The Watertown Community Foundation (WCF) is pleased to announce the awarding of the Fall 2019 Healthy Watertown Grants. A total of $14,500 will be distributed in support of organizations that work to create new or existing programs to keep our community healthy.
Five of this year’s grantees address the growing challenge of food insecurity among all ages within our community. These include support of preschoolers and their families with Communities United: Cooking with Kids and Families Program, helping the Watertown Boys and Girls Club provide Healthy Lunch and Snacks during School Vacations, a Summer Supper Club for Seniors and funds for the SNAP Match Program at the Watertown Farmers Market.
Grantees include:
Watertown Police Free Community Narcan Program
Communities United: Cooking with Kids and Families
Boys and Girls Club – School Vacation Healthy Lunch and Snack Program
Watertown for All Ages: Travel Resources for Older Residents
Watertown Council on Aging: Summer Supper Club for Seniors
Watertown Council on Aging: Food Pantry New Shelving
Zen Art II For Mind-Body Wellness for Seniors
Watertown Farmers Market SNAP Match Program
W.A.T.E.R Erase the Stigma: Recovery is Possible (Education) Event
For questions, please contact Jan Singer at jan.singer@watertownfoundation.org.
The Watertown Community Foundation works to build and sustain a vibrant, close-knit community in Watertown – now, and for future generations. To accomplish this, WCF raises funds from people and partner institutions, awards grants to non-profits and community projects, and builds networks of donors, grantees, program participants and stakeholders.
Since its inception in 2003, WCF has awarded over $1,000,000 in grants to programs and organizations serving Watertown.
WCF Board of Directors
David Siegel and Darshna Varia, Co-Presidents; Robert Airasian; Albrik Avanessian; Emily Barclay; Lauren Coughlin Unsworth; Eleanor Donato; William B. Ford; Antonia O’Hara; Maria Panaggio-Phillips; Ashley Morris; Mary Ann Mulligan; Tony Paolillo; Lora Sabin; Robert Shay; Elaina Themistos; and Kathryn White.