Friday, December 21, 2012
The following was submitted to Mansfield Patch by Mansfield resident Donna Harrington.
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Friday, December 21, 2012
I would like to take this opportunity to thank many people from the Mansfield community for helping out with the Leaf Raking Project on November 12, 2012. It is without hesitation that I say I am so proud to be part of this community and the wonderful people who live and thrive in this town. This yearly collaboration between the schools, DPW, Police Department and landscapers in town runs so smoothly now because of the dedicated volunteers who each year come out and support this program. It not only helped out the seniors in Mansfield but gave the students a chance to recognize the value of community service and see first hand what their contribution can do in someone’s life. Each year I am dumb founded by the selfless act of our police …
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Mansfield teens contribute to world peace.
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Wednesday, December 12, 2012
For the 5th year Hunakai Studio of Fine Arts Foxboro has participated in the International Memory Project. The Memory Project is a unique initiative in which art students create portraits for children around the world who have been neglected, orphaned, or disadvantaged.This year 15 art students created original portraits of children from South East Asia. With seven teens being from Mansfield: Maya Tajchman, Kelly Li, Alissa Melton, Marty Reynolds, Brian Schmidt, Haley Lynch, and Alyson Bailey. Last years participates were declared "Ambassadors to Peace" by Sectary of State Hilary Clinton. Hunakai Studio hopes with this project to encourage their students to practice kindness and service to others, and to reach across international …
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Kaitlyn McGowan, Mansfield Resident Spends Spring Break Volunteering in the Dominican Republic
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Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Kaitlyn McGowan, a resident of Mansfield, Mass. and a member of the class of 2012 at Providence College, recently spent a week working in the Dominican Republic, as part of the College’s Feinstein Academic Institute’s Alternative Spring Break 2012 program. McGowan was among 60 Providence College students who volunteered to spend their spring break to work in 4 different locations around the world. In the Dominican Republic, McGowan, along with 23 PC students, taught English to children at schools and orphanages and worked in a health clinic.
Marie Eckler
12:00 pm on Friday, December 21, 2012
I think it is a wonderful community service provided to elders. I also would like to know, however, why the gatekeepers of the service insist that one must be on an aid program like SSI, Disability, Food Stamps in order to have the service provided....I had requested several times over since I am 65 with a bad fused spine living with an 86 year old bed/wheelchair bound elderly mother and was told… more ›