2014 is the Year for You: Whatabout being a Red Cross Volunteer? Tweet from @RedCrossMA

From: @JCGAtty
Sent: Dec 30, 2013 18:04
RT @RedCrossMA: Need a New Year's Resolution? Becoming a #RedCross volunteer sounds pretty impressive. Just sayin'. http://t.co/8oeMGHwcPG
On Twitter: http://twitter.com/JCGAtty/status/417793318047596544

Emily Myerow: My Personality Portrait
Graciela, Miguel & I visited the www.SaxonvilleStudios.com in Framingham, MA yesterday. The artists have an open exhibition this weekend, and of course we walked and talked with many of them. Cousin Emily (Goldfield side) is a professional artist and I love her intuitive art and presentation of perspective. She captures individual nuance and insight; I enjoy art with meaning. Please visit her studio today. Directions are at the Saxonville Studio website. 
http://www.mypersonalityportrait.com/index.html

Personality Portraits by Emily Myerow

Personality Portraits by Emily Myerow:

Personality Portraits by Emily Myerow

Personality Portraits by Emily Myerow:
Graciela, Miguel & I visited the www.SaxonvilleStudios.com in Framingham, MA yesterday. The artists have an open exhibition this weekend, and of course we walked and talked with many of them. Cousin Emily (Goldfield side) is a professional artist and I love her intuitive art and presentation of perspective. She captures individual nuance and insight; I enjoy art with meaning. Please visit her studio today. Directions are at the Saxonville Studios website.
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American Red Cross of Northeastern MA 16th Annual Golf Classic at Turner Hill, Ipswich, MA

Golfers and Friends of the American Red Cross!

Join the American Red Cross of Northeast Massachusetts for a day of golf and spectacular views at its 16th Annual Golf Classic. The funds raised through this event will support the Red Cross disaster relief efforts as well as the delivery of life saving services to citizens of Essex County.

The event will be held on Monday, September 16, 2013 at the highly acclaimed Turner Hill Club, 3 Manor House Lane in Ipswich, which has been ranked by New England Golf Magazine as the 2nd best private course in New England.

Registration and lunch will begin at 11:00 a.m. (registration fee includes lunch & dinner). Shotgun Start at 12:00 p.m. Following golf, dinner will be served along with an award ceremony, drawing & raffles, and auctions.

To register as a golfer or sponsor, please click here: 

Register 2013 Golf Classic

http://www.redcross.org/news/event/Northeast-Massachusetts-16th-Annual-Golf-Classic

Lowell, MA Procurement and Contracts Management Seminar for Public Housing Authorities

Lowell Housing Authority Department of Finance & Procurement
invites you to the UMass Lowell Inn and Conference Center for a conference with public procurement expert Michael S. Gifford, C.P.M., PHM

A 2-1/2 day federal & state procurement & contract management seminar

July 10, 11, and 12 2013

For the registration form, click HERE

Event Details:

Procurement and Contract Management Agenda:
Day One 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

• Introduction to HUD Handbook 7460.8 and 24 CFR 85.36, Procurement
• Procurement Authority and Basic Administration of the Procureme Function
• General Requirements
• Ethics in Public Contracting
• Small Purchase Procedures (Quotations for Small Purchases – QSP’s)
• Sealed Bids (Invitation for Bids – IFB’s)

Day Two 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

• Competitive Proposals (Request for Proposals – RFP’s; Request for Qualifications – RFQ’s)
• Noncompetitive Proposals
• Specifications and Statements of Work
• Miscellaneous Requirements

Day Three 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

• Contract Administration
• HUD Review Requirements
• State and Local Laws and Regulations Governing PHA Procurement
• Cooperative Business Relationships
• Employment & Training Opportunities and Contracting With Residents, Resident-Owned, Small, Minority, and Other Disadvantaged Businesses

Join us this July in Lowell, Massachusetts. For information about Lowell and the Greater Merrimack Valley,
please visit the Merrimack Valley Visitor Page.

http://bit.ly/13Nqy80

New Red Cross instructors | RedCrossEastMA

(Opinions are my own)
New Red Cross instructors | RedCrossEastMA:
17 American Red Cross Disaster Services personnel, consisting of both staff and volunteers completed a two-day class learning teaching and presentation skills for disaster services instruction and facilitation classes. With many new disaster services volunteers coming on board, new, qualified instructors are needed for the many courses that make up the American Red Cross' Disaster curriculum.

2013 Boston Marathon First Aid Walking Team Boston - Commonwealth Ave. from Hereford St.

Red Cross Marathon Race Course First Aid Walking Team, 'Fox-2-6-alpha'*. Here, volunteers EMT-Basic/Ski Patroller/Firefighter Brian C. (L) & Ham Radio Operator Bill head west toward our station (F26) on Commonwealth Ave. from Hereford St., the famous right turn to Boylston St. and the finish line. I'm part of the Walking Team and taking up the rear while shooting photos like this one at 12:42 EST.

*A "Go-Team" or "Walking-Team" usually consists of personnel from a first aid station, usually an EMT, a first responder or first aid/CPR certified volunteer and an emergency communications ham radio operator. 

Go-teams are dispatched to official and unofficial reports of a "down runner" or other medical need along the route on either side of the station. "Walking Teams" routinely go a 1/4-mile or so from the station as a medical support presence for athletes, law enforcement, spectators and course officials on the race route.- JCG 
(I am a Red Cross volunteer, certified Ski Patrol Outdoor Emergency Care Technician & a former working EMT).