LANTERN SOCIETY
2019 - 2020
LIGHTING THE WAY SINCE 1947 UNITED WAY OF GREATER FALL RIVER DEDICATION
With gratitude for their leadership, generosity and commitment to the Greater Fall River area, we dedicate this year’s Lantern Society compendium in memory of three great civic leaders: Anthony J. Abraham, John F. McAuliffe and Kendrick M. Snyder.
It is with great sadness that we note their passing, and extend the sympathy of all those affiliated with United Way of Greater Fall River to their families, friends, and colleagues. May their kindness and example live on in the good work that continues with all of you to help make our community a better place. LIVE UNITED.
2 2019-2020 LANTERN SOCIETY With much gratitude and appreciation, we recognize and salute the members of the LANTERN SOCIETY of UNITED WAY OF GREATER FALL RIVER
2019 - 2020
On behalf of those in need who count on United Way of Greater Fall River, our agencies and community partners, we sincerely thank you.
UNITED WAY OF GREATER FALL RIVER 3 MESSAGE OF APPRECIATION We remain indebted to you, our Lantern Society members for your ongoing commitment to support the mission of United Way of Greater Fall River. Your leadership gifts to our Annual Campaign not only provide stable funding for crucial programs and services through United Way agency partners, they signify a decision to invest in one of the most effective nonprofit organizations making a difference in local communities around the world. United Way of Greater Fall River is not only an organization you can trust, it is a stabilizing force for our non-profit sector. Our everyday impact has been highlighted in recent months as we worked together to mobilize resources and provide essential relief to individuals, families and other vulnerable populations who suffer hardship and inequities as a direct result of COVID-19. While the work we support in the local community has been highlighted during this pandemic of epic proportion, this is work United Way of Greater Fall River does year- round. It is work we have done for over 73 years. So many of you responded to this crisis with an additional gift to our COVID-19 Response Fund. You stepped up and dug deeper... to help a stranger, a neighbor, maybe even someone you knew. You live the words once spoken by our late Supreme Court Justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who advised, “Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you.” As Lantern Society members, you are community leaders who stand with us today and every day in our mission to “fight for the health, education, and financial stability of every person in our community.” You lead by example, and for that we are truly grateful. As leadership gifts continue to be the fastest growing segment of giving to United Ways across the country, we welcome and thank the newest members of our Lantern Society for their generosity and commitment to our community. New partnerships must continue to be forged and old ones fostered as we work collaboratively to address emerging needs and offer viable solutions. Together, we will continue to provide inspiration and hope amid crisis, and innovation and reimagination in the wake of economic fallout. Together, we will be the change in someone’s life for the better... Together, we will continue to LIVE UNITED. Our agency partners, advocates, and volunteers extend their deepest appreciation. When we choose to LIVE UNITED, we choose to make a difference.
Gratefully yours, Kimberly J. Smith Kimberly J. Smith Executive Director
4 2019-2020 LANTERN SOCIETY LANTERN SOCIETY GIVING LEVELS As a member of the Lantern Society your donation supports our mission “to improve lives by mobilizing caring people to invest in the community where their resources are needed most”, namely the health, education, and financial stability of Greater Fall River.
Tocqueville • $10,000 +
Commonwealth “First Class” • $2,500 +
Commonwealth • $1,500 - $2,499
Priscilla • $1,000 - $1,499
Pilgrim • $750 - $999
Bay State • $600 - $749
+ Indicates a 10% or more increase in giving * Indicates a member now deceased
Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of this roster.
UNITED WAY OF GREATER FALL RIVER 5 DIVISIONS OF THE LANTERN SOCIETY The first five giving levels of the Lantern Society at United Way of Greater Fall River are named after steamships of the Fall River Line. These palatial steamers ferried passengers and goods from New York City to Fall River for 90 years, between 1847 and 1937. Presidents Fillmore, Grant, Arthur, Cleveland, Harrison, and Franklin D. Roosevelt all rode these steamers alongside passengers like the Vanderbilt family, Sigmund Freud, and middle- and working-class citizens. Fare for the 12-hour journey was accessible to most due to the cargo transported in the ships’ holds: cotton from New York and textiles from Fall River.
Bay State, the entry giving level to the Lantern Society ($600-749), is named after the first ship in the Fall River Line. Lit entirely by oil lamps with dinner served nightly as though passengers were on an ocean liner, the Bay State was luxurious and impressive, no matter what ticket class a passenger purchased.
The second giving level ($750-$999) is named after the revolutionary Pilgrim, the first paddle wheel steamboat constructed entirely out of iron. She was the largest steamboat in the world and could sleep 1,200 people on their journey to or from New York.
The Priscilla was built to be larger, faster, and more opulent than the Pilgrim and is the namesake of the third level of giving in the Lantern Society ($1,000-$1,499). Magnificent Art Deco interiors, bas relief celebrating industry, and gilded saloons made the Priscilla a floating palace.
The largest and last ship built for the Fall River line and the fourth category of Lantern Society giving ($1,500-$2,500) was the Commonwealth. This ship, launched in 1908, was massive: 456 feet long, with a dining room that rose over 50 feet above the water line. The ship was described as a gleaming, shining marvel of modern technology and a variety of opulent, period styles. Donors giving more than $2,500 but less than $10,000 make up the Commonwealth “First Class” level of giving, analogous to the first class passengers on a ship.
United Way of Greater Fall River’s highest level of giving inducts donors to the Tocqueville Society. The Tocqueville Society is named after Alexis Charles-Henri de Tocqueville, a French writer and thinker who visited America in the 1830s. United Way of America chose the name Tocqueville Society for donors giving $10,000 or more because of Tocqueville’s admiration for the spirit of American volunteerism and its effect on the common good. Tocqueville was impressed by the American ideal of neighbors helping neighbors, writing “I must say that I have seen Americans make a great deal of real sacrifices to the public welfare; and have noticed a hundred instances in which they hardly ever failed to lend a faithful support to one another. ‘‘ Tocqueville Society members exemplify that spirit of good and of philanthropy in its most generous form.
6 2019-2020 LANTERN SOCIETY TOCQUEVILLE SOCIETY
We are pleased to recognize our 2019 - 2020 Tocqueville Society members who donated $10,000 or more, representing $280,000 in total contributions to our Annual Campaign and Endowment Fund. United Way of Greater Fall River extends its heartfelt thanks to these most generous donors:
Charlton Charity Fund
Margaret & Nicholas M. Christ + BayCoast Bank
Stanley Koppelman + Koppelman Family Foundation
Thomas A. Rodgers Jr. Family Foundation +
Susan & Terrence Tyrrell John F. Dator Real Estate, Webster Bank/ JLL
Kristin & Jay Waring Waring-Sullivan Funeral Homes
UNITED WAY OF GREATER FALL RIVER 7 COMMONWEALTH “FIRST CLASS” $2,500+
Susan & Henry Ashworth + John W. Cosgrove + Raytheon Company Noreen L. Cotter William R. Eccles Jr. BankFive (retired) John & Polly Feitelberg HUB International Sharon E. Ford Family Service Association Hector “Happy Hec” Gauthier SNE Broadcasting, Ltd. - WSAR Ruth & Bill Hathaway Jr. Hathaway Family Funeral Homes James J. Karam First Bristol Corporation Richard Lafrance Lafrance Hospitality Kevin P. Martin & Associates, P.C. Donna Lavoie & Rich Mauceri Joan M. Medeiros + Bristol County Savings Bank Rose O. Mello-Sousa Deloitte & Touche Daniel W. Robbins + St. Anne’s Credit Union Frank B. Sousa III Colonial Wholesale Beverage Robert F. Stoico The Robert F. Stoico/ FirstFed Charitable Foundation Carl W. Taber + BayCoast Bank Jennifer & Marc Theroux Arthur M. Viana + Rockland Trust John R. Vincent Colonial Wholesale Beverage Barbara & Stephen Williams 1 Anonymous Donor
8 2019-2020 LANTERN SOCIETY COMMONWEALTH $1,500 - $2,499
Dan & Lauren Abraham + Linda R. & William F. Glaser + HUB International St. Michaels Country Day School Mr. & Mrs. Jeremy Grantham Mr. & Mrs. Edward A. Hjerpe III Thomas F. & Judith A. Aubin Brookside Realty Robert Karam Karam Financial Group Ann M. Auger BayCoast Bank Jay & Laurie Kay Stafford & Co. Insurance Robert F. & Nellia M. Collins BankFive William Labbe HUB International Dan DeCosta BayCoast Bank William H. Lapointe The Lapointe Insurance Agency Ann M. Ramos Desrosiers BayCoast Bank Robert & Nancy Lunquest Mallard Printing Catherine DeTerra People, Incorporated Shay Lynch Kevin Duponte Thomas F. & Andi Lyons United Parcel Service BankFive (retired) Patricia Emsellem Jeffrey Marques SSTAR Mallard Printing Marita Durkin Gray, Esq. Judge Thomas F. McGuire Jr. + Law Office of Marita Gray Willitts S. Mendonca Richard M. Farmer BankFive Bristol County Savings Bank George R. Mercier + Bradford J. & Eileen Faxon + GM Refrigeration Co. Brian A. Fleming Betty-Ann Mullins Stop & Shop BayCoast Bank
UNITED WAY OF GREATER FALL RIVER 9 Brian E. Murphy HUB International Joshua & Melissa Panchley Karam Financial Group William Perkins People, Incorporated Dr. Philip M. Robitaille Jason M. & Christine G. Rua Rua-Dumont-Audet Insurance Agency Steven A. Russo + Plimoth Investment Advisors Sheila & Jim Salvo Diane Santos, RN + Catholic Memorial Home Franklin M. Scheel James I. & Kimberly J. Smith United Way of Greater Fall River Mr. & Mrs. Kendrick Snyder* The Philip Snyder Foundation Jane E. Sullivan, Esq. Law Offices of Jane E. Sullivan Lynn & Jim Wallace BayCoast Bank Lawrence T. Wilson Jr. Partners Insurance Group 3 Anonymous Donors
10 2019-2020 LANTERN SOCIETY PRISCILLA $1,000 - $1,499
Roger Beliveau + First Congregational Church Stop & Shop (retired) of Fall River Carole Billington, RN Mr. & Mrs. John Friar II Saint Anne’s Hospital Julie M. Ramos Gagliardi Kevin V. Botelho BayCoast Bank Saint Anne’s Hospital Richard K. Gunther Nathanael R. Brayton Seth Hockert-Lotz Michael Bushell Seth Hockert Lotz’s Downtown Saint Anne’s Hospital Dominos Pizza Roger Cabral + Bob & Martha Horne + Bristol County Savings Bank United Way of Greater Fall River (retired) Matthew Cellemme + United Parcel Service Peter Humphrey North Atlantic Corp. Rebecca Collins Collins Construction Barbara N. Jarabek The Jarabek Family Charitable Foundation James G. Connor Peter D. Kane + Rebecca Cross + Stuart Kiely John & Paula Cummings John Matouk & Co. Hillside Media John F. Lentini, MD + Carlos A. & Cecilia C. DaCunha Southern New England Radiology St. Anne’s Credit Union Paul Leveillee + Arthur M. DeAscentis BayCoast Bank Bogle, DeAscentis & Coughlin, P.C. Patrick & Laura Long Dr. James & Anne Marie Fasy Partners Insurance Group
UNITED WAY OF GREATER FALL RIVER 11 Richard & Mary-Lou Mancini George Matouk Jr. John Matouk & Co. Phoebe T. Meehan Meehan Fund Paul Mello + BayCoast Bank Charlotte S. Metcalf + c/o Hemenway Barnes David L. Monti Fall River Manufacturing Marta & Edward Montleon William & Leslia Morrison The William & Leslia Morrison Charitable Fund Joseph E. Mullaney, Esq. Carol A. Nagle Family Service Association Kenneth C. Pacheco Fall River Public Schools Marie Pellegrino + BayCoast Bank John & Diane Perry City of Fall River Margaret Pfeiffer Saint Anne’s Hospital John S. Rua Rua-Dumont-Audet Insurance Agency Jay & Andrea Schachne Matthew G. Schondek Fall River Municipal Credit Union George Shaker, Kenneth Shaker Highland Restaurant Supply Ann M. Sylvia BayCoast Bank Barbara L. Tripp BayCoast Bank Robert C. & Kathleen M. Wood 3 Anonymous Donors
12 2019-2020 LANTERN SOCIETY PILGRIM $750 - $999
Patricia A. Affonso Kristine L. Gomez + SSTAR BayCoast Bank John J. Bell Paul R. Gosselin + Westport Police Raytheon Company John E. Berton Sandra Gouveia BayCoast Bank BayCoast Mortgage Company Alison M. Bouchard Jeffrey W. Hedly City of Fall River Tamer Industries Jack C. Bowden Robin M. Hodkinson, Esq. Somerset Sewage Department Southcoast Health Kevin M. Braga David Hutchinson + BayCoast Bank BayCoast Bank Lori Chaput + Deborah A. Ignagni Partners Insurance Group Family Service Association Kathleen & David Clark Neil Jackson + Steppingstone, National Grid BayCoast Bank Cheryl A. Curt Paul A. Jankowski Partners Insurance Group BayCoast Bank Debra A. Desmarais Richard Christian Lafrance Southcoast Health Lafrance Hospitality Charles & Linda Findlay Gregory J. Medeiros Paula A. Freitas + BankFive BayCoast Bank Michael D. Moran JR Frey Family Service Association City of Fall River
UNITED WAY OF GREATER FALL RIVER 13 Jorgelina Moreira Mechanics Cooperative Bank Manuela Morgado Partners Insurance Group Carolyn M. Novo + BayCoast Bank Shaun O’Hearn Bolger & O’Hearn Gail A. Passwater BayCoast Bank Kathleen M. Rhodes BayCoast Bank William T. Roux BankFive Dr. & Mrs. Ronald A. Schwartz + Paul F. Silva Silva-Faria Funeral Homes Elizabeth C.B. & Paul G. Sittenfeld Louis E. Sousa Plimoth Investment Advisors Kevin M. Vieira + Webster Bank 1 Anonymous Donor
14 2019-2020 LANTERN SOCIETY BAY STATE $600 - $749
James R. Amaral + Deborah L. Dion People, Incorporated St. Anne’s Credit Union Alicia O. Ambrose Laura L. Douglas, PhD. BankFive BRISTOL Community College Susan E. Astle Joy R. Edwards + The Arc of Greater Fall River Fall River Deaconess Home Maria C. Azevedo + Abraham & Marilyn Ehrenhaus BayCoast Bank Jacqueline E. Einstein, DBA + Genie L. Bailey University of Mass. at Dartmouth SSTAR Marilyn Elie Susan M. Bennett + BankFive Steppingstone Sonia & Scott Fastino Barry R. & Deborah L. Bibeau Rua-Dumont-Audet Insurance Agency Mechanics Cooperative Bank (retired) Charles F. Fellows IV Fall River Public Schools (retired) Lafrance Hospitality Mr. & Mrs. James F. Brayton Bruce E. Fernandes, CPA Mark Brooks Fernandes & Charest, P.C. Bank of America Elizabeth P. Ferreira + Jeffrey M. Burns BayCoast Bank Burns Tools Maria Ferreira-Bedard Eva T. Cabral SER-Jobs for Progress Stop & Shop Monica A. Furtado + Stacey Cabral-Levesque BayCoast Bank Fall River Public Schools Deputy Chief Wayne Furtado Gregory Cambio + Fall River Police Department (retired) BankFive John Gonet + Nicholas L. Christ + BayCoast Bank BayCoast Mortgage Company Michael S. Griffin Rico Conforti City of Fall River BayCoast Bank Christopher Hadley Ron Cote + Hadley Insurit Group Bank of America Robert & Susan Hadley Fernando J. daSilva + Hadley Insurit Group Diman Reg. Voc. Tech High School Denise Hoyt Family Service Association UNITED WAY OF GREATER FALL RIVER 15 Jerilyn Ingham Donna Payer + People, Incorporated People, Incorporated Susan Jenkinson Matthew J. Payette + BayCoast Bank Robin A. Jones People, Incorporated Michelle Pelletier Jefferson Realty Victoria Kane + BankFive Jeffrey Pineault Lafrance Hospitality William F. Kiley Boys & Girls Club of Fall River Maria Pontes Fall River Public Schools Sandra L. Kullas HUB International Malinda Quintal + People, Incorporated Lisa Lundy Kusinitz Susan Raposa Sean Lafrance People, Incorporated Lafrance Hospitality Lucia Rebelo + Inês Leite BayCoast Bank City of Fall River Charles & Kathy Reed Paul Levesque + Renée A. Rego Lori J.B. Mahoney Westport School Department Family Service Association Catherine Santiago Fatima Martins Family Service Association Mechanics Cooperative Bank Megan Stirk Maria Matos + People, Incorporated Fall River Public Schools Ronald Sevigny John F. McAuliffe + Fall River Fire Department Swansea Town Hall Gloria J. Souza Michelle McDonald City of Fall River Partners Insurance Group Penny J. Souza + Bernard J. Mello Fall River Public Schools People, Incorporated Pamela R. Trippe Karen Mizher-Haney Partners Insurance Group William J. & Charlotte B. Underwood + Jay M. Moniz The William J. & Charlotte B. Underwood Fund BayCoast Bank Maria L. Urdi + Paul R. Nogueira BankFive Diman Reg. Voc. Tech High School Gary J. Vierra Dana R. Norman BayCoast Bank Norman & Graham, CPA Kenneth L. Waddicor Donna Novo + Raytheon Company BankFive Nicole Walsh + Tammy M. O’Connor Fall River Deaconess Home Saint Anne’s Hospital Amy Beth Weldon George Oliveira SSTAR Plimoth Investment Advisors (retired) Ted Zmuda Jocelyn Oliveira + BayCoast Bank Bay Coast Bank 4 Anonymous Donors Nancy Paull SSTAR
16 2019-2020 LANTERN SOCIETY PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES SPONSORED BY UNITED WAY OF GREATER FALL RIVER IN 2020
• More than Baby Blues - Family Service Association EDUCATION • Recovery Community Organization - River to Recover • After School Programs - Fall River YMCA • Sliding-Scale Coverage for Behavioral Health - Family • Art Lockers - Fall River Public Schools Fine Arts Service Association Department • Towne House Clubhouse - Fellowship Health Resources • Backpack program - School on Wheels of Massachusetts • Women’s Center - SSTAR • Back to School Support - YWCA of Southeastern Massachusetts • BayCoast Educational Achievement Center - Fall River YMCA FINANCIAL STABILITY & BASIC NEEDS • Child Abuse Prevention, Education & Outreach - Children’s • Angels Anonymous Food Pantry Advocacy Center of Bristol County • Bristol Community College Mobile Food Market • Community Education Program - Arc of Greater Fall River • Budget Your Bucks - Southeast Center for Independent • Family Support and Advocacy PProgramROGR -A ArcM ofS GreaterAND INITIALivingTIVES SPONSORED BY Fall River • Cambodian American Rescue Organization, Inc. • Family Transport, Treatment & Triumph - Fall River Community Food Program Deaconess Home UNITED WAY OF GREAT• EChristR F AtheL LRock RI /V AssemblyER IN 2 of0 God20 Food. Pantry • Girls’ Exclusive After School Program - YWCA of • Church of our Saviour / Hagerman Food Pantry Southeastern MA • Citizens for Citizens Food Pantry • Give KidsE AD ChanceUCATIO - NOn Stage Academy • FirstFI BaptistNANC IChurchAL ST AFoodBIL IPantryTY & BASIC NEEDS • Head Start /A Earlyfter Sc Headhool Pr oStartgrams -Learning Fall River Y MLabCA - Citizens for • Gates Aofng Hopeels Ano Foodnymou sPantry Food Pantry Citizens Art Lockers- Fall River Public Schools Fine Arts Department • Good ShepherdBristol Comm Parishunity Co lHalllege M Soupobile F Kitchenood Market • Hi-SET programBackp -ac Greaterk program Fall- Sch oRiverol on W RE-CREATIONheels of Massachusetts • HeartsB ofudg Hopeet Your HomelessnessBucks- Southeast C Outreachenter for Independent Living Back to School Support- YWCA of Southeastern Massachusetts Cambodian American Rescue Organization, Inc. Community Food • Kids Academy - Sliding scale tuition BayCoast Educational Achievement Center- Fall River YMCA • Home PSupportrogram Program - Southeast Family Services • LGBTQ+ SupportChild A Programbuse Preven -ti oBalancedn, Education Learning& Outreach- CenterChildren's Advocacy• Job PlacementChrist the R oAssistanceck / Assembly oProgramf God Food -P aSERntry Jobs for • No Small MatterCente rtown of Bris halltol C opresentationsunty ProgressChurch of our Saviour / Hagerman Food Pantry • Online relationship,Communi tconsenty Educatio nand Prog LGBTQram- Arc o programmingf Greater Fall Rive r- • Little ComptonCitizens for AssistanceCitizens Food P Associationantry / Little Compton Katie Brown FEducationalamily Support a nProgramd Advocacy Program- Arc of Greater Fall River Food BankFirst Baptist Church Food Pantry Family Transport, Treatment & Triumph- Fall River Deaconess Home Gates of Hope Food Pantry • Educational GProgramirls' Exclusive After School Program - YWCA of Southeastern MA • MASS G2-1-1ood Shepherd Parish Hall Soup Kitchen • Remote LearningGive Ki dPods A C -h aDiabetesnce- On Sta gAssociatione Academy & People Inc • PortugueseHearts oAssemblyf Hope Home ofles sGodness BasicOutreac hNeeds Assistance • Student MembershipsHead Start / E a-r lBoysy Head & S tGirlsart Lea Clubrning Lab- Citizens for Citizens • ProjectH oHomelessme Support P Connectrogram- Southeast Family Services Hi-SET program- Greater Fall River RE-CREATION Job Placement Assistance Program- SER Jobs for Progress • Student IT support - St. Stanislaus School • RESTART Teen Closet - Partners for a Healthier Kids Academy- Sliding scale tuition Little Compton Assistance Association / Little Compton Food Bank Community • Safe and SoundLGBT QSaturdays+ Support Pr o-g Boysram- B &al aGirlsnced LClubearning Center MASS 2-1-1 • Sail Rec! CommunityNo Small M aSailingtter town Programhall present a-t iGreaterons Fall River • SacredP oHeartrtugue s/e HolyAssem Namebly of G oFoodd Basi cPantry Needs Assistance RECREATIONOnline relationship, consent and LGBTQ programming- Katie Brown• Saint Anne’sProject H Foodomeles Pantrys Connect • Teach for AmericaEducational Program • St. Mary’sREST AFoodRT Te ePantryn Closet- Partners for a Healthier Community Remote Learning Pod- Diabetes Association & People Inc Sacred Heart / Holy Name Food Pantry • United PartnershipsStudent Me –m bPeopleerships- BIncorporatedoys & Girls Club • SalvationSain tArmy Anne's FoodFood P Pantryantry • United We ReadStude -n tSEL IT su p&p oLiteracyrt- St. Stan Programislaus School • SSTARS tHealth. Mary's FCareood P aCenterntry Mobile Produce Market • United We RowSafe Summerand Sound SClinicaturday -s -Watuppa Boys & Girls Rowing Club Center • Teacher’sSalva Closettion Army Food Pantry Sail Rec! Community Sailing Program- Greater Fall River RE-CREATI•O Veteran’sN SSTA AssociationR Health Care C eofnt eBristolr Mobile CountyProduce M Foodarket Pantry Teach for America Teacher's Closet United Partnerships- People, Inc. • Way toV Groweteran's Nutrition Association Program of Bristol C o-u STOICO-Firstnty Food Pantry Fed YMCA HEALTH United We Read- SEL & Literacy Program • WestportWay Foodto Grow Pantry Nutrition Program- STOICO-First Fed YMCA United We Row Summer Clinic- Watuppa Rowing Center • YMCA W-e Fallstpo rRivert Food PMobileantry Food Market YMCA - Fall River Mobile Food Market • CommunityHE ASupportsLTH - People Incorporated • Crisis Hotline - Samaritans of Fall River / New Bedford • Domestic ViolenceCommuni tInitiativey Supports- -P eWomen’sople Inc Center at SSTAR Crisis Hotline- Samaritans of Fall River / New Bedford • Equine TherapyDome -s tMedicineic Violence I nHorseitiative- Women's Center at SSTAR • Family HealthEq uCenterine Ther a-p ySSTAR- Medicine Horse • Fly FoundationFam i-ly COVID-19Health Cente rSupport- SSTAR • Graduate ProgramFly Found -a tSteppingstoneion- COVID-19 Support Graduate Program- Steppingstone • Happy CampH a-p pGnomey Camp- GSurfnome Surf • IncorporatingInc Behavioralorporating Beh Healthavioral H eintoalth iAgento A gande and Dementia Dementia Fr iendly Communities- Friendly CommunitiesBristol Elder S -er Bristolvices Elder Services • LEAP (LivingL EandAP - LEmpoweringiving and Empow Activeering Ac tParticipation)ive Participation & & S CIL’s Youth Clubhouse- SCIL’s YouthS oClubhouseuth Coast Ind e-p eSouthndent L iCoastving Independent Living More than Baby Blues- Family Service Association familywize.org Recovery Community Organization- River to Recover Sliding-Scale Coverage for Behavioral Health- Family Service Association Towne House Clubhouse- Fellowship Health Resources UNITED WAY OF GREATER FALL RIVER 17 Women's Center- SSTAR COVID-19 RELIEF FUND
United Way of Greater Fall River has released two rounds of COVID-19 Relief Fund Grants to support emergency response & relief efforts in collaboration with non-profit partners in the Greater Fall River area, thanks to donors like you. To date, 49 different agencies focusing on health, education, financial stability, and basic needs have been supported with these COVID19 Relief Funds. A third round of funding will be released this winter.
United Way of Greater Fall River has also convened philanthropic and business partners with community agencies in the non-profit sector to offer an organized response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Southcoast region. United We Help Greater Fall River, a weekly community think tank via Zoom, was also initiated in collaboration with United Neighbors, whereby over 180 participants meet to identify, address, support, and respond to emerging needs in the most safe and efficient way. Round 1 & 2 COVID-19 Relief Funds Awarded $547,421
Education $80,950
Basic Needs & Food Security Financial Stability (Emergency Rent, $285,471 Mortgage & Utility Support) $130,000
Health $50,000
35,345 individuals served 796 volunteer shifts
over 8,505 produce boxes distributed
63,760 meals delivered more than 49 programs supported
18 2019-2020 LANTERN SOCIETY COVID-19 RELIEF FUND WORKPLACE LEADERSHIP GIVING United Way of Greater Fall River has released two rounds of COVID-19 Relief Fund Grants to support emergency response & relief efforts in collaboration with non-profit partners in the Greater Fall River area, thanks to donors like you. To date, 49 different agencies Many thanks to the organizations that encouraged leadership giving focusing on health, education, financial stability, and basic needs have been supported in 2019-2020. Through your United Way workplace campaigns, you with these COVID19 Relief Funds. A third round of funding will be released this winter. and your employees continue to improve lives and build a stronger United Way of Greater Fall River has also convened philanthropic and business partners community in Greater Fall River. with community agencies in the non-profit sector to offer an organized response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Southcoast region. United We Help Greater Fall River, a weekly community think tank via Zoom, was also initiated in collaboration with United Neighbors, Organizations with 20 or more leaders whereby over 180 participants meet to identify, address, support, and respond to emerging needs in the most safe and efficient way. Round 1 & 2 COVID-19 Relief Funds Awarded $547,421 ® Education $80,950
Basic Needs & Food Security Financial Stability (Emergency Rent, $285,471 Mortgage & Utility Support) $130,000
Organizations with 10 to 19 leaders
Health $50,000
35,345 individuals served 796 volunteer shifts
Organizations with 4 to 9 leaders over 8,505 produce boxes distributed
63,760 meals delivered more than 49 programs supported
UNITED WAY OF GREATER FALL RIVER 19 United Way of Greater Fall River PO Box 2550 Fall River, Massachusetts 02722
508.678.8361 @UnitedWayGFR uwgfr.org