Non-Profit Alliance announces award winners Lowell » The Non-Profit Alliance of Greater Lowell has announced its annual NPA Awards winners. This year’s recipients include: Unsung Hero Award: Marianne Staid, House of Hope. Other finalists included: John Maslowski, Habitat for Humanity; and Marc Dery, Lowell Community Health Center. Volunteer Award: Brad Buitenhuys, Lowell Litter Krewe; and…
Editorial Giving thanks to our region’s giving spirit It seems the Christmas holiday season further encroaches on the celebration of Thanksgiving with each succeeding year. Combined with supply chain bottlenecks that threaten to keep the inventory of brick- and- mortar and online stores scarce — creating an even heightened giftbuying…
Online fundraiser for Merrimack Valley Food Bank To celebrate the 30th anniversary of Merrimack Valley Food Bank, Greater Lowell Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Danielle McFadden is holding a Thanksgiving fundraiser for the organization over Facebook. The fundraiser has a goal of raising $ 30,000 to honor the food bank’s 30 years of service. Last year, the fundraiser raised $26,410,…
Lowell High School Making a world of difference History teacher Jessica Lander earning praise for using global perspective By Barry Scanlon, Correspondent Being surrounded by students from around the globe makes Jessica Lander feel like a million bucks. Even if she doesn’t win that amount. “My life’s work is working in…
Retrospective They’d grown fond of her St. Francis garden a living tribute to Cecilia Mancini By Debbie Hovanasian, Correspondent ‘I’ll keep doing this as long as i can, because it’s something i really like to do.’ – Cecilia Mancini , before she died recently of cancer Nine years ago a…
a Lifelong Devotion Another ‘Cars and Cans’ held, and local charity is grateful Lowell » Four years ago, I interviewed Alex Lambert at his home in Dracut. Somehow, I learned that he had organized a food drive for the Dracut Food Pantry. He named it “Cars and Cans.” I am always interested…
Helping feed those who are hungry Tewksbury » Lowell Five Bank employees have chosen the Merrimack Valley Food Bank to receive their second quarter Lowell Five Employee Charitable Giving Award. Each year, Lowell Five Bank’s employees choose four charitable organizations from a list of employee- elected nominees to be the recipients of…
By Robert Mills rmills@lowellsun.com LOWELL » U. S. Rep. Lori Trahan visited the Merrimack Valley Food Bank Thursday to help package and distribute food to families as she touted the beginning of enhanced child tax credit payments to families, saying the payments – as well as funding for organizations like the…
Lowell Community Health Center Senator calls facility an ‘even more extraordinary place today’ by Alana Melanson amelanson@lowellsun.com Lowell » Lowell Community Health Center was the first community health center U. S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren had visited shortly after joining the Senate in 2013. At that point, the then- new facility had only been…
Greater Lowell Community Foundation Group awards $180G to address food insecurity by aaron curtis acurtis@ lowellsun. com The Greater Lowell Community Foundation has announced it has distributed a new round of COVID-19 related grants, providing an additional $ 180,000 to 17 area nonprofits in Greater Lowell that will address youth food…
