The Arc of East Middlesex offers many fun and exciting volunteer/community service opportunities for students! We provide support and fun activities for youth and adults with developmental disabilities.
We always have a great need for volunteers at our Adaptive Aquatics program. Classes are held at the Malden YMCA on Mondays and Thursdays, and at the Burbank YMCA in Reading on Tuesdays and Fridays.
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Update for the The Gene Mack Clubhouse, December 2009
Winter Festival - School Closing, Dec 8th – Looking ahead at 2010
Our first winter carnival will be coming to the Gene Mack Clubhouse Friday December 18, 2009 from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. This event will showcase all of our members and what they have learned throughout the fall programming session. We ask that you join us to be entertained and informed with performances and showcases created by our members. We will have refreshments on hand to satiate everyone’s sweet tooth. If you’re interested in helping at the event please contact Bruce for more information. Please note that your child will not be able to attend the event without you.
Strategic Planning Facilitator – Request for Proposals
Background & Project Description
The Northeast Center for Healthy Communities, wishes to solicit quotations for a strategic planning facilitator on behalf of Medford Health Matters (MHM), a non-profit organization whose mission is to foster an environment of wellness and healthy lifestyles for all those who live, learn, work and play in the City of Medford.
MHM, a 15-year old grass-roots organization comprised of all volunteers, is at an important juncture in its life as an organization. MHM is in search of a strategic planning facilitator who will guide the board and membership through the final stages of a planning process. It is expected that the planning process will lead to shared agreement on MHM’s goals, objectives, structures, and policies and procedures to help the organization achieve its mission for health and wellness in Medford. In addition, the strategic planning facilitator will be expected to cull secondary health data as part of a comprehensive community needs and resources assessment to further MHM’s work.
Over 1,900 Medford students in middle and high school completed the Communities That Care Youth Survey (CTCYS) in spring of 2009. The CTCYS provides important information for the City of Medford, Medford Health Matters, and the Northeast Center for Healthy Communities to prevent substance abuse among youth in the community. The CTCYS was paid for by the Drug Free Communities Support Program awarded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. To view a synopsis of the substance abuse data go to the Executive Summary of Substance Abuse Results (2009). To view the reports go to Middle School or High School reports.
Just a reminder, this months members meeting has been canceled and will resume on January 7, 2010 at 9am in room 201 at Medford City Hall.
If you have any questions, comments or items to add to the agenda, please email MHM President, Diane Trask McCue.
See you in 2010!
Medford is an active and healthy community! Attend one of the many events
Get tips on talking to your teen about underage drinking.
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