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Press Releases
December 22, 2008
Worcester, MA -- Greater Worcester Community Foundation has approved $125,000 from its GLBT Partnership Fund to foster a safe and open community for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people. The eight funded projects will: reduce stigma for gays and lesbians over age 60; provide housing services to GLBT and questioning youth, especially youth of color; train community members on the needs of transgender individuals; offer legal services to GLBT refugees; bring music to the city; host a conference for high school students; train health care providers; and create a coalition in northern Worcester County. This is the first of two years of grant-making from the fund, which was established through a challenge grant from Funders for Lesbian & Gay Issues secured by Greater Worcester Community Foundation and gifts from local individuals, businesses, and foundations. The GLBT Partnership Fund is the only community fund for GLBT issues in the Central Massachusetts area, and one of forty such funds within an American community foundation.
Approved for funding are:
AIDS Project Worcester $16,000
for outreach and support groups for transgendered individuals and to train other providers in how to effectively reach this population
All Saints Episcopal Church $3,000
for its Music & the Arts committee to bring the Boston Gay Men's Chorus to Worcester in April 2009
The Bridge of Central Massachusetts $19,000
for its Safe Homes program to serve the housing needs of GLBT and questioning youth
Elder Services of Worcester Area $20,000
to hire an outreach worker for the LGBT Aging Project’s Open Door Task Force, a collaboration with Central Massachusetts Area Agency on Aging and the Worcester Senior Center
Lutheran Social Services of New England $22,000
for the Worcester Refugee and Immigrant Assistance Center to provide legal representation to LGBT asylum seekers and educate the community about international human rights conditions
Mount Wachusett Community College $15,000
to organize a North Central GLBT Alliance with Leominster Unitarian Universalist Church, Partnership for Latino Success, and UMass Health Alliance Hospital, to offer programs and community education to increase safety and support
UMass Memorial Health Care, Inc. $25,000
for the GLBTQ quality improvement committee to create “Treated as Family,” a training program for key hospital personnel
Worcester Academy $5,000
for Rainbow of Possibilities, a one-day regional conference for public and private high school students and their adult sponsors who are active in Gay Straight Alliances
Greater Worcester Community Foundation is a non-profit organization whose mission is to expand and support philanthropy. It manages permanent endowment funds, provides gift planning services to donors and their advisors, and distributes grants and technical assistance to nonprofit organizations to enhance the communities of Central Massachusetts.