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Community Content The Newton Community Pride board elected a new board of directors.  “During these challenging times for the arts and culture community, I’m thrilled to have the opportunity to lean in and help build a stronger organization to answer the call for community programming that can support our village centers, artists and arts and culture nonprofits,” said newly elected board chair Gloria M. Gavris. Joining Gavris as officers of Newton Community Pride are Dinny Starr, former Women’s Foundation of Boston partner relationship co-manager as vice chair; Meryl Kessler, former ...

Chris Dillmann/cdillmann@vaildaily.com The longest year. The hardest year. Whatever you want to call it, 2020 has been a year unlike any in our lifetimes, and the impacts from a global public health crisis a century in the making will be lasting. COVID-19 reshaped our world and left us grieving for lives lost, jobs lost and businesses shuttered. Lockdowns and closures of local schools and ski resorts tested our stamina. We kept loved ones at a distance and sacrificed beloved traditions and gatherings for the greater good. Nearly 350,000 Americans have died from the virus as of this writing. M...

Knoxville Biz Ticker: BlueCross Foundation providing $250,000 to Second Harvest Food Bank of East Tennessee The Knoxville News-Sentinel 12/30/2020 Knoxville News Sentinel BlueCross Foundation providing $250,000 to Second Harvest Food Bank of East Tennessee KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee Foundation is giving $250,000 to Second Harvest Food Bank of East Tennessee to help meet the needs of community members affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. This gift provides additional support following the $500,000 the foundation awarded to Second Harvest in March...

Foundation public relations director Tom Boyd said the youth services are critical. “When the schools were closed, that didn’t mean we could just go home,” Boyd said. “We were more needed than ever before.” A student struggling with math or reading in class may need even more help when learning remotely. The foundation’s Magic Book Bus — which brings reading resources to kids in under-served neighborhoods and offers educational resources to kids about to enter kindergarten — couldn’t operate as usual this year. Instead of picking up kids, socially distanced outdoor gathering...

Knoxville Biz Ticker: BlueCross Foundation providing $250,000 to Second Harvest Food Bank of East Tennessee The Knoxville News-Sentinel 12/30/2020 Knoxville News Sentinel BlueCross Foundation providing $250,000 to Second Harvest Food Bank of East Tennessee KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee Foundation is giving $250,000 to Second Harvest Food Bank of East Tennessee to help meet the needs of community members affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. This gift provides additional support following the $500,000 the foundation awarded to Second Harvest in March...