Welcome to the first blog post from the Foundation!
This blog is part of a wider Foundation initiative to use social media to share insights and ideas from the Foundation. We intend to use this blog to engage our readers on issues that touch the work of the Foundation – health and wellness, philanthropy, the area’s non-profit sector and, of course, health reform.
A lot of what we fund and our program activities do make their way into formal reports and newsletters, but often there is the “back story” that also needs to be shared - why did we think this was good project to fund? What did we learn from a grant that we hadn’t expected? Or, what could have been done to make a grant or a program more successful?
We hope the blog will also help to create dialogue about important issues facing our area (hint: we need you to comment on what you read and post your thoughts). We will be featuring guest bloggers and will be inviting local leaders to use our space to share their thoughts and ideas on important issues as we go forward.
In the coming weeks we will be posting blogs on such topics as the construction of the new community health center in downtown Framingham, local efforts to address teen pregnancy, our health career scholarship program and the work of our health leaders. I hope you will check back regularly and follow us as we dive into the blogosphere!