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Month: November 2022

HUD Secretary Marcia L. Fudge Headlines ABCD’s Community Heroes Celebration on November 18

Event Chair Russell Norris, General Manager, Slalom Boston will help honor 16 extraordinary community partners and volunteers; induct former ABCD President and CEO, John J. Drew into the ABCD Hall of Fame and recognize Dr. Gary Gross as an original champion for reproductive justice. Boston, Massachusetts, Nov. 01, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — (BOSTON, MA) – On Friday, November 18, 2022,…

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Advocates concerned about low-income families, winter heating bills

BOSTON — Many families across Massachusetts are worried they won’t be able to keep up with sky-rocketing energy prices this winter. The Low Income Energy Home Assistance Program, also known as Fuel Assistance, offers help to eligible households in paying a portion of winter heating bills. There is no application fee and the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources said free…

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Skyrocketing heating costs have people asking for help

CANTON, Mass. — Home heating prices are skyrocketing as we approach the winter months. Several groups are working to step up their efforts to help people afford their heating bills. The social workers at the Salvation Army say they are seeing a different type of clientele this year: people who have never asked for help before. Inflation apparently is putting more…

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HUD Secretary Marcia L. Fudge Headlines ABCD’s Community Heroes Celebration on November 18

(BOSTON, MA) – On Friday, November 18, 2022, at the Omni Boston Hotel at the Seaport, ABCD will honor 16 Community Heroes – partners, collaborators, volunteers and leaders who uplift underserved and under-represented people and families throughout Greater Boston, and advocate for social, racial, economic and reproductive justice. The Community Heroes Celebration is the first ABCD awards gala since 2019, and will…

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