August 19, 2009
Regional Center for Healthy Communities (Metrowest)
E-news 8/19/09
In this issue:
Community News
Conferences/Trainings
Funding Opportunities
Job Opportunities
Resources
Community News
SAFE-MA (Supporting an Alcohol Ad Free Environment – formerly the MBTAA) is looking for youth from across the state to join the effort to pass a bill banning alcohol ads on state property. For information on how to get involved, contact Liz Parsons at sbyouthassets@gmail.com.
The Cambridge Prevention Coalition will be holding a focus group for parents of middle school children in Cambridge to provide feedback on their upcoming youth access to alcohol campaign on August 25 from 6:00-7:30 PM. For more information, please contact mwestfall@challiance.org or call 617.665.3832.
A workshop facilitated by John Gatto and Sheri Burnham on closing the generation gap in the GLBT community will be held on August 30 from 2-6 PM at Cambridge College, 1000 Massachusetts Ave in room 206-207. RSVP to jpg02155@yahoo.com or call 617-435-3276.
The See A New Sun Foundation will hold their walk for suicide prevention on September 12 starting at 8:30 AM at Fay Park in Littleton. For more information and register, visit www.4sans.org.
Communities for Restorative Justice (C4RJ) will hold a benefit featuring comedian Jimmy Tingle on Sunday, September 13, 2009, at 5:00 PM at the Concord-Carlisle High School Auditorium, 500 Walden Street, Concord, MA. Tickets are $30 in advance or $35 at the door. For more information and to buy tickets, contact C4RJ at www.C4RJ.com or 978-318-3467.
Conferences/Trainings
Cambridge Cares About AIDS and the Cambridge YWCA will be holding HIV Today programs beginning September 9 and continuing on the first Wednesday of every month until December from 1-3 PM at the YWCA, 7 Temple St in Cambridge. For more information on topics and registering, see the attached flier called <HIV Today Flier>.
The MA Department of Public Health and the Central MA Center for Healthy Communities will hold a free training on using the state MassCHIP database to find useful local health data on September 10 from 9:45-11:30 in the 2nd Floor Conference Room at Montachusett Home Care Corp., 680 Mechanic St., Leominster. Space is limited so please contact the Central MA Center to reserve your spot by calling 508-438-0515.
OPEN (Overdose Prevention and Education Network) in Cambridge will host a policy night including topics such as “Good Samaritan” legislation, diversion, and CORI reform on September 16 from 5:30-7:30. For more details, contact Mary Amato at mamato@cambridgema.gov.
DEAF, Inc. is offering an American Sign Language training for first responders on Wednesdays from 6:00-8:00 PM starting September 23 and ending November 18 (excluding Veteran’s Day Nov. 11) at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. For more information and to register, contact Jill Hatcher at jhatcher@deafinconline.org or 617-254-4041 ext. 104.
The Center for Democracy and Humanity is hosting the Community Vitality Summit on September 29 at the Four Points by Sheraton in Leominster. The cost to attend is $40. For more information and to register, visit http://www.mwccconnects.us/vitality.
Funding Opportunities
The MetroWest Community Health Care Foundation is accepting applications for its fall cycle of grants in the areas of addressing basic health needs, capacity building, and continuation of successful current grants. For more information, visit http://www.mchcf.org/grants/guidelines.html.
Target is offering up to $800 grants for schools to take students on field trips. For more information and to apply, visit http://sites.target.com/site/en/company/page.jsp?contentId=WCMP04-031880.
The Mary Byron Project is seeking nominations for its Celebrating Solutions Awards for innovative and promising domestic violence work. Honorees will receive $10,000. For more information, visit http://marybyronproject.org/CelebratingSolutions.html.
Job Opportunities
The Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (MSPCC) is seeking a public relations specialist. For a complete description, visit http://www.mspcc.org/site/News2?abbr=HRCORP&page=NewsArticle&id=7049&security=1323&news_iv_ctrl=-1.
The Concord Children’s Center is seeking a part-time consultant to coordinate its First Connections Program, located at Emerson Hospital. For more information, see the attached description called <CCC First Connections>.
Resources
Six leading health foundations including the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Kellogg Foundation, and Kaiser Permanente say prevention is vital to health systems reform and must be scaled up (Shape Up Somerville is cited as an example). For the complete letter, visit http://healthyamericans.org/assets/files/Convergence.pdf.