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Will the World Ever Feel Safe? Child Trauma Reactivated in a Time of Global Crisis
by Jana Pressley, Psy.D. & Joseph Spinazzola, Ph.D. The Foundation Trust During stressful and uncertain times, children and adolescents often feel increased anxiety, just as we do as adults. Depending on the age and stage of development, children often do not have a clear sense of how to articulate their worries. Fear can present…
Read MoreStill Scared After All These Years: Traumatic Stress Reactivated in a Time of Global Crisis
by Jana Pressley, Psy.D. & Joseph Spinazzola, Ph.D., The Foundation Trust Current events often generate and exacerbate stress, especially in our age of the 24-hour news cycle and social media saturation. Whenever we log on, link in, or even turn on an old-fashioned television, we run the risk of becoming overwhelmed by the seemingly endless…
Read MoreFoundation Trust in the News – Fall 2019/Winter 2020
Fall and winter are busy times for the Foundation Trust. Over the last few months, we announced our inaugural grant recipients, launched our next call for proposals, and met some amazing, inspiring people along the way. View the articles below for a snapshot of our recent activities. Revere Journal, Page 2, September 18, 2019:…
Read MoreDr. Jana Pressley Joins the Foundation Trust
The Foundation Trust is delighted to welcome Jana Pressley, Psy.D. as Senior Training Associate for the Foundation Trust. Dr. Pressley is the Director of Training and Professional Development for Justice Resource Institute’s Trauma Center in Brookline, MA, and Adjunct Associate Professor at Richmont Graduate University. Previously, Dr. Pressley was on the faculty in the Department…
Read MoreFoundation Trust in the News – Summer 2019
This post is part of a new series where we will periodically share news from our partners and grantees, as well as local media. Below please find links to articles featuring activities of the Foundation Trust in recent months. The Foundation Trust has had a busy summer! Between working with new grant recipients running…
Read MoreGIVING VOICE: Foundation Trust Drama Series Underway With the Greater Boston Stage Company
The Foundation Trust is pleased to be entering its second season in partnership with the Greater Boston Stage Company (GBSC) on the Giving Voice: Foundation Trust Drama Series. This five-year series sponsored by the Foundation Trust aims to elevate traditionally underrepresented communities within the theater industry. These communities include, but are not limited to, women,…
Read MoreFoundation Trust Makes Major Gift to Boston Children’s Hospital
The Rooftop Garden The Foundation Trust is pleased to announce its capital gift of $100,000 to Boston Children’s Hospital towards the construction of the Hale Family Clinical Building, a new facility opening in the Fall of 2021. The building will include a comprehensive and integrated five-floor Heart Center, a new state-of-the-art neonatal intensive care unit,…
Read MoreFoundation Trust Establishes Scholarship with St. Mary of the Annunciation School of Melrose to Support Families in Need
New Scholarship Fund Relieves Family Burden We are thrilled to announce the establishment of the Foundation Trust Scholarship Fund with St. Mary of the Annunciation School in Melrose, MA. The scholarship was established to mitigate the financial burden of unanticipated adversity on a family’s ability to continue their child’s education at St. Mary’s. Returning students…
Read MoreFoundation Trust Provides Emergency Assistance To Family In Need
Isabel’s Health Journey Begins It began in December as a typical child’s cold that never fully went away. Being a conscientious mother, Jessica Clifford, a high school Spanish and ESL teacher from Acton, MA, took her 3-year-old daughter Maria Isabel to the pediatrician just in case. Nothing of concern was identified. By February, it was…
Read MoreFoundation Trust Supports Classical Music in New England through Major Gift to Boston Symphony Orchestra
rjasso / Pixabay Our Fourth Funding Track: Nature and the Arts Joseph Spinazzola, Executive Director of the Foundation Trust, explains, “While our other three priority funding tracks focus on providing direct services to vulnerable and overlooked individuals and communities, our fourth track seeks to preserve and advance those things that sustain and unite us as…
Read MoreFoundation Trust Initiates Partnership With Greater Boston Stage Company To Support Regional Theater
A curious observer might wonder why a new charitable foundation with an otherwise clear emphasis on supporting vulnerable communities and the nonprofit organizations that serve them has designated preservation of New England’s cultural and environmental heritage as its fourth priority funding track. Access to the Arts and Nature Is an Essential Part of Healing For…
Read MoreFoundation Trust Establishes Dante Dieso Scholarship Fund at Boston University’s Questrom School of Business
A Legacy Supporting Education As he approached his 100th birthday, Dante Dieso, Founder of the Foundation Trust, ensured that his legacy would support the educational and professional advancement of underprivileged youth and young adults for at least another century. In his last act as Trustee, Mr. Dieso made the new foundation’s largest donation yet: a…
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