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NEWS FROM
CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE
September 24, 2009
Somerville Health Foundation Announces Recipients of 2009 Community Funding
Somerville, MA…The Somerville Health Foundation (SHF) is
pleased to announce the recipients of this year's community funding.
Eleven grants were awarded to local organizations aligned with SHF's
public health priorities. The recipients were honored at a reception
at Cambridge Health Alliance's Somerville Hospital campus on September
16.
The 11 nonprofit groups were funded for a total of $33,400, with
awards ranging from $1,200 to $5,000. They are: Boys and Girls Club
of Middlesex County, Brazilian Women's Group, CASPAR, Groundwork
Somerville, Mystic Learning Center, Open Air Circus, Somerville-Cambridge
Elder Services, Somerville Community Access Television, Somerville
Community Baptist Church, The Center for Teen Empowerment, and The
Welcome Project.
Through this funding, SHF strives to promote and support the provision
of primary care and preventive health services accessible to the
residents of the City of Somerville. Additionally, funding is dedicated
to promotion and support of educational, research, and outreach
programs which will improve the delivery and accessibility of those
health services.
The major priorities for this year's grantees are to: address root
causes of disease and disparities in health; focus on youth development,
specifically addressing protective factors to reduce substance abuse,
decrease violence or improve mental health; provide physical activity
and/or food/nutrition programming, infrastructure and/or policy
work related to obesity prevention and reduction of cardiovascular
disease; and address environmental health issues, including air,
water, and/or soil quality related to human health.
The Somerville Health Foundation, a nonprofit corporation, was
founded in 1996 shortly after Cambridge Hospital and Somerville
Hospital merged to form the Cambridge Health Alliance. SHF is governed
by a Board of Trustees of five persons including the Mayor of the
City of Somerville or designee, the Chairman of the Board of the
Cambridge Public Health Commission or designee, and three Somerville
representatives selected annually by and from the Somerville representatives
serving on the Commission Board. For more information, please contact
Linda Cundiff at lcundiff@challiance.org or 617-591-6935.
Cambridge Health Alliance is an innovative, award-winning
health system that provides high quality care in Cambridge, Somerville,
and Boston's metro-north communities. It includes three hospital
campuses, a network of primary care and specialty practices, the
Cambridge Public Health Dept., and the Network Health plan. CHA
is a Harvard Medical School teaching affiliate and is also affiliated
with Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard School of Dental Medicine,
and Tufts University School of Medicine. Visit us online at www.challiance.org.
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Media Contact
David Cecere
Cambridge Health Alliance
Phone: 617-503-8428
Cell: 617-921-9613
dcecere@challiance.org
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