Building a Legacy: Achieving Sustainability Through Volunteer Engagement
October 19th, 2010
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Things that Matter
“Celebrating our Japanese Connections!”
October 19th, 2010
INTERNATIONAL FAMILY FESTIVAL “Celebrating our Japanese Connections”
A FREE event designed for children ages 0-13
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2010
1:00 to 4:00 pm at Springstep in Medford Square
8th Annual Comedy FUNraiser for MFN!
October 19th, 2010
The Friends of the Medford Family Network (FMFN) will be hosting our 8th
annual comedy FUNraiser on Thursday, November 11 at 7:00 pm Giggles
Comedy Club. This is an adults only event.
The cost for the event is 20 dollars. This includes all you can eat
pizza, a 75 minute comedy show and many many great raffle items and
baskets from local business in Medford and the surrounding towns.
A limited number of tables are also available for sponsors, including
prominent advertising at the event and year-long advertising on
medfordfamilies.org
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Substance Abuse Prevention: A Community Effort
October 8th, 2010
Members of Teens Against Drunk Driving who participated in a recent “shoulder taps” event in Medford. Back, left to right- Alton Palmer, Jermaine Henderson, and Michael Henderson. Front, left to right- Sherine Thelemaque, Jenn Mui, and Tia Elliot. Courtesy photo.
On Thursday, August 11 a group of local teens stood outside Medford Square liquor store Grapevine Travelers and asked forty-nine people to purchase alcohol for them.
According to Penelope Bruce, Underage Drinking Coordinator for Medford Health Matters and the Medford Board of Health, each of the forty-nine people turned the teens down.
MHM and Northeast Center Successful Applicants for Drug Free Communities Continuation Application
September 1st, 2010
We did it again! Medford Health Matters in partnership with the Northeast Center for Healthy Communities/Greater Lawrence Family Health Center was successful in its application for continuation grant money for 2010-2011. We look forward to working with you to continue our efforts in making Medford a healthy and safe place for our youth and families.
DFC grants are provided by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration of the federal government.
For more information about how you can become involved, please contact Tiana Wilkinson, DFC Coordinator at twilkinson@glfhc.org.
Book Reading at MPL
July 10th, 2010Wednesday, August 14 at 7:30 p.m.
Join Kate Genovese,author of Two Weeks Since My Last Confession, for a reading and book signing at the Medford Public Library.
The best upbringing in the world doesn’t foolproof one from a terrible life. Two Weeks Since my Last Confession follows Molly O’Brien, daughter of a senator and raised in what seems to be the perfect life. But at thirty, she has a crippling heroin addiction and her life is on the rocks. What went wrong? Two Weeks Since my Last Confession is a moving novel of dealing with one’s past.
Kate Genovese is a member of the National Writer’s Union and also the author of two previous books – Thirty years in September : A Nurses Memoir and Loving Joe Gallucci; : Love and Life with Hepatitis C. Kate is a registered nurse in the community health field and lives in the Boston, Massachusetts area with her family.
Wednesday, August 14 at 7:30 p.m.
Join Kate Genovese,author of Two Weeks Since My Last Confession, for a reading and book signing at the Medford Public Library.
Spreading Education to End Discrimination Forum
July 10th, 2010
Spreading Education to End Discrimination
Please join us for a forum presented by
Mass. Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD)
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
6:00PM – 7:30PM
Medford City Hall
Howard Alden Council Chambers
Discrimination in;
Employment, Housing, & Public Places
Please RSVP to 781-393-2501 or dmcleod@medford.org by July 22, 2010 for attendance, accommodations, and linguistic translators
Sponsored by the Office of Human Diversity & Compliance, the Commission for Persons with Disabilities, & the Medford Human Rights Commission
Please join us for a forum presented by Mass. Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD)
- www.medford.org
Wednesday, July 28, 2010 at 6:00PM – 7:30PM
Medford City Hall, Howard Alden Council Chambers
Discrimination in; Employment, Housing, & Public Places
Please RSVP to 781-393-2501 or dmcleod@medford.org by July 22, 2010 for attendance, accommodations, and linguistic translators
Sponsored by the Office of Human Diversity & Compliance, the Commission for Persons with Disabilities, & the Medford Human Rights Commission
Farmers’ Market Thursday 3p-7p
June 17th, 2010Farmers’ Market, in 4th Season, Opens in New Location
Golden Rule Honey
The Medford Farmers’ Market opened its fourth season in a new location- the parking lot of Whole Foods on Route 16. The market will run June through October from 3pm-7pm on Thursdays. For events and vendor updates please visit www.medfordsquaremarket.org.
Picture courtesy of InsideMedford.com
School Lunch Program Uses Local Ingredients
June 17th, 2010
Wheat berries, used in the salad above, will be introduced into the school menu next year.
Medford School Food Services, students from Tufts University’s Tisch Scholar program, consultants from the Massachusetts Farm to School Program, Medford parents and children, community members, and others gathered together on Friday, June 11 to enjoy a dinner composed of local ingredients to launch Medford’s Farm-to-School Initiative.
‘Medford cards 100%’ signs going up
June 16th, 2010
MA Drivers License
By Alix Roy, Town Correspondent
A local ordinance requiring all purchasers of alcohol to be carded – regardless of age – took many residents by surprise, but advocates for preventing underage drinking say the rule has been received positively by many retailers and restauranteurs.
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