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Hancock Street Civic Association

Location

500 Columbia Road
Dorchester, MA
United States
42° 18' 52.74" N, 71° 4' 2.748" W
See map: Google Maps
Mailing Address (if different than physical location): 

c/o: Robert Mickiewicz, President
7 Whittemore Terrace
Dorchester, Ma. 02125

Phone: 

Fax:(617) 436-6438

Email: 

bostonbob@juno.com

Hours of operation (or meeting times & dates): 

Third Thursday of Each Month, 6:30-8:00 PM
SECOND (2ND) FLOOR
BIRD STREET COMMUNITY CENTER BUILDING
500 COLUMBIA ROAD,
DORCHESTER, MA. 02125

Executive Director/CEO/President/Coordinator/Other: 

Robert Mickiewicz, President

How to get involved/application guidelines and procedures: 

attend a monthly meeting

Charge for services: 

no

Extras for Creative Learning

Location

443 Warren Street
Dorchester, MA, 02121
United States
42° 18' 59.8536" N, 71° 4' 58.3932" W
See map: Google Maps
Phone: 

(617) 635-8284

Hours of operation (or meeting times & dates): 

Tueday 10:00am – 5:30pm
Wednesday 10:00am – 7:00pm
Thursday 10:00am – 5:00pm

Mission: 

ExCL is a shoppers paradise – well that, and a clearinghouse that recovers tons of material from being burned or thrown away and redistributes it for creative educational use. You won’t believe all the amazing supplies and products we have available every time you visit. This isn’t junk, it’s terrific materials of all sorts.

Key Programs Offered: 

Teachers, group leaders, parents, and artists are able to obtain low-cost or no-cost recycled materials that offer unlimited creative opportunities to nurture learning, exploration, and discovery in classrooms, child care centers, youth groups, and beyond.

Business owners and manufacturers who have excess inventory, outdated stock, overruns, or seconds crowding their warehouse or office are eligible to participate in our tax-deductible recycling services. They reduce waste entering our landfills and help educators and service professionals with usable materials. Contact us at (617) 635-8284 if you’d like to make a materials donation. All donations are tax-deductible.

Ideas, advice, help and workshops. If you need ideas for projects, want to talk about supplies, programs or other ideas, give us a call we love being of help to your organization and projects.

Last Updated: 
05/05/2010

St. Mark's Area Main Street

Location

1914 Dorchester Avenue
Dorchester, MA, 02124
United States
42° 17' 3.516" N, 71° 3' 51.5232" W
See map: Google Maps
Phone: 

(617) 825-3846

Email: 
Mission: 

"SMAMS" is a non-profit corporation powered by dedicated volunteer residents and merchants. We work to revitalize our business district on Dorchester Avenue, from Ashmont Station to just south of Fields Corner. By working with the City of Boston and the National Main Street Center, we are participating in a citywide and nationwide revitalization of local business districts. (We are not a religious organization. We take our name from the neighborhood we serve, which is named after the local historic parish.)

Executive Director/CEO/President/Coordinator/Other: 

Dan Larner

Upham's Corner Main Street

Location

594 Columbia Road Suite #302 (buzzer #6)
Dorchester, MA, 02125
United States
42° 18' 46.08" N, 71° 3' 9" W
See map: Google Maps
Phone: 

(617) 265-0363

Mission: 

Through a partnership of merchants, residents and civic leaders, our Main Street organization will make Upham’s Corner a thriving, multi-cultural, business and entertainment center that attracts people from all over Boston.

UCMS was first created in 1996, when a group of passionate neighborhood residents, merchants, and civic leaders banded together to plan and manage the revitalization of the once vibrant Upham's Corner business and residential district. With a volunteer Board of Directors and a small but committed staff, UCMS set out to create new permanent jobs, an optimal mix of retail businesses, and shopping opportunities that fit the needs of residents.

Boston Police Department, District B-2

Location

135 Dudley Street
Roxbury, MA, 02119-3203
United States
42° 19' 40.8" N, 71° 5' 3.84" W
See map: Google Maps
Phone: 

(617) 343-4270

Hours of operation (or meeting times & dates): 

Public Service counter located at Boston Police Headquarters at One Schroeder Plaza in Roxbury:

Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
8:30am – 4:00pm
Tuesday (Extended Hours)
8:30am – 6:00pm
Direct: 1-617-343-4633
Fax: 1-617-343-5106

Mission: 

Captain's Message:
Be advised that District B-2 has a team of dedicated and enthusiastic workers who are committed to reducing crime and improving the quality of life for the residents that live in our neighborhoods. Although our primary focus is on reducing the gun violence in our neighborhoods, we are also committed to addressing the issues and concerns that are brought to our attention.

We try and accomplish our objectives through the many different initiatives outlined in our Crime Reduction Strategy. Some of these initiatives include Operation Impact, Operation Family Matters and Operation Responsibility & Accountability.

Executive Director/CEO/President/Coordinator/Other: 

Captain Paul Russell

Key Partners: 

On a daily basis the officers work closely with members of the Clergy, community, other city agencies as well as our partners in the Criminal Justice system in an effort to make the neighborhoods of this district safer.

How to get involved/application guidelines and procedures: 

Please contact the Community Service Office at (617) 343-4278 for further details.

Charge for services: 

No

Key Programs Offered: 

* Operation Impact is a bi-weekly meeting with representatives from the district, citywide units, BHA, MBTA Police, District Attorney's Office, Attorney General's Office, U.S. Attorney's Office and Probation officials from Roxbury District Court. The focus of this group is on the identification of strategies to reduce the gun violence and the retaliatory shootings that often occur as a result.

* Operation Family Matters is a weekly meeting of detectives and officers from the Community Service Office (CSO) that discuss the unsolved shootings. The officer from the CSO is responsible for maintaining a positive relationship with the victim and their family and urges them to share information that is crucial for investigators. Officers also rely upon the assistance of the Clergy, YSPN, BCYF Street workers and mentors from the community to assist in this program.

* Operation Responsibility & Accountability is a district-based initiative that involves the assignment of all patrol officers to one or more Reporting Areas (R.A.) on the district so that each shift has an officer assigned to every RA. The officers, working under the direction of a beat team supervisor, assume ownership and responsibility for addressing crime and quality of life issues that occur on their RA.

The officers from the CSO are also involved in many programs that are designed to improve and foster the relationship between the youth and police officers. An officer conducts Officer Friendly presentations to after-school programs in various schools throughout the district. In addition, the officer, in partnership with the Police Activities League (P.A.L.) equips a B-2 Fun-Day Van that visits the parks and community centers on the district and provides games, music and other fun activities for the children. An officer from the CSO is also involved with the "Youth & Police Partnership" (YPP), which is an entity of the Children's Services of Roxbury. This is a program that has proven to be effective in discussing and restoring relationships between the youth and police officers. A key component of this program is the "KNOW THE LAW" play that the youth and officers perform and which emphasizes the pressures and consequences to any negative decisions that are made. Some of the other programs that the officers from the CSO are involved with are the B-2 Youth & Family Safety Day, B-2 Christmas Party, Junior Police Academy as well as fishing trips and outings to amusement parks such as Canobie Lake and Six Flags.

Type of facility in which this program/organization located: 

Police Station

Last Updated: 
04/23/2010

FunTea Cafe

Location

1472 Dorchester Ave
Boston, MA, 02122
United States
42° 18' 1.4364" N, 71° 3' 36.4176" W
See map: Google Maps
Phone: 

(617) 288-8882

Hours of operation (or meeting times & dates): 

Mon - Fri:
7:00 am - 7:00 pm
Sat:
8:00 am - 7:00 pm
Sun:
10:00 am - 7:00 pm

Mission: 

Feature over 100 different types of drinks ranging from fresh juice, milk teas, snow bubbles, coffee and much more!!
A variety of cool drinks very flavorsome.
Flavor milk tea with Boba/ Glass jelly
Feature yogurt, coffee.....!!!

MAFCU Lending Center

Location

1197 Adams Street
Dorchester, MA
United States
42° 16' 21" N, 71° 4' 0.84" W
See map: Google Maps
Phone: 

888-MAFCU-10 (888-623-2810)

Hours of operation (or meeting times & dates): 

M-F 9 am to 5 pm.

Mission: 

We are dedicated to helping members reach their financial goals by providing excellent financial products, outstanding member service, and valuable financial education.

Charge for services: 

No

Key Programs Offered: 

Financial Information Seminars and Loan Products

Scholarships available: 

Yes

Last Updated: 
03/22/2010

DotOUT

Location

911 Adams Street
Dorchester, MA, 02124
United States
42° 16' 48.72" N, 71° 3' 32.76" W
See map: Google Maps
Email: 

info@dotout.org

Website: 

http://www.dotout.org

Mission: 

DotOUT is a grassroots, member driven organization committed to the ideals of
acceptance, inclusion, fairness, and equality. We believe in the strength of the gay,
lesbian, bisexual and transgender (“glbt”) community in Dorchester and recognize that
together through our activism and neighborliness we can positively influence local
opinion on issues that are relevant to us and our community. We recognize that
Dorchester's glbt residents have a long history of contributing to the very essence of our
neighborhood. It is upon this foundation that we unite as a community to working with
our neighbors and friends in an ongoing effort to improve the quality of life in Dorchester
by continuing to build bridges to Dorchester's many communities. In so doing, we will
advance the ideals of fairness and equality for all the residents of Dorchester.

How to get involved/application guidelines and procedures: 

check the website.

Transformations Movement Company

Location

540 Gallivan Blvd
Dorchester, MA, 02124
United States
42° 16' 58.8" N, 71° 3' 16.92" W
See map: Google Maps
Phone: 

617.265.8300

Mission: 

By developing personal and professional relationships with and among our members, we support, guide and challenge them to create a healthy lifestyle through movement, nourishment and education.

Columbia-Savin Hill Civic Association

Location

275 East Cottage Street
Dorchester, MA
United States
42° 19' 6.51" N, 71° 3' 24.4656" W
See map: Google Maps
Hours of operation (or meeting times & dates): 

Meets the first Monday of each month at 7pm

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