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News & Events

 

Our 2022 Holiday Drive was a huge success! We served 675 Charlestown children!!!  All participants received books, PJs, toys, and more. We can not do this work without the generosity and support of our community. See below for a word from some of our special donors.

Happy Holidays!

 

Recent Kennedy Center events, news, and activities.

 

Kids Day at the Charlestown Farmer’s Market!

The 1st Annual “Kid’s Day” at the Charlestown Farmers’ Market was held on September 2, 2015. This special event was sponsored by the Kennedy Center, Kids Cooking Green, and CAPE. Kid’s Day featured FREE Healthy snack demos, a special visit from the New England Aquariums’ Traveling Tide-pool, and healthy eating and shopping tips from Whole Foods Market Charlestown.

Click this link for great photos from the event. Kid’s Day at the CFM


The Kennedy Center’s recent appearance on Charlestown Live

Grants Announced for Building Healthier Charlestown Community

http://charlestownbridge.com/2014/08/13/grants-announced-for-building-healthier-charlestown-community/


Jane Reitz Honored by the Kennedy Center at Annual ABCD Gala

Jane Reitz Honored by the Kennedy Center at Annual ABCD Gala
http://charlestownbridge.com/2014/10/13/jane-reitz-honored-at-annual-abcd-gala/

The Kennedy Center Makes the Holidays Brighter for Charlestown Children
http://patch.com/massachusetts/charlestown/residents-kennedy-center-make-holidays-brighter-for-charlestown-children
Kennedy Center Speaker Series – Stephen Kurkjian presents “The Gardner Museum Art Theft – Boston’s Last Best Kept Secret and Other Tales”
https://www.facebook.com/events/653196868121001/
“e” inc. Helps Charlestown Children Get A Head Start in Science

http://www.e-action.us/index.php/news/

MGH ARCH Program Partners with the John F. Kennedy Family Center

http://www.massgeneral.org/about/pressrelease.aspx?id=1719

 Community Collaboration Results in Success of Children’s Garden Event.

https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#label/Inbox%2FNewsletter/146965338b20399f

 New “Read and Rise” program at the Kennedy Center helps families read together.  

https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#label/Inbox%2FNewsletter/147d0c8d906aa1a8

Kennedy Center Staff Around Town

https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#label/Inbox%2FNewsletter/14a50252360b8c96

 

 


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