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| | | Giving Back in Massachusetts | | | In 2007, some 190 nonprofit groups in Massachusetts received nearly $2.1 million from the Verizon Foundation, enabling the organizations to improve literacy skills, create new and diverse approaches to technology-based education, and help domestic violence victims rebuild their lives. Additionally, hundreds more nonprofit received an additional $1 million dollars from Verizon employees whose efforts were matched through the company's Volunteer and Matching Incentive programs. Verizon volunteers also donated more than 36,000 hours of personal time to community programs. |
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| | Featured Grants | | | | IBM, Verizon partner with GLASS on GED program | | | Verizon Foundation and IBM Partner to Help Youths Prepare for GED; JRI¿s Boston GLASS Uses New Technology Tools
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The Massachusetts Department of Education and Lesley University received a grant to train teachers to use its new online, curriculum resource tool, Thinkfinity.org. Thinkfinity.org is the cornerstone of Verizon Foundation's Literacy, Education and Technology initiatives. Our goal is to improve student achievement in traditional classroom settings and beyond by providing high-quality content and extensive professional development training. This free, comprehensive digital learning platform is built upon the merger of two acclaimed programs Verizon MarcoPolo and the Thinkfinity Literacy Network. |
| Internet Safety The Molly Bish Center for the Protection of Children and the Elderly was awarded a grant to support an Internet Crimes Against Children Intervention and Prevention Training Project. |
| English as a Second Language The following organizations received technology grants to improve their ESL programs. The Boston Adult Literacy Fund
Cambridge College
Framingham Adult ESL Plus
Mass Career Development Institute, Springfield
United Neighbors of Cleghorn, Fitchburg
Worcester Public Library Learn more about Verizon's support for this important intiative. |
| Domestic Violence Technology Solutions The following organizations received grants to use technology to more effectively serve victims of domestic violence: Casa Myrna Vasquez, Boston
Close to Home, Dorchester
Domestic Violence Services of Central Middlesex, Concord
Gay Men's Domestic Violence Project, Boston
Jane Doe Inc., Boston
New Bedford Women's Shelter
Portal to Hope, Everett;
REACH Beyond Domestic Violence, Waltham
Wayside Youth and Family Support Center, Framingham
Womanshelter/Compañeras, Springfield
YWCA of Greater Lawrence
Women of Means, Wellesley Learn more about how we promote domestic violence awareness and help its victims rebuild their lives. |
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Assistive Technology Grants The following organizations received grants to that use technology to help meet the needs of people with disabilities: Deaf Enterprises Inc., Quincy
Easter Seals of Massachusetts, Worcester
New England Home for the Deaf, Danvers
Northeast Veterans Resource Center, Boston | | |
| Visit the Verizon Foundation website for more information. | | | Apply for a Verizon Foundation grant online. |
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(Left to right) Peter Thonis, Verizon chief communications officer; Cathleen Finn, IBM corporate citizenship and corporate affairs program manager; Douglas Brooks, vice president of health services for JRI; Joseph Perisie, president of GLBT Employees of Verizon; Peter Bowman, Verizon vice president of external affairs; Patrick Gaston, president of the Verizon Foundation; and Justin Brown, program director of Boston GLASS.