Look for more information on Good Morning Gloucester’s calendar. As always will be a great event.
Day: May 28, 2015
Reiki Share and Fund Raiser to Benefit Relay for Life Cape Ann
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June 2nd ‘Community Reiki Share’ to Benefit Relay for Life, Cape Ann.
‘Community Reiki Share.’ 5:15 pm – 8:15 pm at the Manchester Community Center. 40 Beach St. Manchester-by-the-Sea. On the MBTA Train line; wheelchair accessible. Reiki Sessions ‘By Donation.’ $20.00 suggested donation. ($10.00 for Seniors.)
Each month a local charity is designated to receive a portion of the proceeds. Using ‘Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs’ to select which charity to team with, the first step being – Basic Physiological Needs (Air, Water, Food, Shelter.) The steps to ‘Realizing One’s Full Potential!’
Charities we have partnered with include – Open Door Food Pantry, Beverly Boot Straps, (January,) Wellspring House (February,) Action Inc. (March,) Cape Ann Animal Aid (April,) SeniorCare, Inc. (May,) and for June 2nd – Relay for Life, Cape Ann.
June 20th the Relay for Life Cape Ann returns to Burnham Field. Teams…
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AWESOME GLOUCESTER!
AWESOME GLOUCESTER!
From Awesome Gloucester’s FaceBook Page;
“Tonight’s Awesome Gloucester’s micro-grant winner of $1000 was matched by the Gloucester Education. Two incredible groups of O’Maley Innovation Middle School students were awarded $1000 each. Congratulations to the students as well as their teachers and parents who supported these amazing kids!”
https://www.facebook.com/AwesomeGloucester?fref=nf
http://www.awesomefoundation.org/en/projects/48196-o-maley-butterfly-garden
http://www.awesomefoundation.org/en/projects/48142-bicycle-generator
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Gloucester Stage Opens Tonight!
Richard Nelson’s “Sweet and Sad” opens May 28 at Gloucester Stage, 267 E. Main Street, Gloucester, MA, with performances until June 20.
Presented in collaboration with Stoneham Theatre. Directed by Weylin Symes. Video trailer created by 8mufnz for Gloucester Stage. For tickets visit gloucesterstage.com or call the Box Office at 978-281-4433.
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The 3rd Annual “SCHOONER CHALLENGE” JUNE 1, 2015, 6-8pm.
SIGN ON BOARD NOW AND SUPPORT THIS FUN-FILLED EVENT.
IT HAPPENS ON MONDAY SO DON’T MISS OUT!
The 3rd Annual “SCHOONER CHALLENGE” JUNE 1, 2015, 6-8pm. Sail from Maritime Gloucester aboard one of (3) Essex-built schooners: the Fame, Ardelle or Thomas E. Lannon. Please be sure to select the boat of your choice in the “notes” section when purchasing tickets. We will keep together parties who request to be together! Sign on board NOW, limited tickets available. Tickets are $40 ea.
Go to http://www.essexshipbuildingmuseum.org/details-of-our-next-… or call: Marcia at 978-375-3337.
The Challenge helps the Essex Shipbuilding Museum to care for and preserve the history of Essex built schooners.
Video from Barry O’Brien
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Nichole’s Picks 5/30 and 5/31
Pick #1 Draft Horse Plow Day and Vintage Baseball at the Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm, Newbury
While I’ve never been here for this particular event, we’ve enjoyed other days at Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm. I should add that the Ipswich Ale Tapmobile will be there too.
Sunday, May 31, 11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm, 5 Little’s Lane, Newbury, Mass.Free to Historic New England members, $6 nonmembers, $4 children
Draft mules participate in plowing demonstrations as part of this twentieth annual event and enjoy games of 1860s baseball. Learn how horses are harnessed, hitched, and cared for. Watch the shearing of our resident sheep, and see how the wool is washed, carded, and spun into yarn. Enjoy horse-drawn wagon rides, farm animals, blacksmithing demonstrations, children’s crafts and games. Listen to traditional New England music or watch the teams of the Essex Base Ball Association, the Newburyport Clamdiggers, Georgetown Samosets, Portsmouth Rockinghams, Lynn Live Oaks, and Lowell Base Ball Nine, play baseball using 1860s rules. At these fun, historically accurate games, players pitch underhand, a ball bounced once and caught is an out, and no gloves are allowed. Snacks, baseballs, and cards are available for purchase. Grass field seating: bring blankets and lawn chairs, no reserved seating.
Please call 978-462-2634 for more information. Purchase tickets now
Pick #2 Millbrook Meadow Duck Race, Rockport
Saturday, May 30th at 11:00!
GMG’s own Paul Morrison and his RD will be there…head on down and cheer them on!
For the record, while the Duck Race is sure to be fun, Millbrook Meadow is always a gorgeous place to spend the day! Located right across from Front Beach, the park has recently had a beautiful and extensive overhaul. It is truly one of the town’s treasures!
Read more about Millbrook Meadow HERE
Pick #3 Touch-a-Truck and ChowderFest
What child doesn’t want to get up-close and personal with some super cool trucks, ambulances, fire trucks, ATVs, motorcycles, and more?
Head on over to O’Malley Innovation Middle School on Saturday, May 30th to check out the cool vehicles and eat some delicious chowder….all to benefit the Fishtown Horribles Parade.
Tickets for Touch-a-Truck or Chowderfest are $5 (with a max amount of $20 per family)
Tickets for Touch-a-Truck AND Chowderfest are $8 each (family max of $30)
For a more comprehensive list of family activities, check out our friends at North Shore Kid
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Community Stuff 5/28/15
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Details Released for Gloucester Drug Addiction Recovery Initiative
17 Treatment Centers in 11 States to Partner with Gloucester
Police Discretion Used to Usher Addicts into Recovery, not Holding Cells
Police Chief Leonard Campanello today unveiled detailed plans for The Gloucester Police Department Volunteer ANGEL Program (“The Gloucester Initiative”), a revolutionary shift in municipal policing policy aimed at ushering heroin and opiate addicts into recovery and treatment, rather than jail cells and courtrooms.
The policy has been finalized and will go into effect on Monday, June 1.
“Gloucester is changing the conversation. Police officers exist to help people. Drug addiction is a disease, and drug addicts need help. We, the members of the Gloucester Police Department, are choosing to take direct action,” Chief Campanello said. “The stigma associated with heroin and opiate addiction is over. Police officers are here to help you, not judge you.”
The Gloucester Initiative is the product of a diligent policy-making and legal process involving the Gloucester Police Department, the City of Gloucester and the Office of Mayor Sefatia Romeo Theken, partner law enforcement agencies, and legal counsel for the City of Gloucester.
Click here to view the official police policy document.
1. Expedited Recovery
Under the Program: “Any person who enters the police station and is requesting help with their addiction to opiates will be immediately screened into the ANGEL program and transported to the Addison Gilbert Hospital (AGH). If such a person who has requested help with their addiction is in possession of drugs or their drug equipment (needles, etc.) while requesting help, the items will be seized and marked for destruction, but the person will not be charged. Any officers having contact with anyone entering the Gloucester Police Department and requesting help with their addiction will be professional, compassionate and understanding at all times. The officer will immediately notify the Watch Commander that a patient is requesting help with their addiction.”
The patient will be required to complete an intake form and sign an agreement with the police department.
An officer shall be assigned to transport the patient to Addison Gilbert Hospital. The Watch Commander will reference a list of volunteer ANGELS to respond and relieve the officer at AGH. More than two-dozen volunteers have already signed up for the initiative.
Then the police department’s role ends, and treatment begins.
The Gloucester Police Department has partnered with Addison Gilbert Hospital and Lahey Behavioral Health Services to fast track initiative participants, and there will be plenty of assistance. The Gloucester Police Department has secured agreements with 16 other treatment centers and programs in 11 states, to handle special cases and overflow from the Gloucester Initiative and to provide additional resources.
In Massachusetts, Gloucester has been contacted by the Grace Center in Gloucester, F8 Foundation in Westborough, the Recovering Youth Coalition based on Cape Cod, and Wicked Sober of Boston. Elsewhere, the Gloucester Police Department has received offers of assistance from:
• McShin Foundation (Richmond, Va.)
• In the Rooms
• Morningside Recover (Irvine, Calif.)
• Palm Tree Recovery (Port Lucia, Fla.)
• Liberty Bay Recovery Center (Portland, Maine)
• Community Activity Recovery Enhancement – C.A.R.E. (Prairie du Sac, Wis.)
• Potential Behavioral Health (Fort Lauderdale, Fla. and New York)
• Advanced Health and Education (Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Florida)
• Benchmark Recovery Center (Manor, Texas)
• The Gardens at Lake Worth (Lake Worth, Fla.)
• Home with a Heart (Liberty, S.C.)
• A Road to Recovery (St. Lucie, Fla.)
Patients will also have access to the Triggr Health App to assist them during their recovery.
2. Narcan Availability
Nasal Narcan is now available at pharmacies without a prescription.
The Gloucester Police Department has finalized an agreement with Conley’s Drug Store and has received offers of support from CVS and Walgreens that will allow anyone access to the potentially lifesaving drug at little or no cost, regardless of their insurance.
The Police Department will pay the cost of Nasal Narcan for those without insurance by using money seized from drug dealers.
Narcan is not a long-term solution, but it has the potential to save the life of an addict experiencing an overdose.
“We cannot help a dead person,” Chief Campanello said. “The goal is to never need to use Narcan again, but right now it’s there to give addicts and their families another chance to come into treatment. It is a stopgap while we work to remove the stigma and barriers to entry.”
3. Police Discretion and Exceptions
The Gloucester Police Department Volunteer ANGEL Program was created in conjunction with legal counsel. One of the cornerstones of policing is discretion, which means that police officers can choose not to arrest someone even if the person has broken the law. This same concept applies to issuing speeding tickets, drug take-back programs, and gun buyback events.
“We are not trying to reinvent the wheel. Police officers already have the time-honored discretion to refer addicts to treatment or to simply not arrest them,” Chief Campanello said. “This initiative ups the ante by increasing the recovery resources available and making it much easier for officers to put people in treatment — and to directly make a difference in their lives.”
There are some exceptions to the initiative, including if:
• The subject has an outstanding arrest warrant
• The subject has prior drug arrests, which include a conviction for possession with intent to distribute, drug trafficking, drug violation in a school zone.
• The officer or Watch Commander expresses the reasonable belief that the ANGEL could be seriously harmed by the subject
• The subject is under age 18 and does not have parent or guardian consent
If an officer makes initial contact with an addict on the streets or in the community, the program authorizes the use of police discretion to refer the subject to the ANGEL Program.
The initiative began with a citywide forum and a Facebook post by the Chief, which has now reached nearly 2.2 million people. Click here for more information on the post,
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