LUK Inc. to host series of support activities
FITCHBURG » LUK Inc. has announced that it has been awarded $55,000 in grant funding from the Community Foundation of North Central Massachusetts in partnership with the state Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development, according to a press release from the organization.
Over the next five months, LUK will offer a variety of supports for vulnerable children and adults in the North Central Region who are struggling due to COVID-19, according to the press release.
Special focus will be on community members who are not already connected to support services.
“During this critical time of struggle for many children, adolescents, and families across Central Massachusetts, LUK feels honored to receive funding from CFNCM,” said Jacquelyn Reinert, LUK’s assistant director of Trau
ma Services.
“Although our agency is hard at work to provide responsive services to families, the additional funding provides us with the unique opportunity to reach out to communities that may not otherwise interact with a mental health agency like LUK,” Reinert said.
The engaging activities will be staffed by LUK clinical and support staff who will also have the ability to connect youth and their families to other services as needed.
The activities over the next several months will include virtual and socially-distant. in-person programming within the service area of the Community Foundation of North Central Massachusetts, according to the release.
Some of the planned activities include adventurebased activity groups, coping and self-care skills, social-support movie nights, and stress/trauma management groups for parents and caregivers.
LUK is looking forward to engaging local families in a way that meets their needs.
“For the past year most of our youth have been trying to navigate the new, impossible normal. Youth are social by nature, and the isolation, disruption of sports and other extracurricular activities, the stress of remote learning and loss of routine has taken its toll,” added LUK Director of Community and Family Support Services Melissa Murphy.
“We are pleased to offer this opportunity to the youth and families of
North Central Massachusetts,” she said.
For more information about the upcoming activities, please email LUK@LUK.org or call 800-579- 0000.
LUK Inc. is a nonprofit multiservice agency dedicated to improving the safety, health, and emotional well-being of youth, families and adults.
As a community based organization, LUK offers an array of child and family services through five regional offices in Central Massachusetts: in Fitchburg, Boylston, Webster, and Worcester.
LUK’s mission is to challenge and inspire youth, adults, and families to realize their unique potential through community-based prevention, intervention, education, and support services.