM
ATHOL Seven Hills Family Services (SHFS), an affiliate of Seven Hills Foundation, has been awarded a contract to operate a Family Support Center for the North Quabbin region by the Massachusetts Department of Developmental Services (DDS). The North Quabbin Family Support Center will be located at 2280 Main St. in Athol.
According to a press release, the center will serve approximately 180 to 220 families annually and act as a hub of information, resources, supportive services and activities for people of all ages who have an intellectual disability (ID) or developmental disability, including Autism with and without ID, living with their family, and their family members. With over 10 years of experience hosting FSC’s in Worcester, Sturbridge, and Fitchburg, and with long-standing residential and individual support programs in Athol and surrounding towns, SHFS stat
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WORCESTER - The Stearns Tavern Relocation Project at Coes Pond has been named a 2021 Audrey Nelson Community Development Award recipient by the National Community Development Association.
The award recognizes exemplary uses of the Community Development Block Grant program and the partnerships between local government and nonprofits to assist low- and moderate-income households.
The relocation of the historic Stearns Tavern to the shores of Coes Park is a collaborative effort between the city of Worcester, Preservation Worcester and the Seven Hills Foundation.
Stearns Tavern is adjacent to a newly constructed, multigenerational playground and park.
“The Stearns Tavern Relocation Project epitomized what can be achieved with not only vision, but through collaboration and partnerships,” City Manager Edward M. Augustus, Jr. said. “This award recognizes that spirit of collaboration, which resulted in a project that will enhance the visitor experience at Coes Park and preserves
FALL RIVER Free COVID-19 testing in Fall River is not going away.
That’s according to Mayor Paul Coogan, who said Thursday that the city will continue to be included in the statewide Stop the Spread initiative that began last July.
The mayor said he’d been informed by his health department director Tess Curran that a “professional company” will assume the responsibility of collecting test samples after Jan. 15.
That date marks the contractual expiration of a months-long agreement between the state and Seven Hills Foundation and Stanley Street Treatment and Resources, or SSTAR.
Both nonprofit businesses have been offering free testing, sometimes at various sites, that haven’t required prior appointments.
The Martha s Vineyard Times
Farm Neck Foundation announces $121,000 in grants
The Farm Neck Foundation has announced its annual grants for 2020, totaling $121,591.
The grants varied in amount, and went to 18 different Island organizations. The Farm Neck Foundation is an independent charitable corporation created by Farm Neck Golf Club that provides charitable assistance to Martha’s Vineyard organizations. The grants are as follows:
$31,145 to Martha’s Vineyard Agricultural Society for funds to support the Geese Population Control Project.
$10,000 to the Red Stocking Fund for funding for the Kerry Alley Endowment.
$15,000 to MVY Radio to support a capital campaign to purchase a building to house the radio station.