Thursday, April 4, 2013
You can help a local couple with cancer.
The Medfield Neighbor Brigade is asking the community to help a local mom and dad as they each battle cancer. The couple has lost their housing and most of what they own in order to pay for their initial diagnosis, treatment, and care. Two weeks ago, the Medfield Angels/Medfield Neighbor Brigade (a group of more than 500 community volunteers who help their Medfield neighbors in need) received an initial call for help from Medfield Youth Outreach about a family in crisis. Both parents are being treated for cancer simultaneously and, because of their mounting medical needs, they have found themselves without a place to live, a job, or a car to drive. Meanwhile, their two young children, ages 3 and 1, have been staying with relatives out …
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Washek lost her battle with cancer on Sunday, Dec. 2. Calling hours will be on Wednesday at St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church of Weston, and a service will be held on Thursday at the same location.
A wife and mother and volunteering icon has died after a 10-year battle with cancer. Pam Washek, the co-founder of the Wayland Angel Food Network (now the Neighbor Brigade), passed away Dec. 2, according to an obituary published on Boston.com. Today, Wayland's chapter of Neighbor Brigade is just one of more than 30 in the state of Massachusetts. There is also a chapter operating in Nashua, N.H., as the only non-Massachusetts chapter at this time. The Medfield Neighbor Brigade chapter was founded in the fall of 2010 (the group started at the Medfield Angels earlier that year). Medfield founders Laurie Nealon and Kathleen Cahill sent a message to the Medfield Angels on Monday to share the news. "Pam started the Wayland Angels in 2001 and …
Thursday, November 8, 2012
Medfield Angels has two ways to help victims of Hurricane Sandy. Two families will be making a trip to the New York and New Jersey areas this month.
Update: Medfield Angels has received updated list of items needed for NY and NJ residents affected by Hurricane Sandy. Any questions, contact Kim Joline at bksssj@verizon.net The list includes: Winter Children Clothes (infant to teen) - jackets, pants, sweatshirts, sweaters, long underwear, socks, shirts etc. - hats, gloves, scarves - shoes and boots Baby: food, diapers and wipes Toys: basketballs, footballs, through infant and teen Blankets Sleeping Bags Water Food (non-perishable) Batteries Gloves Masks Rubber Boots Shovels Trash bags - contractor and heavy duty Utensils, plates and napkins Paper towels Cleaning Supplies - bleach and general house needs Flashlights Drop off info: Kim Joline's home at 8 Maple Street by the back door. (…
paul swallow
1:06 am on Friday, April 5, 2013
Everybody in Massachusetts has Romneycare health care similar to Obamacare so why do they have medical bills?????????? more ›