News

Cornerstone Bank donates $50,000 to Worcester County charitable organizations, including $40,000 to Worcester Community Action Council. Read more here.

With temperatures dropping and prices for goods continuing to rise, Webster Five is donating $35,000 to help local families facing food insecurity and surging home heating costs. WCAC received $10,000 to support the agency’s Emergency Fuel Fund. Read more here.

Join us in celebrating the gift of empathy, kindness and resilience with a donation to WCAC. Read more here.

This month’s newsletter provides information about how to access the home heating assistance program, weatherization, and energy efficiency programs. Please help us spread the word to ensure every household that is struggling with home heating expenses gets the help they need.  Read more here.

WCAC joined the Massachusetts Association for Community Action (MASSCAP), the network of Community Action Agencies in Massachusetts and the Massachusetts Energy Directors Association (MEDA), today 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 and weatherization programs. Read more here.

WCAC will join our colleagues from MASSCAP & MEDA to host the launch for the statewide home heating help awareness campaign on Thursday, October 28 at Worcester City Hall. Read more here.

WCAC knows that moving out of poverty is anything but simple. In this month’s e-newsletter, we are spotlighting various financial empowerment programs and initiatives including the development of our new Resiliency Center and other strategies that reaffirm our commitment to support area households in taking steps towards true economic mobility. Read more here.

Worcester Community Action Council, Inc. will host a Talent Showcase & Job Fair at Polar Park on Wednesday, September 22nd from 10 a.m. – 12 noon. The event is free and open to all ages. Read more here.

WCAC heads back to school with a spotlight on our early education and care programs! Read more here.

Rental resources, childcare open enrollment, jobs and more. Read more here.