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BULLETIN BOARD - Jan. 24
Soule Homestead Education Center
Registration Information: Pre-registration is required for all programs, unless otherwise indicated. Some programs require pre-payment. To register, call 508-947-6744 or email: email@example.com. Leave your name, title of program, number of people attending, children's ages (if applicable), and a number where you can be reached in the event of a cancellation or postponement. If you cannot attend a program you have signed up for, call the Homestead prior to the program, as there may be a waiting list. The Homestead reserves the right to cancel programs due to insufficient enrollment, weather conditions, etc. You may mail or drop off pre-payment (if required). Soule Homestead Education Center is located at 46 Soule St. in Middleborough. For more information visit: www.soulehomestead.org.
February events:
Seasonal Fun: Free family fun begins from 19 to 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 2 with a Winter Scavenger Hunt. All ages are invited to attend the free-guided tour of the nature trails to search for what does and what does not belong. Pre-registration would be greatly appreciated for this snow or shine event.
Junior Volunteers: Young people between ten and fifteen years of age will have an opportunity to join other volunteers their own age as they meet on the first two Saturdays of the month, from 10 to 11:30 a.m., Feb. 2 and 9. Gain work experience, develop new skills, make new friends and make a difference at the Soule farm. Pre-registration is not required – just arrive in weather appropriate clothing and footgear that can get dirty.
Adult Workshops: Those interested in enriching their gardening experience will enjoy Martha (Mike) Schroeder's "Botany for Gardeners" workshop from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Feb. 9. This is part 2 of a 4 part series. Additional workshops are planned for Feb. 23 and March 16 and the cost is $8 for member or $10 non-members. Register by pre-payment by noon the Thursday before the workshop. Include name, contact info and which workshop(s) you wish to attend. You will receive a confirmation phone call upon receipt of payment.
Quilting Workshop: Quilters of all skill levels are invited to gather for the Quilting Workshop, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 16. The cost is $15 for members or $20 for non-members and a list of supplies to bring and project details for both workshops will be given upon registration.
Spinners with Soul: Individuals interested in fiber arts are welcome to attend the "Spinners with Soul" meeting that will be held at 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 11. Members of the group work together on projects and participate in several events throughout the year. For more information about this group, contact Barbara Chadwick at 508-947-2679.
Fundraising Event: Tickets for the Feb. 9th "Heart & Soule" Valentine's Dance are still on sale at the following Middleborough businesses: Mack's Music, Maria's Cards & Gifts and Mary Barry Massage. This is the sixth year Soule Homestead has held this event at the Middleborough Town Hall Grand Ballroom. Starting at 7 p.m., "Dale & the Duds" will provide hours of old time rock and roll musical entertainment. There will be a raffle, light refreshments will be served and a full cash bar will be available. Tickets are $20 per person and advance tickets may be purchased until Thursday, Feb. 7 at the above locations. Tickets are limited. Any remaining tickets will be sold at the door.
Children's February Vacation Program: Children five to ten year's of age will have an opportunity to experience the farm in the winter with the February school vacation program scheduled to run Tuesday, Feb. 19 through Friday, Feb. 22. The program meets from 9:30 a.m. to noon, with a different theme each day. Tuesday's theme will be "Whooo's There; Wednesday: Rockin' Geologist; Thursday: Letterboxing; and Friday will feature Night Animals. The fee is $13 for members and $15 for non-members per day or $50 for members and $58 for non-members for all four days. For more information contact Children's Educator, Laurie Amberman at 508-947-6744 or email@example.com
Reiki share/clinic
Reiki Share/Reiki clinics are held the first Thursday of each month at 6 p.m. at The Inner Peace Wellness Center, 1 Trowbridge Road, Bourne. These clinics are for Reiki practitioners of all levels. For information, call 508-759-0104.
Boys and Girls Club
Many Boys and Girls Clubs are looking for car donations in any condition. Cars are sold at auction and the funds generated help support their many programs. People wishing to donate or find out more information should call 800-246-0493.
Marion Community Fund
In this difficult time of raised funds and taxes it would be good to remember there is a Marion Community Fund set up at the Community Foundation of Southeastern Massachusetts, which offers real estate tax assistance to those very people who are in jeopardy of losing due to high taxes You may mail donations to The Community Foundation, 227 Union St., Suite 609, New Bedford MA 02740.
Old cars help local children find homes
Donate your old car, truck, motorcycle or boat to the Massachusetts Adoption Resource Exchange (MARE) and help children in foster care find loving adoptive families. It will be towed for free and all the RMV paperwork filed for you. You get the maximum tax deduction. Donated vehicles help MARE organize the programs that find adoptive families for children in foster care. Visit www.mareinc.org or call 866-962-3678.
American Red Cross
Public donations of used clothing, shoes and household linens, all in good condition, enable the American Red Cross to generate funds to support local programs. Residents may donate their items at any of the Red Cross bins located throughout Greater Plymouth County. To obtain a federal tax-deduction receipt for donations valued over $250, or if you would like to request a clothing bin to be placed at your local business, call Tobias at 508-586-4790, ext. 103.
Charities seek vehicle donations
· Help people throughout the state breathe easier this year by donating a car, truck, motorcycle or boat to the American Lung Association and enjoy the benefits of a free tow, a possible tax deduction, and the convenience of having all the paperwork handled in a professional, timely manner. Donations directly support lung-health programs for children and adults. To donate, call the vehicle-donation hotline, 800-577-LUNG or visit online www.donateyourcar.com.
· Mothers Against Drunk Driving, MADD, in Massachusetts seeks donations of old automobiles to help fund its program. Call 800-720-6233.
· Help the Boys and Girls Clubs by donating unwanted cars. There are no longer any restrictions. The only requirement is that the owner must have the Certificate of Title. Donors may call 800-246-0493 to make arrangements for pick-up.
· The American Diabetes Association in Massachusetts is asking for car donations. Funds raised go to local programs. To donate, call 800-212-9900.
Harbour House seeks donations
The Harbour House Family Shelter, located at 713 Shawmut Ave., New Bedford, is a nonprofit organization that provides temporary housing and transitional assistance to young families. Donations are tax deductible and may be dropped off at the shelter. For more information, contact Program Director Shelly Correia at 508-992-6027.
Massachusetts Association for the Blind
Your car, truck or camper may be worth more as a donation than a trade in. Call the Massachusetts Association for the Blind at 1-888-613-2777 for details. This is a free tow, quick pick up and donations are tax deductible. Proceeds benefit blind and vision-impaired persons in Massachusetts.
ACC Grass Roots Cribbage Club
An ACC Grass Roots Cribbage Club meets at the Janice C Parent building, 8 Benton St. Middleborough. Play starts promptly at 7 p.m. Tuesdays. It is recommended you arrive at 6:45 p.m. Enjoy playing and meeting new friends, competing on a local level yet compete on a national basis. For information call Ray Cook at 508-980-9443. For information on the ACC visit www.cribbage.org.
Agawam keyboard artists
The Coalition of Artists Performing for Education meets the fourth Saturday of each month at the Old Methodist Meeting House on Main Street in Wareham. Student performers take open mic from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. and are followed by a featured professional artist at 8 p.m. Refreshments are available throughout the evening for a donation. For information, call 508-295-6104.
Book club
A Natural History Book Club was formed at the Marion Natural History Museum. The aim of the club is to broaden awareness of the Earth's natural wonders and all societies' dependence on the proper functioning of natural systems. Exploration of our natural heritage will be by automobile, foot and by armchair readers of all ages.
CAPE coffeehouse
The CAPE coffeehouse is held on the fourth Saturday of every month. Located at the Old Methodist Meetinghouse, 495 Main St., Wareham. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. The cost is $10 for adults, $5 for students and open mic performers. For more information, call David Jackson at 781-724-9798, email email@example.com, or visit www.cape.webbweaver.com. The Coalition of Artists Performing for Education was founded by David Jackson in 1999.
Cape Cod Mayflower Decorative Artists
The Cape Cod Mayflower Decorative Artists is a local chapter of the International Society of Decorative Painters. Meetings and workshops are held the third Saturday of the month at the Little Red Schoolhouse, located at the corner of Long Pond and Herring Pond roads, Exit 2 off Route 3, in Plymouth. Visit www.decorativepainters.org for more information or call Claire Bartlett, president, at 508-866-6916, or email her at email@example.com.
Cape Cod Glass Club
The club is open to new members and membership is not limited to Cape Cod residents. For information call Joan Marsh at 508-385-6341 or Betsy Hewlett at 508-362-6875.
Cape Cod Women's Connection
Cape Cod Women's Connection usually meets at the Canal Club in Bourne (behind the Trowbridge Tavern and the Quality Inn Hotel, 100 Trowbridge Road). For details and questions, contact Cathy at 508-888-3869 or Beverley at 508-548-3438 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
The purpose of the club is to provide an atmosphere of fellowship among women. Cape Cod Women's Connection is affiliated with Stonecroft Ministries, a nonprofit, nondenominational organization based in Kansas City.
Cause for Paws
Cause for Paws, a nonprofit shelter for cats and kittens in Mattapoisett, has joined petfinder.com, the oldest and largest animal shelter on the Web. Visit petfinder.com/shelters/MA93.html.
CHAMPS shelter
CHAMPS is a nonprofit, volunteer-run shelter that provides care for abandoned, abused and neglected cats and other small animals. To see the shelter's adoptable animals, visit www.petfinder.com and look for the Wareham CHAMPS shelter under the site's shelter search, or call 508-291-0072 or 508-748-1797 for information. Donations are welcome and may be sent to Champs Shelter, P.O. Box 332, Marion, MA 02738.
Chef Buddies Club
The South Shore Chef Buddies open membership to all who enjoy cooking and socializing. Once a month, groups of six-eight will meet at a pre-selected members home to dine on foods prepared by members from a pre-selected menu. The cost of each meal is divided and shared among the group equally. Members are encouraged to submit their favorite recipes for sharing. For information, call president and founder, Dee Royale, 508-291-2682. Free membership. Singles and couples welcome.
Chess Club
The Scholastic Chess Club meets Tuesdays, from 6:30 to 8 p.m., in the Wareham Free Library. Adults and older students provide coaching to children aged 7 to 15. For information, call Joe Macdonald at 508-295-0563.
Community Crime Watch
Community Crime Watch (CCW) is made up of 75 volunteers who are dedicated to preventing crime in Wareham and Onset. It assists residents by patrolling neighborhoods and aiding in the capture of criminals by providing information to the police department. Members wear yellow jackets labeled Crime Watch during festivals and public events in Wareham and Onset. The group receives no funding from the town; it is supported exclusively by donations. The CCW has three cruisers marked Crime Watch that require gasoline, insurance and repairs.
The CCW Tip Line is 508-291-2300. For information or to join, call 508-295-6192. Donations may be mailed to Community Crime Watch, P.O. Box 1720, Onset, MA 02558.
Couples Gourmet Club
The South Wareham Senior and Social Services Gourmet Club are seeking couples of all ages that love to cook. The practice is to meet with other couples for dinner at a different host's home once a month. Menus and recipes will be pre-selected by a committee and include ethnic and American cuisine. Membership is open to all those who live in Wareham and the surrounding communities. For information, call Dee Royale at 508-291-2682.
Cranberry Shores Chorus
Cranberry Shores Chorus, a women's a cappella ensemble with members from Plymouth to Harwich, has rehearsals at the Federated Church of Hyannis, 320 Main St., Hyannis. Reading music not required (learning media provided). This is a wonderful opportunity to experience a cappella singing with no obligation and no cost. Call Dee at 508-778-0109 for more information, or go to www.cranberryshores.org.
Cribbage, anyone?
Play cribbage Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. at the VFW, 180 Shore Road, Bourne. The cost is $10. For information, call 508-759-9885.
Degree of Pocahontas
Wampanoag Council #15 Degree of Pocahontas, a nonprofit organization, is the women's auxiliary of the Improved Order of Red Men. IORM is a national fraternal organization that believes in love and respect for the American flag, the American way of life, keeping alive the customs and legends of a vanishing race, creating and inspiring a greater love for the United States of America, linking members together in a common bond of friendship and love, and helping those in need with organized, charitable programs.
Democratic Town Committee
The Wareham Democratic Town Committee meets at 6:30 p.m. on the third Tuesday of each month in room 119 at the Wareham Multi-Service Center, 48 Marion Road. Call John Donahue, chairman, at 508-295-1544 or visit www.warehamdems.org.
Evergreen House Inc.
Evergreen House Inc., a men's sober house in Wareham, provides shelter and guidance to men suffering from alcoholism and substance abuse. For information, call Corey Fontes, house director, at 508-291-6244 or write to Evergreen House, P.O. Box 192, East Wareham, MA 02538.
Finnish-American Society meeting
Are you of Finnish descent or married to someone of Finnish descent? If you are join us, The Finnish-American Society of Cape Cod for the monthly meeting at noon, at the First Lutheran Church, Route 6, West Barnstable. Take a lunch for yourself. Coffee, tea and dessert will be provided.
Fraternal Order of Eagles
The Buzzards Bay Eagles is a nonprofit organization at 39 Cohasset Ave., Buzzards Bay. Fraternal Order of Eagles #3741 meets at 7:30 p.m., the first and third Thursdays of the month. Every Sunday, an all-you-can-eat breakfast is served from 8 a.m. to noon for $7. Supper is served Wednesdays at 5:45 p.m. for $7. For information, call 508-759-9974 in the evening.
Friends of Myles Standish State Forest
Friends of Myles Standish State Forest (FMSSF) is an all-volunteer, non-profit, tax-exempt organization dedicated to promoting responsible recreation and enhancing and restoring the trails, wildlife habitat and the scenic and historic resources in the Myles Standish State Forest.
Join FMSSF. The forest belongs to you and it needs your help. You are invited to come to meetings where you will learn more about the forest, volunteer at work parties, help with community events, become an advocate for the forest and support the forest through your membership and donations to FMSSF.
Membership is $10 for an individual and $15 for a family. Members are reminded that annual memberships are now due to keep your membership current. Memberships and donations are tax deductible.
Send your membership/donation to Friends of Myles Standish State Forest, Inc, C/o Robert Bentley, FMSSF Treasurer, 60 Wenham Road, Carver.
Le Beau Chapeau
Le Beau Chapeau is a hat society for women in business. Enjoy networking and social fun. Free membership. Monthly meetings are held Tuesdays at Lindsey's Restaurant, Wareham. Appetizers and soft drinks will be served. Fare $17 tax/tip included. Reservations accepted up to day of meeting. (Hats are required to attend). For reservation or information, call Dee Royale at 508-291-2682.
Lions Club
The Rochester Lions Club meets in various locations at 7 p.m. the first and third Tuesday of every month. The club seeks new members and new ideas to help raise money for eye research and community needs. For nformation, call John Cobb at 508-763-8970.
The Mattapoisett Lions Club meets the second and fourth Wednesday of every month at the Kinsale Inn in Mattapoisett. Social hour begins at 6:30 p.m. and the meeting starts at 7 p.m. For information, call 508-758-4964 or 508-758-4964.
Leo Club
The Rochester Leo Club is a youth group sponsored by the Rochester Lions Club. For information, call Deb Martin at 508-763-9248.
Maconchu Club
The Maconchu Club of the Mattapoisett Congregational Church is a social organization dedicated to promoting good fellowship. Local residents are welcome to join the club, which meets the third Saturday of every month at 7:30 p.m. in Reynard Hall.
Marion Social Club
The Marion Social Club, located at 44 Pumping Station Road, is a charitable, community-service organization that assists the young, elderly, distressed and underprivileged in Marion and surrounding communities. The club raises money to fund charitable activities by sponsoring a number of annual events, such as clambakes, chicken barbeques, steak suppers and other events open to the public. The group is actively seeking new members who are willing to roll up their sleeves and work toward the goal to provide services to needy persons and families. For more information on how to become a member, call John at 508-748-2280.
National Active and Retired Federal Employees
The National Active and Retired Federal Employees, Cape Cod Chapter 1279, invites federal employees, retired or current, to stay informed about all issues that will affect them upon retirement. Meetings are held at 2 p.m., the second Thursday of each month at the Bourne Memorial Community Center, 239 Main St., Buzzards Bay. Membership is open to all retired and current employees. For information, call Peter Conroy at 508-759-3324, email email@example.com or write to 5 Oakmont Drive, Buzzards Bay, MA 02532.
Natural History Book Club
The aim of the club is to broaden awareness of the earth's wonders and all societies' dependence on the proper functioning of natural systems. Participants will be able to explore of our natural heritage by automobile, foot and also by armchair reading. For information, call 508-748-2098.
Old Colony Young Marines
The Old Colony Young Marines is a youth education and service program for boys and girls ages 8 through completion of high school. Recruits are being sought. The group has unit members from Quincy to Brewster. Meetings are held at 5:45 p.m. every Tuesday at the Boys and Girls Club of Plymouth, 9 Resnik Road, Plymouth.
Information may be obtained at the website www.oldcolonyyoungmarines.com. For details call adult leader Lucian Pravati at 508-224-9590 or Michelle DeSilva at 508-896-6424 or Laura Stowe at 508-888-8962; or talk to one of the young marine leaders, Joshua Covell at 508-833-4409 or Dylan DaSilva at 508-896-6424 or Nathaniel Stowe at 508-888-8962 or Nicholas Eufrazio at 508-830-1045 or Joseph Pravati at 508-224-9590.
Onset Bay Association
The Onset Bay Association is a nonprofit civic corporation comprised of residents and business people who are dedicated to aiding the community by sponsoring family activities, concerts, beautification projects and clean-up campaigns. The association seeks to improve public safety, create an improved downtown image, and facilitate the success of a thriving business community.
For information, call 508-295-7072.
Onset Protective League
The Onset Protective League endeavors to keep the Onset community apprised of current issues and events of interest and to provide an opportunity for the exchange of ideas and concerns relevant to the residents of Onset. The league is dedicated to upholding the decree of 1916, which protects designated bluffs, beaches and green spaces from development to preserve these pristine local treasures for the public to enjoy for years to come.
Meetings are open to the public. The league meets monthly at the Dudley F. Brown VFW Post #2846, off Onset Avenue, generally on the third Thursday of the month. Dates, times and topics are announced in advance. For information, call 508-295-1486.
Robbins Museum of Archaeology
Exhibits at the museum cover over 10,000 years of Native American history and culture. The Robbins Museum is located in Middleborough and is the only museum dedicated to Native American history in Massachusetts. The key goal of the programming is to make the exhibits and educational materials relevant to students and easy-to-use by educators. Visits to the museum will include a tour of the museum, hands-on activities, and the opportunity for students to handle and analyze Native American artifacts. Open Wednesday, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Thursday and Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. To schedule a tour during these or other hours or for more information, call the Education Department at 508-947-9005 or email email@example.com.
Rochester Historical Society
The Rochester Historical Society meets monthly at 7 p.m., at the East Rochester Church Museum, 355 County Road. The society is interested in any artifacts, pictures or stories you may want to share, either as a gift or loan. If you have historical items, contact curator Pam Robinson at 508- 763-2035 or librarian Sue LaFleur at 508-295-8908. The museum is open every Sunday, from 1 to 3 p.m.
Rotary Club of Fairhaven
The Rotary Club of Fairhaven, comprised of members from Acushnet, Mattapoisett and Fairhaven, supports charitable organizations and academic scholarships for students from those towns. The club meets for lunch Tuesdays, at 12:15 p.m., at Pumpernickels, 23 Center St., Fairhaven. Call 508-992-1960 for more information.
Scale-model club
The National Museum of Military Miniatures meets the fourth Wednesday of each month at the Bourne Veterans Community Center on Main Street in Buzzards Bay, from 7 to 9 p.m. The Black Buzzards is an instructional scale-model construction and finishing club. All ages, skills levels and building media are welcome. For information, call Bill or John at the Buzzards Bay Hobby Center, 508- 759-5722.
Sippican Historical Society Museum
The Sippican Historical Society Museum, located at 139 Front St., in the heart of Marion Village, is open Tuesday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. It features artifacts and historical materials pertaining to Marion, including furnishings, paintings, photographs and maps. Special features include displays dedicated to the Mary Celeste and the Gilded Age of Marion. Call for further information, 508-748-1116.
Sippican Woman's Club
The Sippican Woman's Club is a nonprofit organization whose fundraising efforts each year enable scholarship awards for Marion students seeking higher education. Club membership is open to all women who are residents of Marion or to women whose interests are in Marion. Contact Jeanne Lake at 508-748-0619 for membership information.
Sociable Singles Association
Sociable Singles Association sponsors its social night the first Thursday of each month, from 7 to 9 p.m., at The Wave, in Marion. For information, call 877-387-8039 or visit www.sociablesingles.org.
Social night is an opportunity for single adults to mix and mingle in a friendly atmosphere and get acquainted with the Sociable Single Association. You do not have to be a member to attend and the admission is free.
Social Harmony Lodge
Social Harmony Lodge AF & AM meets the second Friday of every month at 7 p.m. at the Masonic Lodge, Cranberry Highway, Wareham. For information, call Harold Gerard at 508-295-5530.
SouthCoast Equality Alliance
The SouthCoast Equality Alliance (SEA), a newly formed lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, queer organization, announces its first open gathering and proposed calendar of events. SEA, a project of the Community Foundation of Southeastern Massachusetts, is a volunteer driven organization committed to promoting respect and equality for individuals and families regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, through education and advocacy. For more information, call SEA at 508-536-5991.
South Coast Lupus Group
The Greater Plymouth Lupus Group has a new name, new location and new time. The name is now the South Coast Lupus Group. The meetings are at the Bourne Council on Aging, 239 Main Street, Buzzards Bay. The new time is 1 to 3 p.m. the 2nd Monday of each month. The meetings are open to patients, family and friends. There is no registration. For anyone interested: Lunch is served prior to the meeting, at the Bourne Council on Aging for a nominal fee and reservations must be made by Friday by calling 508-759-0653. For further information regarding meetings call Nicole Peterson 781-582-8770.
Squares and rounds
Square and rounds dancing is held Fridays from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. in the community room at the Wareham Multi- Service Center. Classes are for beginners and mainstream square dancers and rounds. The first lesson is free. After that, classes are $3 per person. For information, call Betty at 508-295-1395, or Paul or Lillian at 508-998-5937.
Thermometer Collectors Club
The Thermometer Collectors Club of America meets the third Thursday of each month at 7 p.m. at the museum. The Porter Thermometer Museum, located in Onset, is Onset's only museum. It is open year-round with 5,100 thermometers displayed. Drop by and meet the thermometer man, or book a traveling presentation, which is for any age. Admission is free. Call 508-295-5504 for information.
Tobey Hospital Gift Shop
The Tobey Hospital Gift Shop hours are Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For further information call 508-295-0880. All proceeds benefit Tobey Hospital.
Tobey Hospital Guild
Members of the Tobey Hospital Guild founded in 1941, serve as ambassadors to the community of the hospital. Membership in open to both men and women with many opportunities to volunteer time and talents. Community members are invited to join the organization.
The guild raises funds to support projects, including hospital equipment, developing technology, health care, scholarships, and patient outreach. Fund-raising programs include an annual special event, gift shop, luncheons, raffles, lobby sales, holiday light-a-light and more. Guild members are encouraged to join the Tobey Volunteer Service Program , which helps within the hospital to benefit patients and their families. For more information call Cathy, Membership Chair at 508-291-3453 or Agatha, Volunteer Supervisor at the hospital.
Taking Off Pounds Sensibly meets at the Bourne Community Building every Thursday, from 10 to 11 a.m. For information, call 508-295-4012 or 508-759-7452.
Tri-Town Business Association
The Tri-Town Business Association meets at 8 a.m. the third Wednesday of every month. The meetings last for one hour and are designed to bring businesses, schools and residents of the tri-town area together to meet with each other and foster economic growth as well as enhance the educational communities of the tri-towns.
For further information, contact Pat Shea at 508-748-2689 or Beverly Pierce at 508-763-5503.
Turning Point Day Resource Center
Turning Point Day Resource Center, 6 Rogers Ave., Wareham, assists local people with the challenges of homelessness. Office open Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to noon, an appointment is necessary. The Baby Point Program is open on the third Thursday of every month from 10 a.m. to noon and from5 to 7 p.m. Call 508-291-0535 for information.
Wareham Elks #1548
Members of the Wareham Elks #1548 meet the second and fourth Monday of each month at the lodge in East Wareham.
Bingo is every Tuesday. Doors open at 4 p.m. and bingo starts at 7 p.m. All proceeds to benefit scholarship funds.
The hall is available for rent for up to 300 people. For information, call 508-295-6000, or stop by the office between 10 a.m. and noon.
Wareham Garden Club
The Wareham Garden Club encourages new membership. For information, call Margaret Welsh at 508-757-5454 or Debbie Bush at 508-748-1262.
Wareham Historical Society Inc.
A nonprofit organization, generally meets on the third Monday of the month at the Old Methodist Meeting House, 495 Main St., Wareham at 7 p.m. For information, call 508-273-0069.
Wareham Land Trust
The Wareham Land Trust public meetings are generally held four times a year, typically on the second Tuesday of the month. Meetings and topics are announced in advance. Watch local papers for announcements of dates, times and locations. Executive meetings are open to the public and held on the second Tuesday of all other months at 7 p.m. at the WLT office at 219 Main St., Suite E, Wareham. For information, call 508-295-0211.
Wareham recycling
The Wareham Recycling volunteer drop-off center is open Wednesdays from 1 to 3 p.m. and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Clean and separated items accepted include:
· glass, metal, paper, plastic – clean items only
· bottles and jars (no plate glass, etc.), tin cans, aluminum foil/plates, plastic containers #1-5 (any color); check the number
· newspapers (including inserts), magazines, catalogs, phone books, mixed office-type paper (no glue, no glassine envelopes)
· cardboard (corrugated, cereal boxes, manila folders) – separate from newspapers
· numbers 1 and 2 plastic containers (any color); packing peanuts (no Styrofoam)
· white goods are taken year-round; no sticker required; $15 for non-Freon items; $20 for items containing Freon
Also taken for a small fee: auto (only) tires and rims, $2/tire, $1/rim; auto batteries, $1. Antifreeze (green) is taken free at the Auto Center, Route 28, West Wareham.
Other trash alternatives: TVs, computers, fluorescent tubes, yard trimmings, leaves, etc. Check with CMR District resources 508-291-3100, ext. 3186, or 508-748-6554.
Sharps-collection site is located at the Recycling Drop-off Center in East Wareham, next to the Park and Ride, Route 28 and Maple Spring Road, across from Atlantic Boats. Hours for collection are Wednesdays from 1 to 3 p.m. and Saturdays, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sharps containers should be hard plastic bottles with screw-type caps, no larger than 24 inches or one gallon capacity, preferably detergent-type bottles. Glass or clear plastic containers will not be accepted. Recycle kitchen scraps. Ask about composting. For information, call the Board of Health at 508-291-3100, ext. 3197.
Wareham Village Association
The Wareham Village Association is a nonprofit organization whose goal is to bring the business and residential communities together. The association sponsors downtown events for holidays and the Swan Festival, as well as cleanup and beautification projects and fundraisers. Meetings are held the first Thursday of each month at the Information Center, 208 Rear Main St., Wareham. For information, call 508-291-3677.
Whaling City Rowing
Whaling City Rowing is a nonprofit organization that provides year-round, diverse educational rowing programs for people of all ages and experience levels. All are welcome to join. Membership includes training, beautiful views of waterways, and fun. For information, visit www.whalingcityrowing.org or call 774-488-7974.
Women's Society of Christian Service
The Women's Society of Christian Service, an interdenominational group, meets at 7 p.m. the second Monday of the month at the Emmanuel Church of the Nazarene, 6 Rogers Ave., Wareham. Women 18 and older are invited to attend. For information, call 508-295-3977.
Voice of the Faithful
The South Coast affiliate of Voice of the Faithful is comprised of members committed to a renewed and accountable Catholic church. For information, email firstname.lastname@example.com or visit the website www.votf.org.
Parents & Kids
Buttonwood Zoo
Buttonwood Park Zoo, 425 Hawthorn St., New Bedford, is open daily Monday to Friday, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturdays and Sundays, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Admission is $2.50 for children 3 to 12 years of age, $3.75 for students, and $5 for adults; a family rate is offered for $15. Parking is free. Events include:
· The Toe Jam Puppet Band creative-arts play group. Sing, dance and play with New Bedford's favorite, the Toe Jam Puppet Band, every Monday at 10:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.
· The New Bedford Oceanarium WOW mobile is in the zoo parking lot every Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Join Oceanarium staff for free marine activities and crafts. Different activities are offered each week.
· Children, ages 8 to 12, who love animals and the zoo is invited to join the Zoo Crew, a day program that runs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Each week has a different theme.
Head Start
Cape Cod Child Development is accepting applications for the East Falmouth fall full-day and half-day enrollment in its Head Start programs. Subsidies are provided; vouchers are accepted. Parents of children between the ages of 3 and 5 may call 800-974-8860 for information.
Great Place to Learn
Great Place to Learn in Wareham offers comprehensive academic programs that specialize in diagnostic testing, tutorial support for grades K-12, SAT and MCAS preparation, college search, individualized special education programs, home school and summer classes. For information, call Deb Ozug 508-678-9004 or visit www.greatplacetolearn.com.
Nature Kids
A weekly class for toddlers and pre-schoolers is held every Friday morning at 10 a.m. at Earth's Partner, 133 Wareham Road, Marion. Class is $2 per participant. A seasonally appropriate story is read followed by a related craft using recycled or natural materials. Email email@example.com or call Earth's Partner at 508-748-3933 for information.
Infant playgroup
Thanks to a generous donation from the friends of the Marion Visiting Nurses, plans are in the works for an infant playgroup. The goal of the group is to provide support to the family at this crucial stage of a child's development and also offer the opportunity to meet others with children of similar ages.
The group is led by a skilled facilitator and will be held, at the YMCA Youth and Family Center, Reservation Road, Mattapoisett. A series fee of $24 is charged. Scholarships are available. If you are interested in being a part of this group, contact the Early Childhood Office at 508-748-1863.
Infant social and discussion group
Meeting Tuesday afternoons from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. in the Council on Aging quarters at Center School, Mattapoisett, Amanda Stone, R.N., public health nurse for Mattapoisett and Marion will offer six relaxed and informative sessions where you can meet families that have children of similar age and discuss topics of interest or concern.
Mothers, fathers, grandparents or caregivers with infants from birth to first birthday are welcome. Siblings are welcome too. A fee of $24 will be collected at the first session. Scholarships are available. The Tri-Town Early Childhood Council, the Early Childhood Office of the Old Rochester Regional School District, the Friends of the Marion Visiting Nurses and the Marion, Mattapoisett and Rochester Boards of Health sponsors the group.
Registration is required. Contact the Early Childhood Office at 508-748-1863.
Subsidized childcare
Cape Cod Child Development Program is a nonprofit organization that has served thousands of families across the Cape, by offering subsidized childcare and accepting vouchers for eligible families. The program is now enrolling children for the fall. Space is available for the Family Child, Preschool/Head Start and school-age programs. Call the enrollment office to register at 800-974-8860.
PCHS Class of 1966 – looking for classmates
The Plymouth-Carver High School Class of 1966 is trying to find the following classmates to update the class address list. If anyone knows the whereabouts of the following people, or if your address has changed in the last five years call either Charlotte at 508-746-7464 or Margaret at 508-746-9151. Email is: firstname.lastname@example.com.
Diane Alves, Douglas Anderson, Bruce Price, Bruce Curtis, Philip Anti, Constance Riordan, Cynthia Barrows, Sandra Robertson Lacey, Cynthia Bates, Patrick Romano, Norman Bissett, Sandra Russell, Robert Brown, Susan Sawyer, Christine Sears, Beverly Smith, Geraldine Clark, Cheryl Thompson, Julia Wager, Lisa Ford, Deborah Wollaston, Richard Gomes, Jeanne Gould, Stephen Williams, Marcia Thimas, Daphne Lopes, Donna Wright, Linda Young, Robert Mahoney, Doris Parker, Wayne Sirrico, Linda Maki, Theodore Halunen, Robert Haigh
HUD housing counseling
The Plymouth Redevelopment Authority at 11 Lincoln St., Plymouth, is a HUD housing counseling agency. As a HUD agency, the PRA provides free housing counseling to clients in its target area, which includes the towns of Plymouth, Carver, Halifax, Plympton, Kingston, Duxbury, Marshfield and Wareham. Counseling services include home purchase counseling, mortgage default and delinquency counseling, rental and rental delinquency counseling and reverse equity mortgage counseling for seniors. For information, call the PRA at 508-747-1620, ext. 147.
Boy Scouts/Cub Scouts
Boys aged 7 to 11 are invited to join Cub Scouts. Boys 11 to 18 years of age are welcome to join Boy Scouts.
Local Scout leaders will host evenings of information and fun at area schools and community centers. Times and locations of local Scout rallies are available by calling 508- 402-7060.
· Marion Boy Scout Troop 32 meets every Thursday, from 6:45 to 8 p.m., at St. Gabriel's Parish Hall, 124 Front St., Marion. For information, call Joe Duggan at 508-748-6782.
· Mattapoisett Boy Scout Troop 53 meets Tuesdays, from 6:30 to 8 p.m., at the Mattapoisett Congregational Church, 27 Church St. For information, call Jim O'Dowd at 508-758-3563.
· Rochester Boy Scout Troop 31 meets Mondays at 7 p.m., at the Rochester Grange.
Calling all Girl Scouts
Girls Scouts of the USA has partnered with the Ad Council to create Girls Go Tech, a national public-service advertising campaign designed to encourage young girls to develop early interests in math, science and technology. It features an interactive website, www.girlsgotech.org. For information, log onto the website www.gscsm.org or call 800-242-0925.
Former Girl Scouts who would like to reconnect with Girl Scout friends may call the Massachusetts toll-free phone number, 800-242-0925 or email firstname.lastname@example.com with name, address and other contact information. Email is preferred.
Daisy Girl Scouts
The Daisy Girl Scouts program, for girls in kindergarten, is an introduction to the goals of Girl Scouts: teamwork, respect for others and character development. For information, call the Plymouth Bay Council at 508-923-0800, ext. 41.
Rainbow Girls
The International Order of Rainbow Girls is an organization for girls aged 11 to 21. Meetings are held twice a month at the Wareham Masonic Hall. Girls are encouraged to work in community service and run many fundraisers to support different charitable organizations. For information, call the mother advisor, Priscilla Hartshorn, at 508-295-9401.
Support groups
AD-IN of Plymouth
The Attention Deficit Information Network of Plymouth meets Fridays, usually once a month, at 7:15 p.m. in the Plymouth North High School, Obery Street. A $3 donation at the door is requested. An annual family membership fee of $15 provides members to regular email updates. Refreshments are sold to benefit the Scholarship Fund. Make checks payable to AD-IN of Plymouth and mail to AD-IN of Plymouth treasurer, Talia Way, Plymouth, MA 02360. To confirm meetings, call 508-746-3959.
Al-Anon – A Road to Serenity
Al-Anon announces a new meeting being held at 9:30 a.m. Fridays in the Church of the Vine, 5 Wareham Street, Carver. All those who are affected by someone else's drinking can find solutions that lead to serenity in this fellowship.
Al-Anon meets at the Church of the Good Shepherd, High Street, Wareham, Thursdays, from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Beginners meet at the YMCA, Church Street, Wareham, 9 to 9:45 a.m., and stay for a 12-step meeting from 10 to 11 a.m.
Al-Anon meetings for relatives and friends
Al-Anon meeting for relatives and friends of alcoholics at 8 p.m. Wednesdays, St. Gabriel's Church Hall, 124 Front St., Marion.
Alzheimer's support
· Friends of Marion Visiting Nurses and Community Nurse and Hospice are offering a free support group for tri-town caregivers of patients with Alzheimer's and related dementia. The group meets the second Wednesday of each month, from 4 to 5:30 p.m., in the community room of the Sippican School. Pat Midurski, RN, will offer resources related to care giving and practical suggestions for relieving stress. The Friends of the Marion Visiting Nurses funds the group. For information, call 508-992-6278 or 508-996-0638.
· An Alzheimer's support group meets at the Tremont Rehabilitation and Skilled Care Center in Wareham on the second Thursday of each month, from 3 to 4 p.m. All caregivers are welcome to attend. For information, call Dianne Connelly at 508-295-1040.
Alzheimer's Support - Plymouth
A support group co-sponsored by Radius Health Care Center, to support families and friends of patients with Alzheimer's meets the first Tuesday of the month at 3:30 p.m. at Stafford Hill Assisted Living, 60 Stafford Street, Plymouth. For more information call Evelyn Haight at 508-746-4343 ext. 298.
Behavior management
For information call Mary Jane Sullivan, Wareham Community Partnerships Coordinator at 508-291-3547 or Jane Taylor, Early Childhood Coordinator, ORRSD at 508-748-1863.
Breast cancer support
For those newly diagnosed with breast cancer, talking with a trained American Cancer Society Reach to Recovery volunteer and breast cancer survivor gives patients the opportunity to express feelings, verbalize fears and concerns and ask questions. For information about receiving a free visit, call the American Cancer Society at 800-ACS-2345.
Caretakers' support
Community Nurse and Hospice Care, Caregiver Support groups for anyone taking care of someone with memory impairment meet:
· Acushnet Council on Aging, 59 Main St., Acushnet – The fourth Wednesday of each month, from 6 to 7:30 p.m., free transportation and free respite care is available. For information, call Patricia Midurski at 508-996-0368.
· Fairhaven Council on Aging, 229 Huttleston Ave., Fairhaven – The first Wednesday of the month, from 1 to 2 p.m., free social daycare available during meeting or free in-home respite. For more details, call Patricia Midurski at 508-996-0368.
Children's Bereavement Support Group
The Children's Bereavement Support Group provides a safe place for young people, ages 5 and up, to share feelings of loss with their peers. The group is held at the Southcoast Hospice offices located at 200 Mill Road, Fairhaven. For more information or to register for both groups call Catherine Wrobel, bereavement coordinator, at 508-984-0202.
Counseling Referrals
The Social Work Therapy Referral Service offers free confidential referrals for individual, couple, family and group therapy, matched for specialty, location and insurance. A public service of the National Association of Social Workers. Call 617-720-2828 or 800-242-9794.
Food Addicts in Recovery
Are you having a hard time controlling the way you eat? Call Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous at 781-438-9700. Local meetings: Tuesdays - Wareham, 7 p.m. Church of the Good Shepherd, 74 High St.; Wednesdays - Wareham, 9 a.m. YMCA, 33 Charge Pond Road; Fridays - Wareham, 8 a.m. Church of the Good Shepherd, 74 High St.
No dues, fees or weigh-ins. The website is www.foodadddicts.org.
Depression/bipolar support
The Southcoast Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance meets the fourth Thursday of each month from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Wareham Free Library, 59 Marion Road, Route 6. Friends, family and loved ones are welcome. For information, contact Lisa at email@example.com, or call 508-212-9447.
Diabetes youth support group
Children aged 5 to 15 with diabetes are encouraged to join the Diabetes Association's youth support group, which meets from 9 to 11 a.m. every other Saturday at the Southcoast Wellness Center, 250 Faunce Corner Road, North Dartmouth. The first hour is for sports and games, and is followed by an hour of social support and diabetes education; free. Call Bill DaPonte at 508-672-5671 for information.
Family Caregiver Support Program
The Family Caregiver Support Program at Old Colony Elderly Services, Inc. (OCES) in Brockton and Comfort Keepers in Plymouth, have established a free monthly Family Caregiver Support Group. The group meets the first Wednesday of each month from 6-7:30 p.m. and offers educational focused meetings, guidance and reassurance while enabling the exchange of practical ideas. Meetings will be held a Comfort Keepers located at 37 Industrial Park Road in Plymouth.
Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous
Are you having a hard time controlling the way you eat? Contact Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous (FA): 781-932-6300.
*New meeting location in Fairhaven weekly, Sundays at 6:30 p.m. The North Dartmouth location is no longer available for Sunday evening meeting.
If you are new, contact the person listed below, as meeting locations and times may change.
*Fairhaven: Sunday, 6:30 p.m. Atria Fairhaven, 391 Alden Road, Fairhaven; Contact Eric: 508-758-8418
Wareham: Tuesday, 7 p.m. Church of the Good Shepherd, 74 High St., Wareham; Contact Nancy R.: 508-748-2894
Wednesday, 9 a.m. YMCA, 33 Charge Pond Road, Wareham; Contact Denise: 508-991-4384
Friday, 8 a.m. Church of the Good Shepherd, 74 High St., Wareham; Contact Nancy R.: 508-748-2894
No dues, fees or weigh-ins. www.foodadddicts.org.
Multiple Sclerosis support group in Carver
Have you or do you know someone that has been diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis? Join this new support group, Mondays at 6:30 p.m. in the conference room at Stonewood Health and Fitness, 160 North Main St., Carver. For information, call Anthony Vitale at 508-789-3882.
NAMI of Plymouth
NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) is a nonprofit organization serving Plymouth and nine surrounding communities. NAMI sponsors a free Family to Family Support Group Thursdays, from 7 to 8:30 p.m., in the Sgarzi conference room at Jordan Hospital, 275 Sandwich St., Plymouth, for family members and caregivers of those living with depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia or other psychiatric disorders. Call the Plymouth area NAMI at 781-829-7215 or Jean Albanese at 508-746-8094 with questions.
Respiratory support
The Greater Wareham Respiratory Support Group meets the first and third Friday of every month from 2 to 3:30 p.m. at the Wareham Free Library. For information, call Isabelle Miller at 508-295-7007.
South Shore OCD Support
A support group for those suffering with, or have family members suffering with, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) meets at 7 p.m., the second Wednesday of every month at the Duxbury Senior Community Center, 10 Mayflower St., Duxbury. Meetings are free. The center is wheelchair accessible. Call Barbara Lashley at 508-830-1630 for information.
Stroke Support Group
The Stroke Support Group is held the third Wednesday of the month from 4 to 5:30 p.m. at Autumn Glen of Dartmouth, formerly Heritage of Dartmouth, 239 Cross Road, North Dartmouth. A monthly forum where stroke survivors and their families, caregivers and friends can gather and meet others in similar circumstances. The group is informational and allows for sharing and social interaction. For more information, call Veronica Robdau at 508-961-5769. Walk-ins are welcome. In case of inclement weather check the Southcoast website www.southcoast.org/new/cancellations/.
Widow, Widower Grief Support Group
The Widow, Widower Grief Support Group provides encouragement, support and resources for those who have lost their life partner. The group is held at the Southcoast Hospice offices located at 200 Mill Road, Fairhaven. For more information, call Catherine Wrobel, bereavement coordinator at 508-984-0202.
How to display the flag
The United Spinal Association, a national nonprofit veterans-services and disability-rights organization, is offering a free pamphlet, How to Display Our Flag, which explains the proper etiquette for showing the American flag. Single copies m be downloaded at no charge by visiting the website www.unitedspinal.org and clicking on Publications and Resources.
American Merchant Marine Veterans
The local chapter of American Merchant Marine Veterans meets at 1 p.m., the first Sunday of the month, in the Harrington Building at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy, Buzzards Bay. For information, call 508-295-8257.
American Legion
The Wareham American Legion Post 220 meets the second and fourth Thursdays of each month at 8 p.m. Meetings are held at the post, 777 Main St., at the corner of Tobey Road and Main Street in Wareham. All members and eligible veterans are invited to attend.
Benjamin D. Cushing VFW
Members of the Benjamin D. Cushing VFW Post #2425 meet at 8 p.m., the first and third Mondays of every month. The board of directors meets at 7:30 p.m. the fourth Monday of every month at the post home on Mill Street, Route 6 in Marion. For information, call 508-748-0312 or 508-748-2799.
The VFW Auxiliary meets the second Monday of each month at the Benjamin D. Cushing VFW Post pavilion, Route 6, Marion. The auxiliary is open to wives, daughters, mothers, sisters and widows of veterans.
Veterans in Massachusetts can receive free legal advice
Veterans who have legal concerns or problems can call toll free from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. to speak to volunteer MBA lawyers. If a caller gets a busy signal, they are asked to hang up and try again.
The Veterans Dial-A-Lawyer is provided at no charge as a public service of the MBA with the financial support of the Massachusetts Bar Foundation, the philanthropic partner of the MBA. The MBA acknowledges its partnership with the Massachusetts Department of Veterans' Services and thanks them for their important role in the success of the program.
Veterans Service office
The Veterans Service office is compiling a list of Mattapoisett and Rochester servicemen and women who are serving abroad. The list will be engraved on a plaque to be displayed at the Mattapoisett and Rochester town halls. Anyone who has a family member serving overseas may call the veterans office Tuesday through Thursday, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
A health and medical benefits counselor for the Department of Veterans Affairs is available at the Veterans Office in Mattapoisett Town Hall, weekdays from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and from 2:30 to 5 p.m., or by calling 508-758-4114.
VFW Ladies Auxiliary
The Ladies Auxiliary of the Dudley L. Brown VFW Post 2846, Onset, is a service organization that helps veterans, their families, the handicapped and the needy. The auxiliary also raises funds for scholarships.
Meetings are held at 7:30 p.m., the second Monday of every month at the post on Onset Avenue. Membership is open to any female, 16 or older, who has or had a husband, parent or sibling (biological, foster, step or adopted) who served in combat or was stationed in occupied territory during any war or police action. For information, contact Barbara Andrews, auxiliary membership chairman, at 508-295-1413.
Road to Recovery needs volunteers
The American Cancer Society is currently seeking volunteers from every town in Southeastern Massachusetts to drive cancer patients to their treatment appointments. A cancer patient who needs radiation therapy might require between 20 and 30 trips to the clinic within six weeks. A patient receiving chemotherapy might report for treatment weekly for up to a year. Treatment can make a patient feel too sick to drive. In many cases, a patient is driven to hospitals and clinics by relatives or friends, but occasionally they need to seek alternative transportation. That's where Road to Recovery, an American Cancer Society community program, helps.
One hour once a month – Volunteer drivers receive simple training and an orientation from the American Cancer Society, and are asked to volunteer for at least one hour, one day, once a month. The Society matches drivers' availability with the needs of patients who call.
For more information, or to volunteer as a Road to Recovery driver, contact your American Cancer Society at 800-227-2345 or visit cancer.org.
Hospice volunteers needed
Are you looking for a rewarding, unique volunteer experience? Do you have some time available each week that you could give in a constructive, meaningful way? If so, than perhaps you would make a good volunteer for Allegiance Hospice. Allegiance Hospice is looking for volunteers to visit patients under hospice care in nursing homes in the Wareham Area. Volunteers are formally trained and are a valued part of the interdisciplinary team in serving patients at end of life. If you are interested, call Karen Spangler at 800-792-5808, ext. 2608, or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Looking for hospice volunteers
Southcoast Hospice & Palliative Care is looking for volunteers in the greater New Bedford and Wareham areas to provide emotional support to patients and their families.
The hospice volunteer must participate in a free 18-hour training session held at Southcoast Home Care, Hospice & Palliative Care & Infusion Services located at 200 Mill Road, Fairhaven. Hospice volunteer training topics include patient care, family dynamics and spirituality. For information, call Jo-Ann Richard at 508-984-0277.
Southcoast Home Care, Hospice & Palliative Care & Infusion Services, a department of Southcoast Hospitals Group is a private nonprofit agency that provides comprehensive, preventive and rehabilitative home health care to residents of the Greater New Bedford and Wareham areas.
Habitat for Humanity needs volunteers
The Buzzards Bay Area Habitat for Humanity, the local affiliate of Habitat for Humanity International, is a nonprofit housing ministry that covers the towns of Wareham, Rochester, Mattapoisett, Marion, Fairhaven and Acushnet. Habitat's mission is to eliminate poverty housing and provide people in need with simple, decent places to live.
Volunteers are welcome to help in the office, with building and with fundraising. For more information on how you can volunteer, call 508-273-0225 or email email@example.com.
Looking for volunteers
The three Southcoast Hospitals are looking for volunteers to share their time, talent and treasure. Whether you wish to spend an hour or a day or your whole week, there are plenty of things to do. For more information, call the volunteer team leader at one of the Southcoast Hospitals:
· Janet Koska, St. Luke's Hospital, New Bedford at 508-961-5274
· John Teixeira, Charlton Memorial Hospital, Fall River at 508-679-7038
· Beth Cardin, Tobey Hospital, Wareham at 508-273-4102
Cranberry Hospice
Cranberry Hospice is seeking volunteers for its hospice program.
Hospice volunteers provide companionship, support and understanding to patients with a life-limiting illness and their families. In addition, volunteers offer assistance with day-to-day activities like errands and local transportation. Other opportunities include assistance with clerical tasks in the hospice office and support of fundraising activities.
Interested candidates should contact Karen Foster, volunteer coordinator at 508-830-2762.
Allegiance Hospice
Allegiance hospice is looking for volunteers to visit patients under hospice care at Sippican Healthcare Center in Marion. Volunteers are formally trained and are a valued part of the interdisciplinary team that serves patients who are nearing the end of life. If you are interested, please call Karen Spangler at 877-255-4623, or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
A Helping Paw
A Helping Paw's animal-care center needs help in all areas, including fundraising, grooming, shelter care, cashiers and more.
A Helping Paw desperately needs reliable volunteers. As the only rescue on the Upper Cape, AHP is inundated with calls to help homeless pets. The more people who join the efforts, the more pets can be helped. There are many wonderful volunteer opportunities available. This is a wonderful opportunity to learn more about rescue and help the community. Call 508-759-2887 or visit www.ahelpingpaw.org for more information.
Financial donations to keep the shelter from closing may be sent to AHP, Box 387, Buzzards Bay, MA 02532.
Free spay/neuter certificates: Help prevent the deaths of innocent animals by getting to the root of the problem. Spaying and neutering is the key and a humane answer to animal overpopulation. A Helping Paw, with the support of several veterinarians and a grant from the MA Animal Coalition's Animal Friendly License Plate Program, provides free spay/neuter certificates to individuals who care for feral cats. Reduced-cost spay/neuter certificates are also offered to low-income pet owners who are unable to afford the full cost of the procedure.
4-H Youth Program
The Barnstable County 4-H Program is recruiting adults who have a few hours each month to volunteer as club leaders for Cape Cod 4-H clubs. 4-H Volunteer Leaders provide skills, hobbies, or other areas of interest to a group of children while developing a meaningful relationship with youth. The Barnstable County 4-H office provides training, resource materials, activity curriculum and support. For more information on how you can make a positive impact, call Judy Vollmer, 508-375-6696 or email@example.com, or check out the 4-H information at www.mass4h.org or www.capecodextension.org.
Coastline Elderly Services
Foster grandparents are needed to give children love, wisdom, support and attention. Volunteers help children learn to read, care for children with disabilities, and offer comfort to children in need. Volunteers also help out in elementary schools, day care centers and special needs sites. Call 508-999-6400.
Crafters, drivers needed
The Mattapoisett Senior Center is seeking volunteer crafters to attend the center every second Tuesday at 1:15 p.m. to create gifts to be delivered to people in Mattapoisett and area nursing homes. Drivers are also needed to deliver the gifts. Call the senior center at 508-758-4110.
Deliver newsletters
Wareham Senior and Social Services needs a volunteer to deliver its newsletter to area merchants in order to get important information to the elderly in Wareham. For information, call 508-291-6533.
Drivers needed
Drivers are needed to deliver hot meals to homebound clients in Wareham who depend on this service. Those interested in volunteering can call Jan Smith-Rushton, volunteer coordinator, at 508-291-3100, ext. 6533.
Habitat for Cats
Habitat for Cats is looking for volunteers to help take care of the cats living at its sanctuary in Westport, to assist with fundraisers, and to transport sick cats to and from the veterinarian. For information, call 508-961-2287, write to firstname.lastname@example.com or visit www.habitatforcats.org.
Adoption hours are Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays, from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m., at 596 Hathaway Road, New Bedford. An adoption day is held every second Sunday of the month, from noon to 3 p.m. For information, call 508- 961-2287.
Horizons for Homeless Children
Horizons for Homeless Children is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing programs and services for homeless children throughout Massachusetts. Horizons for Homeless Children's Southeast Region continues to recruit new volunteers to work with homeless children living in domestic violence and family homeless shelters in Barnstable, Bristol, and Plymouth Counties. Horizons for Homeless Children works with shelters in and around your neighborhood and are eager to connect with people within the community you serve.
Help Horizons for Homeless Children help these children by including the following announcement in one of your upcoming listings. If interested in learning more or pursuing a story on Horizons for Homeless Children's local programs, contact Colette O'Neill, Communications Specialist at 617-445-1480 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Interviews and photo shoots available upon request.
Hospice volunteers
Volunteers are needed to provide supportive care to hospice patients who are facing life-limiting illnesses, and their caregivers. For information and/or to register, call Lori Nelson 508- 291-0049.
Meals on Wheels
Meals on Wheels needs volunteer drivers to deliver meals to homebound seniors in Mattapoisett and Rochester, two hours a day, Monday through Friday. Volunteers receive stipends for using their own vehicles. Call Coastline Elderly Nutrition, 508-999-6400, ext. 168.
Melanoma Foundation seeks volunteers
The Melanoma Education Foundation is seeking volunteers to raise melanoma awareness in local communities. At no cost, the foundation will provide one-hour, on-site training sessions to high school health educators. The foundation also provides an in-depth curriculum. In return, each participating school agrees to devote one classroom session to education on melanoma and early detection. For information, call 978-535-3080 or visit www.skincheck.org.
New Bedford Whaling Museum
The New Bedford Whaling Museum is in need of volunteers who are interested in becoming a part of the world's foremost resource about whales and whaling. Volunteers guide and inform visitors, help out in the archives or contribute to the museum's operations in other ways. Volunteers are needed who can give an average of three hours a week. For information, call the Museum Education Department at 508-997-0046, ext. 123.
The New Bedford Whaling Museum, located at 18 Johnny Cake Hill, is open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and until 9 p.m. the second Thursday of the month. Admission is free for members and children under the age of 6, $10 for adults, $9 for seniors (59 and up) and students with valid ID, and $6 for children aged 6-14. For a calendar of events, visit the website www.whalingmuseum.org.
Parting Ways Museum
Parting Ways Museum of African-American EthnoHistory Inc. is recruiting interested persons in the greater Plymouth community to serve on its volunteer board of directors. This is not a paying job. Parting Ways is an ongoing history project that honors four African American Revolutionary War veterans who are buried on site at the National Historic Register Parting Ways Cemetery in the former New Guinea settlement off Route 80 on the Plymouth/Kingston line.
For information, call Lynda Thomas-LeGay at 508-317-2488, or Pamela Pollock at 508-965-6927.
Plymouth County 4-H
The Plymouth County 4-H Program wants to expand its number of local 4-H horse project clubs. Adults interested in working with children and teaching them about horses are needed. Most 4-H horse clubs do not involve riding, but rather focus on learning about horses and everything related to them. Volunteer leaders are each provided with a variety of club materials, curriculum activities, a mentor and other resources. For information on how to become involved, call 781-293-3541, or visit email@example.com.
Respite program
The Bourne Council on Aging needs volunteers to serve in the Alzheimer's Community Respite Program. Volunteers will be trained to visit with clients, in their homes or at the Senior Center, while caregivers take breaks. The Bourne COA and Alzheimer's Services of Cape Cod and the Islands will provide ongoing support to volunteers. For information, call Jean Hills, Alzheimer's coordinator, or Pat Houde, volunteer coordinator, at 508-759-0654.
Senior activities
The activities department at the Forestview Nursing Home, 50 Indian Neck Road, Wareham, needs volunteers to help in a variety of areas. Call Diane Marques at the Forestview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 508-295-6264.
Sippican Health Care Center
The Sippican Health Care Center in Marion seeks volunteers to help with crafts, gardening and other programs. For information, call Anne O'Connell at 508-748-3570.
Southcoast Hospice & Palliative Care Needs Volunteers
Southcoast Hospital & Palliative Care is looking for volunteers in the greater New Bedford and Wareham areas to provide emotional support to patients and their families. The hospice volunteer must participate in a free 16-hour training session held at Southcoast Home Care, Hospice & Palliative Care & Infusion Services located at 200 Mill Road, Fairhaven. Hospice volunteer training topics include patient care, family dynamics and spirituality. For information, contact JoAnn Richard at 508-984-0277.
Tobey Hospital
Tobey Hospital is looking for volunteers who are able to make a regular commitment. Whether you wish to spend an hour or a day or your whole week, there are plenty of exciting things to do. If you are interested or would like more information, call the Volunteer Team Leader Beth Cardin at 508-273-4102 or www.southcoast.org/involve/volunteer/.
Tremont Rehabilitation
Volunteers are needed at Tremont Rehabilitation and Skilled Care Center to socialize, do crafts and games, and read and reminisce. For information, call Nancy Perry at 508-295-1040.
Women's Center
The Women's Center, located at 405 County St., New Bedford, needs volunteers who are interested in providing either on-call medical advocacy for clients, hotline and shelter support, or office support. For information, call Sasha Mazza, volunteer and education coordinator, at The Women's Center, at 508-996-3343, ext. 13.


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An alert reader and Washington Nationals fan has pointed out that our favorite presidents race loser Teddy Roosevelt will be making a campaign stop at the "Hollywood Vibes Come to K Street" Red Carpet Charity Party on Thursday night at the Lotus Lounge on K Street in Washington, DC.
The benefit event supports the Childrens Miracle Network and other charities supported by local athletes and broadcasters including Taryne Mowatt, Sara Walsh, Doc Walker, Brian Mitchell, Chick Hernandez, and others including Washington Nationals Roger Bernadina and Joel Hanrahan. Teddy Roosevelt will be among the red carpet guest arrivals between 9:00pm and 11:00pm on Thursday night. The way things are going, it should be more entertaining than watching game 5 of the ALCS.

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Beleaguered government officials could view church as threat – or a force for stability.
BEIJING, February 25 (Compass Direct News) – With China's central government last December issuing a number of secret documents calling on provincial officials to strive to prevent massive unrest in a rapidly collapsing economy, observers are watching for signs of whether authorities will view Christian groups as a threat or a stabilizing influence.
While the Sichuan earthquake last May proved that Christians were willing and able to assist in times of national crisis, raids on house church groups have continued in recent weeks.
The secret reports have come in quick succession. A central government body, the Committee for Social Stability (CSS), issued an internal report on Jan. 2 listing a total of 127,467 serious protests or other incidents across China in 2008, many involving attacks on government buildings or clashes with police and militia.
"Recently every kind of contradiction in society has reached the level of white heat," the CSS warned in an earlier document issued on Dec. 16.
The document said some officials had "ignored the welfare of the masses … piling up pressure until the situation exploded," and concluded that, "The relevant Party and State organs must … give daily priority to the task of getting rid of all the maladies which produce social instability and the present crisis."
On Dec. 10, the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and the National People's Congress issued an internal document calling on senior provincial officials to make every effort to alleviate social and political problems exacerbated by the current recession.
On Dec. 12, the Ministry of Public Security authorized provincial officials to tighten control of all communications in the sensitive period prior to Chinese New Year, which this year fell on Jan. 25. Fearing turmoil as millions of newly-unemployed factory workers headed home for New Year celebrations, the government cancelled all leave for Public Security Bureau (PSB) officers, placed them on high alert and mobilized an additional 150,000 police and armed militia for the holiday period.
On Dec. 15, the public security ministry issued a further document calling for tightened security at government ministries, military bases, armament stores, state borders, airports and railway stations.
In its Dec. 16 report, the CSS warned that provincial authorities must try to resolve grievances by non-violent means before protestors begin attacking factories and government offices or stealing, looting and burning property.
The scale of demonstrations and riots has already reached frightening proportions. In the Jan. 2 internal assessment leaked in Hong Kong, the CSS said the 127,467 serious incidents across China last year involved participation of around 1 percent of the population. Of these cases, 476 consisted of attacks on government and Party buildings, while 615 involved violent clashes with police and militia, leaving 1,120 police and Party officials and 724 civilians killed or injured.
Church as Subversive
Concerned by the growth of unregistered house church groups in an uncertain political and social climate, the Chinese government has ramped up efforts both to identify Christians and to portray Christianity as a subversive foreign force.
Local governments in China last year reported on continued measures to prevent "illegal" religious gatherings and curb other criminalized religious activities, according to reports from the U.S. Congressional Executive Commission on China (CECC) on Dec. 20 and Feb. 2. (See "Tortured Christian Lawyer Arrested as Officials Deny Abuses," Feb. 11.)
In recent months authorities have quietly gathered data on church growth using surveys at universities and workplaces, and called meetings at various institutions in the capital to discuss the supposed dangers of foreign religious influence. (See "Officials Grapple with Spread of Christianity," Feb. 4.)
Raids on unregistered church groups have continued in recent weeks, with police perhaps prompted to ensure tighter controls on church activity. On Feb. 11, police arrested two South Korean pastors and more than 60 Chinese house church leaders from four provinces who had gathered for a seminar in Wolong district, Nanyang city, the China Aid Association (CAA) reported. The police also confiscated personal money, cell phones and books, and forced each person to register and pay a fine before releasing some of the elderly leaders.
Authorities held six of the detained leaders for several days but by Sunday (Feb. 22) had released all of them, Compass sources confirmed.
In Shanghai, police and members of the State Administration of Religious Affairs on Feb. 10 ordered Pastor Cui Quan to cancel an annual meeting for house church leaders, and then ordered the owner of the hall used by Cui's 1,200-member congregation to cease renting it to Cui within 30 days, according to CAA.
Senior staff at Beijing's Dianli Hospital on Feb. 6 ordered elderly house church pastor Hua Zaichen to leave the premises despite being severely ill, CAA reported. Government officials had refused to allow Hua's wife, Shuang Shuying, an early release from prison to visit her dying husband unless she agreed to inform on other Christians, according to Hua's son. After refusing their offer, Shuang was finally able to visit Hua on her release date, Feb. 8; Hua died the following day.
Both Shuang and her husband have suffered years of persecution for their involvement in the house church movement.
On Feb. 4, police seized Christian lawyer and human rights defender Gao Zhisheng from his home in Shaanxi province, CAA reported. At press time his whereabouts were unknown.
While other incidents have gone unreported, house church leaders in northern China told Compass in January that despite tighter restrictions in the current economic and political climate, they were optimistic about the ability of the church to survive and flourish.
Disenchantment, Dissent Spread Across China
In December, China celebrated the 30th anniversary of Deng Xiaoping's "open door" economic reform policy, which had led to a high annual growth rate of some 10 percent. While Party leaders publicly congratulated themselves, an internal party document warned that 75 percent of the financial benefits had gone to only 10 percent of the population, mainly high and middle-ranking Party members and some entrepreneurs.
With the growth rate now seriously dented, relations between Party members and the general public were "about to explode," the document warned.
The document also referred to an "ideological vacuum in Party and state," a "moral vacuum in upholding regulations," and a "vacuum in spiritual civilization," in stark contrast to the moral and spiritual values held by religious groups.
According to the Research Institute of the State Council, urban unemployment among young people had already risen to 10.5 percent by last June. If foreign investors continued to withdraw funds, the institute warned, this figure could rise to 16 percent or higher, sparking more outrage against the government.
Tens of thousands of factories closed down in the first six months of 2008, well before the full impact of the global recession hit China. By November, 10 million migrant workers were unemployed; most recent estimates put the figure at 20 million, and officials admit this figure will reach at least 35 million by the end of 2009.
Vice-Premier Hui Liangyu, responsible for agricultural affairs, warned in a recent report that 30 percent of all villagers have set up peasant organizations to challenge local government officials and crime bosses. Some groups also have plans to launch armed insurgencies and their own peasant governments.
Several million university graduates will also face unemployment this year, potentially lending their voices and leadership skills to mass protest movements.
An increasing number of intellectuals have already signed Charter 08, a petition issued in December calling for multi-party elections, human rights, press freedom and the rule of law.
On Jan. 7, a prominent Chinese lawyer, Yan Yiming, filed an application with the Finance Ministry demanding that it open its 2008 and 2009 budget books to the public. On Jan. 13, more than 20 Chinese intellectuals signed an open letter calling for a boycott of state television news programs because of "systematic bias and brainwashing," while a Beijing newspaper ran an article arguing that freedom of speech was written into the constitution, The Washington Post reported in late January.
In response, Public Security Minister Meng Jianzhu warned China's leaders via state media that, "The present situation of maintaining national security and social stability is grave."
Many analysts agree that the Chinese Communist Party may be facing its greatest challenge to date.
Report from Compass Direct News


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Mass. Among States To Still Require Cursive In Schools
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The pen may not be as mighty as the keyboard these days, but California and a handful of states are not giving up on handwriting entirely.
Bucking a growing trend of eliminating cursive from elementary school curriculums or making it optional, California is among the states keeping longhand as a third-grade staple.
The state's posture on penmanship is not likely to undercut its place at the leading edge of technology, but it has teachers and students divided over the value of learning flowing script and looping signatures in an age of touchpads and mobile devices.
Some see it as a waste of time, an anachronism in a digitized society where even signatures are electronic, but others see it as necessary so kids can hone fine motor skills, reinforce literacy and develop their own unique stamp of identity.
The debate comes as 45 states move toward adopting national curriculum guidelines in 2014 for English and math that don't include cursive handwriting, but require proficiency in computer keyboarding by the time pupils exit elementary school.
Several states, including California, Georgia and Massachusetts, have added a cursive requirement to the national standards, while most others, such as Indiana, Illinois and Hawaii have left it as optional for school districts. Some states, like Utah, are still studying the issue.
Whether it's required or not, cursive is fast becoming a lost art as schools increasingly replace pen and paper with classroom computers and instruction is increasingly geared to academic subjects that are tested on standardized exams. Even the standardized tests are on track to be administered via computer within three years.
Experts say manuscript, or printing, may be sufficient when it comes to handwriting in the future.
"Do you really need to learn two different scripts?" said Steve Graham, education professor at Arizona State University who has studied handwriting instruction. "There will be plenty of kids who don't learn cursive. The more important skill now is typing."
Cursive still has many proponents who say it benefits youngsters' brains, coordination and motor skills, as well as connects them to the past, whether to handwritten historical documents like the Constitution or to their parents' and grandparents' letters.
Longhand is also a symbol of personality, even more so in an era of uniform emails and texting, they say.
"I think it's part of your identity and part of your self-esteem," said Eldra Avery, who teaches language and composition at San Luis Obispo High School. "There's something really special and personal about a cursive letter."
Avery also has a practical reason for pushing cursive — speed. She makes her 11th grade students relearn longhand simply so they'll be able to complete their advancement placement exams. Most students print.
"They have to write three essays in two hours. They need that speed," she said. "Most of them learned cursive in second grade and forgot about it. Their penmanship is deplorable."
For many elementary school teachers, having children spend hours copying flowing letters just isn't practical in an era of high-stakes standardized testing.
Third-graders may get 15 minutes of cursive practice a couple times a week, and after the fourth grade, it often falls off completely because teachers don't require assignments to be written in cursive. When children write by hand, many choose to print because they've practiced it more.
Dustin Ellis, fourth-grade teacher at Big Springs Elementary School in Simi Valley, said he assigns a cursive practice packet as homework, but if he had his druthers, he'd limit cursive instruction to learning to read it, instead of writing it. Out of his 32 students, just three write in cursive, he noted.
"Students can be just as successful with printing," he said. "When a kid can text 60 words a minute, that means we're heading in a different direction. Cursive is becoming less and less important."
It also depends on the teacher. Many younger teachers aren't prepared to teach cursive or manuscript, said Kathleen S. Wright, national handwriting product manager for Zaner-Bloser Publishing, which develops instructional tools.
To remedy that, the company has developed a computer program that shows kids how to form letters.
Students say virtually nobody writes in cursive except teachers and parents. School assignments are required to be typed, and any personal note, such as thank yous and birthday cards, are emails, said Monica Baerg, a 16-year-old junior at Arcadia High School.
Baerg said she learned cursive in third grade, but has never used it and has difficulty deciphering her parents' handwriting. When she has to write by hand, she prints and never has a problem with speed.
"It was kind of a waste. No one ever forced us to use cursive so it was a hassle to remember the letters," she said. "It's not necessary to write in cursive. Whatever you write in, you say the same thing."
At St. Mark's Lutheran School in Hacienda Heights, cursive remains a core subject. Students are required to write in cursive through middle school so they become fluent at it, as well as work on computers, but increasingly transfer students arrive without longhand skills, said Linda Merchant, director of curriculum and instruction. They're given a book to study and practice at home.
"We're pretty committed to keeping it," Merchant said. "There's always going to be situations when you're going to have to present your own writing."
Graham, the professor, noted that the case for cursive is becoming harder to make, due to the benefits word processing offers such as spellcheck and cutting and pasting text, but he noted there are benefits to ensuring good handwriting. "People form judgments about the quality of your ideas based on the neatness of your text," he said.
For kids, the only practical purpose for learning cursive is to sign their names.
"They should teach it just for that purpose," said student Baerg. "Everybody wants a cool signature with all the fancy loops."
Contact the reporter at http://twitter.com/ChristinaHoag .
Copyright 2012 The Associated Press.
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Pumpkin stew
Makes 8 cups pumpkin — 6 servings
Here's the perfect hearty meal for a crisp October evening. Cornbread and red wine complete this fresh palette of brilliant colors and earthy flavors.
If you prefer, rather than baking the stew in a pumpkin, serve it in Roasted Acorn Squash Soup Bowls. You'll find the recipe here.
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 ½ cups coarsely chopped onion
4 cloves garlic, minced
2 large tomatoes, cut into ½-inch cubes
1 red bell pepper, coarsely chopped
1 medium russet potato (about 10 ounces), peeled and cut into ½-inch cubes
1 medium orange-fleshed sweet potato (about 12 ounces), peeled and cut into ½-inch cubes (see Tip)
1 cup dried apple slices
2 cups vegetable stock plus more as needed
1 medium pumpkin (8 to 10 pounds)
2 tablespoons melted butter
½ teaspoon salt plus dash for pumpkin
½ teaspoon freshly ground pepper plus dash for pumpkin
One 15-ounce can black beans, drained and rinsed
¼ cup dry sherry
Heat the oil in a Dutch oven over medium heat. Add the onion and garlic; cook, stirring occasionally, until the onion is translucent, about 5 minutes. Add the tomatoes, bell pepper, potatoes, apples, and 2 cups vegetable stock. Increase the heat and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat; cover and simmer, stirring occasionally, until the vegetables are tender, about 20 minutes.
Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 325° F. Lightly oil a shallow baking pan large enough to accommodate the pumpkin. Slice off the top of the pumpkin, leaving about a 6-inch opening, and discard. Scoop out the seeds and stringy membranes, leaving the pumpkin flesh intact; brush the inside and top edge with the melted butter and sprinkle lightly with salt and pepper. Place the shell in the prepared baking pan.
Stir the stew and add the black beans, sherry, salt, and pepper. Pour the mixture into the pumpkin shell. Bake for about 1 hour and 15 minutes, or until the pumpkin flesh is fork-tender. (Thicker pumpkins will take longer, up to 1 ½ hours.)
Carefully transfer the pumpkin to a large bowl. (Take special care because the shell may be soft in places.) If the stew has become too thick to suit you, gently stir in some hot vegetable stock.
For each serving, use a large spoon to scoop out a wedge of cooked pumpkin; place in the bottom of a soup bowl. Top with the stew.
Advance preparation
Cook the stew on the stove early the day it is to be served; refrigerate in a covered container. Bake it in the pumpkin just before serving. Refrigerate the leftover soup and baked pumpkin flesh scooped from the shell in separate covered containers for up to 5 days; discard the pumpkin shell.
Rather than baking the stew in one large pumpkin, bake about 1 1/3 cups of the stew in each of 6 single-serving pumpkins, about 2 pounds and 6 inches in diameter. Reduce baking time to about 1 hour, or until the pumpkin flesh is fork-tender.
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Powerful. Compact. The Lexmark XM1145 with print, copy, fax, scan and email functions prints up to 45 ppm. Included are 2-sided printing and 350-sheet standard input. Part # : 35S5705
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Faster Processing
Improve your print, scan and copy speeds by taking advantage of up to 2.5 GB of upgradable memory, an 800 MHz dual-core processor and Gigabit Ethernet.
Reliable Performance
Easily print up to 12,000 pages per month, plus enjoy fewer maintenance hassles, thanks to our state-of-the-art paper handling.
Smart and Easy to Use
A 4.3-inch color touch screen provides access to preinstalled productivity solutions and lets you operate the system through smart and intuitive navigation.
Keep Jobs Moving
With a maximum input capacity of up to 2,000 sheets and a high yield toner cartridge, you won't have to add paper or change cartridges as often.
Work Smarter Not Harder
If you can use a mobile phone application, you can use our pre-loaded solutions. Touch the screen and access shortcuts to scan, print or send faxes, emails and other business-critical documents fast.
Color Scanning
Network Scanning
- Size (in. - H x W x D) 19.8 x 19.3 x 17.8 in.
- Packaged Size (in. - H x W x D) 24.09 x 21.38 x 23.58 in.
- Weight (lb.) 48 lb.
- Limited Warranty - See Statement of Limited Warranty 1-Year Parts and Labor
- Packaged Weight (lb.) 56 lb.
- UNSPSC Code 43212110
- Product Certifications ENERGY STAR, ICES-003 Class B, BSMI Class B, VCCI Class B, US FDA, UL 60950-1, FCC Class B, cUL CAN/CSA-C22.2 60950-1, NOM, CB EN/IEC 60950-1, CB EN/IEC 60825-1, CE DoC (EN 62301 Class B, EN 62311, CE EN/IEC 60950-1, CE EN/IEC 60825-1, EN 61000-3, EN 55022 Class B, EuP, EN 55024, UL), EFTA (CE), KCC, CCC, CECP, CEL, C-tick DoC, UL-AR, KC mark, UL GS mark, EC 1275, MET-I, ISO 532B, ECMA-370, TED, GOST-R, SII, TER
Specified Operating Environment
Temperature: 16 to 32°C (60 to 90°F)
Humidity: 8 to 80% Relative Humidity
Altitude: 0 - 2896 Meters (9,500 Feet)
- Country of Origin China (PR)
- Average Power (Scanning) 30 watts
- Average Power (Copying) 620 watts
- Average Power (Printing) 600 watts
- Display Lexmark e-Task 4.3-inch (10.9 cm) color touch screen
- ENERGY STAR Typical Electricity Consumption (TEC) 2.8 kilowatt-hours per week
- License/Agreement Terms Printers are sold subject to certain license/agreement conditions. See www.lexmark.com/printerlicense for details.
- Touch Screen Display Yes
- Ethernet Network Yes
- Direct USB Yes
- Average Power (Sleep Mode) 3.5 watts
- Workgroup Size Medium Workgroup
- Average Power (Hibernate Mode) 0.4 watts
- Average Power (Ready Mode) 14 watts
- Print Technology Monochrome Laser
Print Resolution, Black
1200 Image Quality
1200 x 1200 dpi
2400 Image Quality
600 x 600 dpi
- Print Speed (Letter, Black): Up to 45 ppm
- Print Speed (Letter, Black) Duplex: Up to 20 spm
- Time to First Page (Black) As fast as 6.5 seconds
- Processor Dual Core, 800 MHz
- Memory, Standard 512 MB
- Memory, Maximum 2560 MB
- Printable Area 0.157 inches of the top, bottom, right and left edges (within)
- Noise Level, Idle Inaudible dBA
- Noise Level (Print), Operating 56 dBA
- Duplex Print Noise Level, Operating 54 dBA
- Hard Disk Option available
- Maximum Monthly Duty Cycle: Up to 100000 pages per month
- Recommended Monthly Page Volume 2000 - 12000 pages
Duty Cycle Notes
"Recommended Monthly Page Volume" is a range of pages that helps customers evaluate
Lexmark's product offerings based on the average number of pages customers plan to
print on the device each month. Lexmark recommends that the number of pages per month
be within the stated range for optimum device performance, based on factors including:
supplies replacement intervals, paper loading intervals, speed, and typical customer
"Maximum Monthly Duty Cycle" is defined as the maximum number of pages a device could deliver in a month using a multishift operation. This metric provides a comparison of robustness in relation to other Lexmark printers and MFPs.
- ISO Speeds Print and copy speeds measured in accordance with ISO/IEC 24734 and ISO/IEC 24735 respectively (ESAT). For more information see: www.lexmark.com/ISOspeeds.
- Copy Speed (Letter, Black): Up to 45 cpm
- Copy Speed (Letter, Black) Duplex: Up to 21 spm
- Time to First Copy (Black) As fast as 6.5 seconds
- Reduce / Enlarge Range 25 - 400 %
- Noise Level (Copy), Operating 56 dBA
- Scan Area, Maximum 8.5 x 14 inches
- Scan Technology CCD
- Simplex Scan Speed (A4/Ltr, Black): Up to 41 / 43 sides per minute
- Simplex Scan Speed (A4/Ltr, Color): Up to 19 / 20 sides per minute
- Duplex Scan Speed (A4/Ltr, Black): Up to 18 / 19 sides per minute
- Duplex Scan Speed (A4/Ltr, Color): Up to 8 / 9 sides per minute
Optical Scanning Resolution
600 X 600 ppi (color)
1200 X 600 ppi (black)
- Noise Level (Scan), Operating 55 dBA
- Scanner Type Flatbed scanner with ADF
- ADF Scan RADF (Reversing Duplex)
- Modem Speed ITU T.30, V.34 Half-Duplex, 33.6 Kbps
- Fax Transmission Speed < 3 seconds per page
- ADF Paper Input Capacity: Up to 50 pages 20 lb or 75 gsm bond
- Paper Input Capacity, Standard: Up to 350 pages 20 lb or 75 gsm bond
- Paper Input Capacity, Maximum: Up to 2000 pages 20 lb or 75 gsm bond
- Paper Output Capacity, Standard: Up to 150 pages 20 lb or 75 gsm bond
- Paper Output Capacity, Maximum: Up to 150 pages 20 lb or 75 gsm bond
- Finishing Option No
Media Sizes Supported
10 Envelope
7 3/4 Envelope
9 Envelope
DL Envelope
Media Types Supported
Card Stock
Paper Labels
Plain Paper
Refer to the Card Stock & Label Guide.
- ADF Paper Output Capacity : Up to 50 pages 20 lb or 75 gsm bond
- Paper Weight Range Supported - Standard Tray (lb.) 16 - 32 lb.
- Number of Paper Inputs, Standard 2
- Number of Paper Inputs, Maximum 5
- Duplex (2-sided) Printing Integrated Duplex
- ADF 50-Sheet Automatic Document Feeder
Optional Paper Handling
250-Sheet Tray
550-Sheet Tray
550-Sheet Lockable Tray
Included Paper Handling
250-Sheet Input
100-Sheet Multipurpose Feeder
150-Sheet Output Bin
Integrated Duplex
- Cartridge(s) Shipping with Product 5,000*-page Starter Return Program Toner Cartridge
- Photoconductor Notes Actual Yield may vary based on other factors such as device speed, paper size and feed orientation, toner coverage, tray source, percentage of black-only printing and average print job complexity.
- Imaging Unit Estimated Yield: Up to 60000 pages, based on 3 average letter/A4-size pages per print job and ~ 5% coverage
Laser Cartridge Yields
16,000*-page Extra High Yield Cartridge
*Yield at approximately 5% print coverage.
- Replacement Cartridges: Product functions only with replacement cartridges designed for use in a specific geographical region. See www.lexmark.com/regions for more details.
- Apple Macintosh Operating Systems Supported Apple Mac OS X (10.5, 10.6, 10.7, 10.8, 10.9)
Microsoft Windows Operating Systems Supported
Microsoft Windows XP
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Microsoft Windows XP x64
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64
Microsoft Windows Vista
Microsoft Windows Vista x64
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 x64
Microsoft Windows 7
Microsoft Windows 7 x64
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
Microsoft Windows 8
Microsoft Windows 8 x64
Microsoft Windows Server 2012
Microsoft Windows 8.1
Microsoft Windows 8.1 x64
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
Microsoft Windows RT
Microsoft Windows RT 8.1
Novell Operating Systems Supported
Novell NetWare 6.5 Open Enterprise Server
Novell NetWare 5.1(SP 6+), 6.0(SP 3+) with Novell Distributed Print Services (NDPS)
Novell Open Enterprise Server on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Linux Operating Systems Supported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10, 11
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10, 11
Red Flag Linux Desktop 6.0
Linpus Linux Desktop 9.6
Debian GNU/Linux 5.0, 6.0
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 4.0, 5.0, 6.0
Ubuntu 11.04, 11.10, 12.04, 12.10
openSUSE 11.3, 11.4, 12.1, 12.2
PCLinuxOS 2011
Mint 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
Fedora 14, 15, 16, 17
UNIX Operating Systems Supported
Sun Solaris SPARC 9, 10
Sun Solaris x86 10, 11
Citrix MetaFrame
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 running Terminal Services with Citrix Presentation Server
3.0, 4.0, 4.5
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 running Terminal Services with Citrix Presentation Server 4.0 x64, 4.5 x64
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and 2003 X64 Edition with Citrix XenApp 5.0
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 and 2008 X64 Edition with Citrix XenApp 5.0
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 with Citrix XenApp 6.0, 6.5
Standard Ports
One Internal Card Slot
USB 2.0 Specification Hi-Speed Certified (Type B)
Gigabit Ethernet (10/100/1000)
Front USB 2.0 Specification Hi-Speed Certified Port (Type A)
Rear USB 2.0 Specification Hi-Speed Certified Port (Type A)
Optional Local Ports
Internal RS-232C serial
Internal 1284-B Bidirectional Parallel
- Optional Network Ports Internal MarkNet N8350 802.11b/g/n Wireless
Printer Languages (Standard)
PCL 5e Emulation
PCL 6 Emulation
Personal Printer Data Stream (PPDS)
PostScript 3 Emulation
Direct Image
Microsoft XPS (XML Paper Specification)
PDF 1.7 emulation
Fonts and Symbol Sets
3 of 9 scalable PCL 5e fonts in Narrow, Regular and Wide
2 PCL bitmap fonts
39 scalable PPDS fonts
5 PPDS bitmap fonts
84 scalable PCL fonts
OCR-A, OCR-B scalable PCL 5e fonts
For more information, refer to the Technical Reference.
91 scalable PostScript fonts
Network Protocol Support
TCP/IP IPv4
TCP/IP IPv6
Network Printing Methods
Direct IP (Port 9100)
Enhanced IP (Port 9400)
ThinPrint .print integration
IPP 1.0, 1.1, 2.0 (Internet Printing Protocol)
Network Security
802.1x Authentication: MD5, MSCHAPv2, LEAP, PEAP, TLS, TTLS
Network Management Protocols
HTTPs (SSL*/TLS)
SNMPv1, SNMPv2c
APIPA (AutoIP)
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