Celebrate with Heart 2024
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On Sunday October 6th, more than 1,000 people gathered at the Cochituate Ball Fields in Wayland, MA for our second annual Celebrate with Heart event. Meant as a thank you from the Norton Family and the EJN Foundation for all the incredible support they receive, kids and adults of all ages bounced, sang, played, and competed together. It was a beautiful day, run by an army of volunteers, High School students, sports teams, and local businesses came together to celebrate.
thank you to our Celebration Sponsors
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Myra Kraft Community MVP AWARD
Julie Norton, Co-Chair, awarded this past June
Since 1998, the Kraft family and the New England Patriots Foundation have been recognizing volunteers for going above and beyond to give back to their communities through the Myra Kraft Community MVP Awards program.
On Thursday, June 6, the Kraft Family and New England Patriots Foundation celebrated the 2024 Myra Kraft Community MVP Award Winners. They recognized 26 volunteers for their contributions to the New England community at an awards ceremony at Gillette Stadium. In total, $275,000 in donations were distributed to the nonprofits represented by each volunteer. Twenty-five organizations, including the Eliza J. Norton Foundation, each received $10,000 and one charity received this year's grand prize of $25,000.
Read more about the 2024 award winners here.
Play with Heart
Our second annual Play with Heart 3v3 Hockey Tournament in partnership with the East Coast Wizards Hockey Club was held on April 28th. More than 20 teams across 5 age groups came together and played their hearts out all for a great cause. It was a day full of hard work, teamwork, and smiles celebrating hockey and Eliza. Together, we were able to raise just under $40,000 which will fund scholarships, equipment, and hep get more kids on the ice. Thank you to all of our donors, participants, coaches, volunteers, and fans!
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Community education and empowerment
Eliza J. Norton Foundation Hosts Talk with Holocaust Survivor Kati Preston
The Eliza J. Norton Foundation hosted a talk with Kati Preston - an author, Holocaust survivor, and activist for tolerance and anti- bullying. Kati has shared her story of survival with countless school children throughout New England. Her talk invites her audience to take a journey through history as she recounts the details of her early childhood in Nazi-occupied Hungary. Her lasting message is to never underestimate the power of one. She reminds kids of the power they possess to do the right thing and the importance of acting with compassion to fight against hate and prejudice.