The REAS (Residential Energy Assistance for Seniors) Foundation, is a 501c3 non-profit organization committed to doing everything possible to assist qualifying seniors with their energy costs via grants paid directly to their utility providers, heating and cooling contractors and vendors. Our service area is exclusive to the Towns of Sturbridge and Charlton.Rising energy costs, which in turn drive the costs of many associated items, coupled with fixed incomes, have placed many of our seniors in difficult and dangerous predicaments. Their incomes are now fast outpaced by escalating energy prices. Choices between fuel, food, and prescriptions medications are becoming all too common for many of our seniors.