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HMEA News & Notes - April 2015



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April 2015
NEWS & NOTES
A monthly newsletter to keep you informed

Darkness Into Light  by Michael Moloney 
Photo Credit: James Bavosi
Photo Credit: James Bavosi
At one time, 7,000 people with intellectual and developmental disabilities lived in Massachusetts institutions.

From Burton Blatt's pictorial "Christmas in Purgatory" describing the conditions in those institutions - "There is a hell on earth, and in America there is a special inferno. Abandon All Hope, you who enter here. I sometimes wish that God were back. Suffer the little children."

I started my career in 1974.  I personally witnessed the filth, stench and  nakedness that was the Fernald State School.  I was working with men who had been tied down, kept in solitary confinement and given lobotomies.

Join us on May 17th to support HMEA
HMEA May 17th
On May 17th, HMEA will be celebrating the nearly 4000 wonderful individuals, families and staff we are priveleged to work with every day, and inviting you and our entire community to celebrate and support us. The 14th Annual Indpendence 5K Run and Walk, Roll & Stroll will be held at EMC2 in Franklin MA as a fundraising event with family fun activities for all ages and abilities.

Please get involved in this special event: You participation will bring strength to the event's success as well as HMEA's mission to promotes the values, dreams and potential of children and adults with developmental disabilities.

They are numerous ways you can help:

Run, Walk or Roll (ask your friends, colleagues and family to join you)

Event Sponsorship (overhead of running the event)

Gifts In-Kind (such as raffle prizes, food and beverages for the day, etc)

Volunteer (join HMEA staff in working the day of the event)

Mother's Day Arrangements by Helping Hands Florist
Please share our Mother's Day Flyer
Please share our Mother's Day Flyer
It's time to start thinking "MOM."

Mother's Day is in less than two weeks! Surprise Mom with a special bouquet from HMEA's Helping Hands Florist. Various types of arrangements are available plus custom orders are welcome.

Helping Hands Florist is an employment initiative for adults with disabilities supported by HMEA. 

"Creative hands make every arrangement."

Disability Awareness Night at The Red Sox  
Disability Awareness Night at The Red Sox
HMEA will be participating in this year's Disability Awareness night pre-game ceremonies on May 19th at Fenway Park.


Nominations have been submitted for individuals supported by HMEA to be presume important roles such Bat Boy, Bat Girl, First Pitch as well as the National Anthem. 

This will be the agency's 8th year in a row helping the Red Sox by participating in the event. Other organizations who support people with disabilities are nominated such as the Special Olympics. HMEA is looking forward to another wonderful event.
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