Verizon Foundation to Award $160,000 in Grants to 13 Massachusetts Domestic Violence Prevention Agencies on Oct. 23
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 University
NOTE 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
