Can you believe the holiday season is almost here? We are all excited at MAC!

Come check out Manchester Athletic Club’s 6th Annual Winter Wonderland Holiday Extravaganza! Our holiday shop event is open to the public and is not one to miss. You have two chances to shop: Friday, December 4th from 5-8 PM at our Sip N’ Shop Event and Saturday, December 5th from 9-2 PM. We also will be hosting a special Zumba class each day that are free of charge and will get you moving!

Check out all of our wonderful vendors- we look forward to seeing you there!

Free Public College
Cancellation of Student Debt
$15 and Hour Minimum Wage For People Who Work On The Campus.

Sign My Ass Up!!!!!!
Hey, pack my bags, I’m heading back to college!!! Sounds like a frickin sweet deal!

Give A Gift That Can Save A Life…Give Blood

The Rockport Navy Committee is sponsoring a Holiday Blood Drive at the First Baptist Church

4 High Street, Rockport on Saturday December 5, 8:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in conjunction with Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). There’s limited parking at the church. Additional blood drive parking is available at the former Masonic Hall on the corner of Broadway and School Street.

This year’s blood drive is dedicated to those who have served and are still serving in the US military and Rockport firefighter Kris Juncker Jr. who was treated at Mass General Hospital earlier this year. Donors must be at least 17 years old (16 with written parental permission). Donors over 65 please call 617-726-8171 for special guidelines. Most healthy people over 65 CAN donate.

To make donating as easy and comfortable as possible, MGH will bring a state of the art bloodmobile completely staffed with a RN, phlebotomists, and/or LPNs. The bloodmobile is entirely self-contained with four donor beds, two soundproof medical history booths and snack area.

Blood is a medicine that can only be given from one person to another – no other source is currently available. Blood supplies often run low during the holiday season due to increased need and donors feeling they’re too busy to donate. A half hour can save three or four lives! Challenge your friends and family to give blood. The bloodmobile can accommodate three to four people every fifteen minute. Make your appointment early and donate as a group!

For those who cannot give blood there’s another opportunity to help by donating small stuffed animals, hand-held games and tween/teen puzzle/crossword books to be distributed to the children in MGH and at Shriners Hospital. The stuffed animals must be NEW and 6-10 inches. Donating a gift to a hospitalized child is a wonderful opportunity to teach children about compassion and the spirit of giving.

For more information or to schedule an appointment, call Sharon at 978-290-1393 or go to www.rocnavcom.org

Hi Joey,

The next Cape Ann Contra Dance will be held on Saturday, November 14 at 7:00pm at the Magnolia Library Community Center, 1 Lexington Street, Gloucester, MA.

We hope the early start time of 7:00 PM will encourage families to attend. Contra

dancing is family friendly and appropriate for ages seven years through 90.

No experience is necessary, nor do you need to bring a partner. Live music and dance instruction are provided by the Cape Ann Contra Dance House Band.

There is a requested donation of $10 per dancer/sit-in, dancers/sit-ins younger than 16 are free.

This will be the final dance for 2015. We plan a break in December, but we’ll be ready to go again in January 2016.

For more information,  contact us at capeanncontradance@gmail.com.

Thanks!

Present, Gloucester’s pop-up holiday craft store, had its grand opening on Sunday. Here is a time lapse video I made.

Present is the perfect place for hand-made holiday gifts. It is located at 120 Main Street this year, and is open every day until Christmas Eve. Hours are Monday-Saturday 10-5, and Sunday 12-5.

Hi Joe, 

My son Griffin started a fundraising campaign last year to benefit Boston Children’s Hospital, as a way to give back for the exceptional care he received there during two successful surgeries. This year, he has partnered with the Boston Bruins Foundation, the Corey C. Griffin NHL Pro-Am Alumni Tournament, and Bruins Alumni, and he has raised his personal fundraising goal to $3,000. Hoping you can put a link up on GMG to help raise money and awareness. Griffin is also coordinating a charity open skate for Christmas week, where all proceeds will go to Children’s Hospital. Last year Rick Middleton was kind enough to attend and give his support. More info will follow as we get closer to the event.

Griffin’s donation page: https://secure.e2rm.com/registrant/FundraisingPage.aspx?registrationID=3164484&langPref=en-CA#&panel1-2

Griffin’s fundraiser profile in USA Hockey Magazine: http://touchpointmedia.uberflip.com/i/472828-march-2015/15

Newspaper write-up of last year’s event: http://boxford.wickedlocal.com/article/20150108/SPORTS/150107253

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Boston Children’s Hospital is ranked #1 on U.S. News and World Report’s Best Children’s Hospitals honor roll. More than offering great care, the hospital is known for its commitment to the Boston community—serving as the largest provider of health care to low-income children in our state. The hospital is also home to the world’s largest research center at a pediatric hospital, making discoveries that benefit both children and adults. Just one area of research we’re leading: concussions and injury prevention. Children’s Sports Concussion Clinic is a national leader in understanding and treating pediatric concussions, with a multidisciplinary research team and a clinical setting that receives more than 350 patient visits each month. Philanthropic support will advance critical research into this skyrocketing problem.

Thanks,

Andre