Community Health Options spring 2021 grant opportunities for nonprofits Wed, 02/03/2021 - 1:30pm
Community Health Options (Health Options) is making grant funds available to Maine-based nonprofits now through March 8, 2021.
Health Options awards grants through its Community Benefits Program (CBP). The Spring 2021 grant cycle targets nonprofit programs and organizations working to promote wellness and community health. Preference will be given to nonprofits helping to treat and manage asthma, coronary artery disease (CAD), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), depression, diabetes, hypertension, and substance use disorder and to helping Maine people living with these conditions to be their best selves – mentally, physically, and emotionally.
“According to the Maine CDC, heart disease, chronic lower respiratory disease and diabetes are among the leading causes of death in our state, and depression is a common comorbidity.[1]” said Kevin Lewis, pre
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Vermont Business Magazine Bar Harbor Bank & Trust’s employee giving program, Casual for a Cause, recently surpassed the $100,000 mark of total donations made to nonprofit organizations since the program launched in 2018. More than 53 organizations across Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont have received donations through the program.
Casual for a Cause gives Bank employees the opportunity to dress casually on Fridays in exchange for a bi-weekly payroll deduction made to a pool of funds collected during each quarter. The employees then vote on the nonprofits to receive their contributions. The program is entirely voluntary, and each employee sets his/her own level of giving. Approximately 2/3 of the Bank’s employees participate in Casual for a Cause.
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Cummings Properties of Woburn recently donated $2,000 to Mystic Valley Elder Services through a unique giving program called Cummings Community Giving that honors colleagues, long-term clients, and other select associates of the Cummings organization by contributing $1,000 to the local charity of their choice.
Jessica Graham, protective services caseworker at MVES, and her mother, Barbra Graham, completed the application and it was accepted, requesting the funds be donated to MVES as their nonprofit of choice.
Along with working at MVES, Jessica also works per diem at New Horizon Assisted Living in Woburn, which is owned by Cummings Properties. She has worked at New Horizon Assisted Living for 10 years.
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