Boston-area Allstate agency owners recently joined with others from across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic to secure a $253,000 Allstate Foundation Helping Hands grant to benefit 15 domestic violence nonprofits in nine states and the District of Columbia, including RESPOND, Inc. of Somerville.
The National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV), which represents the organizations’ local efforts, accepted the grant and distributed the funding to the local domestic violence nonprofits.
Casa Myrna will receive $5,000 and RESPOND, Inc. will receive $4,000. The organizations will use the grants to support their missions to provide shelter and supportive services to domestic violence survivors and their families.
Allstate volunteers earned the $253,000 grant for their local domestic violence organizations by collecting much-needed items during a supply drive held in November and December, coinciding with the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence. The supply drive was part of a multi-state Allstate Foundation Purple Purse effort that benefitted nonprofits supporting survivors of domestic violence throughout Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington D.C. and West Virginia.
Participating Allstate agency owner volunteers representing RESPOND, Inc. include: Jonatan Dalla Costa, Stephen Gilligan, Erin Gelinas and Kurt Wicks.