Sudbury Foundation News

Dear Friends of the Sudbury Foundation, I am excited to announce that I have been at the Sudbury Foundation as the new Executive Director for just over one week and I would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself. Professionally, I am a lawyer and I have had the privilege to work at both […]

In 2021, we had the pleasure of supporting these dedicated, resilient and impactful nonprofit organizations. Throughout the pandemic, each one has adjusted their programs and policies to better serve their constituencies. As the situation continued to shift, they simply pivoted again. We expect them to continue that flexibility and creativity in 2022!

Please join us in welcoming Sonia Shah to the Foundation as our next Executive Director. Sonia will assume the post in January. Most recently she served as the Director of Development and Outreach at the Natick Service Council, where she was responsible for spearheading all development efforts, including marketing and public relations, fundraising events and campaigns, […]

We love seeing Sudbury Town Center (and The Grange Hall) lit up in purple (which signifies courage and compassion) to literally shine a light on the issues related to domestic and breakup violence during #DomesticViolenceAwarenessMonth. Purple lights will illuminate religious and civic buildings in Sudbury, Wayland, and Framingham at various times throughout October thanks to […]

October is National Disability Awareness Month and Sudbury’s rejuvenated Commission on Disability (COD) is working hard to shine a light on the issues impacting people with physical and intellectual disabilities. This month, to call attention to the cause, they are distributing lapel pins that depict the disability flag. The flag was designed in 2017 by Eros […]

We had a nice site visit recently to Aurelia’s Garden in Wayland, one of our newest grant partners. They are an all-volunteer, nonprofit micro-farm founded in 2020 to address food insecurity by providing fresh, nutritious organic produce to local food pantries. They farm on two local sites which have been loaned to them. The first […]

In May 2021, the Sudbury Select Board created a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Commission to support diversity, achieve equity, and foster inclusion for every member of the Sudbury community. The Commission will hear testimony from towns people, deliberate on those discussions and submit a report to the Select Board within a year that includes an […]

Our board and staff are in the middle of anti-racist training and we wanted to share this powerful video our consultants used to kick off yesterday’s session.  In the video entitled ‘How We Can Win” (which went viral in June 2020 and was later turned into a book), political activist Kimberly Jones spoke off the […]