Friday, November 16, 2007

Mama Mia Tickets

Limited amount of free tickets to Mama Mia are available.

Tuesday Nov 27th, 7pm at the Colonial. Contact Carla at 978-825-3862

Friday, November 9, 2007

MSPCC needs Your Vote!

We need your vote and you can do it right now! MSPCC is a finalist in the Brigham's Ice Cream Chronicle Coffee Crunch For Charity contest.

If we receive the most votes in this contest, Brigham's Ice Cream will donate up to $5,000 to help us send kids to camp next summer. Therefore, we need your support to win. Please visit the Brigham's website at http://www.brighams.com/special_events/chronicleContest_charityVote.asp and vote for MSPCC - Camp to Belong. Then, please forward this info on to anyone you know who would like to help the kids of Massachusetts.

Rotary Party for Foster Children

I do not have the date 100% confirmed, but more than likely this is the date.

Please join us for our annual Foster Children’s Holiday Party sponsored by the Salem Rotary

Saturday Dec 8th from 1-4
(tentative date)

Salem Boys and Girls Club
Hathorne Blvd. Salem
Please RSVP to Carla at 978-825-3862 by Nov. 21st

Public Hearing 11/14 at 10:30am re:CHINS legislation @ Gardner Auditiorium

I invite you to attend the hearing at the State House in Boston next Wednesday. Be there to support the CHINS reform efforts, and to learn more about the process of how public policy gets made. If you want to testify on the need for the reforms, that's terrific. But come and show your interest in the issue. Legislators sometimes make decisions based on who - or how many - are watching. It?s important that they know that many people think the system needs to be changed.

Volunteer needed

I will be getting new clothes for the donation room and I was hoping someone would come in and organize the room. If anyone has any time, we would love the help!

It is mostly hanging clothes and organizing by size, so when a child is placed the worker can grab an outfit or PJ's to get through the first night. Call Carla at 978-825-3862

Babies R Us special event for us!!!

Adoptive / Foster Parents and Department of Social Services Staff Appreciation EventSunday – December 2 nd from 8:00am till 10:00am. Please note you must have invitation - foster parents will recieve in newsletter or I can send you one. DSS offices will have them on hand. I need to have you RSVP by Novemeber 28th. If you are closer to Salem NH, I can send you an invite for that event instead, just let me know. Call Carla at 978-825-3862
We would like to show you how much we appreciate what you have done for the children.
By “invitation only”, On Sunday December 2nd we’re going to open our doors at 8:00am till 10:00am just for you.

You will receive a Continental Breakfast, Baby Registry Registration, Personalized Shopping, Free Raffles and Special Coupons (on the backside). So don’t forget to mark your calendar, and bring the invitation with you.

Children's Friends Groups

THE FOLLOWING GROUPS ARE FREE AT CFFS GLOUCESTER 978-283-7109

TEEN ANGER MANAGEMENT-BOYS WEDNESDAYS FOR 12 WEEKS 7PM CALL KATE RASHER X440 OR DAVID SWANSON X441

SUPPORT GROUP FOR FATHERS OF CHILDREN WITH ADHD THURSDAYS 12 WEEKS 5:30PM Call MARIAH MARSH X418 or JOEL BRUNNER X423

SOCIAL SKILLS AND RISK PREVENTION GROUP FOR YOUNG WOMEN Call HEATHER DUNTON X442 or DAVID SWANSON X441

SUPPORT GROUP FOR WOMEN WITH HISTORY OR TRAUMA/PTSD MONDAYS 9AM call RICHETTA MIGLIOZZI X 407 or AMY HUBBARD X 402

THEY ARE WAITING FOR THE GROUPS TO FILL AND THEN WILL GIVE A START DATE

ALSO ALL CFFS SITES ARE NOW OFFERING TRAUMA FOCUSED CBT IF INTERESTED I HAVE BROCHURES AND REFERRAL FORMS. THIS IS IDEAL TREATMENT IN IMPROVING SYMPTOMS OF PTSD, DEPRESSION, ANXIETY.

Evening of Giving

I am selling tickets for Evening of Giving.

The tickets are $10 each and out of that we keep $7 and $3 goes to the Simon Youth Foundation.

The event is on November 18th after the mall closes. Only ticket holders are let in for great sales, entertainment, door prizes and more. This is good for the North Shore Mall, Pheasant Lane Mall, Burlington Mall, Rockingham Park Mall, the Mall of Nh, Cape Cod Mall, and Solomon Pond Mall.

Call Carla at 978-825-3862 direct DSS ext 33862. Please pass this e-mail along to your friends!

All monies go toward holiday events for children and families.

Thursday, November 1, 2007

Free Tuition at Harvard University

Harvard University announced over the weekend that from now on undergraduate students from low-income families will pay no tuition. In making the announcement, Harvard’s president Lawre nce H. Summers said, ”When only 10 percent of the students in Elite higher education come from families in lower half of the income distribution, we are not doing enough. We are not doing enough in bringing elite higher education to the lower half of the income distribution.”

If you know of a family earning less than $ 60,000 a year with an honor student graduating from high school soon, Harvard University wants to pay the tuition. The prestigious university recently announced that from now on undergraduate students from low-income families can go to Harvard for free...no tuition and no student loans!

To find out more about Harvard offering free tuition for families making less than $ 60,000 a year visit Harvard’s financial aid website at: http://www.fao.fas.harvard.edu/ or call the school’s financial aid office at (617) 495-1581.