MANCHESTER, NH – The Pearl Manor Fund Advisory Committee, chaired by Richard Rawlings of the Mary & John Elliot Charitable Board, recently held their annual meeting and has awarded $490,000 to 12 local nonprofits. These awards bring the Pearl Manor Fund total distribution since 2005 to nearly $2.5 million in grant awards to benefit thousands of local seniors. The 2018 grants will benefit over 20,000 local seniors in the years ahead.
The Pearl Manor Fund was established in 2005, when Women’s Aid Home (Pearl Manor) assets were transferred to the Mary & John Elliot Charitable Foundation to create the Pearl Manor Fund. These funds are distributed by community volunteers and leaders through grants to not-for-profit agencies for new and expanded projects and programs to provide assistance, comfort, care and treatment for the elderly population of Manchester and surrounding communities including, but not limited to safe housing needs, nutritional needs, support groups, home visits, mentoring and social programs, independent living assistance, legal assistance, health care needs, and transportation assistance.
The 2018 grant recipients are:
- Child & Family Services
- Easter Seals NH
- Elliot Regional Cancer Center
- Future In Sight
- Granite United Way
- Granite YMCA
- Manchester Community Health Center
- Mental Health Center of Greater Manchester
- New Hampshire Legal Assistance
- St. Joseph’s Community Services
- The Way Home
- VNA Home Health and Hospice Services, Inc.
The next grant application deadline is September 6, 2019. For more information, or a Pearl Manor Fund grant application, visit: www.elliothospital.org/pearlmanorfund.
The Mary & John Elliot Charitable Foundation is a non-profit, charitable organization created to provide financial support to the various needs of the Elliot Health System (also a non-profit charitable organization). The Foundation is committed to building an ongoing circle of friends whose financial support will help Elliot Health System identify and meet emerging healthcare needs. For more information about the Mary & John Elliot Charitable Foundation, or Elliot Health System, visit www.elliothospital.org.
