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Wayside Youth & Family Support Network Receives $10,000 Grant from The Greater Lowell Health Alliance 

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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Why I Love Halloween on the Wayside Campus

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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Former ShortStop Client Lifting up Poor Kids in Guatemala

  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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Lowell Sun – Greater Lowell Health Alliance Assessment Points out Top Issues

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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massnonprofit news – Wayside Youth & Family Support Network Raises $106K

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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Wayside’s Guimel DeCarvalho Named Emerging Leader by the Association for Behavioral Healthcare 

  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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Framingham Patch – Wayside’s 5K4Kids Raises Over $100K

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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New England Psychologist – Wayside Launches New Program for Children Impacted by Opioid Crisis

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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10th Annual Wayside Youth & Family Support Network’s 5K4Kids Raises Over $100K  

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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Framingham’s Gabriel Casado Recognized by Department of Mental Health for Peer Mentoring Work

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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