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Apr 07, 2024 12:45 PM - 3:15 PM
This event is fun and rewarding for all ages! Participants will measure, fill, weigh, seal, and pack boxes of shelf- world. |
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Patriots Day - From Then to Now - Lexington and Concord
Apr 08, 2024 12:15 PM
Sam Doran has been digging into Lexington history since his childhood growing up in the home of a minuteman. A news reporter at the State House by trade, Doran still enjoys exploring Lexington's past and its connections to modern day. As the Sestercentennial of April 19th, 1775 approaches, he will speak to Rotary about the evolution of April 19th or Patriots' Day as a celebratory occasion, and the historic ways that local people have marked the day over the past 249 years. |
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Apr 15, 2024 4:00 AM - 8:00 AM
We will be setting up at the driveway between Crafty Yankee and the Library. We are selling coffee, hot chocolate and donuts to the early morning reanactment crowd. Coffee and hot chocolate by "The Coffee Trike". We need to set up the tent and tables, we will sell coffee/hot chocolate and a donut for $5.00. Please sign up, we need all the help we can get. Many hands make light work. |
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Advancing the Science: the Latest in Alzheimer’s and Dementia Research
Apr 22, 2024 12:15 PM
Faith Parker: Faith holds a BA from Wellesley College and a master’s degree in human services management from the Heller School at Brandeis University. She worked for 14 years in the human resources field managing corporate pension and executive benefit plans at Boston companies including Avery Dennison and BankBoston. In 2000 she retired from corporate life and co-founded the Parker Family Foundation, a private family foundation whose funding priorities include education, the arts, and health care/Alzheimer’s. Faith served on the Board of the Massachusetts/New Hampshire Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association for nine years and was Board President for two years. Faith’s mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease in 2002 and passed away in 2008. In 2017 Faith co-founded “Lexington Goes Purple”, an awareness and fundraising event held every June under the umbrella of the Alzheimer’s Association’s “The Longest Day” Program. Now in its eighth year, Lexington Goes Purple 2024’s activities will include a Bridge tournament, a film screening, a lecture, our signature Purple Puppy Promenade, purple decorations in Lexington Center and purple flower beds honoring Lexington residents dealing with dementia. Susan Antkowiak: Susan is the Vice President of Programs & Services for the Alzheimer’s Association, MA/NH Chapter. In her role, Susan is responsible for overseeing Association staff and volunteers in the delivery of core programs including care consultation, evidence-based education programs, support groups and early-stage social engagement programs for individuals living with dementia, caregivers and the public. Susan is a Research Champion, serving as an ambassador to the Alzheimer’s Association research mission, providing high-level updates on the latest in Alzheimer’s and dementia research. She is the Chapter Lead for the New England/Rhode Island site of US POINTER, an Alzheimer’s Association funded 2-year clinical trial examining a multidomain lifestyle intervention for older adults at risk for cognitive decline. Susan serves on the Governor’s Advisory Council on Alzheimer’s Disease Research and Treatment for the State of Massachusetts.
Susan Antkowiak who is Vice President for Programs and Services at the Massachusetts Chapter of the Alzheimer's Association, will cover such topics as the difference between Alzheimer's and dementia, lifestyle interventions and modifiable risk factors, and the newest treatments. Lexington Goes Purple is a significant annual Town of Lexington event in which we raise funds to help support both treatment and research of Alzheimer's Disease. |
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Hanscom Air Force Base Update
Jun 03, 2024 12:15 PM
Colonel Taona A. Enriquez is Commander, 66th Air Base Group, Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts. The group supports the Air Force acquisition mission, providing base, regional and readiness support for the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, three Program Executive Offices, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, a variety of other tenant organizations and a joint-service military housing community. The group also provides direct support to approximately 200 geographically separated units and approximately 130,000 retired military personnel, annuitants and spouses living in the six-state New England and New York area. Col. Enriquez entered the Air Force in 2001 as a graduate of the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque. Prior to her current position, Col. Enriquez was the Deputy Director of Contracting, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Hanscom Air Force Base. In this position, she led a 500 person mission-focused contracting workforce that provided the resources and environment to deliver innovative and agile solutions for the warfighter. She supported Program Executive Officers on more than 300 programs valued at $4 billion |