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Blood Drive
- Description:
- There will be a Blood Drive today from 1:30 until 6:45 PM at St. James Church, 896 Main Street in Manchester.
Please contact the American Red Cross at 1-800-Give Life to schedule an appointment.
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| 8:00am |
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| 9:00am |
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| 10:00am |
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| 11:00am |
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| 12:00pm |
[12:00pm] MCSC October Luncheon
- Description:
- Manchester Community Services Council will hold its Oct. Luncheon on Oct. 22, noon to 1:30 pm at South United Methodist Church, 1226 Main St in Cooper Hall. Lindsay McQuillen, MSW, Regional Manager for the CHOICES Program will speak about how the program assists older adults and other people on Medicare understand their coverage and health care options. CHOICES also offers a number of free programs, community outreach, as well as information and referral services on a wide variety of topics.
Lunch is prepared by Highland Park Market. Orders should be given to Heather Wlochowski at heatherw@ci.manchester.ct.us or 647-5215 by Tuesday, Oct. 20. The cost for lunch of meatless Baked Ziti with salad and roll is $8.00.
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| 1:00pm |
[1:00pm] Manchester Senior Center Hosts “Meet the Candidates"
- Description:
- The Manchester Senior Center will be hosting a “Meet the Candidates” program on Thursday, October 22d at 1:00 P.M. at the Senior Center, 549 East Middle Turnpike. All candidates on the Manchester ballot who are running for Board of Directors and the office of Town Clerk have been invited to attend. There will be a question and answer session following the presentations. Please join us to become a better-informed Manchester voter.
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| 2:00pm |
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| 3:00pm |
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| 4:00pm |
[4:00pm] Pension Board Meeting
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Will meet in the Law Library of the Town Hall on the second floor at 41 Center Street.
Agendas and Minutes are posted online.
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| 5:00pm |
[5:00pm] Small Business Night
- Description:
- Small Business Nights will take place every Thursday night (with the exception of holidays) from 5:00 to 8:00 PM on the second floor of the Lincoln Center, 494 Main Street.
These Thursday evenings are set aside to help small business owners plan for and navigate any government relations related to land, building, and space needs.
Representatives from the Planning and Zoning, and Building Departments will be on hand to answer questions.
Walk-ins are welcome, but appointments also are accepted by calling 647-3044
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| 6:00pm |
[6:30pm] C.E.R.T. Community Emergency Response Team Volunteer Training
- Description:
- Please note: this class has reached maximum enrollment!
The Manchester C.E.R.T. (Community Emergency Response Team) is looking for new members.
What is CERT? It’s a team of over 100 individual citizens trained to help the Town in case of an emergecncy when all other responders are either tied up or unable to respond. The team is comprised of 5 major sub teams, Communications Team (ham radio operators), Shelter Management Team (operates the emergency shelters in Town), the EOC (Emergency Operations Center) Support Team, the Search and Rescue Team (goes out on Case Mountain to help find lost or hurt persons on Case Mountain) and Fire/Police, who assist the Police and Fire departments at accident scenes and other emergency scenes by controlling traffic and making the area safe for the responders to operate. Also, the team learns how to take care of their family and neighbors during a weather related emergency.
What do I have to do to become a team member? It’s easy: just register for the training class. The class goes for 8 Thursday nights from 6:30 PM to about 9:30 each night, beginning on September 3.
If you are interested in taking the class or want more information, please contact Donald Janelle (team coordinator) at 860-647-5259 anytime during business hours. If no one answers, please leave a message and your call will be returned as quickly as possible.
[7:00pm] Citizens for a Greener Manchester Monthly Meeting
- Description:
- Monthly meetings the 4th Thursday of each month at the Arbor's at 7 pm. Except for November and December because of holidays it will be on the third Thursday.
[7:00pm] National Alliance on Mental Illness Educational Meeting
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- Nami of Manchester (the National Alliance on Mental Illness) is presenting an educational meeting at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009, at Center Congregational Church, 11 Center Street, Manchester,CT. Kerry Tedford Coles, Outreach Coordinator for PLAN of Connecticut, INC, will talk about Special Needs Trusts. These trusts can provide peace of mind for people with disabilities and the people who love them. The public is welcome to attend this meeting. Please RSVP to Mary at 860-645-9563, if you plan to attend.
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