Highland Street Foundation Free Fun Fridays

Free Fun Fridays are back and better than ever, thanks to the incredible generosity of the Highland Street Foundation. The rest of the summer schedule is below, and additional details are available at the Highland Street web site. 

 

July 22: Franklin Park Zoo, The Sports Museum, Norman Rockwell Museum, Peabody Essex Museum,

July 29: Boston Children's Museum, American Textile History Museum, New Bedford Whaling Museum, Shakespeare on the Common.

Aug. 5: Institute of Contemporary Art, Cape Cod Children's Museum, Springfield Museums, Concord Museum

Aug. 12: JFK Library & Museum, Arnold Arboretum, Tanglewood (BSO), Stone Zoo

Aug. 19: Boston Harbor Islands, Children's Museum in Easton, USS Constitution Museum, Basketball Hall of Fame

Aug. 26: Old Sturbridge Village, New Repertory Theatre, Berkshire Museum, Ecotarium

 

Free Friday Flicks at the Hatch Shell

For the 26th year, WBZ NewsRadio 1030 and the Department of Conservation and Recreation proudly present Free Friday Flicks at the Hatch Shell. Festivities begin at 6 p.m. Bring a blanket or lawn chair, pack a picnic and watch great family-friendly movies!

 

July 22: Despicable Me

July 29: How to Train Your Dragon

Aug. 5: Tangled

Aug. 12: Toy Story 3

Aug. 19: Rango

Aug. 26: Iron Man 2

 

Free Saturday Morning Movies at the Strand Theater

Mayor Thomas M. Menino presents Free Saturday Morning Movies at the Strand Theatre. Movies start at 11 a.m. and are free to the public.

 

July 30: Alpha & Omega

Aug. 6: Antz

Aug. 20: Shrek

Aug. 27: Chicken Run

 

  

Registration is now open for the Northeast Regional Mentoring Conference, to be held Oct. 13 and 14 at the Sheraton Framingham Hotel and Conference Center. The conference will be a great professional development and networking opportunity and is appropriate for any level of staff from mentoring programs, youth development organizations interested in mentoring, and more. Visit our event page for more information on the event, including how to get discounted hotel rooms. Register at this link:  www.NEMentoringConference.kintera.org/.

  

Last February, amid federal budget cuts, the AmeriCorps budget was reduced by more than $30 million dollars. Because of this, MMP initially was not awarded another three-year grant to operate our AmeriCorps Ambassadors of Mentoring program. However, we are extraordinarily grateful to the Massachusetts Service Alliance for awarding formula funding to operate the Ambassadors program for the 2011-12 service year. Combined with the continued generous support of the Highland Street Foundation, our Ambassadors program will place at least 16 members at mentoring programs throughout Massachusetts, and place two members at MMP's Boston office. Mass Mentoring is excited for the fourth year of this important capacity building program.

  

Last week, Gov. Patrick approved the final FY12 state budget and included the Mentoring Matching Grants line item (7061-9634) at $250,000, the highest it's been funded in two years. Because of this increase in funding, MMP was able to award almost twice the amount of state Mentoring Matching Grants than what was awarded the last two years. Furthermore, the maximum award was also increased. This is a great victory for the field of mentoring to see a larger financial commitment from the state in these economic times. Thank you to all those who advocated for this important line item!

  

• Become a Facebook fan of the Red Sox Mentoring Challenge by Friday, July 22, and you'll be entered to win one of two pairs of tickets to the July 27 Red Sox game!