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"Eat Fresh, Live Well" Health Walk at Farmers' Market July 17
 Save the Date!
Friday, July 17, 5:30 PM
Meeting place: Ashmont/Peabody Sq. Farmers' Market at ODWIN Learning Center, 1943 Dorchester Ave.
Join SMAMS and Healthy Main Streets for a great family-fun, fitness walk! Come explore and learn about healthy eating, shopping, and outdoor fitness options in St. Mark's Area. All participants will receive a fitness gift bag filled with great summer prizes and fun physical fitness pointers! Join us for:
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Tips on how to best utilize the local farmers markets and fresh produce
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Healthy recipe ideas from local grocers, chefs, and nutritionists
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A stretching session led by the staff of the Dorchester YMCA
- A free membership to the Y for one lucky walker!
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Coupons and discounts to great local shops and restaurants
Stops on the walk include: the Dot-2-Dot Cafe, Flat Black Coffee, Viet Huong Market, Tavolo Ristorante, Spring Brook Farm, and SMAMS' newest business, Milk & Honey Produce Market!
For more information, please call the SMAMS office at 617-7825-3846 or visit www.healthymainstreets.com
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Farmers' Market Grand Opening Scenes
Thanks! to all who joined us for the grand opening of the Ashmont/Peabody Square Farmers' Market on July 10! The weather was perfect, the food was fresh, and the Irie Roots Band was groovin'. The market, sponsored by SMAMS, ODWIN Learning Center, Wainwright Bank and the Dorchester Environmental Health Coalition, will run every Friday through October 30, from 3 to 7 p.m., rain or shine.
Market vendors include Farmer Dave's of Dracut, run by former Peace Corps volunteer Dave Dumaresq; Springbrook Farm of Littleton, a family farm since 1713; Flats Mentor Farm of Lancaster, a project that helps immigrant farmers get a start in the United States; and Dorchester's own Dot-2-Dot Cafe, Cedar Grove Gardens, and Dot Art. Additional vendors are being recruited over the summer.
To make this healthy food
available to all, vendors will accept Food Stamps, WIC coupons, and Senior
Farmers' Market Nutrition coupons. Food Stamps up to $10 will be matched by "Boston Bounty Bucks." For
more information, please call the SMAMS office at 617-825-3846. New: You can now follow the market on Twitter!
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Join the Dotini Team!
 Martinis on the Avenue (aka Dotini Night) - SMAMS' and Fields Corner Main Street's annual fall fundraiser - is just getting underway, and we'd love to have you join the planning team!
The first planning meeting will take place Monday, July 20, 5:30 PM at the SMAMS office - 1914 Dorchester Ave., in the Carruth Building, Ashmont Station side. Even if you're not a SMAMS member, you're welcome to join in the fun!
For more info, please call the SMAMS office at 617-825-3846.
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Elsewhere in Dorchester...
Wainwright Park Weekday Fun and Saturday Cookouts - Monday - Friday, July 6 - August 14, 11 AM - 4 PM, rain or shine. All youth ages 8-17 welcome! Recreational activities supervised by a young adult coordinator and two teen
peer leaders. Also, family cookouts on the following Saturdays: July 25, August 15 & 29. 11 AM - 4 PM. Enjoy food from the grill, games, and activities. Sponsored by St. Mark Parish, the Office of Mayor Menino, the Boston Youth Fund,
Boston R.O.C.K.S, Boston Center for Youth and Families, the Boston Police
Athletic League, and Area C-11 Police District. For more information, contact Saint Mark's Rectory at 617-825-2852.
Dance honoring Fr. Dan Finn, benefiting the St. Mark Community Education and Citizenship Program - Saturday, July 25, 7 PM - midnight, at Florian Hall. Dance and music by Erin's Melody. For further information, please contact St. Mark's Rectory at 617-825-2852.
Four Corners Main Street presents Groovin' To Motown, Friday, July 17, 7 - 11 PM at the Vietnamese-American Community Center, 42 Charles Street. Live 9-piece band, Soul Sound Revue, featuring Rep. Marie St. Fleur on vocals! For more information, visit www.fourcornersms.org/groovintomotown.html or call 617-287-1651. |
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