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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This article originally appeared in the Lowell Sun on Oct. 25 By Nicole DeFeudis LOWELL — Mental health, substance addiction, alcohol abuse, cancer and nutrition are the top public health priorities of community members, the latest Greater Lowell Community Health Needs Assessment revealed. To address these areas of concern — and others brought forth in…
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This article originally appeared in the massnonprofit news on Oct. 22. Wayside Youth & Family Support Network, a Framingham nonprofit that provides outreach services, residential treatment programs, and community-based counseling services throughout eastern and central Massachusetts, announced that it recently raised $106,000 via its annual 5K4Kids Run/Walk and Halloween Festival, setting a record. Wayside Youth…
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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) [email protected] 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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This article originally appeared in the Framingham Patch on Oct. 9.FRAMINGHAM, MA — The Wayside Youth and Family Support Network’s largest annual fundraiser was largely a success. The 5K4Kids run-walk last weekend raised over $100,000 — although the nonprofit is still collecting donations to hit its $115,000 goal. Here’s more from a Wayside Youth and…
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This article originally appeared in the New England Psychologist on Oct. 9. By Margarita Tartakovsky In response to the devastating effects of the opioid crisis on kids’ mental health, the non-profit service agency Wayside Youth & Family Support Network recently launched the Children Impacted by Substances (CIS) program. The program is part of Wayside’s Trauma…
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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) [email protected] 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, [email protected], 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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