Fall River, Mass.
Massachusetts Digest
01:00 AM EDT on Wednesday, August 8, 2007
Funds raised: This year’s Slade’s Bank Get Moving Walk raised more than $143,000 in support of the Hudner Oncology Center’s radiation therapy technology at Saint Anne’s Hospital. The current net total exceeds all previous years’ proceeds, bringing the event’s total contribution to the hospital to more than $650,000.
Grant awarded: Webster Bank recently gave a $5,000 grant to Fall River Boys & Girls Club’s Kids Café program, sponsoring the cost of preparing nearly 1,700 meals. Webster Bank’s grant was given by Doreen Plasski, vice president and the Sullivan Avenue branch manager and John Wright, vice president for business and professional banking. Accepting the grant on behalf of the Club was Peter McCarthy, executive director, and club members Hayden Tavares, Mackenzie Devoll and Ciara Caban.
Kittens available: There are more than 40 kittens waiting to be adopted at Faxon Animal Rescue League, 474 Durfee St. Kittens of all colors are ready to be adopted now. The Faxon Animal Rescue League encourages the community to visit its facility and consider adopting a cat. Adoption is $85 and includes spaying or neutering, up-to-date shots, de-worming and testing for feline leukemia and feline AIDS. The league can be reached at 676-1061.
Cell phones wanted: SSTAR Women’s Center, 386 Stanley St., is looking for donations of used cell phones. Some of the phones will be provided to victims for use in emergencies, while the rest will be shipped to a manufacturer who will compensate the center for the phones. The Women’s Center uses the funds to provide bus passes, food vouchers or to pay for lock changes for victims. SSTAR Women’s Center provides comprehensive clinical and group therapy, court advocacy and referral services to victims of domestic violence. The center asks that you help by dropping off cell phones at SSTAR or at your local police department.
Teen Outreach: Teens from the Christian Assembly Church will be at Rehoboth Council on Aging Friday afternoons between 2 and 4 p.m. The teens will be there doing nails for the ladies, playing board games or working on any projects seniors would enjoy. For those who would like to work on the computer, write a letter to an old friend, try a new recipe, build a birdhouse or fix a broken lamp the center has the kid power and the tools to do the job. The Council on Aging invites seniors to bring a friend and enjoy a cold drink and air conditioning with a teen.
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