Save the date for the 2009 Holiday Martketplace!
The event will be held Saturday November 21st
The Americal Civic Center Wakefield Massachusetts
For more information contact Gail at gswan73@juno.com
Enjoy the cookiewalk video from last years event below
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| Remembering Rayleen |
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| On Sunday July 19, 2009 Family and Friends gathered at Breakheart Reservation to remember our dear friend Rayleen Lescay. Friends shared memories as volunteers from the Christopher P. Dunne Foundation served guests to an old fashioned Barbeque. A dedication ceremony included a reading of a poem and an unveiling of a black granite park bench which was dedicated in Rayleen's memory. people wore red, Rayleen's favorite color, and red baloons were released when the bench was dedicated. friends and Family then gathered around a fire pit, wrote words on paper. Some read thier messages aloud and threw their paper into the fire pit, while others folded their personal messages to Rayleen and tossed them into the fire pit. Please watch the movie that captured the event.
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January was National Mentoring Month, a time to celebrate the power of mentoring. On January 27,2008 Partners for Youth with Disabilities (www.pyd.org) held a Mentor Appreciation Brunch to celebrate mentoring. Among some of the awards given out such as Mentor of the Year to Lora Brugnaro and Outstanding Partner of the Year to Maureen Finnerty, the Christopher P. Dunne Peer Leadership Award was given to Michelle Jasmin.
It is such an honor to have Partners For Youth with Disabilities present this award in memory of Christopher P. Dunne. Congratulations to Michelle Jasmin for being recognized for all the great work!
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| THE CHRISTOPHER P. DUNNE MEMORIAL AWARDS
was presented on May 5th, 2007 at The Royal Sonesta Hotel in Cambridge. Partners for Youth with Disabilities Annual Black Tie Gala will presented Robert "Bob" Smyth, President and CEO of Citizens Bank of Massachusetts and John Kemp, Esq. of Powers, Pyle Sutter & Verville, P.C. with the Christopher P. Dunne Memorial Award . The 6 pm silent auction was well attended followed by dinner and the program.
In 1998, Partners for Youth with Disabilities mentee and Young Entrepreneurs Project alumnus, Chris Dunne, was honored with Entrepreneurial Spirit award from the National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship for his business design, "The Soda and Snack Stop".
For more information about Partners please contact:
Regina Snowden Executive Director
Partners for Youth with Disabilities, Inc. 95 Berkeley Street, Suite 109 Boston, MA 02116 PH: 617-556-4075 X 11 Fax: 617-556-4074 TTY: 617-314-2989
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2006, December 15th, The CPD Holiday Party was attended by more than 60 young adults with disabilities, family and friends of Christopher Dunne. If you want to see the photo show from the CPD Holiday Party at the Melrose Elks watch the party or copy and paste this link into your browser: http://www.photoshow.net/watch/FZ9Zk8PK. The 8th Annual Holiday Party was held December 14th, 2007.
2007, November 17th @ the Americal Civic Center, Wakefield MA, there was the 4th Annual Holiday Markeplace to benefit the efforts of the Foundation and all of their endeavors helping others in need. There were be scores of crafts, holiday gifts, Patriots and Red Sox Raffles, activities for kids of all ages, Music, food and other surprises.
If you want to see the photoshow from the previous years event, watch the event or copy and paste this link into your browser:
http://photoshow.comcast.net/watch/ud8Ck2HI.
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