Point32Health Foundation: In the news
Recent stories about grantees, the Foundation and our community investments.
2023 Media coverage
October 2023
- Gerontology Institute Blog | October 31 | Coyle Featured in Podcast Highlighting Age-Friendly Movement in Massachusetts
- Newport This Week | October 27 | Newport Senior and Caregiver Resource Fair
- Massachusetts Municipal Association | October 25 | New Podcast Highlights Mass. as Age- and Dementia-Friendly Leader
- Jamaica Plain Gazette | October 21 | JP’s Skelton Roberts Appointed to MBTA Board of Directors
- Manchester Ink Link | October 19 | Manchester NAACP Announces ‘Healing Circles’ Initiative
- Cranston Herald | October 18 | Ed Kdonian | From the Inside of Alzheimer’s
- Grantmakers in Health | October 18 | Philanthropy @ Work
- Aging Services Network News | October 16 | EOEA Releases Podcast Highlighting the Age- and Dementia-Friendly Movement (no link available)
- K1times | October 16 | Point32Health Foundation Awards $750,000 to Food Justice Efforts Across New England
- Providence Business News | October 15 | Point32Health Foundation Awards $750,000 to Food Justice Efforts Across New England
- Business NH | October 13 | Point32Health Foundation Awards $750,000 to Food Justice Efforts Across New England
- Philanthropy Massachusetts | October 13 | Point32Health Foundation Awards $750,000 to Food Justice Efforts Across New England (no link available)
- AgeSpan | October 12 | Listen: Making Connections Through Meals
- US Updates | October 12 | Massachusetts Organizations Receive $250,000 from Point32Health for Local Food Justice Initiatives
- US Updates | October 12 | Local Age- and Dementia-Friendly Initiatives Highlighted in New ReiMAgine Aging Podcast by Healey-Driscoll Administration
- HCN healthcare News | October 11 | Healey-Driscoll Administration Releases ReiMAgine Aging Podcast
- Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative | October 11 | Healey-Driscoll Administration Releases ReiMAgine Aging, a Podcast Highlighting Massachusetts as a National Leader in the Age- and Dementia-Friendly Movement
- Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative | October 11 | Point32Health Foundation Awards $750,000 to Food Justice Efforts Across New England
- Maine Philanthropy Center | October 10 | Point32Health Foundation Awards $750,000 to Food Justice Efforts across New England
- Yahoo Finance | October 10 | Point32Health Foundation Awards $750,000 to Food Justice Efforts across New England
- Philanthropy News Digest | October 10 | Point32Health Foundation Awards $750,000 to Food Justice Efforts across New England
- MassNonprofitNews | October 10 | Point32Health Foundation Awards $750,000 to Food Justice Efforts across New England
- Baker City Herald | October 10 | Point32Health Foundation Awards $750,000 to Food Justice Efforts across New England
- hoodline | October 10 | Massachusetts Unveils ReiMAgine Aging Podcast, A Platform Advocating Age- and Dementia-Friendly Living
- EIN Newswires | October 10 | Healey-Driscoll Administration Releases ReiMAgine Aging, a Podcast Highlighting Massachusetts as a National Leader in the Age- and Dementia-Friendly Movement
- Mass.gov | October 10 | Healey-Driscoll Administration Releases ReiMAgine Aging, a Podcast Highlighting Massachusetts as a National Leader in the Age- and Dementia-Friendly Movement
- PR Newswire | October 10 | Point32Health Foundation Awards $750,000 to Food Justice Efforts across New England
September 2023
- Boston.gov | September 25 | Mayor Michelle Wu Appoints Mary Skelton Roberts to the MBTA Board of Directors
- Grantmakers In Aging | September 20 | Conference Highlights (no link available)
- MassNonprofitNews | September 16 | Amplify LatinX honors 100 Latinx leaders to kick of Hispanic Heritage Month
- Lowell Sun | September 15 | Nora Moreno Cargie | Opinion: Free School Lunches a Great Start, But Just a Start
- Sentinel and Enterprise | September 15 | Nora Moreno Cargie | Opinion: Free School Lunches a Great Start, But Just a Start
- Boston Business Journal | September 15 | Amplify LatinX Announces 100 Latino Leaders in Inaugural ALX100 Awards (subscription required)
- Boston Globe | September 14 | Amplify LatinX: Honoring 100 Change-Making Leaders Across Massachusetts (subscription required)
- MassNonprofitNews | September 12 | Massachusetts’ Top Corporate Givers Ranked in Boston Business Journal’s Annual List
- Boston Business Journal | September 8 | Here Are the 2022 Rankings of the Most Charitable Companies in Mass.(subscription required)
- Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship | September 2 | Companies Fighting Hunger Across the U.S. and Abroad
August 2023
- JGPR | August 24 | Town of Marion Begins Efforts to Become a Dementia Friendly America Massachusetts Community
- MassLive | August 8 | Cliff Clark | Southwick Working Toward Being Designated a Dementia Friendly Community
July 2023
- The Grapevine | July 31 | Master Gardeners Beautify the Bike Trail in Westfield (no link available)
June 2023
- The Rockefeller Foundation | June 30 | Philanthropic Joint Statement in Response to the Supreme Court’s Decision in ‘Students for Fair Admissions’ Cases
- mHealth Intelligence | June 26 | Mark Melchionna | Funding Supports School-Based Telehealth Services in NY State
- Wayfinders | June 23 | One-Stop Digital Literacy Class for Older Adults: “It’s About Respect for Your Elders”
- Gloucester Daily Times | June 17 | Stephen Hagan | Rockport Students Join ‘Dementia Friendly’ Campaign
May 2023
- The Maine Monitor | May 27 | Kristi Eaton| Behavioral Teletherapy for Students in Rural Maine brings ‘Hope to the Hallways’
- Government Technology | May 26 | Brandon Paykamian | Maine School District Expands Teletherapy for Students
- 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)
- The Calais Advertiser | April 17 | Natalie Boomer | Woodland Jr./Sr. High School Fights Food Insecurity with New Food Pantry (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
- Bangor Daily News | April 3 | Joyce Kryszak | Mainers Struggle to Find Therapists in the State’s ‘Forgotten County’
- 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