charity/volunteer

Domestic violence groups sponsor talk, volunteer training

September 6, 2015

DV montage Lori Hodin, Safe School Coordinator and psychology teacher at Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School, will be the featured speaker at the Sudbury-Wayland-Lincoln Domestic Violence Roundtable meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 8 at 3 p.m. in the Community Meeting Room of the Wayland Public Safety Building (38 Cochituate Road, Wayland).

Hodin will discuss the Courage to Care Program, which is based on the Mentors in Violence Prevention Program (MVP) developed by co-founder Jackson Katz at Northeastern University’s Center for Sport in Society in 1993. Using a curriculum framed in sports terms, student leaders are trained to respond to gender violence and promote positive social change in their community.

Hodin will also discuss the Courage to Care Program’s impact at L-S. In March 2015, the high school hosted its second annual Courage to Care Healthy Relationship Summit, at which the L-S Mentors in Violence Prevention team hosted 13 local schools and 200 students from all over Massachusetts who are trained as facilitators in the MVP Program. The students gathered to generate ideas, share tips, and get inspired to develop safe and strong school communities.

The program is free and open to the public. Join the Roundtable to learn more about how our local schools can empower teens to be active bystanders who intervene and interrupt abuse.

Volunteer advocate training

The Domestic Violence Services Network, Inc. (DVSN) is offering a Volunteer Advocate Training program at the Concord Police Department from September 29 through October 17. This 40-hour training session takes place over a three-week period on Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 6:30-9:30 p.m. and on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Once trained, DVSN Volunteer Advocates provide direct service over the phone and at the Concord District Court to people affected by domestic violence. This 40-hour training is designed to familiarize you with many aspects of domestic violence and to give you the skills necessary to provide confidential and appropriate services.

DVSN is a community-based organization that works to combat domestic violence in collaboration with the police departments of its 11 member towns (Acton, Bedford, Boxborough, Carlisle, Concord, Lexington, Lincoln, Maynard, Stow, Sudbury, and Wayland), Hanscom Air Froce Base, and the Concord District Court. The Roundatable and the DVSN are separate organizations, although the executive director of the Roundatable serves on the board of the DVSN.

For more information and/or to request a training application, please call 978-318-3421 or e-mail zapsler@concordma.gov. Applications are due by September 22.

News acorns – 7/6/15

July 7, 2015

The Lincoln Minute Men march down Lincoln Road on July 4.

Watch video of the July 4 parade

Harold McAleer has posted a video of the first few minutes of Lincoln’s July 4 parade. Click here for a five-minute version or watch the full 18-minute version (including a glimpse of the Lincoln Squirrel at the 13:20 mark).

Berkshire condo rentals benefit Friends of the COA

A generous Lincoln resident has donated 20 nights at a time-sharing condo resort in South Lee, MA in the Berkshires, just 20 minutes from Tanglewood. All proceeds from renting these condos will go to benefit the Friends of the Lincoln Council on Aging, an organization dedicated to improving the lives of Lincoln’s senior citizens.

These condos are two bedroom/two bath with sleeping accommodations for six, including a sleep sofa in the living room. Each condo has multiple TVs, controllable air conditioning, a Jacuzzi tub, and many other amenities. One condo is available from 4 p.m. on Saturday, July 25 until 1 p.m. on Friday, July 31. Two other two condos are available from 4 p.m. on Friday, August 14 until 1 p.m. on Friday, August 21. The condo that’s available in July rents for six days at $1,500 and the two condos available in August rent for seven days at $1,700 each. All three condos are also available at $265 daily, with a minimum two-day stay.

This is an unprecedented chance for you to relax in the bucolic Berkshires this summer, enjoy world-class music and an feel good about helping Lincoln seniors weather next winter’s frigid blasts! Call (617) 378-1415 for further information on how to make these donations to the Lincoln Council on Aging.

Codman meat now available

Stop by the Codman Community Farm store to purchase Codman-raised beef and pork right from the freezer. Packages are individually priced and marked. This is an honor system, so please be sure to fill out a payment envelope, enclose cash or a check, and place it in the payment box. Products include bacon, ham, hamburger, sausage, ground pork and more, and all meat is free of antibiotics and hormones.

Scholarships announced for Lincoln graduating seniors

The Lincoln Scholarship Committee announces the winners of two awards and two named scholarships for Lincoln graduating seniors for 2015. They are:

Clara Cousins received the Fanny Campbell Award for academic achievement
Leah Kanzer received the Sumner Smith Community Service Award
Katherine Flanagan received the Ogden Codman Scholarship
Savannah Snell received the Ogden Codman Opportunity Scholarship

The Lincoln Scholarship Fund also offers need-based scholarships based in part on the community’s response to its annual appeal letter. The recipients of those scholarships will be determined in mid-July. To date, Lincoln community members have contributed $4,695 to the Lincoln Scholarship Fund 2015 appeal. The members of the committee are appreciative of all those who have helped launch these seniors on their next steps in their education. Anyone wishing to add to this support may do so by sending a check to The Lincoln Scholarship Committee, P. O. Box 6283, Lincoln, MA 01773.

Lincoln parades its best on Fourth of July

July 6, 2015

Here’s a gallery of photos from the Fourth of July parade in Lincoln. All pictures except the yellow T-bird were taken by Ben Dubrovsky, consort to the Lincoln Squirrel. For best results, click on the headline to go directly to the Lincoln Squirrel website and then click on the lower-case “i” at the bottom of the image to see the caption. To see a video of the parade, click
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Correction

June 26, 2015

correction-sm A story about Lincoln’s recent Bikes Not Bombs donation drive had incorrect information about where the donated bikes will be going and when they’ll be packed for shipping. The bikes will be going to Nairobi, Kenya and Bikes not Bombs welcomes volunteers to help pack its shipping container on Sunday, July 19 at its warehouse at 10 Harvard St. in Dorchester. See this web page for more information and to RSVP as a volunteers (breakfast and lunch will be served).

Bikes Not Bombs drive a success

June 25, 2015

Thom Quirk and Elizabeth Cherniack look over a donation at the Bikes Not Bombs drive.

Lincoln Recycling Committee helper Darragh O’Doherty.

At Lincoln’s 4th annual Bikes Not Bombs drive on June 13, the Lincoln Recycling Committee collected 65 adult and children’s bicycles and $340 in cash donations, as well as a variety of bicycle parts such as tubes, tires, wheels, and forks. This is a 22 percent jump from the 53 bikes collected last year.

Many of this year’s donations will be heading to Ghana on July 21 when Bikes Not Bombs will host a “Stuff a Cargo Event” in its Dorchester warehouse. Please refer to the Bikes Not Bombs website for more information and other volunteer opportunities. Although many Lincolnites participated, there were also donations from residents of Acton, Bedford, Burlington, Carlisle, Lexington, Maynard, and Sudbury.

The Lincoln Recycling Committee (Laura Berland, Elizabeth Cherniack, Bernadette Quirk, and Susan Stason) thanks everyone who donated and also extends a grateful thank-you to the following individuals who donated their time to help flatten bikes and accept donations on a beautiful Saturday: Thom Quirk, Darragh O’Doherty and Cecelia Nunez-O’Doherty.