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Melrose Alliance Against Violence
The Communicator February 2009 
SAVE THE DATE!
 
Shawn MacMaster 
Sunday, May 10
 
 12th Annual Melrose Run for Women to benefit MAAV

Sponored by the Melrose Running Club  
 
 Walkers welcome!
 
More info to follow...  

 
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Other Updates
 
Our new 6th grade mentoring group was launched in January with 8 terrific matches. 
 
   Mentors were honored at a "Mentor Dinner" with awards from Chief Lyle and Mayor Dolan. 
 
 The Student Action Board led their first peer mentoring class with 9th graders on the topic of healthy relationships.
 
 MAAV Executive Director Rebecca Mooney attended a U.S. Department of Education conference in New Orleans on sustaining our mentoring program.
 
Many thanks to Senator Tisei and Representative Clark for their ongoing support of MAAV through the recent state budget process.
Greetings! As the Red Sox kick off their spring training in Fort Myers, Florida, we are kicking off our own "spring trainings" at the Melrose Alliance Against Violence.  Read more below on this initiative as well as highlights from the Mentoring program and other exciting updates. As always, your feedback and suggestions are welcomed.
Fun at Fenway   
 
Amy & WallyAs part of National Mentoring Month in January, our mentors and mentees were honored at a mentor recognition event held at Fenway Park. Co-sponsored by the Mass Mentoring Partnership and the Red Sox Foundation, 44 matches from across the state attended. 14 mentors and mentees from our 7th grade group enjoyed lunch in the EMC Club, photos with Wally and special guest Tom Caron of NESN. Click here to see more photos! To learn how you can get involved in the Melrose CARES Mentoring Program, contact Sharon Loveridge, Program Coordinator.
Raising Awareness, Taking Action: MAAV Trainings in the Community   
 
MAAV's Domestic Violence Specialist, Alice Wadley, will be busy over the next several months conducting the following trainings in the community: 
  • "Love Is...Love Isn't: Fostering Safe & Healthy Teen Relationships" for Therapeutic Foster Care in Woburn on February 25.
  • "The Impact of Domestic Violence on the Family System" for Criterion Early Intervention on March 10 and for North Suburban WIC on April 29.
  • "Recognizing Domestic Violence in the Health Care Setting" for the Nurse Practitioner program at Regis College on March 19.
  • "Healthy Relationships" program with 8th graders at the Melrose Veterans Memorial Middle School in March.
  • "Recognizing & Responding to Domestic Violence" for the Melrose YMCA Childcare Center on April 6.
  • "Fostering Healthy Relationships" for the Healthy Families program on May 21.
For more information on MAAV trainings, please contact Alice Wadley at 781-662-2010. 
 
Spotlight on the Board
 
Shawn head shotOur newest Board member, Shawn MacMaster, is the Deputy Chief of Community Outreach and Training for the Victim Witness Services Bureau of the Middlesex District Attorney's Office. He has worked at the District Attorney's Office for 8 years, and in the field of victim services for approximately 11 years. Shawn joined the Board because he wants to part of an organization that is truly invested in the community. "There are few city-based organizations in the Greater Boston area that do more in the areas of violence prevention and intervention than MAAV.  I want to offer my time, services and experience to help the organization grow as it continues to serve the Melrose community," he says.
 
Fun Fact:  Shawn was born at the Melrose-Wakefield Hospital but grew up in Lawrence.  He has only lived in Melrose for 3 years but is happy to be "home" in the city where he entered this world!