Save the Date for the SCI Social Capitalist Luncheon!
Each year we honor individuals that exemplify our mission by presenting
them with an SCI Idealist Award. This year's Idealist Award recipients,
Saskia & Paul Epstein, and Susan Musinsky, will be honored at the
2010 SCI Social Capitalist Luncheon on April 7.
A number of Community Social Capitalists will be recognized as well. Please visit our luncheon pages for all the event details, including background on Award recipients, ticket purchasing info and listing of sponsors and host committee members. Special thanks to our Presenting Sponsor, Compare Supermarkets.
SCI Youth Councils show their commitment, even when times are tough!
Pictured to the left SCI AmeriCorps Youth Leadership Coordinator,
Jennifer Ward from the SCI Milford Youth Council and Jim Sanchioni,
Director of Milford Youth Center, delivered nearly 300 pairs of
children's pajamas to BJ's Wholesale Club, General Manager, Joe
Reardon. BJ's, in collaboration with the Boston Bruins, has been
collecting children's new and unused pajamas to give to nonprofit
organization, Cradles to Crayons. SCI Youth Council collections have been extremely
successful in helping meet the basic needs of struggling community members; such as SCI Woburn Youth Council's Jeans for Teens
initiative, SCI Lynn's canned food collectionin conjunction with Compare Supermarket, and the Winter Coat Drive in Dorchester.
SCI's Outreach & Technology AmeriCorps members continue to make innovative use of our community websites to connect people to a variety of valuable resources. For instance, the MyDorchester.org site now includes new maps to help residents find info on their local civic associations or where to find the nearest zipcar. And since the earthquake in Haiti, the team has compiled a rich array of timely resources for the many Boston area residents with ties to Haiti. Each month, some 5,000 individuals now use an SCI community website to access information that helps them connect to civic opportunities and resources.
The Burlington Youth Council is Off to a Strong Start!
The Burlington Youth Council recently became the latest youth leadership program site in the SCI network. SCI has partnered with the Boys & Girls Club of Woburn start the new program, with a generous grant from the Comcast Foundation. The 15 Youth Council members have chosen to focus on drug/alcohol abuse within Burlington. They will begin their work with a survey that they are creating, which will be administered to middle school as well as high school students. The Council members will use this survey to gauge the success of current efforts and to plan a course of action.
NuPath, a Woburn-based agency that serves
individuals with disabilities, is one of SCI's newest AmeriCorps host site
partners. These days, funders and others are often most interested in our
numbers, how we are providing tangible benefits in this time of great economic
need. Yet this story, relayed by Jennifer Burns, an SCI AmeriCorps member
placed at NuPath, reminds us of how a seemingly small action can bring great
joy to someone. Visit our blog to hear Jennifer talk about her effort to
bring music to a young man with autism.
