Mission
The Cleghorn Neighborhood Center has more than four decades of experience working with children and families in the Fitchburg community in a “grassroots” capacity. One major attribute that the CNC has, that most non-profits strive for, is community support. Over the past forty years, the Center has provided bilingual, bicultural programs and outreach to a highly dense, at-risk community. The Cleghorn community in that time has accepted and played an important part in the Center’s mission of developing the social, economic, physical, and recreational infrastructure of Cleghorn. The Cleghorn Neighborhood Center is in a true sense the ideal community center. We are able to identify the needs of parents during the daytime hours, which in turn allows the CNC to access and fulfill the needs of Cleghorn’s after school child population.
Vision
The Cleghorn Neighborhood Center’s vision is building strong neighborhoods in Fitchburg (with an emphasis on the Cleghorn neighborhood) and to strengthen the Latino and Latino immigrant community in Fitchburg. We envision residents taking action in creating systems change.
The Future
Cleghorn Neighborhood Center is being seen as the leader for many Latino families in the city. People come for information, services and programs. Because of our unique relationship with the community we are able to access the most vulnerable people in the community. As part of a three year strategic plan, we hope to create opportunities for disenfranchised young people and adults, primarily Latino and low-income, to organize solutions to the health and education issues that their families and the neighborhood are facing. This will be accomplished through four specific goals: building leadership and advocacy capacity among residents; enhancing community development and community building in collaboration with other Fitchburg institutions, building a strong and diverse Fitchburg by enhancing the capacities of the Latino and immigrant community and helping to establish a respected role for them in the Fitchburg community and community services that build the capacity of all local residents.
Board of Directors
Officers are elected for two terms and must live, work, or own property in Cleghorn. We are currently seeking board members to help build our organization. The CNC is incorperted under the United Neighbors of Cleghorn Inc. (UNC) Started by French Canadians during the anti-poverty movement in 1968 to improve the conditions in Cleghorn.
UNC Officers
The UNC is governed by a 9 member board of directors.
- Mr. Nathan Bilotta - President, Lincoln Financial Sevices
- Mr. Marc LeBlanc - Fitchburg State College, Community Resident
Directors
- Mr. Marc Babineau- Treasurer, Babineau Insurance Agency
- Ms. Aida Maldonado- Community Resident
- Ms. Ana Perez- Resident
- Ms. Joan David, Aide- Office of State Representative Stephen L. DiNatale/ Community Resident
- Ms. Jessica Dewey- Community Resident
- Ms. Marta Albuizu- Community Resident
- Mr. Anthony Semidey- Mount Wachusett Community College- CAPP
- Mr. Najid Figueroa - Community Resident
Community Partners and Supporters
Foundations and Corporations
BABINEAU INSURANCE
BEN AND JERRY’S FOUNDATION
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NORTH CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS
FALLON COMMUNITY HEALTH PLAN
FIDELITY FOUDNATION
GREATER WORCESTER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
HANNFORD’S SUPPERMARKET
HAYMARKET PEOPLE’S FUND
HEALTH FOUDNATION OF NORTH CENTRAL M ASSACHUSETTS
HOCHE SCHOFIELD FOUDNATION
IC CREDIT UNION
JN PHILLIPS AUTO GLASS
MACRAE ENTERPRISES
NAPLOLI GROUP INC.
NIKE
NYPRO INC.
PROJECT BREAD
ROLLSTONE BANK AND TRUST
STERILITE CORPORATION
THERRIEN SONS OIL
VERIZON FOUDNATION
WORKER’S CREDIT UNION
Individuals
ANA PEREZ
ANDRE RAVENALLE
ANONYMOUS
DAN MYLOTT
DAVID STREB AND MARSHA LADD
DEACON JOM COUTURE
DEBORAH AND ROBERT HUBBARD
DOLORES AND DAVID THIBAULT-MUNOZ
CHAROLOTTE AND WILLIAM CHASE
CYNTHIA SOULE
EDWARD AND SUSAN CRONIN
JOAN DAVID
JOSE E. LOPEZ
JULIE PRIMEAU
KATHY AND MARK DUFOUR
KRISTIN SWEENEY
LARRY CASSASA
LISA WONG
MARC BABINEAU
MARC S. DOHAN
MARCUS DINATALE
MARY ELLEN CHARTRAIND
MERLE ADELMAN
MICHEAL CANCILIARY
MRS. JEAN BELLEVEAU
NORMAN BOISVERT
PENELOPE DILLON
PETER BOVENZI
RENE REED
REINALDO LOPEZ
ROGER AND CHARLENE BOISVERT
RONALD ANSIN
SHARON RICE
STEVEN AND SUSAN BABINEAU
TILLIE RYAN
THEA DURLING
THOMAS ARTHUR BABINEAU
THOMAS BAGLEY, III
TOM AND PEGGY WOLFF
Government
BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION
BYRNE GRANT
CITY OF FITCHBURG -CDBG PROGRAM, CHARLES E. SHANNON GRANT
FEMA EMERGENCY FUNDS
FITCHBURG CULTURAL COUNCIL
FITCHBURG POLICE DEPARMTENT
FITCHBURG PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Organizations
AHEC
APPLEWILD SCHOOL
CHNA9
CORNER STONE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
ELM STREET CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
FITCHBURG ART MUSEUM
FITCHBURG COMMUNITY CONNECTION COALTION
FITCHBURG FIREFIGHTERS UNION FUND
FITCHBURG POLICE UNION FUND
GROWING PLACES GARDEN PROJECT
HEALTH ALLIANCE HOPITAL
HEYWOOD HOSPITAL
HOPE INC.
LUK INC.
MIRA COALITION
MONTACHUSETT OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL
MOUNT WACHUSETT COMMUNITY COLLEGE
NORTH CENTRAL ESSENTIAL CHARTER SCHOOL
PARTNERSHIP FOR LATINO SUCCESS
PUBLIC POLICY INSTITUTE
SPANISH AMERICAN CENTER INC.
THE MASSACHUSETTS ELK ASSOCIATION INC.
THE MINORITY COALITION OF NORTH CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS
TWIN CITIES CDC
UMASS COMMUNITES OF CARE- FITCHUBRG YOUTH AND FAMILY CENTER
UNITED WAY OF NORTH CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS
WORCESTER COUNTY SHERRIF’S COMMUNITY FUND |
