Community Corner
ABOUT TOWN: Help Support the Memory Room and Step up for Sinai
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A NIGHT TO REMEMBER: “A Night to Remember" is a fundraiser for The Memory Room, to be held on Saturday, Oct. 15, starting at 7 p.m. at the , 837 Washington Street in downtown Stoughton.
The night will include food, a raffle, an auction, a cash bar and dancing. The host for the evening is the Honorable Francis T. Crimmins, Jr., Stoughton's Town Manager and a friend of The Memory Room ().
The band "Political Asylum" will be playing at the event and Dr. Marguerite Rizzi, Superintendent of Schools, will be joining the band!
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The Memory Room ("Nurturing Families After the Loss of a Child") has been created to provide support groups and creative outlets for bereaved families in the South Shore area.
It was co-founded by Pam Abrams-Warnick, Beth McNeill, and Francie Minder.
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They are located at 2 Canton St. in Stoughton, and have facilities there for art, projects, meetings and conversation.
McNeill told About Town: "We would love if people would bring a copy of a photo or plan to write something about someone they have lost on a community mural we will hang later in The Memory Room. We hope that people might like to know their loved ones are remembered in this way."
Tickets for the event are $25 in advance or $30 at the door. For tickets or to make a donation, call 339-237-8068 or email memoryroom1@gmail.com.
Tickets are also available by mailing a check payable to The Memory Room, 2 Canton St., Room 120, Stoughton, MA 02072. The Memory Room also has a new website at www.thememoryroom.org for more informarion.
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SINAI WALKATHON Join the 10th Annual “Stepping Up” for Sinai Walkathon October 16 and help support seniors. You'll feel great knowing you are helping a worthy cause and you'll also enjoy the camaraderie of others who want to do the same.
The 10th annual Stepping Up Walkathon begins and ends at the and follows a 3.2 mile loop around the neighborhood.
Registration begins at 8:30 a.m.; the Walk begins at 9:30 a.m. Proceeds raised will fund scholarships to Sinai's Adult Day Health Program, which has been providing safe and attentive care since 1983.
Vital scholarships are awarded to qualified seniors from Stoughton and 19 surrounding communities. Without them, families often have no other choice but to move their loved ones into a nursing home.
For every $55 raised, one day of scholarship can be awarded, and since 2001 the Rotary has made 174,000 thousand scholarship hours available to families in need, about 3,247 days of adult day health care with Sinai.
Walk individually, in teams, become a sponsor or recommend sponsors who may be interested in participating. For more information, contact Susan Dowling at ext. 1153 or at sdowling@nesinai.org.
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