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Heather’s Highlights
Dear Readers,
We want to thank everyone who participated in this year’s National Night Out in Athol, Orange, Petersham, and Royalston! We had 800 folks between the four sites join us and fun was had by all! Thanks for all you do! Heather Bialecki-Canning Executive Director
The Common Thread
Next Coalition
Forum:
September 20, 2019 9:00—10:30 am
DCF: Foster Care & Community Engagement
Orange American Legion 40 Daniel Shays Highway Orange, Massachusetts
October Newsletter DEADLINE: September 24 Email details to [email protected]
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NQCC 251 Exchange Street Athol, MA 01331 978-249-3703
www.nqcc.org [email protected]
A North Quabbin Community Coalition Publication September 2019 ~ Volume 35, Issue 1
251 Exchange Street, Athol, MA 01331
978-249-3703 ~ [email protected]
Board of Directors
Sandi Walters, President Clinical Support Options
Sharon Tracy, Vice President Quabbin Mediation
Steve Raymond, Treasurer Athol Select Board
Rebecca Bialecki Community Representative
John Bruinsma Community Representative
Lynne Feldman LifePath
Lt. Melissa Lowell Salvation Army Corp of Athol
Chief Craig Lundgren Orange Police Department
Pat Moore Community Representative
Jeanette Robichaud Community Representative
Charlie Winters Community Representative
Staff
Heather Bialecki-Canning Executive Director
Amanda Mankowsky Youth & Family Engagement Coordinator
Sarah Collins Drug Free Communities Coordinator
Katrina Burton Project Assistant
Our FY20 Donor/Members
PLATINUM PLUS SPONSORS
Athol Daily News Athol Orange Rotary Club Community Action Pioneer Valley
PLATINUM SPONSORS
Anonymous (Athol) Athol Savings Bank Rebecca Bialecki Susan C. Bredesen Community Foundation for Justice Franklin County Sheriff’s Office
GOLD SPONSORS
Family Pet Veterinary Services
Lynne Feldman
LifePath
Congressman Jim McGovern
Diane Nassif
Quabbin Valley Healthcare
The United Arc
Valuing Our Children
Whipps, Inc.
SILVER SPONSORS
Lucinda Brown Children’s Advocacy Center Communities That Care Coalition Ben & Margaret Feldman FRCOG Edmond Hayes Hometown Realtors NQ Chamber & Visitors Center Petersham Lions Club Quabbin Mediation, Inc.
BRONZE SPONSORS
Anonymous: In Memory of Eric J. Bacigalupo Clinical & Support Options GVNA HealthCare, Inc. Kimball-Cooke, Inc. MA D.A.R.E. Debra McLoughlin & Roger Miller Orange Oil Company, Inc. South Athol United Methodist Church Bonnie Stewart Susan Paju & Heidi Strickland Sandi Walters Charlie Winters
SUPPORTING SPONSORS
First Congregational Parish
Unitarian
Joseph C. Hawkins
James & Barbara Herbert
Deborah Hubbard
Hume Equipment Co.
Patricia Larson
The Literacy Project
Privilege 351 Barber Shop
Seeds of Solidarity
INDIVIDUAL SPONSORS
Karl Bittenbender Nicole Boutell Coleman Ilana Gerjuoy Mary Giannetti Samuel Richardson Samantha Staelens Deborah Vondal Irene Woods
OTHER SUPPORT
Boiler Bar and Grill
Billy Goat Boats Bill Burton Sally Ann Collette Fisher Hill School Lisa Kuenzel Joyce L'Heureux Opioid Task Force Pioneer Junior Women's Club David Runyan Jesse Sawin SMallet Photography Brent Walker
Site Coordinator for the Young
Adult Empowerment
Collaborative Position
The Opioid Task Force of Franklin County and the North Quabbin Region (OTF), with the Young Adult Empowerment Collaborative of Western Massachusetts (YAEC) Advisory Council, is hiring a Site Coordinator for the Young Adult Empowerment Collaborative (YAEC) to manage efforts to impact opioid-affected young adults, ages 16-24 years old in Berkshire, Franklin/North Quabbin, Hampden, and Hampshire Counties. This position is based at OTF, but is also accountable to the YAEC Advisory Council.
The Site Coordinator is responsible for providing staff support to the Young Adult Empowerment Collaborative of Western MA (YAEC), a four-county, evidence-based collaboration to transform the systems serving emerging adults, ages 16-24 years old in Berkshire, Franklin/North Quabbin, Hampden, and Hampshire counties to prevent opioid misuse, address the needs of young adults currently addicted to opioids, and improve their health outcomes as they transition into adulthood. This position is funded by the Opioid Affected Youth Initiative, a program of the U.S. Department of Justice/Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (DOJ/OJJDP).
Please submit a resume, cover letter, and completed job application, to Dottie Arnold, Administrative Coordinator, Opioid Task Force, Franklin County Justice Center, 43 Hope Street, Room 1705, Greenfield, MA 01301 at [email protected], by Friday, September 13 at 5:00 pm. Click here to view the complete job posting and here to download the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office Application for Employment.
Free Weekly Playgroups
The Community Network for Children (CNC) will be offering playgroups for children 0-5 years of age in Erving, New Salem, and Wendell during the school year. Come and enjoy stories, songs, and craft activities with your child(ren) and other families and caregivers from your community. Programs are not held during school closures. Visit their website at https://sites.google.com/erving.com/cncprogram/home for program and event schedules. For more information, contact Gillian Budine at 978-544-5157 or [email protected].
Erving: Wednesdays from 10:00 to 11:30 am at Erving Elementary School, 28 Northfield Road, beginning on September 11. Facilitated by Emily Joseph.
New Salem: Tuesdays from 8:45 to 10:15 am at Swift River School, 201 Wendell Road, beginning September 10. Facilitated by Emily Joseph.
Wendell: Wednesdays from 10:00 to 11:30 am at the Wendell Free Library, 7 Wendell Depot Road, beginning September 11. Facilitated by Sylvia Wetherby.
Three
County
Needs
Assessment
Report
The Three County (Franklin, Hampshire, Berkshire) Needs Assessment Report related to youth/young adults experiencing or at-risk for homelessness is now available at https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/
a25a88_2d71d8495940472c9dd3824a01774c2d.pdf. Community Action Pioneer Valley (CAPV) thanks all of the youth/young adults, providers, and others throughout the region that participated in this process and made it such a community effort. CAPV is now moving on to the planning stage and welcomes all who are interested in participating. Please reach out to Lisa Goldsmith, Homeless Youth Services Manager at 413-376-1117 or [email protected] if you would like to learn more.
Athol Bird & Nature Club Events
Events take place at the Millers River Environmental Center, 100 Main Street, Athol, unless otherwise noted. www.atholbirdclub.org.
Sept. 8, 1:00-4:00 pm: Open House & Program: Get your Geek On —
Join Lynn Harper (Mass Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program) and Dave Small at 2:00 pm as we explore two programs that can help organize your natural history sightings. A brief indoor
explanation will be followed by a chance to try it out in the nearby meadow. Bring a smartphone, laptop, or tablet if you have one. If you already have an Inaturalist or Ebird login, make sure you bring it with you.
Sept. 6, 13, 15, 20, 22, 27, 7:30 am: Early Bird Birding w/ Jeff Johnstone—Meet Jeff at the Center.
Sept. 11, 7:00 pm: Monthly Meeting: “Conservation of North Pacific Albatrosses—Dr. Paul Sievert, U. S. Geological Survey, Massachusetts Cooperative F&W Research Unit, Short-tailed Albatross Recovery.
North Quabbin Community Coalition
251 Exchange Street, Athol MA 01331
www.nqcc.org
Mission Statement: The North Quabbin Community Coalition is a community-wide alliance committed to improving the
quality of life for all those living and working in the North Quabbin since 1984.
Congressman
James P. McGovern’s Local
Office Hours in Athol
Congressman James P. McGovern, serving the 2nd Congressional District, Massachusetts, has local office hours at the North Quabbin Community Coalition, 251 Exchange Street, Athol. Staff will be available on the third Friday of every month from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm to meet with you and provide assistance/advocacy with matters pertaining to federal government agencies and to discuss concerns, thoughts or opinions regarding matters pertaining to the federal government. To schedule an appointment or for additional information, please contact Eladia Romero, Regional Manager at 978-466-3552.