Point32Health Foundation: In the News

Recent stories about grantees, the Foundation and our community investments.

2023 Media Coverage

May 2023

• Boston Globe | May 15 | Alexa Gagosz | R.I.’s Older Adult Population is Growing, but Services Aren’t Meeting Rising Demand, New Program Says
• The Daily Yonder | May 15 | Kristi Eaton | Behavioral Teletherapy for Students in Rural Maine Brings ‘Hope to the Hallways’
• AARP  | May 12 | Dalan Hwang | Fare-Free and Low-Cost ‘Age-Friendly’ Transportation Options
• Boston Globe | May 4 | Cassandra Dumay | How Urban Farmers are Changing their Practices as Warmer Winters and Erratic Storms Threaten Crops (subscription required)

April 2023

• Newtown Bee | April 21 | Age Well Collaborative Presenting First-Ever Wellspring Awards (no link available)
• Insurance Weekly News  | April 14 | Point32Health; Behavioral Health Teletherapy Program Supports Elementary and Junior-Senior High School Students in Rural Washington County, Maine (no link available)
• The Quoddy Tides  | April 14 | Behavioral Health Teletherapy Program Supports Elementary and Junior-Senior High School Students in Rural Washington County, Maine (no link available)
• mHealth Intelligence | April 10 | Mark Melchionna | Program Aims to Provide School-Based, Virtual Behavioral Healthcare
• PR Newswire  | April 5 | Behavioral Health Teletherapy Program Supports Elementary and Junior-Senior High School Students in Rural Washington County, Maine
• Maine Monitor  | April 1 | Joyce Kryszak | For Those in Need, In-Person Therapists Hard to Find

March 2023

• University of Rhode Island  | March 27 | URI Feinstein Center for a Hunger Free America Receives Grant to Address On-Campus Food Insecurity
• Glastonbury Patch | March 27 | Chris Dehnel | Glastonbury Initiative Honored By Connecticut Age Well Collaborative
• The Bulletin | March 25 | Ginny Monk | Coalition Working on Plan to End Homelessness (no link available)
• Providence Journal | March 21 | Wheeler Cowperwaite | Path to Salvation: Nonprofit Developer Seeks to Turn Cumberland Church into Affordable Housing (subscription required)
• Connecticut Mirror | March 21 | Ginny Monk | CT Service Providers Launch New Push to End Homelessness
• Grantmakers in Health | March 20 | Philanthropy @ Work
• Boston Business News | March 16 | Marylou Sudders Joins Board of Canton Foundation
• State House News Service | March 16 | Marylou Sudders Joins Point32Health Foundation Board (subscription required)
• Politico | March 16 | Transitions
• Inside Philanthropy | March 13 | Closing Gaps: How This Boston-Based Fund Supports a Growing Latino Population (subscription required)
• Philanthropy Massachusetts | March 3 | Point32Health Foundation Awards $690,000 to Organizations Addressing Homelessness in New England (no link available)

February 2023

• Providence Business News | February 22 | 2 R.I. Nonprofits Advocating for Affordable Housing to Receive $315K in Grants
• News Center Maine | February 20 | Jackie Mundry | Maine to Get $300,000 for Aging Research
• MassNonprofitNews | February 20 | Point32Health Foundation Awards $690,000 to Organizations Addressing Homelessness
• Conway Daily Sun | February 15 | NAMI NH Receives $200k Donation to Help Those Affected by Mental Illness, Suicide
• Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative | February 15 | Point32Health Foundation Awards $690,000 to Organizations Addressing Homelessness in New England
• State House News Service | February 13 | Point32Health Foundation Awards $690,000 to Organizations Addressing Homelessness in New England (subscription required)
• HousingWorksRI | February 9 |  Point32Health Foundation Awards $690,000 to Organizations Addressing Homelessness in New England; Funding Advances Housing Security in Conn., Mass. and R.I.
• Philanthropy Massachusetts | February 3 | Point32Health Foundation Grants $99,000 to Support Healthy Aging for Older Adults with Vision Loss (no link available)
• Boston Globe | February 1 | Samantha J. Gross and Taylor Dolven | Dangerous Intersections and Roads in Boston and Springfield About to Get Multimillion-Dollar Upgrades (subscription required for full article)

January 2023

• MassNonprofitNews | January 30 | Point32Health Foundation Awards $99,000 to the Mass. Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired
• UMass Lowell | January 25 | Katharine Webster | City and UML Partner on Making Lowell ‘Age-Friendly’
• The Berlin Sun | January 25 | NAMI NH Receives $200k Donation to Help Those Affected by Mental Illness, Suicide
• New Hampshire Union Leader | January 13 | Roberta Baker | Adult Day Care - A Respite and a Life-Changer
• Philanthropy Massachusetts | January 6 | Point32Health Foundation Awards $700,000 to New England Food Banks (no link available)
• MassNonprofitNews | January 4 | Point32Health Foundation Provides Grants Totaling $1 Million to Advance Social and Racial Equity

2022 Media Coverage

December 2022
 

• Providence Business News | December 25 | Claudia Chiappa | Rhode Island Community Food Bank receives $100K grant from Point32Health [Foundation] (subscription required for full article)
• Meridan Record Journal | December 22 | Jessica Simms | Health Foundation Donates $100,000 to CT Foodshare in Wallingford
• MassNonprofitNews | December 22 | Point32Health Foundation Awards $700,000 to New England Food Banks
• Grantmakers Council of Rhode Island | December 20 | Point32Health Provides $700,000 to New England Food Banks; Giving Tuesday Contributions Total Over $800,000
• WWLP.com | December 19 | Ashley Shook | Food Bank of Western Massachusetts Awarded $100,000 for Emergency Response Efforts
• State House News Service | December 16 | Point32Health Foundation Awards $700,000 to New England Food Banks (subscription required)
• What's Up Newport | Ryan Belmore | December 16 | Point32Health Foundation awards $100,000 to Rhode Island Community Food Bank
• El Planeta | December 16 | Point32Health Foundation Otorga $700 mil a Siete Bancos de Alimentos en la Región

October 2022
 

• State House News Service | October 18 | Thrive Support & Advocacy, WPI Join to Address Food Insecurity (subscription required)
• Spectrum News 1 | October 17 | New 'Flourish at Thrive' Food Pantry Looks to Address Food Insecurity
• Worcester Patch | Neal McNamara | October 17 | New Worcester Food Pantry Opens For Youth, Adults With Disabilities
• AHIP | October 12 | Health Insurance Providers Actions Concerning Natural Disasters

September 2022
 

• Healthcare News | September 20 | Baker-Polito Administration Celebrates Five Years of Accomplishments of the Governor’s Council to Address Aging in Massachusetts 
• Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship: Movers, Shakers and Impact Makers | September 18 | Point32Health Foundation Recently Announced 10 New Grants
• Littleton Regional Healthcare | September 17 | Anne Bureau, Dodi Swope and Eve Gilmore | Mobile Health Clinic to Roll Out Across Coos and Grafton Counties to Increase Access to Quality Health Care
• Worcester Telegram and Gazette | September 17 | Anne Bureau, Dodi Swope and Eve Gilmore | United Way of Central Massachusetts, Worcester Nonprofits Step Up During Formula Crisis
• Granite North Television | September 16 | Mobile Health Clinic to Roll Out Across Coos and Grafton Counties to Increase Access to Quality Health Care
• Grantmakers in Health | September 16 | Christina Mathews, Point32Health Foundation
• New Hampshire Bulletin | September 16 | Annmarie Timmons | Mobile Health Clinic Will Travel the North Country
• The Telegraph  | September 16 | Thomas Caldwell | Mobile Health Clinic to Serve Northern N.H.
• InDepthNH | September 16 | Thomas P. Caldwell | Mobile Health Clinic to Serve Northern N.H.
• Caledonian Record | September 16 | First-Of-Its-Kind Mobile Health Clinic Debuts To Serve Region
• The Berlin Sun | September 12 | Mobile Health Clinic to Roll Out In Coos and Grafton Counties (subscription required)
• Conway Daily Sun | September 12 | Mobile Health Clinic to Roll Out In Coos and Grafton Counties (subscription required)
• Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative  | September 8 | 10 Community Organizations Receive Grants From Point32Health Foundation

August 2022

• Inside Philanthropy  | August 24 | Wendy Paris | New Funding for Old Age: Grantmakers In Aging Shares New Growth (subscription required)
• Philanthropy Massachusetts | August 19 | Point32Health Foundation Commits $1 Million to Organizations Working on Social and Racial Equity (no link available)
• Maine Philanthropy Center | August 17 | Sector Event: Point32Health Foundation - Findings from Community Engagement
• Grantmakers in Health | August 17 | Letter to President Biden Offers Support and Recommendations for the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health
• Alliance for Healthy Aging | August 16 | Point32Health Foundation Reports On Community Priorities (no link available)
• MassNonprofitNews | August 14 | Point32Health Foundation Provides Grants Totaling $1 Million to Advance Social and Racial Equity
• Providence Business News | August 12 | Point32Health Foundation to Award 3 R.I. Groups Total of $125K in Grants
• Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative  | August 10 |Point32 Health Foundation Reporting on Community Priorities and Strategic Plan Development
• Monadnock Ledger-Transcript  | August 10 | Josh Lacaillde | Scott Farrar Hosts Fundraiser to Benefit Western New Hampshire Walk to End Alzheimer's (subscription required)
• News TImes | August 9 | Trevor Ballantyne | Danbury Foundation Takes Lessons Learned during COVID to Support Local Immigrant Community (subscription required)
• Providence Business News | August 7 | Elizabeth Graham | Point32Health Foundation to Award 3 R.I. Groups Total of $125K in Grants
• 6Park.News/Maine  | August 4 | Point32Health Foundation Commits $1 Million to Organizations Working on Racial and Social Justice
• Yahoo Finance | August 4 | Point32Health Foundation Commits $1 Million to Organizations Working on Racial and Social Justice
• PR Newswire | August 4 | Point32Health Foundation Commits $1 Million to Organizations Working on Racial and Social Justice

July 2022

• New Hampshire Business Review | July 28 | About Town: Volunteered Last Month at Girls at Work Inc. as Part of Volunteer Week (no link available)
• Aging Services Network News | July 15 | Point32Health Named to The Civic 50 and Nora Moreno Cargie Recognized by NCOA (no link available)
• Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship | July 12 | Point32Health Foundation President Nora Moreno Cargie Honored by National Council on Aging
• Philanthropy Massachusetts | July 8 | Point32Health Recognized as One of the 50 Most Community-Minded Companies in the Country (no link available)
• Philanthropy Massachusetts | July 8 | Point32Health Foundation President Nora Moreno Cargie Honored by National Council on Aging (no link available)
• Grantmakers Council of Rhode Island | July 6 | Point32Health Employees Invest over 3,000 Hours of Service in Volunteer Week

June 2022

• Maine Philanthropy Center | June 30 | Point32Health Recognized as One of the 50 Most Community-Minded Companies in the Country
• Council Connection | June 30 | Our New Board Members (no link available)
• Grantmakers Council of Rhode Island | June 28 | GCRI Members Cox, CVS Health, Point32Health as CIvic 50
• Westfield News (MassLive.com) | June 24 | Volunteers Plant along Rail Trail to Add Beauty, Biodiversity (no link available)
• Stoneham Independent | June 22 | Volunteers from Point32Health (no link available)
• Manchester Hippo | June 17 | Volunteers Helping Kids (no link available)
• WFMZ | June 16 | Point32Health Recognized as one of the 50 Most Community-Minded Companies in the Country
• Points of Light | June 16 | Points of Light Announces 2021 Honorees of The Civic 50
• Points of Light | June 16 | The Civic 50 Honorees
• Manchester Ink Link  | June 15 | Volunteers Help Girls at Work Inc. with Gardens and Workshops
• Philanthropy Massachusetts | June 9 | Point32Health Foundation Released Corporate Citizenship Report (no link available)
• Mass.gov | June 8 | ReiMAgine Aging: Planning Together to Create an Age-Friendly Future for Massachusetts
• Mass.gov | June 8 | Age-Friendly Massachusetts
• NCOA | June 6 | NCOA Recognizes Exceptional Service for Older Adults
• Keene Sentinel | June 4 | Olivia Belanger | Cheshire County has the highest rate of dementia in NH. What locals are doing to help.
• Maine Philanthropy Center | June 2 | Point32Health Shares Corporate Citizenship Report: Creating a Shared Future

May 2022

• AARP | May | Age-Friendly Salem, Massachusetts
• Eureka Alert! | May 4 | New Educational Video from Reframing Aging Initiative Advances Solutions for Talking about Aging
• Fairfield County Business Journal | May 2 | Justin McGown | Point32Health Foundation Helps FEED Center: What You Need to Know

April 2022

• The New Bedford Light | April 20 | Devin Byrnes, New Bedford’s Soup Man, on Starting Out, Weathering COVID-19, and Paying it Forward
• SouthCoast Today | April 15 | Coastal Foodshed Brings Fresh Produce to New Bedford in a SNAP
• Philanthropy Massachusetts | April 15 | Point32Health Foundation Awards $270,000 to Three Mobile Farmers’ Markets in Connecticut, Massachusetts and New Hampshire (no link available)
• Council of Churches of Greater Bridgeport | April 15 | FEED Center Awarded $90,000 Grant (no link available)
• MassMobility | April 14 | Foundation Grants Support Older Adult Involvement in Transportation Advocacy
• MassNonprofitNews | April 7 | Coastal Foodshed Gets $90K to Bring Healthy Food to SE Mass.
• AARP | April | Enabling Age-Friendly Connections in Mount Washington Valley, New Hampshire
• Eureka Alert! | April 4 | Reframing Aging Initiative Releases Guide to Advance Inclusive Language about Aging

March 2022

• New Hampshire Business Review | March 22 | The Point32Health Foundation Has Awarded a Three-Year, $95,000 Grant to Concord-based NH Legal Assistance (no link available)
• Merrimack Valley Magazine | March 19 | Lily Hartman | New Project Explores Healthy Aging in the Lowell Community
• CarriageTowneNews | March 10 | Hampstead Age Friendly Community Survey
• UMass Gerontology Institute Blog | March 8 | Gerontology Team to Develop, Pilot Reframing Aging Curriculum with UMass Boston Students

February 2022

• MassNonprofitNews | February 27 | The BASE Awarded $200K to Advance Health and Wellness
• WWLP 22 | February 18 | “SNAP Gap” Progress Spurs Calls for Benefits Common App
• Philanthropy Massachusetts | February 18 | Point32Health Foundation Awards More Than $1.1 Million to 10 Community Organizations (no link available)
• Lynn Journal | February 16 | GLSS and Catholic Charities Sign Lease to Operate a Food Pantry as Part of Phoenix Food Hub
• Endowment for Health News Roundup | February 16 | Two Health Foundations Combine; Award $1.1 Million in Grants (no link available)
• 7News Boston | February 17 | Application Change Would Link MassHealth Enrollees to Food Aid
• New Hampshire Alliance for Healthy Aging | February 15 | Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation and Tufts Health Plan Foundation Have Joined Forces; Now Point32Health Foundation (no link available)
• MassNonprofitNews | February 11 | Point32Health Foundation Gives $685K to Six Mass. Nonprofits
• Grantmakers Council of Rhode Island | February 10 | Point32Health Foundation Awards More Than $1.1 Million to 10 Community Organizations
• Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative | February 10 | Point32Health Foundation Awards More Than $1.1 Million to 10 Community Organizations
• WalkBoston | February 10 | WalkBoston Receives $165,000 Grant from Point32Health Foundation
• State House News | February 10 | Point32Health Foundation Awards More Than $1.1 Million to 10 Community Organizations (no link available)
• Health Affairs | February 7 | Racism and Health: Efforts By Funders To Address the Issue
• The Nashua Telegraph | February 5 | Girls Inc. of N.H. Teams Up with Harvard Pilgrim Health Care (subscription required)

January 2022

• Danbury's Hamlet Hub | January 27 | Age Well Community Council Refines 2022 Focus
• Hamden Patch | January 25 | Hamden Student Group Receives Funds On MLK Day
• New Hampshire Business Review | January 25 | Girls at Work in Manchester Presented with $5,000 Grant from Point32Health
• Manchester Ink Link | January 10 | Girls at Work to Receive MLK Honor and Recognition During Jan. 13 Virtual Event
• The Salem News | January 7 |  Dominic Pangalo and Patricia Zaido | Column: Salem for All Ages–Same Name, New Initiatives  

Visit our Media Archives for coverage prior to 2022.