The Alexander Eastman Board of Trustees announces $440,800 in community grant awards for the period from July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2020 to the following organizations:

  • Community Caregivers: $30,000
    • Operating support for the Volunteer Care-Giving program.
  • Copper Cannon Camp: $8,000
    • Summer camp scholarships.
  • Greater Derry Community Health Services: $195,000
    • Operating support for the delivery of health services, case management, and behavioral health services.
  • Greater Derry Oral Health Collaboarative: $120,000
    • Support for the provision of comprehensive preventive dental services and education to improve the oral health of children from birth through middle school.
  • Isaiah 58 of NH: $17,000
    • Support for work being done to address homelessness and housing insecurity.
  • Planned Parenthood of Northern New England – Derry Health Center: $35,000
    • Support for providing health and dental care to under-served and vulnerable populations.
  • The Upper Room: $30,000
    • Support for the Family Wellness Program, which promotes safe, stable and nurturing relationships between children and parents/caregivers to reduce the incidence of abuse, neglect and family violence, and to mitigate the effects of adverse childhood experiences.
  • Waypoint: $5,800
    • Scholarships for children of incarcerated parents at Camp Spaulding.