Spring Food Drive to Benefit the Merrimack Valley Food Bank
Mayor Manzi and Representative Campbell have teamed up to fight hunger. They are asking city employees, residents and businesses to make donations of nonperishable items to the Merrimack Valley Food Bank. The Food Bank provides food to several local pantries and shelters. Your efforts will help [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

Methuen Department Of Emergency Management
Emergency Shelter Volunteers and
CERT (Community Emergency Response Team)
Methuen Department Of Emergency Management
Contact Person:
John Santoro, Executive Director
41 Pleasant Street, Suite 313
To inquire click here to get to Massachusetts Volunteerism Website
Volunteer Opportunity Details:
Emergency shelter volunteers will be responsible to staff and assist with setting up emergency shelters throughout the city in times of [...]

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 [...]

Animal Rescue Merrimack Valley will be producing a fundraiser cookbook in the next few months.
We are asking for donations of your best vegetarian recipe.
If you have a favorite recipe you would like to share please send it  to info@methuencommon.com
Sponsorship ads inside the book will also be available, please inquire.
Animal Rescue
Merrimack Valley
PO Box 8006
Bradford , MA [...]

From the Eagle Tribune February 18, 2010
Pols, TV personality to play dodge ball for charity
By J.J. Huggins
METHUEN — A rivalry between Methuen Mayor William Manzi and former Lawrence Mayor Michael Sullivan will be renewed during a rumble on Burnham Road this Saturday. The two men, along with state Sen. Steven Baddour and Fox 25 television [...]

From the Eagle Tribune February 04, 2010
Valley food bank facing food shortage
Plea goes out to potential donors
By J.J. Huggins
The Merrimack Valley Food Bank will run out of food by the end of next month unless it steps up food collections, an official there said.
The Lowell-based organization, which supplies homeless shelters and soup kitchens in Greater [...]

Animal Rescue Merrimack Valley
Papa Gino’s Fundraisers
ARMV get’s 20% of your purchases when accompanied by the COUPON
Take out orders INCLUDED!
• Fundraiser at Papa Gino’s
Monday, February 1st, 2010 4:00-9:30pm
Papa Gino’s, Rockingham Mall, Salem, NH
Papa Gino’s Salem NH Feb 1st, 2010 COUPON
• Fundraiser at Papa Gino’s with Kitten and Cat adoptions next door at Petco!
Thursday, March 18th, [...]

From the Eagle Tribune: December 16, 2009 01:33 am
Letter: Thanks for helping with food drive
To the editor:
We at the Veterans Northeast Outreach Center would like to thank everyone for their support of the food drive at Thwaites Market in Methuen on Dec. 4. The donations go directly to the many veterans and [...]