Don’t let the kids have all the fun!
Wednesday, February 3rd from 6:30 – 8:00 pm come to our adult HarborLAB and learn all about marine invertebrates. At this– our first HarborLAB, participants will learn about cephalopods and dissect a squid. We will locate and identify the internal organs and learn how scientists classify these animals. You’ll never look at a plate of fried calamari in the same way! Easy online registration HERE.
The Chamber has some exciting events happening this month – please join us!
January Business After Hours at Manchester Athletic Club
Come Mix & Mingle with other area business leaders at one of Cape Ann’s finest athletic facilities. See this state-of-the-art facility and learn about their programs that will keep you fit in 2016. REGISTER HERE.
FREE Email Marketing Seminar – The Power of the Inbox
(for Chamber Members)
Please join us for a Brown Bag Lunch (bring your own) Seminar on Thursday, January 14, 2016 at the Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce. This excellent FREE seminar, The Power of the Inbox, will teach you the ins and outs of email marketing for your business. REGISTER HERE.
The 94th Annual Celebration & Cape Ann Divas Concert
This year we are planning something new and different for our Annual Dinner- we are changing up the format! We will still be celebrating our incoming President- Matt Anzivino- and our outgoing President- Catherine Schlichte, but instead of a sit down dinner, we will be hosting an elegant Cocktail Party upstairs at the Shalin Liu Performance Center, with stunning views of the ocean and the Rockport coastline. After the reception, we will enter the Music Hall for an evening of entertainment by the Cape Ann Divas. Tickets are available for the full event ($100) and concert only ($50) PURCHASE TICKETS HERE.
SeniorCare Inc. will hold its annual Valentine’s Day Breakfast Fundraiser Breakfast at The Gloucester House, located 63 Rogers Street in downtown Gloucester on Friday, February 12, 2016, from 7:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. Tickets are $12 per person and include a buffet breakfast. Tickets are available in advance by calling 978-281-1750 or may be purchased at the door. Proceeds from the breakfast will benefit SeniorCare’s Meals on Wheels program.
SeniorCare Inc.’s Meals on Wheels program brings a daily meal right to the door for frail and homebound elders, Monday through Friday. Menus are designed by nutrition experts to meet the needs of older adults and are prepared by a professional caterer. In addition, homebound elders have a daily interaction with the delivery team—sometimes their only human contact that day. SeniorCare currently delivers Meals on Wheels to more than 550 elders each day. Annually, this means 136,216 home-delivered meals and 39,250 meals served at dining sites in Beverly, Gloucester, Essex, Manchester, Rockport, Ipswich, Hamilton, Topsfield, and Wenham.
Sponsorship opportunities for the Breakfast are available. For information about the breakfast or to become a sponsor, contact Paula Curley at 978-281-1750 x-560 or paula.curley@seniorcareinc.org.
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.
It’s almost January and it just snowed, so now you need to find fun things to do inside. Well the Cape Ann Museum can help you with that and if you live on Cape Ann the Museum is free for the month of January! Just to be clear, that means Gloucester, Rockport, Manchester-by-the-Sea and Essex residents are are all welcome to visit for free, starting in just four days. (The CAM is closed New Year’s Day)
Saturday, January 9 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.: Winter Shorts: Cape Ann Museum docents present a celebration of their favorites from the collection, offering six consecutive mini tours. Try them all! See Museum website for a complete list of tour topics: Click Here.
Saturday, January 9 from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.: Come join us for a thrilling Sing-and-Sign-Along starring YOU, the families of Cape Ann! La Petite Chorale and The Optimistic Voices Senior choir will sing and dance with you to favorite oldies, childhood and holiday songs.
See the CAM’s website for more events happening the month of January:
http://www.capeannmuseum.org/events/
Tuesday Dec 29: Vacation week movie in Children’s Library: Shaun The Sheep 2:30-4:30
Happy New Year!
CAPE ANN SPECIAL OLYMPICS
We are hosting Paint Nite fundraiser Wednesday, February 10, 2016 at 7pm. As a new program we need to raise money to offset the cost of uniforms, gym time and equipment. Please show your support by indulging your creative side. Tickets to this event can be purchased on https://paintnite.com/events/936109.html
Through sport, Special Olympics is building communities of acceptance and inclusion for all people.
Richard Weissman, Business School Professor at Endicott College, and Peter Jenner, Chair, School of Hospitality Management at Endicott College, facilitated a brainstorming session with the Gloucester U Culinary class. Students broke into two teams and each designed a food truck, complete with concepts (one group decided on a waffle truck, and the other truck included dishes found at ball game concession stands such as hot dogs and popcorn) catchy names, fun menus, and usable interior truck designs.
Are you hosting guests this Christmas weekend? Bring them to the Cape Ann Museum! We’re open from 10am to 5pm on Saturday (tours at 11am and 2 pm) and 1pm to 4pm on Sunday (tour at 2pm).
Relax after the rush of the holidays in our peaceful galleries, share the history of your hometown with your guests and bask in that indescribable Cape Ann light.
Gloucester U’s Vocal Club, the PITCH POCKETS went caroling at Golden Living on Monday 12/21. Lead by local musician, Renée Dupuis, they festively entertained the crowd at Golden Living with a ukulele in tow.
(Left to right: Instructor Renée Dupuis, students Sadie Cook, Kayla Saltonstall, Joshua Skalski, Karlee Hynes, Madison Dempsey)
Yesterday, esteemed Graffiti Artist, Danny Diamond (who grew up in Gloucester and attended Gloucester High School) came to Gloucester U to create a piece of graffiti art, speak to our students about the dedication and training required to become a graffiti artist, and demonstrate some graffiti art techniques. It was a truly amazing opportunity to see a skilled artist in action!
Gloucester U is an after-school program based at Gloucester High School that focuses on career and college readiness in a fun and interesting way.
gloucesteru.weebly.com
