Sawyer Free Library Week of May 22, 2016

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Summer is coming! Did you know you can get discount coupons for many museums from the Sawyer Free Library?

museumpassbannerClick here for details and to reserve the coupons online from the comfort of your home, office, or phone! You just need a library card. If you don’t have one, come in and get one soon!

Please consider casting a vote for Sawyer Free Library in the BankGloucester “Banking For The Community” Program: Here’s a handy link!  You can vote for 3 organizations, so please give us one vote and pick 2 more worthy causes! Thanks!

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~The annual book sale is going on Friday and Saturday May 19 & 20! Lots of awesome books at awesome prices! Come in and look around!

We will be closed on Monday May 30 in observance of Memorial Day. Have a great weekend!

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Our Summer hours will begin on Tuesday May 31. The only…

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PLANT SALE TO BENEFIT GLOUCESTER EDUCATION FOUNDATION

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PLANT SALE TO BENEFIT GLOUCESTER EDUCATION  FOUNDATION
O’Maley Innovation Middle School, 32 Cherry Street, Gloucester, MA Saturday, May 21st from 8am –noon

Plant Donations Accepted — Friday, May 20th, from 5pm-7pm at O’Maley School by main door.

  • Veggie Seedlings, hydroponic basic and Lettuce plants grown by 6thgraders at O’Maley
  • Strawberry plants
  • Hardy Gloucester Grown Perennials

Arrive early on Saturday for great bargains – $2.00 seedlings $2.00-$7.00 perennial plants! Help Gloucester Education Foundation and beautify your gardens. If you have a garden, please think about what perennials you have that may need to be divided and donate plants to our cause. Plant identification is helpful but not required.
All usable gardening items, plants, trees, shrubs, annuals, perennials, herbs and vegetable donations are welcome or contact Susan@GenerousGardeners.org. Since all of the proceeds benefit GEF, you will get a tax deduction for whatever we earn from your plants.
Please contact Susan Kelly or 978-282-3306 if you have any questions 

Gloucester Biotech Academy Open House – May 26th, 4-7pm

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OPEN HOUSE
Gloucester Biotechnology Academy
55 Blackburn Center, Gloucester
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Thursday,  May 26, 2016
4:00pm – 7:00pm

  • All are welcome!
  • Tour the Academy
  • Meet the staff
  • Ask questions and find out more about our exciting program
  • Refreshments will be served
  • Applications for class beginning September 2016 still being accepted
  • For information please email: biotech.academy@gmgi.org

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For more information, please visit our website:  Gloucester Biotechnology Academy

Meet The Three GHS Prinicpal Finalists

Saturday Evening Girls Talk at the Cape Ann Museum

Progress and Opportunity in the Early 1900s

Saturday, May 21 at 2:00 p.m.

 An illustrated lecture presented by Dr. Dorothy E. King

The Saturday Evening Girls (S.E.G.) was a progressive social club organized in Boston in 1899 to assimilate young immigrant women into American culture. The “girls” who took part in the group met on Saturday evenings and were introduced to literature, art and history. They were also given the opportunity to develop craft and business skills at the Paul Revere Pottery in North Boston. The bowl shown here is one such example of the skilled craftsmanship that came out of this social experiment. S.E.G. pottery is now very valuable and highly sought after. The S.E.G. is connected to Cape Ann through a summer camp that was built for the girls’ use at Wingaersheek Beach in West Gloucester in 1906.

Dr. King, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Penn State Harrisburg will be joined by Joanne Riley, archivist at UMASS Boston and Roz Kramer, daughter of pioneer Saturday Evening Girls (SEG) researcher Barbara Kramer for the lecture.

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This program is $10 for CAM members / $20 for non-members (includes Museum admission). Space is limited; reservations required. For more information, please email info@capeannmuseum.org. Tickets can be purchased by calling the Museum at 978-283-0455 x10 or online at Eventbrite.

ATTENTION ALL INTERNATIONAL DORY RACING FUNDRAISER

Attention All!

The Gloucester International Dory Racing Committee will be hosting a fundraiser at the St. Peter’s Club Friday, May 20th at 6 pm. All are welcome to attend for a fun night of games, drinks, apps, music, dancing, and lots of cool items for raffles! Proceeds from the event will go towards the expansion of our program and offerings to the community which will allow our members to continue promoting maritime heritage, friendly competition, and fun. Not many people in our community are familiar with the history of Dory’s and how much importance they hold in the start of our fishing industry. Our goal is to educate people more about this cause and possibly even recruit new members to try a sport that represents the meaning of their hometown. So come join us for a fun night and help keep this tradition going strong! Tickets will be sold prior to the event for $10 or can be purchased at the door. For any questions about the fundraiser, to purchase tickets, or if you’d like to make donations for raffles please contact the following members. Hope to see a lot of you there!

Amanda Palazzola
(P): 1-978-423-2736
(E): amandapalazzola@ymail.com

Lily Jean Sanfilippo
(P): 1-508-284-0230
(E): lilyjsanz@gmail.com

Introducing Seniors Out & About – An LGBT Social Gathering

SeniorCare Inc. and North Shore Pride are pleased to announce the creation of a new program to provide social opportunities for Seniors in the LGBT community.  “Seniors Out & About – An LGBT Social Gathering” will organize events for older LGBT people (60 years of age and older), their friends and family. The first event will take place on June 19, 2016 as a kick-off to North Shore Pride Week at the North Shore Music Theatre!  Following Pride Week, there will be a Pot Luck Dinner in Rockport on June 26—watch for more information on the Pot Luck.

Seniors Out & About will attend the June 19, 2:00 p.m., show of FUNNY GIRL at the North Shore Music Theatre in Beverly. There will be a private reception following the show right outside the theater on the patio with snacks and refreshments. A limited number of discounted tickets (inner circle seats) are available for this event.

FUNNY GIRL tells the bittersweet story of Fanny Brice (played by Broadway veteran Shoshana Bean), whose vocal talents and comedic ability see her rise from Brooklyn music hall singer to the Ziegfeld Follies, then on to international fame, and her tempestuous relationship with gambler Nicky Arnstein.

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For information and tickets to the June 19 show, go to www.seniorcareinc.org and click on the “Out & About” link or contact Kelly Knox at 978-281-1750 for additional information.

About SeniorCare

SeniorCare Inc. serves an area that represents more than 27,000 residents aged 60 and over.  We provide services to adults with disabilities and elders in nine communities. Established in 1972, SeniorCare has approximately 100 employees and nearly 400 volunteers. The volunteers and staff work to fulfill its mission as a consumer-centered organization which provides and coordinates services to elders and others. This allows them to live independently at home or in a setting of their choice, while remaining part of their community.

About North Shore Pride

The mission of North Shore Pride, Inc. is to promote the general welfare, and enhance the social life of the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community of the North Shore, and to promote the acceptance of the members of this community by the broader North Shore community.

Pre-K Open House Tomorrow!

Want to know more about our amazing Pre-K program?

Come play with us, tour the school and meet our teacher! FREE “planting project” event on our lawn.

Pre-K open house Saturday, May 14th 10 am to 1 pm at our school!

All are welcome!

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