Seven Hills ASPiRE! is the proud recipient of Bank of America Charitable Foundation’s first ever Neighborhood Champions grant awarded to a central Massachusetts organization. The Neighborhood Champions program focuses on nonprofit leadership development and advancing economic mobility in the central Massachusetts market. The $50,000 grant, payable over two years, will support the ASPiRE! workforce readiness and employment program for adults and transition age youth with disabilities and expansion efforts that include a new Seven Hills Café and community garden at Coe’s Park in Worcester. The new job training site will offer opportunities for skill development in the areas of customer interaction, cafe and small-shop operations, healthy food service, responsible agriculture / permaculture, landscaping, and facilities maintenance. The grant will also provide opportunities for ASPiRE Vice President, Dr. Jay Hayston, to participate in a virtual leadership development program where he will engage with and learn from other nonprofit leaders/awardees from around the country.