Wellspring Connect fall 2012final_Wellspring Connect 11/04 FIN 11/5/12 11:42 AM Page 8 Wellspring Connect fall 2012final_Wellspring Connect 11/04 FIN 11/5/12 11:42 AM Page 1 NON PROFIT ORG. U.S. POSTAGE PAID Wellspring GLOUCESTER, MA c o n n e c t i o n PERMIT NO. 64 Wellspring Wellspring House, Inc. c o n n e c t i o n 302 Essex Avenue Gloucester, Massachusetts 01930 The Newsletter of Wellspring House, Inc., Gloucester, Massachusetts www.wellspringhouse.org VOL. 31, NO.2 FALL 2012 How Your Beauty is Saving the World In this season of gratitude I am her while her toddler UPDATE reminded that it is your giving was having surgery. to Wellspring that is making There is the financial FROM MEDICLERK AND ALI the world a better place. gift that powers the GRADUATE, DEBBI SILVA Homes . Jobs. Education. technology to make In her own words, Debbi Silva shares The practical stuff of life learning easier in our her experiences as a Wellspring wrapped up in a lot of love. education center. student. Since graduating, Debbi This newsletter has stories Countless acts of has remained part of the Wellspring from students, volunteers, kindness and practical family by volunteering at the shelter. She has helped the shelter feel more donors – they are all love Kay O’Rourke help, infinite beauty. letters to you. Thank you for In a few weeks our like a home by hand-sewing and making a profound difference in the annual appeal will go out. We need installing curtains for the families lives of so many – last year we served your help. The countless acts, the infi- and children that reside there. Wellspring Connection Editor: Romy Gardner; Contributors: Kaitlin Badolato, Trish Castraberti, Kay O’Rourke, Debbi Silva and Katie Taormina; Concert photos: Underwood Photography over 1,600 people. nite beauty is made possible with your Layout and design: Debbie Hird. Printed on recycled paper by Daily Printing. It has been said that, “The world financial gift. Families are counting on Hello, UPCOMING EVENTS Mark your calendars for Wellspring’s upcoming events! will be saved by Beauty.” At us, and we are counting on you. The I’ve been busy Wellspring we are struck by Beauty in gift is in the giving. You have the power with a new job November 13, 2012 its many guises. There are new babies, to make the world a better place. and working on the student who obtained a job with Thank you for all that you do. Annual Meeting the stitching job benefits, and the homeless family who 5:00 p.m. Ribbon Cutting for for the family Children’s Playspace moved into their first real home. There Kay O’Rourke shelter. However, is the volunteer who drove a shelter President & Executive Director 5:30 p.m. Volunteer & Donor tonight I’ve found guest to Boston and stayed to support Recognition Reception a few minutes to 6:30 p.m. Annual Meeting share my thoughts on the ALI and ENERGIZING THE EDUCATION CENTER MediClerk programs. If it were not for these two programs and all the knowledge Saturday, December 8 & The Fall class of the Adult Learning Initiative (ALI) is in full swing and teachers and that I learned from them, I would (once Sunday, December 9, 2012 students are enjoying state-of-the-art technology in a rejuvenated education center. again) be in yet another low wage, dead 16th Annual Holiday Store Our updated technology enables us to present a curriculum that can appeal to the end job. Wellspring House many different learning styles present in any classroom. A new “SmartBoard” dis- 302 Essex Avenue plays materials and learning software in an appealing visual format and the built-in I took the ALI program twice. I took the Gloucester, MA internet access makes it easy to show videos and audio clips that enhance the learn- Math, English, Basic Computer, and p ing experience. Laptop computers make it easy for students to access materials and Career Development classes. Each class Monday, May 6, 2013 become computer savvy. New desks capable of rolling give increased flexibility to the had so much to offer, but I really needed 15th Annual Women Honoring classroom space so the large group can break down into small groups or tutors can to learn as much as possible about the Women Luncheon meet one-on-one with students. computer. I made that my mission. I think I 11:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Wellspring’s adult education is effective because of our ability to make learning acces- drove my computer teacher Christine out DoubleTree Inn sible to students with different learning styles. Technology and computer skills can be of her mind with my constant questions. I 50 Ferncroft Road, Danvers, MA Undersecretary for Housing and Development, Aaron Gornstein, visited Wellspring in September. Commenting used to open up new worlds. We are grateful to Beth and Linzee Coolidge for their studied every night and I started liking the about the meeting, shelter director Sarah Campbell said, “It was helpful for us to be able to talk about our Keynote speaker: ground-level experiences, and for us to in turn, understand his goals to eliminate family homelessness well generosity and financial gift that funded the technology upgrade that enables our computer a lot more as I understood the Karen Keating Ansara into the future.” students to be successful. Debbi Silva continues on page 2 Please consider donating to Wellspring House. Look for our Annual Appeal in the mail or donate online at wellspringhouse.org Wellspring Connect fall 2012final_Wellspring Connect 11/04 FIN 11/5/12 11:42 AM Page 2 Wellspring Connect fall 2012final_Wellspring Connect 11/04 FIN 11/5/12 11:42 AM Page 7 Debbi Silva continued from page 1 Ms. Catherine Sullivan Mr. and Mrs. Del Wnorowski First Presbyterian Church The Agnes M. Lindsay Trust Ms. Suzanne Kelsey and Mr. Kenneth Siegert Ms. Janice Svensson Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wogan Frederick E. Weber Charities Corp. The Caleb C. and Julia W. Dula Educational Mr. Derk Smid things I could do with it (besides playing I perfected my resume and learned valuable Mr. and Mrs. Gary Swayze Mr. Frank Wolcott Friend St. T.A. Inc. and Charitable Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Randy Smolik Ms. Suzanne Sweeney Ms. Martha Wood Gifford Family Foundation The Manchester Club, Inc. Mr. James Sorrento games). When the first session of ALI came to interview “do’s and don’t’s.” Guest speakers Ms. Constance R. Sweet Mr. and Mrs. Robert Worsfold Give With Liberty The TJX Foundation, Inc. Ms. Diane Souza an end I knew that there was so much more and recent MediClerk graduates helped prepare Mr. and Mrs. Alfonse J. Swekla Mr. and Mrs. Dick Wright Glen Urquhart School Tina’s Studio of Dance Ms. Anita Splendor Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Swigart Ms. Suzanne Wright Gloucester Female Charitable Association John H. and H. Naomi Tomfohrde The Honorable Bruce E. Tarr that Christine could teach me and that is why I us for interviews and gave pointers on job Mr. and Mrs. Jim Swindal Mr. and Mrs. James Wykoff Gloucester Pride Stride Committee, Inc. Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Tarricone repeated the program. searching. At graduation, I gave the commence- Mr. and Mrs. Landers Symes Ms. Darcey Yerkes Glover’s FloorCovering, Inc. Town of Essex Mr. and Mrs. Jon Terry Mr. and Mrs. Ganson Taggart Mr. and Mrs. Richard Zafran Goldhirsh Foundation Trinity Congregational Church Mr. and Mrs. Angelo Vasapolli ment speech. I was nervous at first but in the Turn-Key Distribution Systems, Inc. The next session, I worked on perfecting my Ms. Elizabeth Talbot Goldman Sachs & Company Ms. Erika Ward Union Congregational Church end I believe my speech came out pretty good! Mr. and Mrs. Robert Tallett COMMUNITY PARTNERS Goodsearch Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Welles U.S. Trust Company resume and learning as much as I could on the Mr. and Mrs. Robert Tambone Adco Realty Trust Gorton’s of Gloucester Mr. and Mrs. Richard Wilson Viola Lovely computer. I mostly focused on my keyboarding. After graduation, I was unsuccessful in hearing The Honorable Bruce E. Tarr Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. Gourmet Delights Catering, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Dick Wright Virginia Wellington Cabot Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Tarricone Al Mineo Business Service Granite Savings Bank back from the jobs that I had submitted resumes Walker Mechanical, Inc. At the end of the second session, I had enough Ms. Helene Tassone Alan Battistelli Building Contractors, Inc. Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. CORPORATE IN KIND GIFTS Waring School confidence in myself to apply for the competi- to. I was disappointed. One day, I decided to Ms. Anika Taylor American Legion Women’s Auxilliary Hatch Tile American Legion Women’s Auxilliary O F F I C E R S Ms. Sally Teeven Post 113 Hayden Family Foundation The Women’s Fund of Essex County Post 113 tive MediClerk program and I was accepted! walk into a local business. It was not hiring but Mr. and Mrs. Jon Terry Anchor Capital Advisors, Inc. Sally Foss Hill and James Scott Hill WTK Associates, Inc. Appleseed’s Kay O’Rourke I handed my resume to the owner in hopes that Mr. and Mrs. David Thielscher Annisquam Sewing Circle Foundation Youths' Friends Association, Inc. Bass Rocks Golf Club The MediClerk program is designed to prepare Hill Holliday he would consider me for future employment. Mr. Alex Thomas and Ms. Diane Wolff Ansara Family Foundation BFS Daniels - Copy Cop President and Executive Director students to work in the medical field and it was Mr.