The Parmenter Foundation

The Parmenter Foundation’s mission is to create, support, implement and promote programs and activities that enhance the health and well-being of the Metrowest communities; primarily focusing on advancing state-of-the-art care, planning and education related to managing serious illness, end of life, and bereavement for all ages. The Parmenter Foundation seeks to help Metrowest families better cope.

The Parmenter Foundation supports hospice care at the Miriam Boyd Parlin Hospice Residence in Wayland, Mass.; HEARTplay℠ and Camp Erin® Boston, CareGroup Parmenter Home Care and Hospice’s award-winning children’s bereavement support program and camp; MetroWest Free Medical Program in Sudbury; the Parmenter Food Pantry; Behavioral Health Partners of MetroWest; and Family Promise Metrowest. Learn more about The Parmenter Foundation Grantees.

NEWS

Parmenter Food Pantry Hosts Holiday Party- In December, 80 Wayland families in need received the food they have come to rely on each month from the Parmenter Food Pantry plus a whole lot more! Read More

Children’s Care Packs ready on Children’s Grief Awareness Day- For her recent decade birthday, Gail-Ann Simon’s children, Jennifer, A.J, and Elizabeth created a fund in their mother’s honor to provide children who are visiting loved ones at the Miriam Boyd Parlin Hospice Residence, with ...

In Recognition of Mental Health Awareness Week The Parmenter Foundation Makes Grant to Advocates- November 1, 2018 – The Parmenter Foundation proudly announces that during Mental Health Awareness Week, it granted $25,000 to Advocates in Framingham, MA to support the Behavioral Health Partners MetroWest Referral Line. The Referral Line ...