Our Partner:

Wellspring House

Wellspring House provides emergency shelter, affordable housing, education, job training and family support for some of Cape Ann’s most vulnerable families, guided by a vision of a just society and rooted in a spirit of hospitality.

Wellspring provides shelter for homeless families, owns and manages its own stock of affordable housing, offers education programs to both families and individuals, and provides leadership in the development of local affordable housing. The geographic area that Wellspring serves includes the Cape Ann communities of Gloucester, Essex, Ipswich, Manchester and Rockport, and extends outward into the North Shore of Massachusetts.

Over their 20-year history, Wellspring has provided shelter for over 1,000 homeless parents and children and helped them to find permanent housing. Wellspring’s Foundations Program, through the North Shore Community College, offers college credits for designated courses to participants. Over 100 women have graduated from the Wellspring Foundations Program.

In the spring of 2001, Wellspring and Project Hope in Dorchester were chosen by the Paul and Phyllis Fireman Foundation to administer a $350,000 yearly fund to give direct aid to impoverished women, helping them to access better jobs and higher education.

Wellspring’s economic development program has provided support and mentoring to over 100 local businesses, which have created jobs and generated revenues of over $2 million to help the local economy.

In 2001, the Wellspring Cape Ann Families successful mentoring program, “Parent Aid,” marked its 10th anniversary, matching community volunteers with parents in need of support.

Every year, Wellspring chooses to pay real estate taxes, despite their non-profit status, to demonstrate their partnership with the Cape Ann community.

Contact Wellspring House

Kristen Smith
302 Essex Avenue
Gloucester, MA 01930
http://wellspringhouse.org

Wellspring House does not currently have a family posted to our site.

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