Author: Joey Ciaramitaro

NORTH SHORE UNITED WAY LEADERSHIP AWARD HONORS TWO

LOCAL NONPROFIT LEADERS: LAFONTAINE & NORTON

Julie LaFontaine, Executive Director, The Open Door, and Kevin P. Norton, President & CEO, Northeast Behavioral Health, have been selected as this year’s North Shore United Way LIVE UNITED Leadership Award recipients.  The award acknowledges the outstanding leadership, commitment and values exemplified by LaFontaine and Norton’s tireless efforts to meet the needs and challenges of building a healthy community and leading in a changing healthcare environment.

Margo Casey, NSUW Executive Director, said “both recipients of this year’s award are exemplary leaders.  In an era of belt tightening, maximizing economy of scales and re-positioning in changing behavioral and health care environments, Kevin’s work as CEO of Northeast Behavioral Health spawned from the merger of CAB Health and Recovery and Health and Education Services has been truly masterful.  Julie in her role as Director of the Open Door has revolutionized food pantry work with

her introduction of Mobile Markets and her relentless campaign to end hunger and build healthy lives on the North Shore.  We are thrilled to honor both community partners with this year’s award.”

Julie LaFontaine as the Executive Director of The Open Door has expanded its traditional hunger-relief programs and created new programs that treat food security as a public health issue, including the nationally recognized Mobile Market.  Julie’s extensive background in nonprofit work has brought innovative growth, stability and diverse funding to Open Door, which has gone from feeding a few to feeding a few thousand. 

Kevin P. Norton is President and CEO of Northeast Behavioral Health, a leading non-profit provider of addiction and mental health treatment in northeastern Massachusetts. Previously, Kevin served as President and CEO of CAB Health & Recovery Services, Inc. In 2010 he successfully led the merger of CAB with Health and Education Services to become Northeast Behavioral Health., including the integration of administrative, financial, clinical and business processes for the multi-site agency and its 1,500 plus member staff.

LaFontaine & Norton will be honored at the LIVE UNITED Leadership Award breakfast sponsored by Addison Gilbert Hospital on Friday, September 28, from 7:30 to 9:00 a.m. at Cruiseport in Gloucester. The event also serves as the launch to the North Shore United Way’s 2012-2013 Annual Campaign. Tickets are $50 and can be purchased at www.nsuw.org. For more information, contact NSUW at 978-922-3966, email clippie@nsuw.rog or visit www.nsuw.org. The North Shore United Way is a local, independent United Way serving eight North Shore communities, including Beverly, Hamilton, Wenham, Ipswich, Essex, Manchester, Gloucester and Rockport.

Rockport Cub Scouts Registration

Hello Joey.

I was wondering if you could put something on your site about our upcoming registration night.

Boys in grades 1-5 are invited to the Pack 55 Rockport Cub Scout Sign Up Night on Wednesday, September 12^th . Registration begins at 7 p.m. at Scout Hall, 47 Mt. Pleasant Street in Rockport.

Thanks so much. Lisa Leahy

Gloucester Resident’s designs win $15,000 Sapi: Ideas that Matter grant to help Kestrel Educational Adventures, a Gloucester nonprofit organization

Sappi Fine Paper North America announced today the 13 grant recipients for its 13th annual Ideas that Matter program, the industry’s highly respected grant program aimed at helping designers create and implement print projects for charitable causes. Among the lists of recipients is Gordon College Creative Director and Program Coordinator for Return Design, Tim Ferguson Sauder for the LOOKLOOK campaign with Gloucester’s Kestrel Educational Adventures.  Both Ferguson Sauder, of Lanesville, and Kestrel Educational Adventures are working to improve science education through an exciting new educational project.

LOOKLOOK is a personal project started by Fergsuon Sauder which currently includes a set of animal trading cards and an accompanying research journal. After establishing the main design of the cards and the style of illustration he enlisted the help of Return Design alums and later Return Design itself to help in the ongoing production of the cards and journal. Return Design is assisting in the production of the card and journal designs and is being awarded the Sappi:Ideas That Matter grant in the amount of $15,000 to pay for the production of a set of cards and journals to be distributed to North Shore schools through Kestrel, a local non-profit.

Since 1999, Sappi’s Ideas that Matter program has awarded over $12 million worldwide in grants to designers around the globe to support their work for nonprofit programs and organizations. This year’s winning projects reflect the on-going commitment in the design community to utilize design in combination with innovative thinking to solve social problems. Grantees submitted outstanding proposals outlining their ideas, creative execution and their unique ability to instill positive social,
cultural or environmental change.
"Being awarded the Sappi grant is incredibly exciting for us," said Fergsuon Sauder after learning of today’s Sappi announcment. "It not only confirms the quality of work and ideas that are happening in Return Design but it also gives us the opportunity to more effectively support our local school systems through good design. Gordon College has from our inception been a huge support to our ideas and program – its great to now see that support mirrored by the broader design community."

Return Design is a graphic design studio located on the campus of Gordon College comprised of college students who work to deliver design solutions to nonprofit and art-related organizations. With the support of Return Design alums and a number of outside partners Return Design helps people who are doing important things more effectively serve their clientele.
"We’re committed to using design as an agent of change for the better, whether that’s supporting a non-profit or developing a system from scratch like this one," said Fergsuon-Sauder, who founded the program in 2004 while serving on the faculty at Gordon College. "We hope this project will instill in students across the North Shore a knowledge and understanding of the animals around them that translates into an ever increasingly sustainable and respectful approach to their world."
The selected Sappi proposals were determined by an independent judging panel of leaders, all widely recognized for their forward-thinking commitment to design for social good, from the design profession.

“Sappi started the Ideas that Matter program because we wanted to give back in a way that we felt could make a real and lasting impact,” said Patti Groh, Marketing Director, Sappi Fine Paper North America. “After 13 years, we are proud to see this legacy continue and to be able to recognize the critical role that good design plays in inspiring people to take action.”

For information, or to see a full listing of this year’s Sappi: Ideas that Matter grant recipients, visit www.sappi.com. To schedule an interview with Tim Ferguson Sauder and the Return Design program at Gordon College, call 978.8674284.

Cape Ann Figureskating New Season Begins

Dear Joey,
Although our skaters are on the ice year round we are back in Gloucester starting this Tuesday September 11!!
The Learn-To-Skate, Basic skills and Adult class schedule is as follows:
In Gloucester: Tuesdays: 6:00pm to 6:50pm and         Saturdays noon to 12:50pm
                       ~30 min class & 20 min practice
In Hamilton: Tuesday: 9:30am to 10:20am & 12:45 to 1:35pm
Wed.      1:30pm to 2:20pm
Fri.         9:30am to 10:20am & 12:45 to 1:35pm

Cape Ann Skating has been teaching skating to hockey and figure skaters for over 30 years!!

Please call Faye Greel at 978-546-2290 for more information and to confirm classes
For more information regarding Cape Ann Skating please visit:
http://www.facebook.com/CapeAnnSkatingClub

website: http://cafsc.org/

As always Thanks so much for sharing our information!!

Regards,

Maryanne Askwyth

New poll- will they be filled by Jan 1, 2013

Hi Joey , 

We pick and choose when we go over the bridge and my one volunteer thing I do is with the Boston Children’s Museum. They serve our North Shore kids well and this weekends event is a great way for families, especially Grandparents to have a wonderful off island experience!

Another connection Gloucester has with the BCM is that they have invited our own Docksiders to play a concert there in the spring!

The BCM is also partnering with the about to be opened Container Store at the North Shore Mall in October. 10% of the opening weekend sales will go to the Boston Childrens Museum , so when shopping down the line , think helping all our kids too . There , I used ,"over the bridge", "off island" and "down the line" all in one tiny emal !

Best regards ,

Kathy Slifer

Smoking Cessation programs at Beverly Hospital at Danvers

The Lifestyle Management Institute, located at Beverly Hospital at

Danvers, 480 Maple Street, Danvers, is now offering two programs tailored for your needs.

Individual Counseling with a certified tobacco treatment specialist.

One-on-one counseling designed for those that may need a more

individualized approach and may want to consider pharmaceutical aids.

$35. for 30-minute sessions (some insurance carriers cover this, check with yours).

Please call 978-304-8301.

American Lung Association "Freedom From Smoking Program"

This is a group program which provides different smoking cessation techniques.

Group support is a key part of this program. The next class begins on Monday, October 15th, and consists of eight-sessions over the course of seven weeks. The fee for program is $125.

Week 1:  Mon., 10/15

Week 2:  Mon., 10/22

Week 3:  Mon., 10/29

Week 4:  Mon., 11/5

Week 4:  Wed., 11/7

Week 5: Mon., 11/12

Week 6: Mon., 11/19

Week 7: Mon. 11/26

The program will include studying your smoking habits, building motivation, winning strategies, stress management, weight control, active fun and exercise and assertive communication.

This program will be held at Beverly Hospital at Danvers, 480 Maple Street, Danvers, MA

in Conference Room A located inside the main entrance.   Sign up for either program NOW!

To register for either program, please call 978-304-8020.

Salty Dog Day at the Essex Shipbuilding Museum, Saturday, September 15th – 11:00 am – 3:00 pm

The Essex Shipbuilding Museum will be holding its popular Salty Dog Day on Saturday, September 15^th, from 11:00 am – 3:00 pm (rain date Sunday, September 16^th).

All are invited, with their 4 legged friends, to participate in this wonderful day filled with activities for people and dogs alike, and to learn a little of the unique history between dogs and our maritime past.  This year the museum will have special events which will be kicked off at noon by the Salty Dog Costume Parade (for the dogs not the people). Prizes will be given for the Best Nautical Costume, Best Dressed, and Judges’ Choice. Daisy Nell will introduce her new book “Rocky at the Dockside”. There will be agility demonstrations, live music by Kathy Corneau, consultations with Will Horton on Canine Behavior and Training, and the Schooner Adventure introducing “Skippy’s Adventure”.

For those wanting to wander and try new things there will be lots of additional activities for kids and dogs, and for adults, kids, and dogs there will be the Barque Avenue marketplace.

If hunger strikes, wander over to the Salty Dog Galley.