Telegram & Gazette
WORCESTER Ten community-based organizations in Berkshire, Middlesex and Worcester counties will benefit from $100,000 in grants made by Fallon Health to help with COVID-19 recovery.
The grants support agencies that assist populations that are particularly vulnerable to food insecurity as a result of the pandemic or that provide services to seniors to help them overcome or mitigate social isolation.
The following organizations have received funding: Community Harvest Project’s Healthy Hunger Relief to Minimize COVID-19 Community Impact in Grafton, Pernet Family Health Services’ Meeting the Most Basic Needs of Worcester’s At-Risk Families program in Worcester, Regional Environmental Council’s Growing Community Food Security through Worcester Urban Farming in Worcester, Spanish American Center’s Reaching Out to Elders in the Age of COVID program in Leominster, Genesis Club House, Inc’s Mental Health Support for Seniors in Worcester, United Way of Tri-