Eric Maki

“Paula Green of Shrewsbury remembers when she was unable to join a YMCA.

“I grew up in the 1950s and ‘60s in New Jersey when the Y was for men only,” she noted. “I remember my brother and friends going to the Y and didn’t understand why I couldn’t go. Obviously, things have changed over the years.”

At this year’s 151^st annual meeting of the YMCA of Central Massachusetts, held at the Boroughs Family Branch YMCA in Westborough, Green received the George I. Alden Award. It’s the highest honor given annually to a member who has had a significant impact on the Y.

Also at that meeting, she was installed as chair of the YMCA of Central Massachusetts Board of Directors. She’s only the second woman to hold that volunteer position. The first was Dr. N. Lynn Eckhert of Southborough from 2002 to 2004, the year the Boroughs Y opened.”

Click here to read the full Community Advocate article about our new chair of the board, Paula Green

Minority Achievers Program
Hilton Garden Inn, Worcester, MA
Wednesday, June 17, 2015
5:30pm-7:30pm

We are so proud of our 2015 Minority Achievers Program Graduates!

The night was full of emotion and inspiration!

Thank you for a great evening!

View the photo gallery here

“The Greater Worcester Community Foundation has announced the recipients of its 2015 Spring Discretionary Grants totaling $715,000 and awarded $616,650 in college scholarships.

The college scholarships to local residents for the 2015-2016 academic year range from $300 to $5,000 and were given to 376 students who are beginning or continuing their college educations. Recipients throughout Worcester County were selected through a competitive process on the basis of merit, financial need and special criteria established by the foundation’s donors.

The Greater Worcester Community Foundation’s scholarship program enables college-bound high school seniors to be considered for multiple opportunities through a single online application. The next application cycle will be open in early January.

The discretionary grants provide annual, renewable funding for local nonprofits. The spring cycle is half of the annual $1.4 million in discretionary grants that the foundation will award this year for programs in arts and culture, community development, education, the environment, health, and human services. Discretionary grants are funded through endowments created by local citizens.”

Read the full Telegram and Gazette article here

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