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American
Red Cross,
Cape and Islands Chapter
Founded
1915
The Cape Cod
and Islands chapter of the American Red Cross
provides emergency
response service and health and safety training to
the residents of
Cape Cod, Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard. The Red
Cross is a critical
part of emergency response network on Cape Cod and
the Islands. Our
volunteers respond, teach, and care for our
community when the need is
greatest seven days a week, 24 hours a day. We are
expected to be ready
at all times.
Contact
Terri Tarozzi, Director of Finance, at
508.775.1540 or
ttarozzi@cape.com
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Big Brothers
Big Sisters of Martha's
Vineyard
Founded
1974
The mission of BBBS of MV is to help children in
our program cope with
the special problems they face growing up in
signle parent homes.
Our primary goal is to match children (aged six
through teens) to
dedicated & caring adult voluteers who will
provide the friendship
& one-on-one mentoring needed by the
children in their childhood
and adolescent years.
Contact Betsy Hauk, Case Manager, at
508.696.5497 or
EHauck@bbbscci.org .
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Elder Services of Cape Cod and the Islands,
Inc.
Founded 1972
Elder Services is dedicated to promoting the
welfare, enhancing the
quality of life, and maintaining the dignity of
elders in Barnstable,
Dukes (except Gosnold) and Nantucket
counties. The organization
works through communities and their citizens to
identify and respond to
the needs, problems and concerns of elders and
their families.
Elder Services is the federally designated area
agency on aging, and
state designated service access point of
Martha's Vineyard.
Services are provided Islandwide; in order to
avoid duplication,
services are purchased form local agencies
whenever possible.
Contact, Jacque Cage, Martha's Vineyard
Director, at 508.693.4393 or jacque.cage@escci.org.
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Heartpath, Inc.
Founded February 7, 2001
Heartpath, Inc. is dedicated to supporting
charitable and educational
projects and services which sustain communities
and preserve
traditional culture by developing and
implementing programs which
alleviate the effects of poverty in designated
communities; assisting
individuals and communities who are striving for
the preservation of
their traditional culture and increasing public
awareness about
specific needs of designated
communities.
Contact Donna Bouchard, President, at
508.693.5865 or onheartpath@aol.com.
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Hospice
of Martha's
Vineyard, Inc.
Founded
1982
Hospice of Martha’s Vineyard is a free,
community supported program
whose mission is to meet the unique physical,
emotional and spiritual
needs of all who are facing advanced illness and
loss, and to give them
hope, comfort, and compassion.
Contact Terre D. Young, Executive Director,
at 508.693.0189 or hospice@vineyard.net.
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Island
Councils on
Aging & Supportive Day Program
Founded 1973
The Island Councils on Aging support and enhance
programs for seniors
through local Councils on Aging. They are
dedicated to promoting
health, independence and life-long learning.
Contact Leslie Clapp, Director, at 508.939.9440
or mvcenter4living@gmail.com
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Island Food
Pantry
Founded 1981
The Island
Food Pantry provides emegency food needs on
Martha's Vineyard. With 50
volunteers and the support of many Vineyard
businesses, organizations
and individualsis the Island Food Pantry assited
350 families in
FY2006. This represents 720 people including at
least 190 children. In
addition, Granola bars were provided to elementary
schools for
breakfast supplements.
Contact
Armen Hanjian, Coordinator, at 508.696.8225 or av.hanjian@verizon.net
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Martha's
Vineyard
Community Services, Inc.
Founded 1961
Martha’s Vineyard Community Services’ mission is
to enhance the lives
of those it serves by meeting the comprehensive
needs of individuals,
families, and the community through a
partnership of programs that
provide accessible education and health and
human services of the
highest quality.
Contact Angela Wheeler, Director of Development
& Communications,
at 508.693.7900 ext. 374 or awheeler@mvcommunityservices.com
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Rising Tide
Therapeutic Equestrian Center Inc.
Founded
May, 2007
Rising Tide
Therapeutic Equestrian Center Inc. is a 501(c)(3)
non-profit working
horse farm whose goal is to expand the
physical,personal and emotional
health of each and every client through
therapeutic horsemanship.
Contact
Rebecca Miller, Board President at
508-693-1185
or info@risingtidetec.org
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Vineyard Committee on Hunger
Founded 1975
Vineyard Committee on Hunger encourages the
giving of relief funds
through non-profit agencies and other
cost-effective channels; supports
religious and secular organizations that promote
self-help in needy
countries; and provides free food to Vineyard
families temporarily in
need.
Contact Carole Early, President, at 508.693.7914
or carjim@vineyard.net.
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Vineyard
House, Inc.
Founded
1997
Vineyard House provides temporary homes for
alcohol and/or drug
dependent persons primarily from the Martha's
Vineyard community who
need a sober, stable and mutually supportive
environment in which to
find health and independence.
Contact Kathy Ferland, Operations Manager, at
508.693.8580 or kathy@vineyardhouse.org.
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Vineyard
Independence Partnership, Inc.
Founded 1983
VIP is a partnership of
individuals with disabilities,
their family members, and friends working to:
promote social
activities, support independent living situations,
encourage
accessibility in the community, and advocate for
individuals with
developmental disabilities and their families.
Contact Dale Ferry,
Board member at 508.693.6616 or dferry16@gmail.com
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Vineyard
Village At Home
Founded 2006
Vineyard Village At Home
helps older island residents maintain their
independence by providing
them access to a wide range of household, health,
social and
professional service agencies that will ensure
their safety and comfort
as the age in the comfort of their own home.
We work
cooperatively with these agencies and, as needed,
supplement their
services with our own providers and volunteers.
Contact
508-693-3038 or vineyardvillage@gmail.com
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Women
Empowered
The mission of Women Empowered is to
empower women and
men of Martha's Vineyard to make positive
choices by developing and
fostering life skills to facilitate change in
their lives.
Contact Elaine M. Pace, Ed.D., Executive
Director at 508.696.8880 or
womenempowered@comcast.net
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