News

WCAC today joined MASSCAP, along with Action Inc., the network of Community Action Agencies in Massachusetts and the Massachusetts Energy Directors Association (MEDA), to launch its annual statewide awareness campaign to ensure that vulnerable Massachusetts families are able to keep safe, warm and healthy this winter. Heating help programs include both fuel assistance and energy efficiency programs. The awareness campaign started today with the live streamed virtual kickoff event (Click here to watch). Read more here.

The Heat is On… keeping your house warm this winter; keeping you in your house this winter; and getting out the vote! Read more here.

Worcester Community Action Council, Inc. will hold a meeting of its Board of Directors on October 19, 2020 at 5 p.m. via Zoom teleconference. Full agenda available here. Meetings are open to the public. Please contact Ellen Ganley for teleconference information.

WCAC is Committed to Community., and challenges us all to take the tumult of 2020 and channel it for positive change and to recognize where and how we can repair our deepest wounds, together. Read more here.

Worcester Community Action Council, Inc. will hold a meeting of its Board of Directors on Monday, September 21, 2020 at 5 p.m. via Zoom teleconference. Full agenda available here. Meetings are open to the public. Please contact Ellen Ganley for teleconference information.

Meet Team WCAC… new hires, new babies, moving up, moving on. This edition of our enewsletter is dedicated to our amazing staff. Read more here.

Hannaford Supermarkets today announce a $30,000 donation to support central Massachusetts families as they seek to meet the most basic needs for themselves and their children during a period of economic hardship resulting from the cornonavirus global health pandemic. The donation includes $15,000 each to WCAC and Community Teamwork in Lowell, which will use the funding to increase access to food and childcare for families in central Massachusetts. Read more here.

Worcester Community Action Council, Inc. will hold a meeting of its Board of Directors on Monday, August 17, 2020 at 5 p.m. via Zoom teleconference. Full agenda available here. Meetings are open to the public. Please contact Terra Oliveira for teleconference information.

WCAC: Here for You. We’ll continue to respond to our collective community’s needs and remain committed to helping people move to economic self-sufficiency through programs, partnerships and advocacy. Read more here.

Despite having to make many changes to the way we do business, WCAC remains committed to continue to make the broadest, most positive impact on our collective community we can. Read more here.