The American Cancer Society’s Relay For Life of Boston

Hope burns bright. The light from the luminaria bags at Relay For Life reminds us of those we lost and inspires us to find a cure for this disease. Make a difference in the fight against cancer by joining the Relay For Life of Boston. Form a team and come participate in this moving and life-changing overnight event that celebrates cancer survivors, remembers loved ones lost and fights back against a disease that takes too much.

What:
The American Cancer Society’s Relay For Life of Boston

Where:
Moakley Park
William J. Day Blvd.
South Boston, MA

When:
Friday, June 17 at 7p.m.—Saturday, June 18 at 7a.m.

Cause:
Cancer research; programs and services for cancer patients and their families.

Cost:
$10 registration fee

Other Info:
Relay For Life is a fundraiser and we ask that team members raise what money they can for the fight against cancer. There is no fundraising minimum and all are invited to attend. For more information or to sign-up, please visit www.relayforlife.org/BostonMA or contact Lesley Whiting at (781) 314-2683 or lesley.whiting@cancer.org.

24th Annual Beyond Shelter Gala

Over twenty five restaurants are participating in this year’s event, including Eastern Standard, Union Bar & Grill, Treat Cupcake Bar, Hamersley’s Bistro, Flour Bakery + Cafe, Ashmont Grill, Aquitaine, Tavolo, and The Fireplace. Narragansett Beer is the official beer sponsor for the event. The annual gala also features a raffle and live auction with items including Red Sox and New England Patriots autographed sports memorabilia, concert tickets, fine art, jewelry, and luxury city weekend getaway packages. 100% of event proceeds will benefit Friends of Boston’s Homeless.

Who:

Host Mayor Thomas M. Menino

Friends of Boston’s Homeless Board of Directors including John Rosenthal

Local artist Sidewalk Sam

What:

24^th Annual Beyond Shelter Gala:

Where:

House of Blues
15 Lansdowne Street
Boston, MA

When:

April 28^th, 7-10pm

Cause:

Friends of Boston’s Homeless

Cost:

$100.00/person ($80 is tax deductible)

Other Info:

For further information and to purchase tickets visit www.fobh.org or call (617) 755-3208.

More Than Words & Authors Globe!

Join More Than Words & Authors Globe at the new Authors Globe Business Book Club at More Than Words Bookstore & Cafe in Waltham, MA. They'll be discussing Chip & Dan Heath's New Year Times & Wall Street Journal Bestseller Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard. There will also be the opportunity to meet other conscious business leaders & professionals in the Boston area.

When: TUES, April 5th, 6:30 - 8:30 pm EST

Where: More Than Words Bookstore & Cafe, 376 Moody St, Waltham, MA

Buy Book: Please consider ordering SWITCH at More Than Words that Chip & Dan Heath have generously donated to this award-winning youth-led social enterprise. Everyone can donate used books & order books!

Steward Home, Hospice, and Private Care NEEDS Volunteers!

Who: THE TIME IS NOW………Become a Hospice Volunteer

What: Support a patient in need of companion visit, errands, scrap booking, letter writing or simply listening to someone’s incredible stories.

Where: Our patients are located anywhere from North Reading to Woburn to Boston and as far as Braintree, Massachusetts.

When: Two day training scheduled for April 16^th and April 17^th, 2011

Cause: Support our all age Hospice Patients.

Partners: Steward Hospitals, Steward Physician Network, Steward Research Institutes.

Cost: FREE

Contact:

Marilin Gerez

Volunteer Coordinator/Admin Assistant

Steward Home Care, Hospice, and Private Care

(Formally known as Caritas)

271 Waverly Oaks Road

Waltham, Ma. 02452

1(781) 392-2230 ext. 2247

1(781) 392-2240-fax

Marilin.Gerez@CaritasChristi.org

Volunteer with the 26th AIDS Walk Boston!

Volunteering for AIDS Walk Boston is a great way to both support the fight against AIDS and also have some fun! Each year, AIDS Action Committee relies on hundreds of volunteers to help serve the 15,000+ attendees that participate in the Walk and the Larry Kessler 5K Run.

Once again AIDS Action Committee is looking for talented, dedicated and hard working individuals to fill the following volunteer positions:

-Pre-Event Office Support

-Course Marshals

-Crowd Control

-Finish Area Volunteers

-Registration Volunteers

-Run Volunteers

-Post Event Office Support

-Special Skill Areas: Truck/Van Drivers and Photographers

Register (HERE) as a Volunteer for AIDS Walk Boston 2011 (www.aidswalkboston.org) and learn more about each of the necessary AIDS Walk Boston volunteer positions for Sunday, June 5^th.

For more information about volunteering at AIDS Walk Boston contact Vibe Drostgaard at (617) 450-1506 orvdrostgaard@aac.org

Date: Sunday, June 5^th
Time: 7AM-2PM
Cost: FREE

Big Apple's Circus' Circus of the Senses

Help the Big Apple's Circus" Circus of the Senses is a unique performance of the Big Apple Circus that provides children with vision or hearing impairments and other special needs an opportunity to experience the excitement of classical circus under the big top.

The special features of this performance include a live, detailed Audio Description of the acts broadcast through wireless headsets, Braille and Large-print programs that contain vivid descriptions of each act, and American Sign Language interpreters stationed throughout the tent. After the performance there is a Touch Session, where a small, pre-selected, group of vision-impaired children are invited to come into the ring to meet our performers, pet some of the show animals and touch some of the show props and acrobatic equipment.

What you will be doing:

Volunteers will assist in handing out programs, assisting children from buses to tent, and helping with post show Touch Session. Note that Big Apple Circus requested Cell #'s incase they need to contact volunteers at the last minute regarding the show.

To sign up, fill-out the form found here: http://circusofsenses4711.eventbrite.com/

Big Apple Circus' "Circus of the Senses"

WHERE: One City Hall Square (Government Center. Green Line T)

WHEN: Thursday, April 07, 2011 from 8:30 AM - 1:00 PM