Community Resource Guide
Family Assistance
Food Assistance
Gay and Lesbian Services
Houses of Worship
Housing, Fuel and Emergency Assistance
Health Services
Media Resources
Senior Services
Town of Maynard
Veterans Services
Youth Services
For a printable version of our Community Resource Guide, click here.
Organizations that the Maynard Community Chest supports are highlighted in red.
Family Assistance
Domestic Violence Victim Assistance Program – 978.318.3421
web: www.dvvap.org
First Connections – 978.287.0221
web: www.jri.org/cfys/first_connections.htm
Maynard Family Association
web: www.maynardfam.org
Metrowest Center for Independent Living – 508.875.7853
web: www.mwcil.org
MetroWest Legal Services – 508.620.1830
web: www.mwlegal.org
Minute Man Arc for Human Services – 978.287.7900
web: www.minutemanarc.org
Network For Womens Lives – 978.287.4089
web: www.networkforwomenslives.org
Parents Helping Parents (Parental Stress Line) – 1.800.632.8188
Food Assistance
Maynard Food Pantry – 978.897.8340
web: web.maynard.ma.us/civic/pantry
Meals on Wheels – 1.800.882.2003
web: www.mowaa.org
Open Table – 978.823.0082 (Maynard) 978.369.2275 (Concord)
web: www.opentableinc.org
Stow Food Pantry – 978.897.4230
web: www.stowcommunitychest.org/pages/stowfood.html
WIC – 1.800.942.1007
web: www.fns.usda.gov/wic
Gay and Lesbian Services
Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders – 1.800.455.4523
web: www.glad.org
Peer Listening Line at Fenway Community Health Center – 1.800.399.7337
web: www.fenwayhealth.org
Lesbian/Gay Family Parenting Services – 617.267.0900
Lesbians Choosing Children Network – 508.458.7040
Houses of Worship
Brasilian Assembly of God Church – 508.872.5528
First Bible Baptist Church – 978.897.9260
Holy Annunciation Orthodox Church – 978.897.7695
Mission Evangelical Congregational Church – 978.897.4682
New Hope Fellowship Church of the Nazarene – 978.461.0922
St. Bridget Roman Catholic Church – 978.897.2171
St. Mary’s Indian Orthodox Church – 781.899.6544
St. Stephen’s Knanaya Church – 978.897.9285
Union Congregational Church – 978.897.2522
United Methodist Church of Maynard – 978.897.2211
Housing, Fuel and Emergency Assistance
A Friend in Need – (social worker or clergy must call on behalf)
Citizens Energy Corporation – 617.338.6300
web: www.citizensenergy.com
Cold Relief Heatline – 1.800.632.8175
Community Teamwork, Inc. – 978.459.0551
web: www.comteam.org
Household Goods Recycling of MA – 978.635.1739
web: www.hgrm.org
Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) – 978.459.6161
web: www.comteam.org
Mass Heat Line – 978.369.2275
Mass Housing – 617.854.1000
web: www.masshousing.com
Maynard Housing Authority – 978.897.8738
Salvation Army (Maynard Unit) – 978.897.1009 (9am-2pm), 978.897.9044 (2-4pm)
South Middlesex Opportunity Council – 1.800.286.6776
web: www.smoc.org
US Dept of Energy Weatherization Assistance Program – 1.800.632.8175
web: www.eere.energy.gov/weatherization
Health Services
Addictions
Addiction Hotline (Emerson Hospital) – 978.287.3520
Alcoholics Anonymous – 617.426.9444
MA Council On Compulsive Gambling – 1.800.522.4700
Center for Addictive Behavior – 1.800.344.5512
Disabilities
Minute Man Arc for Human Services – 978.371.1543
MA Commission for the Blind – 1.800.392.6450
Vision Community Service – 617.926.4232
MA State Authority for the Deaf – 781.388.9114
MA Office on Disability – 1.800.322.2020
Health Insurance
Medicare – 1.800.633.4227 – www.medicare.gov
Commonwealth Care Health Insurance – 1.877.623.6765 – www.massresources.org
SHINE (Seniors) – 1.800.243.4636 – www.medicareoutreach.org
MA Medicare/Medicaid Outreach and Education (MORE) – 978.683.7747 – www.medicareoutreach.org
MassHealth – 1.888.665.9993
HIV/AIDS
AIDS Action Committee Hotline – 1.800.235.2331
HIV/AIDS Dental Referral Service – 617.534.4717
Perinatal HIV Provider Information Line – 1.800.742.2211
Housing for People Living with HIV/AIDS – 617.927.0088
Home Health Care
Wayside Hospice – 508.358.3000
Emerson Home Care – 978.287.8300
Minute Man Senior Services – 978.263.8720
Hospitals and Clinics
Emerson Hospital – 978.369.1400
Acton Medical Associates – 978.263.0680
Concord Hillside Medical Associates – 978.287.9300
Outpatient Mental Health Services
The Eliot Center – 978.369.1113 – www.eliotchs.org
Women’s Health
Emerson Hospital Women’s Health Services – 978.287.3452
MGH Center for Women’s Mental Health – 617.724.7792
Planned Parenthood – 1.800.258.4448
Pregnancy Hotline – 1.800.322.5014
Media Resources
The Beacon-Villager & MetroWest Daily News – www.wickedlocal.com/maynard
WAVM Radio 91.7FM and Cable TV-8 – wavm.org
Community Calendar – web.maynard.ma.us/news/
Senior Services
Cooperative Elder Services – 781.863.1166
web: www.elderdayservices.com
Elder Abuse Hotline – 1.800.922.2275
Maynard COA Van Line – 978.897.1032
Maynard Council on Aging – 978.897.1009
web: www.townofmaynardma.gov/Pages/MaynardMA_COA/index
Maynard Senior Citizens Club – 978.897.9966
Minuteman Senior Services – 1.888.222.6171
web: www.minutemansenior.org
Senior Outreach – 978.897.1880
Town of Maynard
Fire – 978.897.1014
Police – 978.897.1011
Library – 978.897.1010
Maynard Web – web.maynard.ma.us
Town Clerk – 978.897.1000
Town Information and Services – www.townofmaynard-ma.gov
Office of the Treasurer- Collector – 978.897.1005
Department of Public Works – 978.897.1017
Board of Health – 978.897.1002
Assessor’s Office – 978.897.1004
Schools
Green Meadow Elementary School – 978.897.8246
Fowler Middle School – 978.897.6700
Maynard High School – 978.897.8891
Hudson-Maynard Adult Learning Center (English classes) – 978.897.4203
The Imago School – 978.897.0549
Veterans Services
Bedford VA Medical Center – 781.275.7500
VA Boston Healthcare System – 617.248.1000
web: www.boston.va.gov
Veterans Services (Maynard) – 978.897.0561
web: www.townofmaynard-ma.gov
Youth Services
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Mass/ Metrowest – 508.752.7860
web: www.bbbscm.org
Boys and Girls Club of Assabet Valley – 978.461.2871
web: www.bgcav.org
Department of Social Services – 508.424.0100
EXCEL: Maynard School Age Child Care – 978.897.8021
web: www.maynardschools.org/excel
Maynard Boy Scouts – web.maynard.ma.us/troop130
Maynard Girl Scouts – 978.897.4275
web: web.maynard.ma.us/civic/girlscouts
Parental Stress Line – 1.800.632.8188
The Community School – 978.897.9708