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Minding Your Mind

Join in an evening of introduction to Minding Your Mind of Massachusetts and presentations by Minding Your Mind young adult speakers and others who are living fulfilling lives after being impacted by a mental health issue. Leave inspired to change the conversation around mental health.

Minding Your Mind’s (MYM) primary objective is to provide mental health education to adolescents, teens and young adults, their parents, teachers and school administrators. Their goal is to reduce the stigma and destructive behaviors often associated with mental health issues. Treatment is available, yet only 3 out of 10 individuals needing help actually seek help. Minding Your Mind Programs move away from crisis based response to prevention through education.

Educational programs provide information regarding signs and symptoms of these disorders, in addition to stressing that they are treatable and treatment is available. Mood disorders have been identified by the World Health Organization as the third leading cause of disability worldwide. Research studies have demonstrated that over 90% of people that die from suicide have one or more psychiatric disorders at the time of their death. The second leading cause of death of individuals between the ages of 14-23 is suicide. Since the age of onset of most psychiatric disorders is typically during adolescence, it is essential that the proper information be brought to the attention of secondary school educators, counselors, students and their parents.

Minding Your Mind offers several programs for students, teachers, faculty and the community at large.For more information please contact Karen Albert at 617-431-3240 or at karen@mindingyourmind.org

Open and Free to the Public
November 16th at 7:00 pm
Newton Free Library

CodeCampKidz

CodeCampKidz cordially invites you to Microsoft-Natick Mall for a free “Get Started Coding” workshop where you will be introduced to coding in a fun and achievable way. No experience is required. You will write real HTML5, CSS3 & Javascript code using their student-friendly eLearning platform, progressing from the basics to more advanced projects, building skill and self-confidence along the way.

Whether you are interested in being a programmer or just want to know how things work, take advantage of the proven learning techniques ONLY available at CodeCampKidz! They are there to support you every step of the way.

Click Here for Registration.

HarvestFEST

Nurturing Minds presents the 7th Annual African Evening to raise critical funds for the SEGA Girls School in Tanzania. Join them at a HarvestFEST for the SEGA Girls School, a festive evening at the Metropolitan Waterworks Museum in Chestnut Hill, MA.

Take a guided tour with a museum docent and learn about the mammoth steam pumping engines on exhibit that were once a part of the country’s earliest metropolitan water systems. Event sponsor Seventh Wave Brewing, the area’s newest microbrewery, will offer fine craft beer.

This year, along with great food, company and drinks, there will be a live auction and a special presentation by two current SEGA students, Elizabeth and Nadhiri. A party not to be missed! Learn more and Purchase Tickets: http://tiny.cc/NM2016. For more information on Nurturing Minds and the SEGA Girls School, visit www.nurturingmindsinafrica.org

November 19th,  7:00 – 11:00 pm
The Metropolitan Waterworks Museum, 2450 Beacon Street, Chestnut Hill

Bike drive for Bikes not Bombs

Ruby Bakal, a 7th grader at Day Middle School, is organizing a bike drive for the organization, Bikes Not Bombs, as part of her bat mitzvah project. Bikes Not Bombs uses the bicycle as a vehicle for social change and has local and international programs that support skill development, jobs and sustainable transportation.

For more information, visit https://bikesnotbombs.org/bike-drive/1295 or download the flyer.

Stephanie Rae Davis Private Art Lessons

Are your children interested in developing their art skills? Stephanie will come to your home and provide individual lessons based on exactly what they want to learn! Ages: K – Grade 12

  • Painting: abstract and observational, techniques and concepts
  • Drawing: figure drawing, still life, experimental
  • Multimedia: paper, bookmaking, collage, stamp printing
  • Sculpture: clay, fiber, embroidery, metals, lost wax casting, jewelry, wire working
  • Crafts: sustainable/recycled art, weaving, stenciling, flower pressing and casting

Students will produce a body of work they are proud of! Lessons and projects grow and change depending on each student and their own interests. Price: $50.00/hour
Stephanie Rae Davis is a cross-disciplinary artist living and working in Boston, MA. She holds a BFA from The School of the Museum of Fine Arts and Tufts University. Her love for children and passion to teach led her to starting Stephanie Rae Davis Private Art Lessons. Contact her at 203-615-2024 or Stephraeart@gmail.com.

Meet the author of “Finding Perfect”

Welcome author Elly Swartz for a book signing of her debut, middle-grade novel, Finding Perfect and hear how Indulge  inspired a scene in the story. Wellesley Books will be selling books and Elly will be signing copies, taking a short break at 3:00 to read an except from the story.

Finding Perfect is a heart warming story about 12 year old Molly Nathans struggling to understand her OCD and realizing that with the love and support of her family amd friends, she is not alone.

November 12th, 2:00-4:00 pm
Indulge, 16 Lincoln Street, Newton HIghlands

Registration deadline November 14th

The registration deadline for Newton Girls Basketball (NGBA)’s 2016-2017 season is November 14th. Please register here:
http://leagues.bluesombrero.com/Ngba

NGBA is a recreational league for Newton girls with fun for beginners and experienced players alike! Games are played on Saturdays for all grades, starting December 1st and continuing into mid-March; for Grades 3-8 practices are for 1-hour on one evening during the week (Mon-Thurs). You will be able to select one day on the registration form that you are NOT able to practice. Otherwise practice times will be assigned according to coach availability.

There are no weekday practices for Grade 2 and High School. The Grade 2 program is focused on a fun, learning environment.

Maine Arts Camp for Creative Teens

Are you looking for a nurturing overnight summer camp where your creative 9 to 16-year- old can combine all the fun of a traditional sleep-away camp with high quality instruction across multiple arts disciplines and activities? A camp that provides access to outstanding facilities in a beautiful college campus setting?

Maine Arts Camp is a small, inclusive camp community led by experienced professional instructors and mature dorm counselors, with a 3:1 camper/staff ratio. Its stunning Colby College location provides access to several art studios, a theater, two dance studios, a full commercial kitchen for cooking programs, Johnson Pond, tennis courts, a photography/film studio, and much more. Your child can enjoy an individualized schedule of activities chosen from a huge range covering visual arts, theater, music, dance, culinary arts, individual sports, film making, photography, and creative writing.

Choose from 2 or 4 week sessions in July. The maximum enrollment for each session is 100 campers, so early application is recommended.

For more information, visit www.maineartscamp.com. Click here to download a flyer. Contact Rick Mades, Camp Director at maineartscamprick@gmail.com or Anabel Cable at mainearts.anabel@gmail.com if you have any questions or would like to set up a meeting.

Teledermatology visits online

Immediate Teledermatology visits are now available online through Boston University’s Department of Dermatology. The dermatology experts at Boston University are now offering a brand new service where patients can access care for dermatology issues at any time and from anywhere.

Patients can receive a diagnosis and treatment for almost any skin condition generally within 24 hours. Patients no longer have to miss work and school or wait months to see their dermatologist. Seeing your dermatologist has never been easier!

Find them at https://www.bmc.org/dermatology/immediate-dermatology-appointment-online or in the App stores under “BU Dermatology at BMC”.