Posted Tuesday November 27 2012 at 01:07 am
We have a day for giving thanks. We have a day for retail bargains. We have a day for cyber deals. Wouldn’t it be great to have a day for giving back?
Now we do. Giving Tuesday is a campaign to create a national day of giving at the start of the annual holiday season. It celebrates and encourages charitable activities that support nonprofit organizations.
Please help us continue our great work by giving to VSA Massachusetts this holiday season.
Thank you.
Posted Monday November 12 2012 at 11:22 am
Lesley University is teaming with the Boston Arts Consortium for Health, the International Association for Music and Medicine, the Longwood Symphony Orchestra, Harvard Medical School, Berklee College of Music, and the New England Conservatory to put on its 3rd annual conference dedicated to the arts and health. Friday - Saturday, November 30 - December 1, 2012.
This year, the conference will focus on how space can be transformed through music, dance, drama and visual art and design to support mental, emotional and physical health. Leaders in the field, including VSA MA Executive Director Charles Washburn, will share the work they've done both nationally and internationally.
Further information is available at the Lesley University website.
Posted Friday October 26 2012 at 06:26 am
The Massachusetts State Association of the Deaf interviewed VSA's Bonnie Kaplan (BK) for the Autumn 2012 issue of Deaf Community News (DCN).
DCN: Hi, glad you could join us for this interview.
Please tell us about who you are, where you went to
school all your life, and how did you get to where you
are now?
BK: I was born to hearing parents and have a younger
Deaf brother. I attended the Boston School for the
Deaf from the time I was 4 years old in 1964, and
stayed until 1972. In 6th grade I was mainstreamed at
a private school for girls, Brimmer and May, which is
located in Chestnut Hill, and was their first Deaf
student. I excelled in sports and went on to graduate
in 1979. After high school I went to the University of
New Hampshire (UNH) and majored in Food Service
Management. In 1981, I moved out to LA and worked
for Lorimar Productions as a Research Associate for
several years. We studio was known for its TV shows
such as "Dallas", "The Waltons", "Falcon Crest", "Perfect Strangers", "Little House on the Prairie", etc., and other TV mini series.
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