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WCAC will host its 2nd Annual Poverty Forum on Thursday, March 5, 2020, at The Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts, featuring keynote speaker Mary Ann Bates, Executive Director of the North American Office of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (JPAL), home of the 2019 Nobel Prize winning researchers recognized for their research and approach to alleviating poverty. Keynote to be followed by dynamic panel discussion. Free to attend but please click here to register.

As the Central Massachusetts region faces a ongering, bitter blast of winter cold, Worcester Community Action Council, Inc. was pleased to accept a $20,000 dollar donation from UniBank to support the agency’s Emergency Fuel Fund. Read more here.

Kick off 2020 with WCAC! From tax news, beating home heating blues and frosty brews we’ve got all that and more for you in WCAC’s January Enewsletter. Check it out here.

Each year WCAC undertakes a Coat Drive in order to provide new winter coats to all of the children enrolled in the agency’s Early Head Start, Head Start, and Healthy Families of Southern Worcester County programs, as well as for the children of the teen parents enrolled in the agency’s Job & Education Center. Read full story here.

In Worcester County, more than 13,000 children live below the poverty line, and in under- resourced neighborhoods that lack access to affordable housing, high quality childcare, health services, and opportunities for pathways to good jobs. Let’s do more, together, and keep poverty issues at the forefront of community conversations. Click here for details on how to support WCAC.

As a component of its ongoing Strategic Plan process, Worcester Community Action Council, Inc. extends an invitation for community partners and others to attend a Meet & Greet with new Executive Director Marybeth Campbell on Friday, December 13th from 8:30-10 a.m. on the first floor of the Denholm Building, 484 Main Street, Worcester. Learn more about the agency’s programs and services while providing input into WCAC’s future role as an influential and innovative force in combating poverty. Free to attend but advanced RSVP requested.

Let’s do more to fight poverty together! Home heating help, reading for the record, volunteer for VITA and so much more. Read WCAC’s November 2019 Enewsletter here.

WCAC will host a meeting of its Board of Directors on Monday, October 21, 2019 at 5 p.m. in Suite 201, 484 Main Street, Worcester. Full agenda available here. WCAC Board Meetings are open to the public.