Lanesville Prescholl
Lanesville Preschool has limited openings for the fall. We are a small, play-based program blending academic school readiness, social skills, and developmentally appropriate learning for children ages 2.9-6. We Visit lanesvillepreschool.com or call Meghan MacLaughlin, Director, 978-270-1896 for more information.
Meghan MacLaughlin
Lanesville Preschool Center
978-270-1896
SeniorCare Inc. Annual Awards Dinner
Executive Office of Elder Affairs Secretary Alice F. Bonner will be the Keynote speaker at SeniorCare’s 43rd Annual Meeting and Awards Dinner Thursday, September 24, 2015 at Cruiseport Gloucester. The doors open at 5:45, the dinner and awards will begin at 6:30.
SeniorCare Inc. will present three awards to highly deserving community members: The Rosemary F. Kerry Community Service Award will be presented to Susan Thorne, Volunteer and Community Advocate; the Myra L. Herrick Outstanding Older American Award will be presented to Robert (Bob) Blanchard, Wenham Fire Chief; and the Board of Directors Community Partners Special Recognition will be presented to Tim Riley, Executive Director, Action Inc.
Join SeniorCare as we recognize our awardees’ dedication to the community and celebrate 43 years of serving our nine communities: Beverly, Essex, Gloucester, Hamilton, Ipswich, Manchester-by-the-Sea, Rockport, Topsfield, and Wenham.
SeniorCare Inc., a consumer centered organization, provides and coordinates services to elder and others, enabling them to live independently at home or in a setting of their choice while remaining part of their community. SeniorCare is federally designated as an Area Agency on Aging (AAA) and designated by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as an Aging Service Access Point (ASAP).
To purchase tickets or learn about sponsorship opportunities please call Kelly Knox, Development Officer, at 978-865-3540.
Police Chief Leonard Campanello and Mayor Sefatia Romeo Theken are very excited to announce that the Gloucester Police Department’s ANGEL Initiative has now helped more than 100 people suffering from the disease of addiction by placing them into treatment centers nationwide.
As of Thursday morning, 109 people have voluntarily presented to the Gloucester Police and all have been successfully placed into treatment programs through the Gloucester Initiative since June 1, when the program began.
Every person who has come into the station asking for help has been placed into treatment. No one has been sent away, thanks to the hard work of the Gloucester Police Department and its effort to forge partnerships with treatment centers who are willing to take people in, regardless of their insurance or financial situations.
Demographics are still being calculated, and several participants have been homeless, but work done so far indicates that approximately:
• 40 percent are from Gloucester and Cape Ann
• 16 percent have came from outside of Massachusetts to Gloucester seeking help
• 79 percent of participants are under age 30 (9 percent under 19, 20 percent between 20-24, and 50 percent age 25-29)
• 70 percent of participants are male and 30 percent are female
• Participants have been brought to 20 different treatment centers in six states
“At first we were uncertain that we would get anyone voluntarily coming into the police department to seek treatment,” Chief Campanello said. “But from the moment we launched The Gloucester Initiative, we continue to see people of all ages and backgrounds come through our doors looking for assistance and we have placed every, single one of them into treatment.”
The Gloucester ANGEL Initiative allows people who suffer from addiction to turn over their remaining drug supply and paraphernalia to the Gloucester Police Department without the threat of arrest. Those in need of help are put into treatment programs as opposed to jail cells. The policy went into effect last month in an effort to address a growing opioid addiction epidemic and to reduce the number of overdoses in Massachusetts. Click here to view the official police policy document.
Over 40 treatment centers from Massachusetts, all the way across the country to California, have partnered with The Gloucester Initiative to offer their detox and recovery services to patients, regardless of a participant’s financial means or insurance. Additional treatment partners are being added weekly.
“It is a truly momentous occasion to surpass 100 participants,” Mayor Romeo Theken said. “I commend the work of all those involved. This is a testament to the hard work and dedication by Chief Campanello and the Gloucester Police Department, our treatment center partners and volunteers.”
Due to the success of The Gloucester Initiative, and the immediate positive feedback from local, state and national organizations, Chief Campanello and businessman John Rosenthal launched The Police Assisted Addiction and Recovery Initiative (P.A.A.R.I.), which supports The Gloucester Police Angel Initiative as well as other local police departments as they replicate aspects of The Gloucester Initiative and work with people suffering from the dreadful disease of opioid addiction.
“The Gloucester Police Initiative has already saved lives and helped change the national conversation about recognizing opioid addiction as a chronic disease vs. a crime that we can’t arrest our way out of,” said stated PAARI co-founder John Rosenthal. “Law enforcement’s loud voice and compassionate involvement combined with business community partners, have begun to raise awareness about how to treat opioid addiction like diabetes, cancer or any other dreadful chronic illness. PAARI looks forward to continuing to work with law enforcement agencies, treatment providers, pharmacies and elected officials across the Country.”
Less than a month after The Gloucester Initiative began, the Arlington Police Department, with financial assistance from P.A.A.R.I., launched its own program to respond to drug addiction in town, called The Arlington Outreach Initiative. The Methuen Police Department followed suit, and this month, the Andover Police Department implemented similar new opioid addiction protocols.
Lee County and the Dixon, Ill Police Department followed on Wednesday, partnering with P.A.A.R.I. to start a program designed to encourage people suffering from opioid addiction to seek the help of police officers and sheriff’s deputies, who would then place them into treatment. Lee County and Dixon became the first agencies to directly implement the Gloucester intake model.
“We are incredibly encouraged by the response The Gloucester Initiative is receiving as evidenced by programs launching in Arlington, Methuen, Andover and now Dixon, Ill,” Chief Campanello said. “We are thrilled by this momentum and are committed to assisting more people struggling with the disease of addiction.”
Good Morning Gloucester 
🙂 Dave
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