Thursday, April 18, 2013
The following information was sent to Brookline Patch from Nancy Vineberg.
The Brookline Community Mental Health Center is offering free “Drop In” mental health hours to anyone in Brookline who would like help processing the events surrounding the bombings at the Boston Marathon. “There is a tremendous community need for mental health support this week, and the Brookline Center has been responding in many directions,” Nancy Vineberg said. “From spending Monday locating Team Brookline runners and connecting them with families and services to now working with Town health officials and agencies to provide aftermath support for first responders to anticipating the needs of schools when they come back into session next week, it’s been a time of intensity in mental health services.” Local mental health professionals …
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
The non-profit organizations benefiting from Team Brookline for the 2013 Boston Marathon have been announced, each gets five runners.
For next year's Boston Marathon, four Brookline non-profits will team up to benefit from twenty local runners--and now we know who those non-profits are. The town receives a group of marathon racing numbers, or waivers, each year. Under the new program, a managing organization would recruit, train and support runners from a number of non-profit organizations from Brookline--including their own. The aim is to make a more community-wide program. The "number of non-profits" is now four, and the four organizations are: The Brookline Education Foundation, Brookline Teen Center, Brookline Library Foundation and the Brookline Community Mental Health Center--which is managing the team. The Board of Selectmen voted unanimously last night to accept…
Monday, October 22, 2012
The Brookline Community Mental Health Center will be collecting applications for another few days.
If you're gathering steam for the marathon, but not in the mood to train alone, you could always join a team--such as Team Brookline, although time for that is running out. The deadline for non-profits to join Team Brookline's application process is coming up: Oct. 24, which is this Wednesday. Interested runners can still apply. The town receives a group of marathon racing numbers, or waivers, each year. Under the new program, a managing organization would recruit, train and support runners from a number of non-profit organizations from Brookline--including their own. The aim is to make a more community-wide program. The minimum fundraising requirement for runners is $5,000. Money will go to the non-profit organizations, as well covering …
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
The Brookline Community Health Center will run the town's team for next year's Boston Marathon. Applications open today.
For next year's Boston Marathon, several Brookline non-profits will team up to benefit from local runners--and they will do so with the help of Brookline Community Mental Health Center (BCMHC), which is running the Team Brookline program. The Center, and the Town, will start accepting applications for both runners and non-profits interested in participating in Team Brookline today, Sept. 18, according to a press release from the BCMHC sent yesterday afternoon. "We really see this as an opportunity to increase the impact of the waivers, and what it will mean for people within the community who need the support." BCMHC Vice President for Development Nancy Vineberg explained, "That, ultimately, is what the Marathon program has been all about…
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Selectmen approve a plan to have the Brookline Community Mental Health Center run the town's participation in the BAA Boston Marathon.
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Selectmen approve a plan to have the Brookline Community Mental Health Center run the town's participation in the BAA Boston Marathon
For next year's Boston Marathon, some runners from town will have help from the Brookline Community Mental Health Center (BCMHC). The Board of Selectmen voted unanimously last night--despite some initial dissent--to negotiate with BCHMC to act as the managing organization in charge of the "Team Brookline" runners for charity in the 2013 Boston Athletics Association annual Marathon. The town receives a group of marathon racing numbers, or waivers, each year. Under the new program, a managing organization would recruit, train and support runners from a number of non-profit organizations from Brookline--including their own. The aim is to make a more community-wide program. "There have been many [charitable] organizations worthy." Town …
