American Cancer Society Research Study Looks to Massachusetts for Participants
The American Cancer Society is looking to Massachusetts residents to play a direct role in improving the lives of future generations by participating in an historic study. The Society will be enrolling volunteers for its Cancer Prevention Study-3 (CPS-3) at three Relay For Life? locations across the state. Participants must be between the ages of 30 and 65, must never have been diagnosed with cancer, and must be willing to make a long-term commitment to the study. They will be asked to complete a brief written survey, provide a waist measurement, and give a small blood sample at the enrollment site. After that, follow-up surveys will be sent to participants’ homes on a regular basis over the next few decades to update health behavior information. Researchers will use the data from CPS-3 to build on evidence from a series of American Cancer Society studies that began in the 1950s and involved hundreds of thousands of volunteer participants. For more information or to learn how to become involved with CPS-3, visit cancer.org/cps3, email cps3@cancer org, or call toll-free 1-888-604-5888.
Hometown Nazareth - Where Jesus was a Kid
Aldersgate United Methodist Church and West Chelmsford United Methodist Church are teaming up to bring an exciting Vacation Bible School experience this summer. "Hometown Nazareth - Where Jesus was a Kid" will be held August 22-26, from 9 a.m. until noon, at 242 Boston Road, Chelmsford.
During "Hometown Nazareth" children will travel back into Bible times and become part of history as they see, hear, touch, and even taste what it was like to live in Jesus' hometown. They will explore authentic marketplace shops, visit Jesus' mom, Mary, take part in games, dance to lively Bible songs, and sample tasty tidbits as they discover more about Jesus' childhood. These experiences help God's Word come alive with new meaning for all who participate.
This fun-filled VBS is for everyone from age 4 through 6th grade. The cost for participating is $20 per child, with a maximum of $60 per family. For more information, see www.chelmsfordumc.org or contact Cheryl at 978-256-9400, aumc-education@comcast.net. Registration is ongoing through July 31.
Nashoba Valley Chamber of Commerce
May 17th NVCoC & NFIB Unemployment Fraud Seminar
Help Keep Unemploment Costs Down by Attending NVCoC & NFIB's Unemployment Fraud Seminar. Registration is Free! The cost of Massachusetts unemployment insurance is one of the highest in the nation and individuals making fradualent claims are not helping to lower costs. As an employer, learn how to detect unemployment fraud by utilizing the Attorney General's new Public Integrity Division. Complimentary Continental Breakfast will be provided. For more details please click here - http://www.nvcoc.com/referralnetwork.shtml
May 20th NVCoC & NFIB Unemployment Fraud Seminar
Help Keep Unemploment Costs Down by Attending NVCoC & NFIB's Unemployment Fraud Seminar. Registration is Free! The cost of Massachusetts unemployment insurance is one of the highest in the nation and individuals making fradualent claims are not helping to lower costs. As an employer, learn how to detect unemployment fraud by utilizing the Attorney General's new Public Integrity Division. Complimentary Continental Breakfast will be provided. For more details please click here - http://www.nvcoc.com/referralnetwork.shtml
May 24th NVCoC Chamber Referral Networking Group
Chamber Referral Network is an optional program for those who are willing to commit their time and energy to a structured networking/referral group.
For more details please click here - http://www.nvcoc.com/referralnetwork.shtml.
May 25th NVCoC’s Business After Hours at Sunset Tiki Bar/Nashoba Valley Ski
Join Nashoba Valley area professionals in a comfy, casual, relaxed setting for a great networking event at the Sunset Tiki Bar Nashoba Valley Ski in Westford MA. Before the season officially starts, the Fletcher family is opening the Sunset Tiki Bar for Nashoba Valley Chamber members only with a fantastic buffet. If you’ve never been - this is your great opportunity! It’s the perfect spot to catch the sunset over the water and relax or play a beach game. People do business with people they know.. come make some new connections and strengthen established ones. Don’t forget to bring your business cards to share! For more details and to register please click here – http://www.nvcoc.com.
Divorce Support Group
Are you thinking of separating or going through the divorce process? We are an informal, confidential peer-support group with no religious affiliation. Men and women are welcome. We meet every Thursday evening at 7pm downstairs at the South Acton Congregational Church, 35 School St (off Route 27 near the bridge and traffic light). For more information, call Brian at 978-369-7346 or Jocelyn at 978-244-1257.
U2charist Service
Church of the Good Shepherd-Acton invites you to attend a unique worship service on Sunday, May 15th at 5:00pm. The U2charist is essentially an Episcopal Eucharist that features the music of the band U2. Embedded in the event is a message about God's call to get behind the Millennium Development Goals (MDG - www.un.org/millenniumgoals/ ) to end extreme poverty. Bono, lead singer of U2, is committed to this goal, and with his group has given permission to churches to use the band's music to raise awareness of the MDG. We invite you to join with us for this multi-media event that is guaranteed to be a new worship experience, as well as a new way of getting behind the movement for global reconciliation. The freewill offering during the service will go to the victims of the recent earthquake in Japan. Good Shepherd is located at 164 Newtown Road in Acton. For additional information, please call the Church Administrator at 978-263-5782 or visit the website: www.goodshepherdacton.org/
May Taize service
The Church of the Good Shepherd (Episcopal) will hold its monthly Taize, Prayer, and Healing Service on Sunday, May 22nd, 2011 at 7:00 P.M.
This candlelight service is open to all in the community. It includes Taize chants and some music from Iona, scripture readings, meditation, and prayers. For those who wish to come forward, there is also a time for laying on of hands, where you can receive prayers for self, others, or any concern. The church is at 164 Newtown Rd.,at the intersection with Arlington St. in Acton. Please join us for this beautiful spiritual service. For more information, please contact Church of the Good Shepherd (Episcopal) at 978-263-5782 or visit the website at www.goodshepherdacton.org. There is no offering taken at this service.
Annual Letter Writing Day
When was the last time you wrote or received a personal letter? Do you have some letters that you have saved because they are special to you? Do your children ever write a letter rather than sending an email?
The Spellman Museum of Stamps & Postal History on the Regis College campus in Weston is holding its second annual Letter Writing Day on Sunday, May 22 from 1:00 to 4:00. Co-authors Kate Drury, a postal carrier for over 28 years, and Lois McNulty, whose father was a mailman, will share mail carrier stories from their new book “Carried Away”.
In addition, Mary W. Hart, a lettering artist and lecturer at both Lasell and Middlesex Community Colleges, will give a demonstration of a unique type of calligraphy and explain the use of nibbed oblique pens. Instructions will also be given about how to create unique envelopes and personal stationery. Visitors can produce some and write at least one letter to a friend. The Museum will the mail letters for free. Visitors are also being asked to share their personal stories about favorite letters they have received and even encouraged to bring some of these to the program.
On display in the Museum’s main gallery will be examples of letters from various eras and differ patriotic envelopes used during the Civil War
Children are admitted free and will also receive free stamps to help them start their own collection. For more information call 781-768-8367 or visit www.spellman.org.
Theatre III Audition Announcement! Jekyll & Hyde
Theater III will be holding auditions May 22 and May 23 at 7 PM, for the musical "Jekyll and Hyde".
Theatre III is seeking adult actors of all ages to audition for our production of "Jekyll & Hyde: The Musical" by Frank Wildhorn and Leslie Bricusse, based on the novella "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson.
This production of Jekyll & Hyde is an alternate version of the Broadway musical sensation adapted by Paul Hadobas and Jan Duncan for the Fullerton Civic Light Opera. It brings the show back to the original concept as a "Gothic Musical Thriller".
Auditions will be held at Theatre III. Please prepare 16-32 bars of music from a musical in the style of the show (NOT from Jekyll and Hyde) that best represents your vocal ability. An accompanist will be provided. Callbacks will consist of a dance audition, reading from the script and singing. The script is on reserve at the Acton Public Library.
Please contact Ryan DuBray at ryandubray@yahoo.com with any questions.
Details:
Show: Jekyll and Hyde: The Musical
Audition Dates: May 22 and 23; callbacks on May 25 if necessary
Audition Time: 7:00 PM
Location: Theatre III, 250 Central Street, West Acton, MA
Performance Dates: September 16, 17, 23, 24, 30 & October 1 @ 8pm; September 25 @ 3pm
For more info and character descriptions, please visit www.Theatre3.org.
FaithWorks Employment Support Network
Thursday, May 26th
7 - 9 pm
St. Catherine's Parish Center Mezzanine
107 North Main St.
Westford, MA 01886
Are you looking for a job? Maybe you or a friend are searching for a career that is more fulfilling... whatever your employment status, you're going to want to check out FaithWorks!
FaithWorks is a faith-based support group for both unemployed and employed men and women in the Merrimack Valley. Our next meeting, on May 26, will feature Herb Cogliano, CEO of Sullivan and Cogliano, who will be presenting the SC Career Advisor website. He will explain how the free website is designed to assist users throughout their entire career. Whether you are involved in a current job search, looking to advance in your current career or want to transition into a new career - the Career Portal will provide you with amazing tools.
· FREE Assessment Tools
· Access to over 1,000 Job Boards on ONE site
· FREE Resume Builder and Career Advisor
· Information on Educational Opportunities
·FREE Weekly Teleconference Calls on "Hot Topics"
· Resource Library filled with Audios, Videos and Articles
· Access to 100 FREE Resume Cards for Networking
The meeting will begin with networking and refreshments at 7pm, the program begins at 7:30pm. Please join us and bring a friend. For information, contact Rich Brouillette at RichBrouillette@gmail.com or by phone at 617-458-9514.
FaithWorks - Since its founding, parishioners of St. Catherine's in Westford; St. John's and St. Mary's in Chelmsford; St. Anne's in Littleton; and a number of other churches have been involved in developing the program. Members of all area churches are welcome. Meetings are held monthly and combine prayer, networking, practical job search and career skills training in a spirit of fellowship.
Healthy Kids Coalition Meeting Scheduled in Westford
Tues, May 24, 7:00 PM
Mary Atwood Room, JV Fletcher Library, Westford
Please join us if you are interested in improving the way kids eat in our schools. Parents from all schools are welcome but we are in need of parents from Robinson, Nabnasset and Crisafulli.
For more info, please contact Heidi @ 978-392-0470.
Are you Caring for an Elderly Family Member?
Cooperative Elder Services, Inc, an Adult Day Health and Alzheimer’s Day Program located at 8 West Main Street in Groton provides respite care and a safe, structured environment for elders. The program serves elders from, Groton, Ayer, Townsend, Lunenburg, Dunstable, Westford, Harvard, Littleton, Pepperell, and Shirley. The Program is open Monday through Friday 8:00am -4:00pm and door to door transportation can be arranged. Elders attend one to five days per week depending upon their needs. The program includes a light breakfast, full hot lunch and afternoon snack, daily nursing care, socialization and a full range of activities, and social service support. As one of our clients said “The program has been a lifesaver. I get to spend the day with my friends and enjoy all sorts of activities”. Our goal is to help frail elders remain in their homes and the community. If you would like to visit the center or find out more information contact Suzanne Roberts at 978-448-1400 or visit our website at www.elderdayservices.com.
Sponsor a Great Cause!
Are you looking for an ingenious, low cost way to get your business name out there and give back to your community at the same time? The Middlesex West Chamber of Commerce can help! We are currently looking for sponsors for the Oktoberfest 5K Run/Walk Road Race on Saturday, October 1st, which is held in conjunction withWest Acton’s Oktoberfest festivities. In 2008 the Chamber implemented a non-profit affiliate program which allows each Road Race participant to allocate $5 of their $15 race fee to a non-profit affiliate. This program currently has grown to include more than 70 affiliates. Why not be a part of this great program and give back to your community. Your company name/logo can be on the back of 300 t-shirts, on flyers, postcards and our website for $250. As a sponsor your business will also be entitled to join in our sponsor appreciation night at NARA Park on July 26. People wear these t shirts for years, so this exposure is priceless! The MWCoC also raises money for its scholarship fund, which has given back over $48,000 to graduating seniors in the 8 towns it serves: Acton, Boxborough, Concord, Carlisle, Littleton, Maynard Stow and Westford. For more information, please call Karen at 978-263-0010 or visit our website: www.mwcoc.com.
Harvard Historical Society Discovery Day
This month's Discovery Day at the Harvard Historical Society will be Sunday, May 15th from 3-5pm. Discover how Harvard’s landscape was formed and how it has changed. Once a town growing milk, apples, chickens, and produce, Harvard had views and barns no longer apparent. This month the Historical Society will feature Harvard Farms and Orchards with Denis Wagner, orchardist and gardener, on hand to interpret some of the agricultural items in the collection. Visitors can enjoy the collection and discover Harvard’s past.
Admission free: donation suggested.
Open House at Fort Devens Museum Marks Armed Forces Day
To discover great sections of America’s patriotic past and find out about some of its unsung heroes on Armed Forces Day, come to the Fort Devens Museum on Saturday, May 21st.
There you’ll hear veterans talk and a singer remind you of soldiers’ songs, get an update about the military presence now on Devens and observe the doings of a World War II re-enactor group in encampment.
Fort Devens Museum is located at 94 Jackson Road, Suite 305 on Devens. Follow the signs and balloons from Devens’s Route 2 entrance or its West Main Street or Barnum Road entrances in the town of Ayer. Please park in the large lot south of the Museum. On May 21st the Museum opens at 10 a.m. and displays and activities continue until 4 p.m. For further information about this Armed Forces Day open house, call the Museum at 978 772-1286 or find the Museum’s Website at www.fortdevensmuseum.org.
In addition to the Museum’s showplace of displays, this event brings re-enactors of the 26th Infantry Division Re-enactment Group under Capt. George Devlin to open their post for view. Military vehicles will also be on display.
Special programs start at 11 a.m. in the Museum’s new lecture hall as a panel of World War II veterans share their stories.
At 1 p.m. Musician Aurelia Perry of Groton will perform a selection of songs popular during the wars. She has “studied banjo for the past ten years” and loves “sharing songs, history, and humor from America’s rich cultural heritage.”
Jeff Keane, public affairs officer at the Fort Devens military training center, will discuss current military initiatives at Devens starting at 2 p.m.
Present also during the day will be one or two of the individuals who have become the focus of displays in the Museum.
Come to talk with others interested in exploring the history of Devens as you share refreshments. This program is free and open to the public.
First Three Bands Announced for World Music for World Peace Festival
The first three bands have been signed for the World Music for World Peace Festival on Saturday, June 25 at the Lawrence Academy athletic fields on Main Street, Groton from 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. to raise money to benefit the Big Book: Pages for Peace Foundation. The Foundation is the fundraising arm, a 501c3 organization, for the Big Book: Pages for Peace Project, a record breaking attempt at building the world’s biggest book on the subject of peace by Groton-Dunstable students.
The bands for the festival include New York-Philadelphia based Global illage, the critically acclaimed and influential world improvisational quartet featuring Chris Cuzme, saxophone, percussion and bass/Danny Sears on trumpet, flugelhorn, keyboard/Jim Hamilton, percussion /and Tim Motzer, guitar; Boston’s Destroy Babylon, a “punky reggae” band fronted by brothers John Beaudette on vox/bass/gits/trumpet/melodica, Marc Beaudette on drums/percussion/b.vox; and Rob Carmichael on vox/gits; and New Hampshire’s Gary Wilson Blues Project including Gary Wilson, vocals and guitar, Will Birch on bass, Chris Brouillette on drums and Bob Snyder, vocals and harmonica .
The festival is a day-long event featuring live music, food and beverages for all ages, kids’ activities, business booths, raffles, and a live auction. Admission is free.
The World Music for World Peace event is sponsored by Groton residents Ebi and Desiree Masalehdan who are the Pages for Peace Foundation’s newest benefactors.
The world’s largest book will be 10’ by 12’, contain 1000 pages and weigh a ton. Printing of the huge tome is expected to cost approximately $40,000 and will be printed by Unigraphic, Inc., in Woburn. UniGraphic requires only the cost of labor for the printing. It is estimated that each page will take 25 minutes to print. The printing media and the ink are being donated. The Big Book: Pages for Peace Project would like you to be part of the biggest book in the world, too! Bring your family and friends to their tent at the festival and write your own letter or draw a picture that will be included in the book when it is printed.
The rain date for World Music for World Peace Festival is Sunday, June 26. No coolers please. Further information about the festival is available at www.pagesforpeace.org
Mother's Walk Team for Breast Cancer Prevention
Celebrating it’s 20th Anniversary, Massachusetts Breast Cancer Coalition (MBCC) calls on mothers and their loved ones, to support breast cancer prevention by participating in the organization’s annual Against the Tide swim, kayak, walk or run fundraising event.
“We are so fortunate to have such tremendous support from mothers demanding greater protection of their children’s future health, in our effort to stop breast cancer before it starts,” says MBCC’s Interim Executive Director Erin Boles.
Massachusetts Breast Cancer Coalition (MBCC) is a statewide grassroots advocacy organization that seeks answers to what is CAUSING breast cance in order to offer changes that will lead towards breast cancer prevention. Massachusetts’ breast cancer rate is nearly 10% higher than the national average, with some women in Greater Boston and Cape Cod bearing some of
the highest risk for breast cancer in the world. More than 1 in 7 wome risk a breast cancer diagnosis during her lifetime; and, while breast cancer is typically a disease affecting older women, more and more younger women are being diagnosed with very aggressive forms of the disease.
MBCC will hold its 19th annual Against the Tide event on Saturday, June 18th at DCR's Hopkinton State Park in Hopkinton, MA and on Saturday, August 20th at DCR's Nickerson State Park in Brewster, MA. Against the Tide consists of a one-mile competitive or recreational swim, a two-mil kayak and a three-mile walk or a 5k fun run. Participants may choose to participate in one, two, or three of these events. Registration opens at 7am and the event is typically over by noon, with complementary breakfas and the Awards ceremony beginning at 11am.
Massachusetts Breast Cancer Coalition is asking that mothers and children register for one of the Against the Tide events and join the “Mothers Walk Team for Breast Cancer Prevention”. Anyone who joins the mother’s wal team is also able to participate in the kayak or recreational or competitive swim if they choose.
Participants can register for the "Mothers Walk Team for Breast Cancer Prevention" online at www.mbcc.org/swim.
Donations may be sent to the following address:
Against the Tide c/o MBCC
1419 Hancock Street, Suite 20 Quincy, MA 02169
Well Adult Clinic
Nashoba Associated Boards of Health, in conjunction with the Harvard Board of Health, announces that a Well Adult Clinic will be held on Tuesday June 21st from 1–2 at the Hildreth House, COA, 15 Elm St. Harvard. Drop in for Blood Pressure, Pulse Screening and Diet Teaching. No appointment is necessary. For further information, please contact Nashoba Associated Boards of Health at 978-772-3335 or 1-800-427-9762 ext 333 or visit us at www.nashoba.org.
Well Adult Clinic
Nashoba Associated Boards of Health, in conjunction with the Littleton Board of Health announces that an adult clinic will be held free of charge for the general public on Tuesday June 14th from 11-12 at the COA Meal Site, Shattuck St. Littleton. There is no need to make an appointment as this is part of the regular monthly Well Adult clinic for Blood Pressure, Pulse Screening and Diet Teaching. For further information, please contact Nashoba Associated Boards of Health at 978-772-3335 or 1-800-427-9762 ext 333.
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