Mount Auburn Hospital Awards $84,000 in Community Grants

Cambridge, Mass. – As part of its long-standing commitment to the health of the residents of Cambridge and the surrounding community, Mount Auburn Hospital has awarded $84,000 in grants to five non-profit organizations.

The grants are part of Mount Auburn’s Community Benefits Program and are intended to support programs that address community health priorities and meaningfully impact populations and community members within the Mount Auburn service area.

“We are committed to the health and well-bring of residents of Cambridge and surrounding towns,” said Ed Huang, MD, president, Mount Auburn Hospital. “We are proud to support our community partners in their efforts and to put our resources behind their work to have a greater impact on the communities we serve.”

Mount Auburn has awarded $20,000 grants to the following three organizations:

• Adolescent Consultation Services (ACS): Cambridge and Waltham – Mental Health Services for Teens
• De Novo Center for Healing and Justice: Cambridge and Somerville - Culturally-Informed Psychological Counseling for Low-Resourced People
• Lamplight Women’s Literacy Center: Arlington – Healthcare Careers Pathway

Mount Auburn Hospital has awarded $12,000 grants to the following two organizations:

• Waltham Fields Community Farm: Waltham - Produce Prescription Program
• Community Day Center of Waltham: Waltham - Addressing Substance Use in the Homeless Community

About Mount Auburn Hospital

Mount Auburn Hospital was founded in 1886. A teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School, its mission is to provide clinically excellent care with compassion and to teach students of medicine and the health professions. For more information about Mount Auburn Hospital, please visit https://www.mountauburnhospital.org/.

Mount Auburn Hospital is part of Beth Israel Lahey Health, a health care system that brings together academic medical centers and teaching hospitals, community and specialty hospitals, more than 4,700 physicians and 39,000 employees in a shared mission to expand access to great care and advance the science and practice of medicine through groundbreaking research and education. For more information about Beth Israel Lahey Health, please visit www.bilh.org.

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