By Kimberley Ward Senior Program Director, MetroWest Community Services, Framingham Sometimes all it takes is a new Easy Bake Oven to make a child’s holiday the most memorable they’ve ever had. My favorite story is of two brothers we worked with who were removed from their mother’s care and living in a foster home. The…
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By Eric Masi President and CEO Recently some senior Wayside managers and I were reflecting with some of our board members about Wayside’s strengths and accomplishments. It was overwhelming to take stock of all that this agency represents and achieves on behalf of the children and families we serve. I know we never say thank…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 1, 2019 Contact: Michelle Hillman Michelle_Hillman@waysideyouth.org 508-270-1254 (direct) 508-380-5486 (cell) Michelle_Hillman@waysideyouth.org Wayside Youth & Family Support Network Receives $10,000 Grant from The Greater Lowell Health Alliance LOWELL, MA – Wayside Youth & Family Support Network’s PrideSide Lowell program received a $10,000 grant from the Greater Lowell Health Alliance (GLHA). The grant will allow PrideSide Lowell to add a group for…
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By Sara McCabe, vice president of campus services, (aka Veruca Salt in staff photo above) Every year beginning in September, or honestly, mid-August, we start planning of our annual Wayside Campus Halloween Dance. It’s usually met with some eye rolling and smirks from the other campus managers because no one wants their summer rushed by…
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Rolando Rojas, 24, is fulfilling the motto “Lift as You Climb” by returning to Guatemala for the first time in six years to deliver school supplies to children who lack the basics like shoes and books. Rojas learned the motto while at Year Up, an educational nonprofit in Boston that helps young adults move…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 18, 2019 Contact: Michelle Hillman Marketing and Communications Manager 508-270-1254 (direct) 508-380-5486 (cell) Michelle_Hillman@waysideyouth.org Wayside Youth & Family Support Network’s Guimel DeCarvalho Named Emerging Leader by the Association for Behavioral Healthcare NEWTON, MA – Wayside Youth & Family Support Network’s Director of People and Culture, Guimel DeCarvalho, received the 2019 Elizabeth Funk Emerging Leader Award from the Association for Behavioral Healthcare (ABH) today…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 8, 2019 Contact: Michelle Hillman Marketing and Communications Manager 508-270-1254 (direct) 508-380-5486 (cell) Michelle_Hillman@waysideyouth.org 10th Annual Wayside Youth & Family Support Network’s 5K4Kids Raises Over $100K FRAMINGHAM, MA – Wayside Youth & Family Support Network announced today that it raised more than $100,000 from the 10th Annual 5K4Kids Run/Walk and Halloween…
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This press release was originally distributed by the Department of Mental Health and reposted here with permission. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 2, 2019 Contact: Alec Loftus, Alec@DiscoverASG.com, 617-595-8872 Framingham’s Gabriel Casado Recognized by Dept. of Mental Health for Peer Mentoring Work MARLBOROUGH, Mass. – Gabriel Casado, 27, of Framingham, was recognized by the…
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This guest blog originally appeared on the UMass Medical School Transitions to Adulthood Center for Research’s parent blog and is posted here with permission. On Friday, August 16th 2019, I attended the Mental Health First Aid Training offered for free by American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) through Lowell Memorial General Hospital. Stephanie Sunderland-Ramsey our trainer is a Prevention Program…
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Dave Boothe can attest that seeing is believing. In the 20 years since joining Wayside, Dave has met a variety of kids, from all different backgrounds, each with their own struggles. He has worked with thousands of kids through the years. The circumstances may change, but one thing is steady – the people. “It’s the…
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