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As Families Grieve, Grandparents Step Up As many as 200,000 U.S. children have lost a parent to Covid. Their grandparents are taking them in and helping them heal, all while coping with their own grief. www.nytimes.com
As many as 200,000 U.S. children have lost a parent to Covid. Their grandparents are taking them in and helping them heal, all while coping with their own grief.
New! Lasagna Love for grand-families 2023 Sign-Ups
Our friends at Lasagna Love have reached out to start 2023 off with connecting volunteer chefs with families looking for a break from cooking! Some of you have already worked with Lasagna Love, but for those of you who have not - let me explain: basically a family gets matched with a volunteer from your community who will prepare a lasagna for the family and will deliver the meal to them. Lasagna Love is offering monthly matches and deliveries to grand-families for the whole year!
"Thank you for your interest in the work and mission of the Massachusetts Commission on Grandparents Raising Grandchildren.
The GP Commission is proud to support the over 35,000 grand-families in Massachusetts, and specifically, the 11,000 grandparents and kinship caregivers raising children without biological parents present.
The work of the GP Commission continues to expand and now includes activities such as virtual workshops, grand-family scholarships to museums and other venues, an annual conference, amongst many other supports and resources.
If you would like to contribute to the continuation of this great work, please consider making a donation to the Massachusetts Commission on Grandparents Raising Grandchildren.
Our non-profit fiscal partner, The Massachusetts Councils on Aging, has graciously agreed to assist the GP Commission regarding donations
To make a donation: Please send a check: Massachusetts Councils on Aging c/o the GP Commission 116 Pleasant Street, Suite 306 Easthampton, Ma. 01027
Liza Hirsch
Liza Hirsch is the Director of the Children’s Justice Unit at the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office.
Prior to joining the AGO, she was a Senior Attorney at Massachusetts Advocates for Children, where she provided representation to low-income families in education matters and directed the program on disrupting the school-to-prison pipeline.
She previously worked as a manager in the Holyoke Public Schools, and as a Staff Attorney at Massachusetts Law Reform Institute and at Medical-Legal Partnership | Boston where she represented homeless and low-income families in housing and shelter matters.
She is a recipient of a 2011 Skadden Fellowship and a graduate of Northeastern University School of Law.
Thank you!
The Commission is fortunate to have an amazing partner in the Massachusetts Association of Councils on Aging which is a 501 c 3 non-profit organization.
MCOA has been a friend and supporter of the Commission for many years.
If you are considering making a donation to the Commission for programming, services, and events to benefit grandparents and relative caregivers throughout Massachusetts, you may do so by sending a check to MCOA located at 116 Pleasant Street Suite 306 Easthampton, Ma.
**Please indicate “GP Commission” in the memo of the check.