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At Seven Hills, our mission is to promote and encourage the empowerment of children and adults with significant challenges so that each may pursue their highest possible degree of personal well-being and independence. Our professional staff is passionate about our work that helps people SEE the possibilities, BELIEVE in themselves, and ACHIEVE their dreams.

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J. Irving and Jane L. England Charitable Trust

J. Irving and Jane L. England Charitable Trust

Long-time foundation partner of Seven Hills Foundation, J. Irving & Jane L. England Charitable Trust, has awarded Open Door Arts, an affiliate of Seven Hills Foundation, with a $6,600 grant to provide virtual art classes for people with disabilities. Open Door Arts works to enhance access to the arts for people of all abilities by providing the best museum experience and art education workshops at the Worcester Art Museum for people with disabilities. But, with positive COVID-19 cases increasing, it has been near impossible...

Local Foundations Create a Path to College for Promising Students

Local Foundations Create a Path to College for Promising Students

The partnership of local foundations who generously support YOU, Inc.’s College Access Programs – Dynamy Youth Academy and the Bruce Wells Scholars Upward Bound program – has been vital to our success over many years. In the last month, we’ve received generous donations from the Ruth H. and Warren A. Ellsworth Foundation ($10,000, College Access Services), the Lloyd G. Balfour Foundation ($25,000, Youth Academy), the Albert W. Rice Foundation ($15,000 , Youth Academy), the TJX Foundation ($10,000, Youth Academy), and the...

ODA’s COOL Schools Partnership Continues with Wellington Management

ODA’s COOL Schools Partnership Continues with Wellington Management

Open Door Arts, an affiliate of Seven Hills Foundation, would like to thank the Wellington Management Foundation for their generous $50,000 grant award. Open Door Arts and the Wellington Management Foundation are in a seven-year partnership to provide inclusive arts education to students attending eight Boston Public Schools through Open Door Arts’ program, COOL Schools. With these generous grant funds, Open Door Arts and our Teaching Artists will be able to deliver creative and accessible art instruction, while also...

Greater Worcester Community Foundation boosts Children’s Friend’s Gender Wellness Initiative

Greater Worcester Community Foundation boosts Children’s Friend’s Gender Wellness Initiative

Children’s Friend is the grateful recipient of a $15,000 grant from the Greater Worcester Community Foundation’s Community Grant program to support its Gender Wellness Initiative. Sixty-one percent of Massachusetts high school youth who identify as sexual minorities report depressive symptoms from the stresses of isolation, bullying, parental rejection and bias, while 10% of those surveyed said they made a suicide plan. Children’s Friend will use these granted funds to provide counseling services through our outpatient...

COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout Begins at Seven Hills Pediatric Center

COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout Begins at Seven Hills Pediatric Center

Today the Seven Hills Pediatric Center in Groton kicked off the #ThisIsYourShot initiative here at Seven Hills with staff and residents

Media Inquiries

Bill Stock
Vice President for Government and Community Relations 81 Hope Ave, Worcester, MA 01603
Phone: 508.983.1305
Fax: 508.849.3888
Email: bstock@sevenhills.org
Kathleen A. Myshrall
Vice President of Advancement 81 Hope Ave, Worcester, MA 01603
Phone: 508.983.1302
Fax: 508.849.3888
Email: kmyshrall@sevenhills.org
Jennifer Wentworth
Director of Communications 81 Hope Ave, Worcester, MA 01603
Phone: 508.983.1304
Fax: 508.849.3888
Email: jwentworth@sevenhills.org