This year’s recipients are:
- A Place to Turn – $2,000 for health related personal care items for 20 families
- Bay Path Elder Services – $2,000 for exercise classes, cultural outings and community meals
- Boys & Girls Club of MetroWest – $2,500 for a Prevention First instructor
- Framingham Centre Nursery School – $781 for learning materials to enhance sensory skills
- Framingham Community Theater – $425 for publicity materials to enhance upcoming shows
- Framingham Girl Scouts – $1,000 for activities related to the 100th anniversary of the Girl Scouts
- Framingham Parks and Recreation – $3,000 for the Summer Concert Series
- Framingham State University – $1,500 for the Lifelong Lecture Series
- Framingham Youth Football and Cheerleading – $2,381 for reconditioning of youth football helmets
- John Andrew Mazie Foundation – $2,000 for the Mazie Mentoring Program
- Leadership MetroWest – $1,298 for a scholarship to the MetroWest Leadership Academy designated for a Framingham resident
- MetroWest YMCA – $1,468 for the High-Flight program for at-risk teens
- Performing Arts Center of MetroWest – $1,210 for renovation of the multi-purpose room
- Resiliency for Life – $2,000 for high school math tutoring
- Revelation Family Enrichment Center – $1,000 for young parent enrichment programs
- Stapleton Elementary School – $1,440 for an intergenerational first grade program
- VAC MetroWest – $4,000 for acupuncture treatment for veterans