Malden agency receives grant from Medical Society Foundation

Waltham, Mass. – April 27 – The Sharewood Project in Malden has received a grant of $10,000 from the Massachusetts Medical Society & Alliance Foundation as part of the foundation’s 2016 charitable giving.

The Sharewood Project is a free health education program led by volunteer medical students and physicians affiliated with Tufts University School of Medicine and Cambridge Health Alliance, with help from other health professionals such as students and translators from Tufts University. The grant will help to support the health clinic run by medical students. The project has previously received eight grants from the Foundation, its first in 2006. For information on the project, visit http://medicine.tufts.edu/Global-and-Local-Engagement/Sharewood.

The grant was one of 15 made by the Foundation to agencies across the Commonwealth to assist in providing services for homeless, uninsured, and underinsured individuals and families; programs promoting healthy lifestyles; treatment for individuals with substance abuse; and programs addressing teen dating violence and infectious diseases.

The Foundation is a supporting organization of the Massachusetts Medical Society, the statewide association of physicians, and the MMS Alliance, the organization of physicians' spouses, physicians, medical students, partners, and friends committed to advancing the health and well-being of the family of medicine. The Foundation’s mission is to support the charitable and educational activities of the Society and Alliance and address issues affecting the health, benefit, and welfare of the community. For more information, visit www.mmsfoundation.org

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