Benefits

1st Annual Tricia Ciccarelli Dinner Dance 4/9

The 1st Annual Tricia Ciccarelli Dinner Dance
April 9, 2010 7:00 pm – 12:00 am
at the Wyndham Hotel in Andover, MA

All proceeds to benefit:
the Patricia Ciccarelli Northeastern University Nursing Scholarship
AND
the Trauma Intervention Program (TIP) of Merrimack Valley, Inc.

Come celebrate Tricia’s life while giving to others
Dinner, cash bar and entertainment by a local DJ
Silent auction and raffles available
All Donations Accepted
Tickets for Event are $50 per person
Make checks payable to the Tricia Ciccarelli Scholarship Fund
Call for tickets – Melissa Wall
(978) 697-6591
Presented by Mark and Friends

Patricia Ciccarelli Obituary April 21, 2009

Dan Ford 5-Mile 5K Race/Walk 4/10

the 2nd Annual Dan Ford 5 Mile Road Race
and 5K Fun Run/Walk

Saturday April 10, 2010
11:00am

The race will begin and end at
the Fireside Restaurant and Pub located on 171 Pelham St. in Methuen, MA.

Registration: $25.00 per runner, you can print a standard registration form from this site.If you are registering more than one person, a separate form must be filled out for each additional person. Make checks payable to the:Dan Ford Foundation. Mail registration form and check to: RE/MAX Prestige – 100 Bridge St. – Pelham, NH 03076 – Attention: Malcolm Fulford. Online registration is also available.

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from Danfordsrunforacure.com

On April 7, 2009, after a long, hard, tough, and brave fight, Dan lost his battle with cancer. Dan was a competitive person by nature. He was inducted into the Methuen Hall of Fame in 1997 for his athletic accomplishments while at Methuen High School from 1984 to 1988. Dan was one of the regions top running backs. He scored 10 touchdowns as a junior and 6 as a senior while being credited with back to back 1,000 yard seasons. The powerful Ford was also a top quarter-miler on the track team. He was the Class B runner up in both his junior and senior years (50.8 seconds). Dan was a powerful force on the hockey team as well. Therefore, to honor the life of Danny Ford, and to continue the fight against cancer we will be holding this race every year. All of the money raised from this event will go towards athletic scholarships, and aiding the victims of cancer. Please join us for this 2nd annual event. The race will begin and end at the Fireside Restaurant and Pub in Methuen, MA. The race will be followed by an award ceremony and an eventful post race party!

The 5 mile category is USATF Certified, and both categories will be chip timed by Yankee Timing and Race Management.

Trophies: 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place trophies for the 5 mile and 5k categories, male and female ( A total of 84 trophies! ) 19 and under, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70 and over

Cash Prizes: 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place, male and female, for the 5 mile category. ( No age groups, top 3 male and female over all)

The 5 mile category is USATF Certified, and both categories will be chip timed by Yankee Timing and Race Management.

Raffles: We will be raffling off tickets to the Patriots, Red Sox, and Bruins! Mann’s Orchard has donated 4 raffles of 1 pie of your choice per month for 6 months! There will also be several other exciting raffles.

There will be a special performance by the band Prospect Hill from 2:00pm to 4:00pm in the afternoon!
Pre-registration and number pick up will be on Thursday, April 8th, from 5:00pm to 8:00pm at the Fireside Restaurant and Pub-171 Pelham St.-Methuen, MA ( No Credit Cards Accepted )

Race day registration and number pick up will be from 9:00am to 10:30am at the Fireside Restaurant and Pub-171 Pelham St.-Methuen,MA ( No Credit Cards Accepted )

Upon completion of the 5 mile and 5k categories, there will be a complimentary water station and a pasta salad & fruit station, for all registered participants.

Malcolm Fulford Event Promoter
RE/MAX Prestige
100 Bridge Street
Pelham, NH 03076

Methuen Rail Trail Alliance is looking for sponsors

The Methuen Rail Trail Alliance is looking for businesses to sponsor our group and offer small discounts to dues paying members. Since our group is still not widely known it is more important that we offer benefits to encourage membership.

Last year our only sponsor was Buchikas who offers a 10% discount on purchases. We are hoping to find some Methuen businesses interested in our project.

Methuen Rail Trail webpage

Methuen Rail Trail Alliance
14 Pleasant St
Methuen, MA 01844
978-376-5619 phone
866-416-6101 fax
info@methuenrailtrail.org

St Monicas Cub Scout Pack 55 Fundraiser 5/5

St Monica’s Cub Scout Pack 55 Fundraiser

Friday, March 5, 2010
5:00pm – 8:00pm
Amesbury Sports Park
www.amesburysportspark.net
12 South Hunt Road
Amesbury, MA

Snow Tubing at Amesbury Sports park –
Come support the cub scouts by enjoying snow tubing. It should be a great evening. We would love to catch up with some friends.
Tickets are $22 for 3 hours.
Just mention that you are with the cubscouts Pack 55.
It will be a great fundraiser for the pack.
We are hoping to see you there!
Cub Scout Pack 55
Pack Master

Literacy Volunteers of Methuen Tutor Orientation

If reading this is easy for you, won’t you please help someone who can’t read it at all?
Volunteer to be a tutor for the Literacy Volunteers of Methuen.

The Nevins Memorial Library has partnered with the Methuen Adult Learning Center and the Literacy Volunteers of Massachusetts to develop an adult literacy program to bring free, private, flexible, individualized instruction to adults in the community who are struggling everyday with basic reading and language problems. The waiting list for classroom programs in ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) and Basic Education (ABE) is long and so we are offering this alternative program to help those individuals who, for one reason or another, are unable to commit to those programs.

Volunteers need only be high school graduates and be fluent English speakers. While previous teaching experience and foreign language abilities may be a bonus they are not required to become a tutor. We will provide training, materials, tutoring space and ongoing support if you will commit only 8 hours a month to tutoring a needy student. We do ask that you take an 18 hr. training course spread over 6 weeks and commit to nine months as a tutor. Please contact Sue Jefferson 978 686-4080 x32 to reserve a spot in the orientations and/or trainings. You must have attended an orientation to be admitted to the training sessions.

Tutor Orientation:
Tuesday, April 6, 7-8 pm
Thursday, April 8, 10–11am
Saturday, April 17, 10-11am

ESOL Tutor Trainings (English for speakers of Other Languages)
Wednesday, April 21, & 28, 6:30-9:30 pm
Wednesday, May 5, 12, 19, & 26, 6:30-9:30 pm

Tutors must attend one orientation session and each of the training dates. For more info contact Sue, 978 686-4080 x32 or LitVolMeth@gmail.com

St. Monica School  $10,000 Raffle Event 3/25

St. Monica School  $10,000 Raffle Event

Drawing on Thursday, March 25, 2010
starting at 6:00 PM
at the Dupre Center
Presentation of Mary Academy

Each $100 raffle ticket entitles the buyer to dinner for two and a 1 in 300 chance of winning $10,000! There will be a 50/50 raffle and a raffle for Red Sox tickets. Other prizes (for the first number eliminated and every 10th number eliminated from the $10,000 raffle) will include gift certificates for various establishments in the area.

Dinner catered by Sayde’s of Salem, NH.

All proceeds benefit St. Monica School.

For more information, or to purchase a ticket, please call the office 978-686-1801

Saint Monica School
212 Lawrence Street
Methuen, MA 01844
(978) 686-1801

St. Pat’s Benefit Dinner for Arlington Food Pantry 3/13

St. Andrews Episcopal Church
is having a Saint Patrick’s Dinner
Saturday March 13th, 2010
5:00pm

Adults $12.00
Kids 5 – 12 $6.00
Children under 5 free

In the Church Hall.
Irish sing-a-long, Irish step dancers and traditional corned beef and cabbage dinner.
coffee, tea etc included with meal.
Bring your own alcoholic beverage.

For more information or to purchase tickets: call 978-686-7770
Proceeds benefit
Arlington Neighborhood Food Pantry.

E-Mail Admin@StAndrewsMethuen.org
Saint Andrew’s Episcopal Church
90 Broadway

ARMV Shaws/Star Rewards Card Donation Program

Please add Animal Rescue Merrimack Valley to your Shaws Reward Card so that you when you shop at Shaws on Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday, ARMV will receive a check for 10% of your purchase.

go to Shaws.com

click on CARES – Helping our communities
Click on COMMUNITY
Click on COMMUNITY REWARDS
Click on SHOPPERS LOGIN

Enter your Shaws card umber off the back of your card;
Enter your phone number (the one you used when you signed up for your shaws card)

On the next screen, enter the ARMV Number 49001024694.

Thank you for this
ARMV can use the donations!

Lowell Devils Hockey ARMV Fundraiser 3/19

the Lowell Devils are playing The Providence Bruins
March 19th, 2010
7:00PM
At the Tsongas Center at U Mass Lowell
300 Martin Luther King Hwy, Lowell Ma

Tickets are $15 each.
The Devils will donate $4 to Animal Rescue Merrimack Valley
for each ticket that we sell.

There is no limit to the number of ticket that ARMV can sell.
We have 50 in our hands and can get more at any time.
The tickets are sequenced by seat number.

Contact us for tickets:
Animal Rescue Merrimack Valley
PO Box 8006
Bradford , MA 01835
978-374-7233
Adoptions@armv.org

Tsongas Arena Events
Lowell Devils Hockey (beware site is slightly askew, scroll down)

Please print this and pass it around.

MSPCA at Nevins Farm Spay Day USA spay and neuter clinic 2/14

Spay Day discounts for pet owners

The MSPCA at Nevins Farm is hosting a spay and neuter clinic Feb. 14 in recognition of Spay Day USA, a national event aimed at encouraging pet owners to spay their pets and reduce unwanted litters.

Six area veterinarians are working for free, along with a dozen vet technicians and volunteers, to ensure that they can reach their goal of spaying and neutering at least 100 cats and dogs in a single day.

Appointments are required. Applications are available at the Adoption Center at Nevins Farm. The fee for the operation is $25 for a cat and $50 for a dog. Both include a rabies vaccination, distemper vaccination, flea prevention, earmite treatment if necessary and a microchip — a permanent form of identification. Surgery slots will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis.

The public may support Nevins Farm’s Spay Day USA by sponsoring a surgery. Donations for Spay Day will help offset the nonprofit organization’s expenses for medical care, vaccinations, and potentially provide for future low-cost surgeries. Or people can donate an item from the Nevins Farm wish list, which includes medical supplies. The wish list is available at mspca.org/nevins, or at the Noble Family Animal Care & Adoption Center at Nevins Farm. For information, contact 978-687-7453, ext. 6101, or mspca.org/nevins.

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