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Upcoming Event on May 25: The Complexity of Racial Trauma
2022 Foundation Trust Speaker Series Launch The Foundation Trust is thrilled to kick off its 2022 Speaker Series with a community conversation with Dr. Nancy Nealious, Psy.D. In partnership with the Melrose Human Rights Commission, this talk will explore the complexity of racial trauma and what it means for individuals and communities. The event…
Read MoreFoundation Trust in the News
This post is part of a 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. ~ Over the last few months, the Foundation Trust has been pleased to be a part of…
Read MoreFoundation Trust Grant Allows for 34 New Trees in Saugus
Originally featured in the July 3, 2020 Saugus Advocate. Story and photos by Tara Vocino; reprinted with permission from the Saugus Advocate Thirty-four trees were planted in 22 locations on 10 different streets, resulting from a $20,000 grant from the Foundation Trust, awarded to Saugus Action Volunteers for the Environment (SAVE). According to Dr.…
Read MoreI Am Biracial: My Journey Overcoming Systemic Racism and Reconnecting with my Cape Verdean Roots
by Kaitlyn Marie Wilson, LICSW Training & Resource Development Associate, The Foundation Trust I am Biracial but when I gave birth to my son a little over four weeks ago, I chose Caucasian as his race on his birth certificate. My own birth certificate says…
Read MoreWill 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 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 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 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…
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