Need a Summer Job?
Join us
Friday, February 24 at 10:00 AM
at the Hyde Park Library.
Hyde Park and Roslindale youth will meet with state senators and representatives to ask their help to get funds for summer jobs. Please come and tell them why a summer job is important to you.
For more information, contact Christine or Kate at the Southwest Boston CDC: 617-364-7300; cohalloran@swbcdc.org kjankovsky@swbcdc.org.
www.bostonyouthzone.com/byf
There are Two (2) Ways to APPLY with the HOPELINE!
1. APPLY Online via the Boston Youth Fund Website!
www.bostonyouthzone.com/byf
- Application Open 24 Hours a Day!
- OPENS: Wednesday 02/01/12 @ 10:00AM
- CLOSES: Friday 03/02/12 @ 11:59PM
2. APPLY by Phone!
(617) 635-HOPE (4673)
- Tuesday 02/21/12 from 10:00AM – 2:00PM
- Wednesday 02/22/12 from 10:00AM – 2:00PM
- Thursday 02/23/12 from 10:00AM – 2:00PM
*TEENS MUST APPLY THEMSELVES – PARENTS & OTHER ADULTS NOT PERMITTED TO APPLY FOR A TEEN*
If You Have Any Questions, Please Contact the Boston Youth Fund at (617) 635-4202
The Southwest Boston CDC Green Team, Boston Natural Areas Network (BNAN) and Boston Parks and Recreation Department will host a family nature day on Saturday, November 5th from 10am to 12noon, in Hyde Park’s Sherrin Woods (corner of Sherrin Street and Austin Street).
The Sherrin Woods are home to wetlands and to a variety of native trees including oak, hickory, cherry and birch, all of which are vital to absorbing excess groundwater from flooding, snow melting, and heavy storms. Friends and neighbors are invited to tour the woods with the Hyde Park Green Team, Crew Leader Lucy Churchill, and with BNAN Stewardship Manager and urban naturalist Karen Chaffee. Participants will learn a variety of ecological facts about the woods and will learn how to identify native and invasive plants. Participants will then help remove invasive plants and groom trails. Tools will be supplied and, children are welcome with their families.
In an effort to stop the illegal dumping of yard leaves and other harmful debris in Sherrin Woods, the Green Team recently conducted outreach to neighbors along Austin, Sherrin, Windham, and Marston Streets. The Team distributed free yard waste bags, and refrigerator magnets with information about the City of Boston’s free yard-waste-removal service, where to report safety concerns and illegal dumping, and other facts about Sherrin Woods.
This fall the Green Team also began anti-littering education in the Cleary and Logan Square business district. The Team visited the YMCA and the Hyde Park Community Center, where they spoke to younger students about the harmful effects of littering, and handed out ‘Can the Trash, Love Hyde Park!’ buttons. The Team visited 50 Hyde Park businesses, asking owners to post anti-littering flyers in their windows; and asking customers to help keep the streets clean by putting trash in the trash cans placed throughout the Squares.
For more information about the upcoming nature day or about the anti-littering campaign please contact Pat Alvarez at Southwest Boston CDC at 617-364-7300 or at palvarez@swbcdc.org.
