A volunteer opportunity for our members. This is an opportunity to help out with remodeling, construction, & in some cases landscaping projects for elderly & disabled people in our communities. Each HomeFront Day is car­ried out by thou­sands of vol­un­teers who rep­re­sent cor­por­ations, busi­nesses, faith-based organ­iza­tions & civic groups coming to­gether as a com­munity to assist neigh­bors in need. I've volunteered the past three years for this annual event & this year's AmeriCares HomeFront project will be on Saturday May 2nd, from 7:30 AM until 5:00 PM. I will post the location of the event & info about the project & the needs that we want to fill as we get closer to the date.

We will be renovating 6 Enfield homes this year. Two homes are that of elderly widows; 4 others belong to single mothers with 2 of those with a handicapped child.

Coffee and donuts are provided in the morning. Lunch is also provided & snacks & cold drinks are available all day.

House Co-Captains (in charge of work and site):
(To Be Announced)

The team we will be joining is the one I've worked with the couple years (address is only team host's address/phone, not work location):

St. Patrick's HomeFront Team
64 Pearl St.
Enfield, CT 06082
(860) 745-2411

Anne Marie Gallagher
Volunteer Coordinator
(860) 745-9556

We are starting work at 7:30 AM. When you arrive, please sign-in, sign the liability waiver, & grab your tee shirt. Every member working must be wearing an AmeriCares HomeFront tee shirt throughout the day.

Please be aware that you will need to wear sturdy shoes, and clothing you don't mind getting dirty in. Bring work gloves, hand-tools, ladders, and rakes, shovels, etc, if you have them. Please make sure to put your name on your tools so you get them back at the end of the day!

Please know that if you cannot contribute the full day to this proejct, it is quite ok to come for part of the day... That is perfectly ok and understandable... So... if you can only participate for a portion of the day, please indicate in your RSVP when you can get there, ie. full day, morning only, afternoon only, etc.

You can find out more about Americares Homefront at:
http://www.americareshomefront.org/

General individual volunteer information is at (you don't need any to do any of the forms, just show up at the event and you can sign in there and start helping out!):
http://www.americareshomefront.org/volunteer/individuals.html

Founded in 1988, AmeriCares HomeFront is a community based volunteer home repair program that helps homeowners who are physically or financially unable to maintain their properties. AmeriCares HomeFront Day takes place during the first weekend of May, when teams of "hands-on" volunteers representing businesses, civic groups and faith-based organizations complete necessary repairs at no cost to homeowners.

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Claudia (Linda's friend from Belgium) will be back in the states...
We're planning to go to dinner...

Theme is Italian.
Diamond Trio is a quiet little restaurant on Berlin Road.
They have wonderful pasta dishes as well as fish and chicken.
Soups are great, and there's pizza too!

Mark your calendar to join us !

The Wolfpack takes on the Providence Bruins, let’s be there to cheer them on. Game starts at 7:00. Let’s meet at 6:33 in the box office area of the XL Center to buy our tickets. Ticket prices range from $10 to $27 for adults and are always $10 for kids up to 16. It is food drive night at the Wolfpack, so bring along a donation of non-perishable food for Foodshare. Please RSVP so hostess Gloria knows to look for you that evening!