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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It’s been 10 years since Wayside combined four group homes, an accredited school, day treatment program and administrative offices on one site. Read more about our campus anniversary in The Provider.
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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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 15, 2019 Contact: Michelle Hillman Marketing and Communications Manager 508-270-1254 (direct) 508-380-5486 (cell) [email protected] Wayside Youth & Family Support Network Celebrates Selection as a Stop & Shop Community Bag Beneficiary FRAMINGHAM, Mass. – Wayside Youth & Family Support Network has been selected as a beneficiary of the Stop & Shop Community Bag Program for the…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 3, 2019 Contact: Michelle Hillman Marketing and Communications Manager 508-270-1254 (direct) 508-380-5486 (cell) [email protected] Wayside Youth & Family Support Receives $24,900 Grant From the Sudbury Foundation FRAMINGHAM, Mass. – Wayside Youth & Family Support Network announced today that it received a $24,900 grant from the Sudbury Foundation to continue to implement software that allows the human…
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By Rosalind Baker Program Director, Framingham Family Resource Center Up until last year, my mom would call everyone in my family and make sure they knew it was June 19th. This day was especially significant to her growing up in the segregated South where this date is recognized as the day that slaves in Texas…
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