Tuesday, January 30, 2018

Scholarship opurtunity for GBLTQ youth

 

Please spread broadly for DCF-involved youth:

http://gbpflag.org/elsie-frank-scholarship/

 

--

Valerie K. Frias, Executive Director 

Greater Boston PFLAG

(office) 781-891-5966 

 

 

Monday, January 22, 2018

Grandparents Support Group training

 

How to create a support group for grandparents raising grandchildren

The Commission on the Status of 

 Grandparents Raising Grandchildren

presents:

 

How to Create and Sustain a Successful Support Group for Grandparents Raising Grandchildren

 

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Workshop:

 

Friday, March 16, 2018

9:00 am-12:30 pm

Elder Services of Worcester Area, Inc.

67 Millbrook Street

Worcester, Ma.  

 

Join members of the Commission and fellow support group facilitators for a half-day workshop on "How to Create and Sustain a Successful Support Group for Grandparents Raising Grandchildren."  This workshop is for anyone who is  interested in starting a support group for grandparents and relative caregivers but just didn't know how to get it off the ground.  This workshop is also for anyone who has already started a support group and is looking for new and creative ideas to sustain the group.

 

This workshop will:

- Provide you with information and resources for grandparents and kinship caregivers

- Prepare you to start a new support group specific to kinship caregivers' needs

- Discuss how to improve facilitation skills

- Discuss creative ways to obtain funding

- Share "best practices" for support group meetings.

 

Please register with Colleen Pritoni by 3/9/18 at

 

*A $25 pp suggested donation for the cost of materials 

 is kindly requested

 

 

Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Grandparents Raising Grandchildren, 600 Washington St., 6th Floor, Boston, MA 02111

 

 

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