Massapequa-Based Community Counseling Center Receives $15,000 Grant

MASSAPEQUA, NY - The YES Community Counseling Center based in Massapequa recently announced that they received a $15,000 grant through Newsday Charities, a McCormick Foundation Fund.

The money will go towards the YES Wish Program (Women in Shared Healing) which provides support and services to those affected by child abuse and domestic violence.

YES, which was founded in 1977, is a non-profit, community based organization which works to help with parenting, bullying, suicide and depression, drug and alcohol use and addiction, financial and employment issues, divorce, death and other emotional struggles.

In 2000, Newsday expanded its long-term support of helping those in need on Long Island and partnered with the Robert R. McCormick Foundation to establish Newsday Charities, a McCormick Foundation Fund.

All donations are matched at 50 cents on the dollar by the McCormick Foundation.

Newsday and the Foundation pay all expenses, ensuring that 100 percent of the money raised, plus the match, goes directly to support programs for Long Islanders in need.