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Come to The Mattapan Boston Public Library, where children can express themselves and put paint to canvas with artist and educator Pearl. Seating is limited, but you are welcome to pre-register for this fun, artistic event.
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| Make a Calendar for the New Year | |
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Come to the Lower Mills Branch Library on December 28th to make your very own calendar for 2011 to keep all year long! Children ages six to twelve & families are all welcome to ring in the new year with a homemade calendar.
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| Send us YOUR New Year's Resolutions! | |
 The MyDorchester Team is busy working on some resolutions and goals for making our website even better for the Dorchester community in 2011. We will be looking back on what MyDorchester has done in 2010 and our plans for the year to come in next week's issue.
As a website for the community, it would be great to hear what YOU plan on doing on 2011 as well! Would you like to open a local cafe, attend more community events, or make sure less Boston Public Schools close? Your dreams are limitless for 2011, so share them with us and you may see your resolutions along with ours in next week's eBlast!
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| Community Health Worker Initiative at ABCD seeks Host Sites for Interns | |
 The CHW Initiative at ABCD is offering its third cycle of free training to eligible Boston residents who wish to become a Community Health Worker through their New Careers program. ABCD is looking for internship host sites to provide our community health worker trainees with hands-on experience. If you are interested in being a host site for CHW interns please click below for more information!
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Save The Date! |
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Friday, Dec. 31: First Night Boston - the famous long festival celebrating art and community in Boston! ~ Saturday, Jan. 8: JFK Profile in Courage Contest - invites students to write about an elected official who has demonstrated political courage ~
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Sunday, Jan. 9: Though The Earth Shook - a moment of reflection, prayers, and songs for the Haiti earthquake at Strand Theatre ~
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| Congratulations Doreen Treacy and the FHVS program!! | |
Congratulations to Doreen Treacy, Director of the DotWell CivicHealth Institute, who was selected as one of Root Cause's 2011 Social Innovators for our Fiscal Health Vital Signs program! Fiscal Health Vital Signs (FHVS) is a tool developed and used by DotWell to "diagnose" an individual's fiscal health, including
DotWell's free tax preparation and asset-building services. This tool was assembled from extensive experience training, coaching, and developing effective financial interventions for low to moderate income households. DotWell is honored to have received this recognition and is eager to continue providing financial health services to the community. Way to go Doreen and this will be a fabulous year to come!
Root Cause's 2011 Social Innovators
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Congratulations Debra Farrar-Parkman! You got our Photo Contest last week! When asked if she would like her name in next week's eBlast she had the fabulous response of; "Sure. As an OFD (Originally from Dorchester)/SFD (Still from Dorchester) resident, I'm proud to say "I know my 'Hood!" You sure do Debra!
New Photo: Email eBlast@mydorchester.org if you know the location of the photo below and we will give you recognition in the next eBlast! 
Send Us Your Photos for the MyDorchester Photo Contest! |
If you have photos of unique Dorchester outdoor artwork, monuments, you name it, email eBlast@mydorchester.org with your pictures of Dorchester and their locations so we can keep the photo contest up and running. We'll credit you as the author, of course.
Want to know where the past Photos of the Week were taken? Visit our Archive. |
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Dorchester Flashback |
Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1448 A note on the photo says that Mr. Dunmore drove the stage coach from Lower Mills to Boston at a cost of 37 ½ cents each way. This must have been later than 1850 because the 1850 Dorchester & Milton business directory says that an omnibus ride from Meeting House Hill to Boston would cost only 12 ½ cents.
The history of the First Methodist Church p. 42 mentions that the house stood on the site where the Forbes Mill was later built. "On the site of the Forbes Mill stood the Dunmore Estate,--the Dunmore house and stable of Charles and Archibald Dunmore, who ran the stage to Boston." The Forbes Mill is the second building from the river on the Dorchester side of the Neponset.
If you would like to receive a historical image via daily e-mail, please
join the Dorchester Historical Society's group by joining this google group. You may also want to contact Earl Taylor |
SCI Dorchester's mission is to strengthen the Dorchester community by connecting diverse individuals and organizations through civic engagement initiatives. We envision a community where individuals are strongly connected to their neighbors and play an active role in shaping the destiny of our community. This increase in 'social capital' will result in a community that is safer, healthier and more vital. For more information click here.
The mission of DotWell is to work in collaboration with our founding health center partners - Codman Square Health Center and Dorchester House Multi-Service Center -
to provide integrated clinical and community services that address
health disparities, build social capital, and meet the complex needs of
our communities.
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