SAVE THE DATE!
 Sunday, October 25
14th Annual Walk & Candlelight Vigil
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Other Updates
Welcome to our new Board members!
Louise Mason
League of Women Voters
Michelle Barron
Melrose Veterans Memorial Middle School
Ryan Sacco
Student Action Board
The Melrose CARES Community Mentoring Program celebrated the mentors and mentees in our 8th grade group, who have spent close to 2 years together. See pictures here of these dedicated matches at our "moving on" ceremony.
8 young women gave rave reviews to the Self-Defense Workshop held on June 13. Thank you to the instructors at the North Shore Martial Arts Center in Melrose.
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| Greetings! June seems to be the month for celebrations, whether it's a graduation or other milestone. Here at MAAV we have much to celebrate, as you will read about below. The Board of Directors and staff also look forward to our annual Summer Retreat as a time to reflect on this year's accomplishments (see our Top 10) and plan for the coming year. As always, your feedback and suggestions are welcomed. Wishing you a restful & rejuvenating summer! | |
| 12th Annual Melrose Run for Women Raises Record $20,000 for MAAV!
If you were there you know that this year's race on Mother's Day was the best one ever! 960 women participated as walkers and runners, with hundreds more cheering them on. Click here to see beautiful photographs capturing the event from start to finish! A huge thank you to the Melrose Running Club for their superb organization of the event, which raised $18,000 for MAAV, with an additional $2,000 raised by the Red Sox raffle. Thanks to all who participated, and to the generous sponsors of the race listed here. Please frequent their businesses and thank them on our behalf!
Pictured left to right: Joan Bell, MAAV President; Liz Tassinari, Race Co-Director; Rebecca Mooney, MAAV Executive Director; Lois Parker Carmona, Race Co-Director.
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MAAV Student Action Board Wins Award
 Our 18 peer leaders at Melrose High School were recently selected from across the state for the "Jackson Katz Award" by the Mentors in Violence Prevention Program at Northeastern University. The group completed 6 hours of training from the MVP staff this year, and was recognized for their outstanding work raising awareness about gender-based violence and promoting a positive school culture. See the list of SAB members and their accomplishments here. Congratulations to the SAB- the banner will hang proudly at Melrose High School! |
| Spotlight on the Board
 VeAnn Leach (second from right) joined the MAAV Board of Directors in 2007 after serving as a parent representative on our middle school Bullying Prevention Coordinating Committee from 2004-2007. She now serves as Treasurer of the Board. Most recently VeAnn worked with fellow Board members Joyce Hunneman and Elizabeth Vainer as liaisons to the Melrose Running Club, heading up MAAV's participation in this successful event. She and her sisters and their daughters, pictured above, also walked in honor of her mom, Betty Jo Hagele, at this year's race.
VeAnn works part-time for Grossman Marketing, is President of the Melrose Garden Club and brings a creative touch to all she does! She resides in Melrose with her husband Tom, son CJ and daughter Abbie.
VeAnn said she joined the Board because "I believe in the work that MAAV does, the dedication it provides and the positive community it creates." | |
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