The Board of Directors of Northeast Communities Against Substance Abuse (NECASA) established an endowed fund at the Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut to continue its mission of supporting prevention services in northeastern Connecticut.
NECASA closed in June following state funding cuts.
For more than 28 years, NECASA provided a local response to the need for information and training about substance abuse, mental health and suicide prevention for residents in northeastern Connecticut.
Over the years NECASA raised funds throughout the community to support the agency’s efforts and supplement grant funding. The grant funding has now been shifted to a new regional entity, and the Board has voted to transfer the remaining assets, raised in northeastern Connecticut, to a Field of Interest Fund called the NECASA Fund within the Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut.
The Community Foundation will manage the endowment and a grant-making process to distribute funding. Donations to the NECASA Fund are tax deductible and will expand the reach of prevention services in the Northeast.
A NECASA Legacy Celebration will be at 5:30 p.m. Jan. 17 at Grill 37 in Pomfret. During the event the Fund will be formally transferred to the Foundation.
Tickets are $35 per person for a buffet dinner and all proceeds will benefit the NECASA Fund. For tickets or more information on the event or supporting the NECASA Fund, please contact Lydia Basnight at United Services at 860-457-4656 or
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