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OPEN HOUSE JOB FAIR

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OPEN HOUSE
JOB FAIR
Full-Time, Part-Time, Per Diem and Internship Positions Available

Wednesday, May 10th
1-3 pm Job Fair
3-4 pm Interviews
For more information, please email or call 800-579-0000
For full listing of open positions, please visit
www.LUK.org/Employment
LUK is a great place to work! If you are interested in human
services, helping your community, and working with a great
team, join us for our open house. Opportunities are available
at all offices in Fitchburg, Worcester, Webster, and Lowell.
LUK, Inc.
545 Westminster St.
Fitchburg, MA

Casino Night at the Fay Club

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A Fay Club Fundraiser
Friday, April 21, 2017
6:30 pm – 12 am
at the elegant
FAY CLUB
658 Main Street | Fitchburg, MA
$35 per person:
Includes hot & cold appetizers
Silent Auction to include vacation homes, wines, Fay Club Membership & lots more!
Business Casual to Semi Formal Dress | 7 Blackjack Tables and Roulette
RSVP to . Tickets can be purchased at the door.
Space is limited so please RSVP.
As a bridge to our community we will be donating some proceeds to benefit the Fitchburg Elementary School Reading Program. We are kindly asking for guests to bring in new children’s books for grades PreK 4-Grades 4. We will be donating 20% of live auction proceeds to the South Street Elementary School.
We are not handicapped accessible at this time, our apologies.

Our Campaign has Launched! Let’s get this movie funded!

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Our Campaign has Launched! Let’s get this movie funded!

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Campaign Details

 

1. Check out our campaign page today!

 

2. We are raising $25,000, the total cost of production, in just 45 days. This is an 80% or nothing campaign: if we do not raise at least 80% of our goal, the film does not get made.

 

3. We are looking for 600 supporters, with contributions starting at $5.

 

4. CONTRIBUTE DURING WEEK ONE: Jump on board today and show your support! Campaigns that get off to a quick start have a higher rate of success.

Match Donors!

You can help us to motivate others to give!

 

If you would like to be a match donor, just send us an email and pledge any amount over $100! We will use your pledge to match all contributions for one day (up to pledged amount), inspiring others to give. Your contribution of $100 could be turned into $200, doubling the amount you pledge.

 

Contact us at to become a match donor.

 

Executive Producer

One of the most important roles on our team!

 

As an Executive Producer, you are a key member of the filmmaking team. By contributing at least 10% of the total budget for the film ($2,500), you will receive IMDb (Internet Movie Database) credit, many incredible invites and perks (see campaign page), and, when the feature film is made, your contribution to the short will count as an equity investment in the feature. If you would like more information about becoming an executive producer, please contact Jennifer Potts at .

Commitment to New England:

We are committed to hiring 80% of our cast and crew from the New England region. Paid film jobs in the New England region are hard to come by. We are working hard to provide employment to local filmmakers.

 

Commitment to Women:

We are committed to building a cast and crew with at least 50% women. Women represent 50% of the students graduating from film school and, therefore, our set will reflect and honor that statistic.

 

About Jennifer Potts:

Jennifer Potts is an independent Massachusetts-based filmmaker who proves that life does not need to slow down when you reach the middle. After receiving her BA in Theatre Arts, she spent years directing and producing theatre. At the age of 41, she returned to school to study Film and Video Production at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. In the past five years, Jennifer has written and directed three short films. Her last short film, Charlie & Poppy, screened at 16 film festivals around the world and won three best of category awards. Jennifer wrote The Extraordinary World of Cecily Blinkstop during her first semester in graduate school and is shooting this short as a proof of concept for the feature film. The feature film script won the Grand Prize of the New England Spotlight section of the 2016 Rhode Island International Film Festival’s Screenplay Competition.

Synopsis

Set in 1974 rural New England, this live-action family drama is about Cecily, a 7-year old girl who, following the death of her baby sister, lives in a world with no music, no color, no laughter, no love. That is, until a magical imaginary friend shows up and joins Cecily on the quest to save her family from the grief that is destroying them.

You are receiving this email because you either signed up to receive our news or you have a special relationship with one or more of the people who make up our filmmaking team. We need your support to help us get the word out about this exciting project.

Wachusett Mountain Wraps Up 2016-17 Season On a High Note!

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Thanks to a colder-than-average March and early April, Wachusett Mountain Ski Area officially wrapped up its 2016-17 winter season on April 9, extending its season nearly 2 weeks longer than average.

 The biggest story of the 2016-17 season was the impact of Wachusett’s expanded snowmaking system. Thanks to last summer’s $2 million snowmaking improvements (which doubled the mountain’s pumping capacity from 4,000 to 8,000 gallons per minute), snowmakers made more snow in less hours than ever before.  Season-long snowmaking operations yielded an 11% increase in machine-made snow produced (from the previous high), covering trails in up to 5 feet of base.  This was achieved in only 570 hours, nearly a 20% decrease (from the previous high).

“We made more snow more energy efficiently than ever before in our history,” said Wachusett President Jeff Crowley.

In fact, thanks to cold temperatures in early March and its newly expanded snowmaking system, Wachusett also made snow later in the season than ever before.  That, combined with a well-timed mid-March snowstorm, allowed for some of the best snow conditions of the season right through into early April.   In fact, there is still so much snow on the mountain, Wachusett will be holding its annual Cinco De Mayo Celebration (on Saturday, May 6ta  – Sexto De Mayo!) with a slopestyle competition for snowboarders and freeride skiers and a deck party with live music and outdoor barbecue.

This season by the numbers:

  • Opening Day:  Friday, November 25;  Number of Trails Open: 4;   Average Base Depths: 10-12 inches
  • Closing Day:  Sunday, April 9; Number of Trails Open:  24; Average Base Depths:  10-48 inches
  • Number of Days in Operation:  123
  • Snowfall Total:  108 inches
  • Biggest One-Day Snowfall: 16 inches on Feb. 9 and Mar. 14
  • Lowest Temperature This Season:  -2 on Dec. 16 and Jan. 9
  • Highest Temperature This Season: 67 on Feb. 24

“As evident by the 69 degree swing in temperatures during the season, the winter was somewhat of a roller coaster ride,” said General Manager David Crowley.  “March was colder than average, however, allowing us to finish on a positive note.  In fact, we’re already seeing interest on 2017-18 season sales!”  (A special 1-week preview sale of next year’s Wachusett Mountain season passes will run from April 24ta to May 1para.  Check www.wachusett.com for details.)

2017 New England Resilient Communities Summit

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2017 New England Resilient Communities Summit

You’re invited to the 2017 New England Resilient Communities Summit for New England Municipal, Investor & Real Estate Development Leaders. This Summit will be in a round-table format to discuss “Pathways to Community Resilience”.

Resilience 

A community’s capacity to provide viable continued use in the built environment through extended service life, adaptive re-use, and the ability to resist, absorb and recover from hazards.

The Build with Strength Coalition partners with communities to assist their municipal, RE development & investor leaders create pathways for deciding how and where to invest resources to mitigate risk and build resilience in ways that allow them to explain and

communicate those investment, design & construction decisions.

AGENDA

9:00 am –  Networking & Light Breakfast

9:30 am –  Introductions & Opening Remarks by Special Guests

Gerry-Lynn Darcy, VP Real Estate, Lupoli Companies

Beyond Brick & Mortar

 

Paul Angelone, Director, Advisory Services

ULI – Urban Land Institute, Washington, D.C.

More information about ULI’s Advisory Services program can be found here: http://uli.org/advisoryservices 

10:00 am – Discuss three (3) key strategies to community resilience

  1. Strengthen the built environment
  2. Empower advocacy
  3. Launch integrated dialogue

10:30 am – Overview of the ULI & NRMCA Technical Assistance Programs for Municipals

11:15 am – Closing Remarks & Networking

 

NO FEE TO ATTEND THE SUMMIT

PARKING – With respect to Fidelity Bank’s Customers please do not park in the first 2 rows.

REGISTER 

Habitat for Humanity’s ReStore Reaching out for Donations

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Habitat for Humanity NCM is looking for donations for their ReStore. The ReStore, located in Leominster MA, sells donated new and gently used furniture, home improvement and building materials at a fraction (typically 50-70 percent) of the original retail value. All profits go to support home ownership for hard working families in North Central Massachusetts, while keeping good reusable materials in use and out of the landfill.

Since opening on January 5, 2011, the Habitat for Humanity’s Restore has diverted over 1,000 tons of goods from the landfill. That is over 2,205,000 pounds or about 77 dump trucks full of usable items. The ReStore mission is to increase the number of homes built for hard working, low income families, keep good and reusable items out of the landfill, provide quality materials to the general public at discounted prices, and bring people together to build homes, communities and hope. When you donate your gently used items to the Restore, you’re helping change the lives of many by making affordable home ownership a reality!

If there are items you would like to donate, there are several options to donate the gently used items. The store is open Wednesday through Saturday 10:00 am until 4:00 pm and staff will be happy to assist you in offloading your items. You can also contact the store by phone at 978.227.5556 or use the online form at www.restorencm.org/donate to schedule a donation pick-up for qualifying items. Donations are picked up Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays.

Habitat for Humanity North Central Massachusetts

Habitat for Humanity NCM offers a hand up, not a hand out, to hard-working, low-income central Massachusetts families seeking affordable homeownership. Through volunteer labor and donations of money and materials, Habitat NCM builds and rehabilitates simple, decent houses alongside our homeowner partner families.

THE TRAVELING BOUTIQUE SPRING SHOPPING EVENT

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THE TRAVELING BOUTIQUE SPRING SHOPPING EVENT

SATURDAY, APRIL 29TH

11:00am  to  3:00pm

SUNRISE SENIOR LIVING

6 BETH AVENUE

LEOMINSTER, MA  01453

Featuring Alfred Dunner, Karen Hart, jackets, tops, slacks, scarves & jewelry!

¡Encuentra algo para ti y un regalo perfecto para alguien especial!

Contactar a Lorrie Brodeur

978-537-7600

Local Banks and Businesses Step Up to Sponsor Habitat for Humanity Spring Breakfast

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Habitat for Humanity North Central MA will again host its Spring Breakfast event on May 3, 2017 at the First Parish of Bolton from 7:30 – 8:30 am. The breakfast is an annual awareness and “friend-raising” event and provides an opportunity for the community to meet Habitat’s newest homeowners and to learn more about current building and renovation projects in the region. Habitat for Humanity North Central MA will also honor its long-term volunteers at the breakfast.

A heartfelt thank you goes out to the many local banks and businesses who have come together to help sponsor this event. This year’s event sponsors include Avidia Bank, DCU, Enterprise Bank, Exit Assurance, Exit New Options, The Law Office of David R. Rocheford, Jr., P.C. and 3-D Asset Management. All Sponsors receive a dedicated table and recognition before and during the event. Sponsorships are still being accepted and more details can be found by visiting the Habitat for Humanity website.

Keynote speaker for the Breakfast is award-winning author Michael J. Tougias. Michael J. Tougias is a NY Times Bestselling author and co-author of 24 books. He is best known for his seven survival at sea books such as A Storm Too Soon, So Close To Home, and The Finest Hours now a major motion picture by Disney. His book, Ten Hours Until Dawn: The True Story of Heroism and Tragedy Aboard the Can Do in the Blizzard of 78, was selected by the American Library Association as one of the “Top Books of the Year” and described as “a white-knuckle read, the best book of its kind.”

There is no cost to attend the breakfast however reservations are required as seating is limited. Please visit the Habitat website to reserve your spot.

Habitat for Humanity North Central Massachusetts

Habitat for Humanity NCM offers a hand up, not a hand out, to hard-working, low-income central Massachusetts families seeking affordable homeownership. Through volunteer labor and donations of money and materials, Habitat NCM builds and rehabilitates simple, decent houses alongside our homeowner partner families. Habitat NCM also operates the Leominster ReStore which raises funds through the sale of discounted or recycled materials and furniture.

Let’s Get This Movie Funded!

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In 1974 rural New England, seven-year-old Cecily who, following the death of her baby sister, lives in a world with no music, no color, no laughter, no love—that is, until a magical imaginary friend shows up and joins Cecily on the quest to save her family from the grief that is destroying them.

 Let’s Get This Movie Funded!

Our Crowdfunding Campaign Kicks Off on Monday, April 17th!

 Campaign Details

1. We are raising $25,000, the total cost of production, in just 45 days. This is an 80% or nothing campaign: if we do not raise at least 80% of our goal, the film does not get made.

2. We are launching our campaign on Seed & Spark—an online streaming platform that supports filmmakers. Get a head start by signing up today!

3. We are looking for 600 supporters, with contributions starting at $5.

You Can Make This Happen!

You are a critical part of the independent film world.

1. CONTRIBUTE DURING WEEK ONE: Campaigns that get off to a quick start have a higher rate of success. We will send you a link to the campaign on Monday so you can immediately jump on board!

2. MATCH DONOR: Pledge any amount over $100 to be a match donor for a day! Your contribution will inspire others to give and create the leverage for us to solicit our matching funds. Your contribution of $100 can actually help us generate two times that amount. Contact us at to become a match donor.

3. COFFEE CLUB: Join our coffee club by contributing $10.50 each week of our 6-week campaign ($63 total). This amount equals the cost of a cup of coffee from Dunkin’ Donuts (approx. $1.50) every day.

4. EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: As an Executive Producer, you are a key member of the filmmaking team. By contributing at least 10% of the total budget for the film ($2,500), you will receive IMDb (Internet Movie Database) credit, many incredible invites and perks, and, when the feature film is made, your contribution to the short will count as an equity investment in the feature. If interested in becoming an executive producer, contact Jennifer Potts at .

Free First Time Homebuyers’ Seminars

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Leominster Credit Union is hosting free first time homebuyers’ seminars each Wednesday from April 26 through May 25.  The seminars will be held in, Clinton, Holden, Worcester, and Leominster. Seminar details and registration can be found at Leominstercu.com/home-seminars/

A team of real estate experts including a realtor, attorney and financing professionals will present the program.  Topics will include ‘Are you ready to by a home?’ ‘Finding Your Dream Home,’ ‘Obtaining Financing,’ and the ‘Closing Process.’  Attendees will learn about the costs associated with homeownership, how your credit affects your options, making an offer and negotiating the price, the inspection process, and closing.

LCU’s Financial Education Officer, Ingrid Adade will also provide valuable budgeting and planning tips.

“The process of buying your first home can be daunting.  Making the right choices can help set you up for the rest of your life,” said Matt Dufault, Assistant Vice of Mortgage Origination. “The seminars will help break down the entire process.  Our goal is to enable the attendees to be well prepared, to have realistic expectations and to avoid costly mistakes.”

Seating is limited and registration is required.

The First Time Homebuyers’ Seminars are part of LCU’s May is Homebuyers’ Month which includes home-buying tips on facebook, special offers and contests.

Fundada en 1954, Leominster Credit Union (LCU) es una cooperativa financiera sin fines de lucro, de propiedad de sus socios, que ofrece una gama completa de servicios de depósito, crédito y otros servicios financieros. Con sede en Leominster, Massachusetts, LCU se enorgullece de contar con casi 50,000 socios y más de $600 millones en activos. LCU cuenta con siete sucursales en Leominster, Worcester, Clinton, Holden, Sterling y North Leominster, todas ellas con servicios de cajero automático. LCU también ofrece servicios bancarios las 24 horas a través de sus servicios móviles y en línea. Visite leominstercu.com o llame al 800-649-4646.