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The Women’s Fund presents grant to Rochester Area Neighborhood House

The grant will help to provide short-term shelter for families in homeless situations as they seek housing for children

The Women’s Fund recently presented Rochester Area Neighborhood House with a $1500 grant for their Program for Intermediate Shelter for Homeless Women & Children.

Rochester Area Neighborhood House is a non-profit human services organization that assists our neighbors during times of hardship, partnering with the community and other social service providers to help neighbors toward self-sufficiency.

The Women’s Fund grant will help to provide short-term shelter for families in homeless situations as they seek housing for children. The grant check was presented to Kathy Losinski, RANH Executive Director by Maria Trahan, Women's Fund Board Member

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Over the past 16 years, the Women's Fund has donated more than $300,000 to organizations helping women. The fund is a permanently endowed fund owned and administered by the Community Foundation of Greater Rochester. Through grant-making, the Fund provides ongoing and future support for programs that aid women while preserving and managing its donations in perpetuity by spending only the fund's income and annual earnings.

For more information on the Women’s Fund, please visit their website atwww.womensfundrochester.org or for questions please call (248) 812-0763 or emailwomensfundrochester@gmail.com. You can also follow them on Facebook at “The Women’s Fund.”

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