UNITY — Unity Barn Raisers’ Executive Director Tess Fairbanks Woods, recently announced the group was awarded an $11,000 grant from the John T. Gorman Foundation of Portland to support the organization’s efforts to build strong, collaborative, multi-organizational relationships in the quest for local food security and equity.

Woods also announced she will soon be departing from the organization, as she and her family will be relocating to New Hampshire.

Woods, an 11-year employee, will leave the community to join the White Mountain School community in Bethlehem, N.H.