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By Deborah Gardner Walker - Wed Jul 23, 2008

North Shore United Way  www.nsuw.org. 
The North Shore United Way is an independent charity comprised of community volunteers, responsible to eight communities served – Beverly, Essex, Gloucester, Rockport, Manchester, Hamilton and Wenham. 

Beverly Chamber of Commerce  www.beverlychamber.com. 
It is the mission of the Beverly Chamber of Commerce to support and enhance the business community, by providing an environment that cultivates business-to-business relationships and educational programs benefiting chamber members and to play a leading, visible role in our community with a strong voice on business issues.

American Red Cross of Northeast Massachusetts www.northeastmassredcross.org. 
Communities Served: Amesbury, Beverly, Byfield, Essex, Gloucester, Hamilton, Ipswich, Manchester by-the-Sea, Newbury, Newburyport, Rockport, Rowley, Salisbury, Wenham, and West Newbury. Mission:  The American Red Cross, a humanitarian organization led by volunteers and guided by its Congressional Charter and the Fundamental Principles of the International Red Cross Movement, will provide relief to victims of disasters and help people prevent, prepare for, and respond to emergencies.

Essex County Community Foundation  www.eccf.org . 
The Mission of the Essex County Community Foundation is: "to help you help your community".
ECCF supports local philanthropic efforts by: Building an endowment of charitable funds for the benefit of Essex County.   Providing a cost-effective, tax-efficient way for donors to invest in Essex County. Assisting donors reach their philanthropic goals. Making available a variety of charitable planned giving vehicles to donors. Administering the efficient disbursement of a donor’s charitable funds, without the costs and management requirements of a private foundation. Promoting and enabling collaboration between nonprofits.

Beverly Bootstraps Community Services, Inc.  www.beverlybootstraps.org. 
It is the mission of Beverly Bootstraps  to end hunger and its root causes in the Beverly community by offering a myriad of emergency and empowerment services to those in need within our community.

Massachusetts Council of Human Service Providers.  www.providers.org . The Massachusetts Council of Human Service Providers, Inc. (also known as The Providers' Council) is the state's largest human service trade association comprised of nonprofit community-based health, education, and social service organizations, as well as institutional and business associates. The mission of the providers council is to promote a healthy, productive and diverse human service industry.

Massachusetts Association for Early Education and Care.  www.madca.org. 
MADCA is a statewide advocacy group of programs providing early education and school age services. The association concentrates on positively impacting funding from the Executive and Legislative branch. MADCA has a demonstrated record of success addressing issues with the Department of Early Education and Care.

Child Care Circuit.  www.childcarecircuit.org. 
A Massachusetts based private non-profit organization providing child care referrals, training and parent & provider services locally and nationwide.