Community Newsletter
August/September, 2020
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How you've helped your neighbors in need on their road to self-sufficiency. |
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Adult Education slowly restarting
As so many other institutions are working to resume education, so is Beverly Bootstraps. We have been working diligently this summer to carefully put a plan in place to change to remote instruction.
Our HiSet and ESOL Adult Education programs, will be run primarily in a virtual environment. Except for an initial meeting/training with small groups of students, in a social distanced model, to be sure they understand our expectations and so that we can assess their technology access and understanding, all tutoring and classroom sessions will be run using Zoom virtual meetings.
HiSET tutoring will be one on one sessions at mutually agreed upon time with the student and tutor, while ESOL classes will be at scheduled days and times.
The only other in-person part of these programs will be onsite testing of students who need to take a HiSET test or an accuplacer test and need to use our dedicated testing space. We have already had 6 students, who were ready for testing when we had to shut down, take and pass their tests!
We are excited to begin meeting with our students again and look forward to watching them progress toward their future goals.
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September is Hunger Action Month
This Hunger Action Month, take a stand against hunger. Sharing, volunteering, pledging to advocate, fundraising and donating are just a few ideas for taking action this month.
On Thursday, September 10, Hunger Action Day, wear orange to raise awareness of hunger. Post a photo on social media of you in orange to show your support and tag #BeverlyBootstraps, #EndHunger and #HungerActionMonth.
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Join the Circle of Hope
When you join the Circle of Hope, your automatic monthly recurring gift will provide a steady flow of hope to our clients all year long. And right now, this is more important than ever.
Hope is believing things can change. Whether it’s hope of keeping a living situation, of paying bills after being laid off, of succeeding in a new country, or of having enough food to feed your kids, hope is what we, with your help, provide our clients.
Please join the Circle of Hope by clicking here. Because with hope, everything is possible!
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Peoples United support
People's United Bank recently awarded us a grant to help those in need in our community. Thank you to them for their ongoing support and caring.
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ECCF gives grant
Thank you to Essex County Community Foundation for their most recent grant to Beverly Bootstraps to provide rent relief to families and individuals that face a loss of housing due to the economic impacts of COVID-19. People are hurting out there and with their help, we can help!
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Backpack/supply need fulfilled
We are so grateful for the support we have received for the Back-to-School Backpack program this year during these difficult times. Many have held virtual school supply drives for us, including Electric Insurance, Coldwell Banker, and local students Olivia Stanley, Josh Millen, Cierra Merritt, Drew Fowler, Sarah Hall and Colin Andrew, so that we were able to help 510 families in need ensure their kids are ready for academic success.
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Hunger Action Day - Wear Orange
Thursday, September 10 - all day
On Social Media
On Thursday, September 10, Hunger Action Day, wear orange to raise awareness of hunger. Post a photo on social media of you in orange to show your support and tag #BeverlyBootstraps, #EndHunger and #HungerActionMonth.
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Drive Thru Food Drive
Saturday, September 12, from 10am-2pm
Beverly Bootstraps Parking Lot, 35 Park Street, Beverly
We're holding another Drive Thru Food Drive in our parking lot at 35 Park Street. It will be contactless - just pull up, pop your trunk and we'll grab your donations for you. We always need help restocking the Food Pantry shelves after the summer and this year will be even more important than usual. Please come on down!
For most needed food, click here.
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The Greater Beverly Photo Scavenger Hunt
Saturday, September 19, from 2:30-5:00pm
The Castle: A Board Game Cafe, 240 Rantoul Street, Beverly
Put together a team of 3-6 people and join in for an afternoon of fun and giving back! Starting and ending at The Castle, teams will walk and snap photos all throughout downtown Beverly. There is a $35 registration cost per team and all proceeds benefit Beverly Bootstraps. For more information and to register click here.
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Community Give Back Reusable Bags
The month of September
Stop & Shop, 37 Enon Street, Beverly
For the month of September, Beverly Bootstraps will receive a $1 donation from each purchase of the $2.50 reusable Community Bags at the Stop & Shop store located at 37 Enon Street.
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Beverly Bootstraps has always been committed to social justice. Helping people who might not have their basic needs met or an opportunity to avail themselves of education, for whatever reason or life story, is at the core of our mission.
We proudly serve, work with and employ individuals regardless of race, gender, age, sexual orientation, religion, or nationality. Further, we ask our community and world to do better and work towards justice and equal opportunities.
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