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WEEKLYNEWS.NET - 978-532-5880 JUNE 10, 2021
Reaching out a hand
to women and girls
FOR THE WEEKLY NEWS
PEABODY — Essex
County Community
Organization (ECCO),
serving the city and
several regional organizations,
will share
$250,000 in nonprofit
grants to help women
and girls.
The money provided
by The Women’s Fund
of Essex County (TWF)
will help women achieve
a path to reach their potential
by creating new
opportunities and supporting
their economic
well-being.
From skills training
and employment-readiness
to promoting
health and well-being,
financial literacy, empowerment
and mentoring,
The Women’s
Fund supports a wide
range of programming
targeted toward helping
women and girls from
across Essex County
thrive and become more
self-sufficient.
Historically, TWF has
focused on financially
supporting highly-effective
nonprofit programs
to support and educate
women and girls. This
year they offered oneyear,
unrestricted grants
of up to $10,000 to Essex
County nonprofit organizations
addressing the
significant needs and
impacts of COVID-19
and the societal inequities
as they relate to
women and girls.
The pandemic disproportionately
impacted
low-income women,
women of color and their
children. In choosing
this year’s grantees as
the region transitions to
COVID recovery, TWF
looked for local nonprofit
partners uniquely
positioned to help local
women and children not
only regroup, but thrive.
“COVID-19 created
so many overwhelming
needs throughout our
community, but with
an estimated 65 percent
of Massachusetts’s
frontline workers being
women, they were being
hit the hardest,” said
Elaine Quinn, president
of the advisory board of
The Women’s Fund.
TWF received an unprecedented
167 percent
increase in applications
compared to last year
from nonprofit organizations
of various sizes,
with funding requests
totaling $546,000.
After a detailed review
and assessment,
the Fund was able to fulfill
46 percent of the requests,
selecting 37 organizations
for funding
from over 20 cities and
towns across the region.
In addition, earlier this
year TWF disbursed
$25,000 in Emergency
Food Insecurity grants to
empower five community
organizations delivering
highly-valuable
services, which safeguard
Essex County’s
women and girls during
the COVID-19 crisis
and beyond.
“Because the pandemic
disproportionately impacted
low-income
women, we realized the
highest impact we could
have, especially at this
moment, was to create
more opportunities for
our nonprofit partners to
support them, their families
and communities,”
added Quinn. “We are
proud to provide unrestricted
funds to incredible
local organizations
that continue to work for
those that are the most
vulnerable to the economic
and social implications
of the pandemic
and beyond.”
Essex County
Community Organization
serves Peabody, Lynn,
Penny McKenzie-Venuto
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Commonwealth Real Estate
Northrup Associates
26 Main Street
Lynnfield, MA 01940
Cell 781-929-7237
penny.mckenzie@commonmoves.com
Saugus, Beverly and
Gloucester, focusing on
leadership development
training programs for immigrant
women.
Other regional organizations
receiving TWF
money include Ellie
Fund, Essex County,
which supports free critical
support services for
breast cancer patients
who struggle to manage
treatment access.
Family Promise works
on homeless prevention
and long-term case
management.
Healing Abuse
Working for Change
(HAWC) Essex County
works to strengthen
triage services for
victims of domestic
violence.
Three Sisters Garden
Project raises organic
and healthy foods for
Essex County food
pantries.
The YMCA of North
Shore supports the
Learning Pod, a program
for children in grades
K-5. With some children
at the Y for the entire day
and some after school,
the program provides
social-emotional support
to young children.
“As an all-volunteer
nonprofit foundation,
we are grateful to our
donors and sponsors
that trust and invest in
The Women’s Fund’s
knowledge and deep understanding
of our community
partners’ work
and the most pressing
unmet needs facing
women and girls in our
area,” said the organization’s
Grants Allocation
Committee Chair Lisa
Parker.
Since 2003, The
Women’s Fund of Essex
County has raised and
awarded more than $2.8
million to high-impact
nonprofit partners providing
local women,
girls and their families
with the resources they
need to find success at
work, school, home and
life.
The organization has
been recognized with
the George Peabody
Award for Leadership
in Philanthropy by
Obituaries
Evelyn R. (Brooks) Carmody, 96
1925 - 2021
the Essex County
Community Foundation
and the Champions
Award for Community
Impact by North Shore
Community College.
The Women’s Fund
of Essex County is an
all-volunteer organization
supported entirely
by generous donors
whose philanthropy
supports a portfolio of
programs impacting
local women and girls.
(thewomensfundec.org)
“The decisions
made this year by The
Women’s Fund of Essex
County reflect our commitment
to women and
LYNNFIELD - Evelyn R. Carmody
(Brooks), age 96, a long-time
resident of Lynnfield, MA, passed
away peacefully at her home on
June 1, 2021, surrounded by her
loving family.
Evelyn was born in Brunswick,
ME, on May 5, 1925; she was
the cherished daughter of the late
Fred and Edna (Hamlin) Brooks.
Evelyn was raised and educated
in Brunskwick, Maine and a graduate
of Brunswick High School
with the Class of 1942. Even as
a young girl, Evelyn, was known to
have a sunny disposition, an endearing
personality and she made
life-long friends wherever she
went; these were traits that she
would keep throughout her life.
Evelyn met the “love of her life”
Joseph Carmody while both working
for HP Hood in Newburyport,
MA; the couple soon became
inseparable and married on May
18, 1947. Evelyn and Joe moved
to Lynnfield, MA in 1947, they
shared sixty wonderful years together,
raised a beautiful family
and had lots of fun times throughout
the years before Joe’s passing
in 2007.
Evelyn was a very devoted and
loving wife, mother and grandmother;
her family was her number
one priority. Evelyn loved being
a “mom” to her children and their
friends; she had an “open door”
policy at her home where everyone
was welcomed and made to
feel loved. When Evelyn became
a “Nana” and then a “Great-Nana”
her life became even more enriched;
she looked forward to
spending time with them and was
always so proud of their accomplishments.
Evelyn was a wonderful
homemaker and an excellent
cook; she loved to feed everyone
and have a group around her dinner
table. She enjoyed gardening
and had a real talent for art, especially
painting.
When Evelyn’s children were
grown she decided to take a position
as a cook at the Danforth
House in Lynnfield and then on
to the Arnold House in Stoneham;
a position that she would hold for
over 34 years. Evelyn loved to feed
her patients and the staff; she always
knew what others needed
and made each of them feel like
family.
Evelyn will be fondly remembered
as a wonderful lady, kind,
caring and friendly. Evelyn loved to
spend time with her family, friends
and neighbors and would do anything
to help anyone. Evelyn had
a heart of gold and will forever be
missed by all who loved her.
Evelyn was the beloved wife of
the late Joseph V. Carmody, devoted
mother of Joseph V. Carmody
II & his wife Eileen of Brentwood,
NH, Janis E. Carmody of Lynnfield,
Cheryl A. Deveau & her husband
Michael of Brush Prairie, WA and
J. Michael Carmody & his wife Susan
of Wilmington. Loving Nana of
Joseph V. III, Christopher J., Mark A.
and Melissa E. and Great Nana of
Amber, Taylor and Lillie. Dear Sister
of the late Fred Brooks and Louise
Christy.
Service Information: Family
and friends will gather at the
Nichols Funeral Home, 187
Middlesex Ave. (Rte. 62), Wilmington,
MA, on Friday, June 11th
for Visitation from 9:30 - 10:30
a.m. followed by a Graveside
Service at the Forest Hill Cemetery,
Lynnfield, MA, at 11:00
a.m.
In lieu of flowers, donations in
Evelyn’s memory may be made
to the Alzheimer’s Association,
309 Waverley Oaks Road, Walthem,
MA 02452. www.nicholsfuneralhome.com
girls’ advancement,
self-sufficiency and
economic and social equity,”
continued Parker.
“We are so pleased to
support our community’s
women and girls,
as together we navigate
the economic fallout of
the pandemic and move
towards a brighter and
healthier future for all.”
To learn more about the
work of The Women’s
Fund of Essex County,
ways to get involved or
support this all-volunteer
organization, please
visit thewomensfundec.
org.
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