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Events
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CMA Holiday Dinner Drive
Dear CMA members,
As we close the year, we want to wish all our members a wonderful holiday season and hope the new year brings good fortune, health and happiness to all. We realize this has been an extraordinary year for so many of you, and we appreciate all that you have done to make CMA successful and to help CMA grow in 2008.
Unfortunately, we continue to hear from many in the Charlestown community that the number of hungry and struggling families in our neighborhood is at unprecedented levels. We therefore want to ask our members to give just one more time in 2008. Following our incredibly successful Thanksgiving dinner drive, CMA has partnered with several local non-profits and businesses to provide a holiday meal for as many families as possible. We are asking CMA members to make a $25 donation to our local food pantry, the Harvest on the Vine, in order to provide holiday meals for Charlestown families in need. We realize that the demands are many at this time of year, but hope you can continue to support our local food pantry in this initiative.
In order to make donating convenient for everyone, CMA has several locations where you can drop off your check for Harvest on the Vine:
Olivia Browning, at 20 City Square
Susan and Mike Charbonnier, at 407 Main Street
Susan Frigoletto and Dana Pratt, at 41 Union Street
Zume’s, at 223 Main Street
In addition, to help support this holiday dinner drive, Zume's will donate $1 for every gingerbread latte purchased between now and December 25th.
Finally, we hope you enjoy the festivities CMA and our partners have coordinated to celebrate the holiday season. We look forward to seeing you at the City Square Park Tree lighting this Saturday, December 13, at 4 p.m. and at CMA’s annual holiday party on Sunday, December 21, from 204 p.m. at the skating rink. At the holiday party, we will also be collecting unwrapped toys for the Kennedy Center.
Thank you in advance for your generosity toward our community all year long.
Co-Presidents Leigh Hurd and Susan Frigoletto
Board Members: Nora Blake, Laura Carroll, Gina Consylman, Debbie Evans, Kristen Flores, Allison Godfrey, Adrienne Groff, Becky McLaughlin, Tara Savitz, and Tracy Shea
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CMA annual holiday party
December 21 2-4
The CMA's annual holiday party will be held at the hockey rink (Emmons Horrigan O’Neill Memorial rink in Charlestown) on Sunday, December 21, from 2-4 pm.
There will be activities for kids of all ages including entertainment by Wayne Potash, free ice skating, crafts, pictures with Santa, and treats!
Please bring an unwrapped toy for the Kennedy Center annual toy drive. We hope to see everybody there!
We need your help to make this event a success! Please help us by either putting up decorations, monitoring a craft table for a block of time during the event or for a quick clean up at the end. Can't make the party, how about donating baked goods instead? If you can help, please email CMA member Gina Consylman at gina.consylman@vsea.com. |
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CHARLESTOWN'S HARVEST ON THE VINE FOOD PANTRY
Thanksgiving Food Drive
CMA is working with Charlestown’s Harvest on the Vine food pantry to provide Thanksgiving dinners to over 250 needy families in our neighborhood. A $35 donation will pay for a family’s Thanksgiving dinner, including a turkey, 5 lbs. of potatoes, green beans, carrots, apple cider, stuffing, cranberry sauce, brown and serve rolls, and an apple pie. Any size donation is appreciated. Harvest on the Vine will accept donations up until the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. To donate, please make your check payable to “Harvest on the Vine,” and drop if off (through mail slot) or mail it to CMA member Cheryl Bliss Waxman at 50 High Street, Charlestown, MA 02129.
If anyone would like to help bag up the dinners, please come to the food pantry on Tuesday, November 25, from 2-4 p.m. (It is located on Vine Street, just off Bunker Hill Street, at St. Catherine's School Hall.) Any questions, call the food pantry director, Tom MacDonald, at 617-242-5179 or email him at tmacdonald03@yahoo.com. Harvest on the Vine is extremely thankful for our support. Let's make it a great holiday for all! |
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Shop at Olivia Browning and support CMA too!
Tuesday, December 2nd from 4-7
Thanks to all who came out to shop at Olivia Browning and support CMA on December 2nd! Olivia Browning donated $122 to the CMA Scholarship fund following a successful shopping night!
Olivia Browning generously offered to host a shopping event on Tuesday, December 2nd from 4-7 for the community to support CMA. Ten percent of the sales proceeds from the evening will go to support the CMA college scholarship fund. Last year CMA was able to offer 3 scholarships for a total value of $4,500.
CMA Scholarship recipients are selected after a formal application process which includes a transcript, recommendations and multiple essays. Please help us continue this important CMA initiative!
Olivia Browning, recently opened by CMA Member Abby Gray, is located at 20 City Square just adjacent to the Citibank branch. The event is open to the community and we hope to see you there!
http://www.oliviabrowning.com/index.html |
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Halloween Follow up
We hope everyone enjoyed this years Halloween festivities! The evening represents a wonderful collaboration among CMA, the Monument Square Association and the National Park Service. This event is a tremendous undertaking and continues to get bigger and better every year. We want to send a special thanks to CMA council members Melissa McGaughey and Tracey Lavin who lead the parade planning on behalf of cma. Thanks to all the families who generously donated candy which was distributed to many homes along the most heavily trafficked streets - two wagon fulls!
And finally, thanks to all those who volunteered to help make decorations, setup and decorate the square, distribute glowsticks and especially for helping with cleanup! We had a great participation from many many members and neighbors.
CMA volunteers included Deirdre Sullivan, Leslie Sullivan, Azurae Hood, Amy Branger, Laura Stowe, Christina Jaracz, Keri Steckler, Kelly Pellagrini, Stephanie Goldberg, Cara Corbett, Amy Alberti, Deanna MacNamara, Molly Ladd, Claire OBrien Fonte, Ann Simianis Weiss, Samantha Stevens, Nadine Hill, Suzanne Vogel, Amanda & Chris Meyer, Erin Apstein, Kelly Bishop, Shelly Kimelberg, Holly Serpa, Gitte & Nate Blanchett, Kathleen Hughes, Charlotte Maynard, Katie Alitz, Margaret Pressner, Shery Kelcher - and to someone's husband named Jack who was the heavy lifter for clean-up.
A special and belated thank you to Jen Fukuda created the Halloween posters and then helped to post them all over town. And finally, thank you to Ginny Mansfield who helped to deliver the two wagon loads full of donated candy around Monument Square, Monument Avenue and the Training Field.
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Family Fit Day
September 28, 2008
The Charlestown Mothers Association had its first ever Family Fit Day on SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 28th. This event was for the entire community with programming and activity for all ages! Family Fit Day was run in partnership with the American Heart Association and the MGH HealthCenter (Sport in Society). Thanks to all who attended!
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CMA School Fair
September 17, 2008
The CMA held its first School Fair on Wednesday, September 17, from 6-8 p.m., at St. John's Parish House, located at 27 Devens Street. Local public, independent and parochial nursery schools, preschools, elementary schools, and middle schools all participated. |
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Sailing Event at Courageous
June 17, 2008
On Tuesday, June 17th, CMA hosted crafts and games for children of all ages interested in the Courageous Sailing Center. In addition, there was BBQ, Ice Cream and free sails from instructors at Courageous. |
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CMA Annual Gala
May 17, 2008
On May 17th, CMA held its annual gala at the Charlestown Boy's and Girl's Club. With a silent and live auction as well as dancing and great food everyone had a wonderful evening.
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Touch a Truck
April 20, 2008
CMA held its first annual Touch a Truck event on April 20th down at Parking Lot 1 at Bunker Hill Community College. This amazing event brought down over 2,000 people. Kids of all ages explored the myriad of vehicles and many area businesses donated time, vehicles, food and fun for a fantastic day. Check out the pictures in the Gallery! |
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