Pictured left to right: HarborOne Caring Crew Members; Liam Reardon, Jennifer White (kneeling), Heather Nelson, Dara Delaney, Jimmy Tran, Alba Shaba, Sarah Doracaj, and Jeff Feingold, Founder of Hope & Comfort (kneeling)
(Brockton, MA) – July 11, 2022 – Hope & Comfort, a Needham-based non-profit, was among twenty-six recipients of the bi-annual HarborOne Foundation grants benefiting local children and families. HarborOne’s grant will support the organization's efforts in providing individuals with everyday personal care and hygiene products ensuring they can begin every day with dignity. The organization’s efforts to provide basic hygiene products is positively impacting the health, self-esteem, and confidence to succeed for thousands of individuals each year.
“The HarborOne Foundation’s aim is to contribute to the health and vitality of the communities where we live and work,” said Joseph Casey, Foundation Director of HarborOne Foundation and President and CEO of HarborOne Bank. “We are proud to partner and invest in local community organizations like Hope & Comfort which are helping to ensure that youth and families have the opportunity to succeed and thrive.”
Since its inception, HarborOne Foundation has invested over $1.5 Million to support and expand the work of community non-profits including organizations that promote educational opportunity, create access to safe and affordable housing and provide basic human services to our most vulnerable citizens.
The twenty-six grantees for this round of funding include:
- Hope & Comfort
- Habitat For Humanity International Inc.
- NeighborWorks Southern New Hampshire
- Codman Square Neighborhood Development Corporation
- South Shore Habitat For Humanity Inc.
- Local Initiatives Support Corporation
- Community Servings, Inc.
- South Boston Neighborhood House Inc
- Father Bill's & MainSpring
- Health Imperatives, Inc.
- Veterans Transition House (VTH)
- Franciscan Hospital For Children Inc
- Lovelane Special Needs Horseback Riding Program Inc
- St. Mary's Center for Women and Children
- Operation ABLE of Greater Boston
- Women's Lunch Place
- Urban Food Initiative
- Pine Street Inn Inc.
- BUILD Boston
- OneGoal Massachusetts
- Dress for Success Boston Inc.
- Crossroads
- uAspire
- Boys & Girls Club of Fall River
- West End House Camp
- Council For Economic Education
About HarborOne Bank
HarborOne Bank, headquartered in Massachusetts, with $4.6 billion in assets. HarborOne Bank serves the financial needs of consumers, businesses, and municipalities throughout Massachusetts and Rhode Island through a network of 30 full-service branches, and two commercial loan offices in Boston and Providence. The Bank also provides a range of educational services through “HarborOne U,” with content and classes available on personal finance and small business delivered virtually as well as at community locations throughout Massachusetts and Rhode Island. HarborOne Mortgage, LLC, a subsidiary of HarborOne Bank, is a full-service mortgage lender with offices throughout Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire and is licensed in seven additional states.