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BostonCares Charity News

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

BOSTON CARES PRESENTS THE THIRD ANNUAL
“SUMMER NIGHTS, CITY LIGHTS”
A FESTIVE SOIRÉE

BOSTON, Mass. – (August 18, 2005) – “Summer Nights, City Lights” is a celebration of community service. This festive soirée and auction will attract up to 500 Boston Cares volunteers and friends to raise money for the organization.

The success of this evening will directly contribute to the growth and development of Boston Cares. Volunteers from Boston’s many neighborhoods and surrounding communities, corporate and business partners, and non-profit partners will enjoy complimentary hors d’oeuvres, soft drinks and cash bar with live entertainment featuring The Willie Sordillo Quartet at the Boston Marriott Long Wharf Hotel from 6:00pm-9:30pm on August 18th. Guests will also participate in both silent and live auctions with the opportunity to bid on such items as: weekend getaways, gift certificates to local hot spots and autographed sports memorabilia. Tickets to the event are $35 in advance, $125 for five, and $45 at the door.

For information or to purchase tickets, please visit www.bostoncares.org or contact Ellen Curtis, Director of Volunteers at (617) 422-0910 or email her at ecurtis@bostoncares.org.

ABOUT BOSTON CARES
Boston Cares organizes and leads team oriented volunteer opportunities and services in and around Boston that have a positive impact on individuals and communities. Since our founding in 1991, thousands of people of all ages have volunteered through Boston Cares at over 240 Greater Boston schools and non-profits. Our signature Calendar Program features 150+ projects each month through which volunteers paint shelters, visit elders, feed the hungry, help children with special needs, register voters…the list goes on and on. Youth and families volunteer through special BOOYAH! - Boston’s Young Active Hands – projects. Through Citizen Academy people explore issues encountered through community service and identify action steps they can take. Companies of all sizes volunteer through our annual Corporate Volunteer Day and Hands at Work program. Frosty’s Friends is a Winter Holiday gift drive through which volunteers respond to letters from 1,700 disadvantaged children. Boston Cares is a member of Hands On Network, an alliance of volunteer organizations working to transform individuals and communities through service and civic engagement, with affiliates and partners in forty-three US and international locations. Funds raised through Summer Nights, City Lights will support Boston Cares' volunteer efforts throughout the year.

For more information about Boston Cares, visit www.bostoncares.org or call (617)392-8240.

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Contact:
Ellen Curtis
Boston Cares
Phone: (617)422-0910
Email: ecurtis@bostoncares.org

Links to Sites for Hurricane Victims and Volunteers

The KatrinaJobRelief.com is a resource for finding jobs...unfortunately it doesn't serve as a volunteer-matching initiative (it wasn't designed to support volunteer matching and therefore wouldn't be much help). However, here are some helpful resources for offering volunteer services for Katrina relief - which is so very needed in many places!
Craigs List
http://boston.craigslist.org/vol/
Katrina Help Wiki (see the section for HELP: Help Offered) http://katrinahelp.info/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
Volunteers of America
http://www.voa.org/
Your local affiliate:
http://www.volunteersofamerica.org/ext_locations_results.cfm
If you are interested in volunteering or learning more about how you can get involved with Volunteers of America, please contact Mindy Cohen at
617-522-8086 x132 or mcohen@voamass.org
VolunteerMatch
http://www.volunteermatch.org/ (search using Interest Area: hurricane
relief)
I hope these are helpful!

Volunteer Recruitment Firm (CA) to help place Hurricane survivors

Hi Susan,
I don't know the answer to your question, but I would be more than willing to help a few people with resume writing and strategizing on a job search--if you want to put me on the volunteer list once you get a response.
Good Luck!
Sonja

Sonja Hastings Partner 510-238-0142 Phone
Hastings & Associates Professional Search, Inc.
1624 Franklin Street Suite 504 Oakland, CA 94612
www.hastingsassoc.com member of www.us-recruiters.com.

Hurricane Volunteers Please contact

Hi Sue,

As a follow up to my voicemail this morning I would like to offer my services to assist you in your efforts to help the victims of this horrible disaster. As the owner of a Boston based recruiting firm I certainly have the resources to offer guidance to those who need it. Therefore, please feel free to call me if needed and I'll be happy to lend a hand. I commend you in your efforts and I'm equally frustrated in not being able to support those in need.

Regards,
Beth EdickPrincipalHanover Partnersph: 617.742.4222www.Hanoverexecutivesearch.com

Technology Jobs in Boston

Currently hiring in the Boston Area for local investment and insurance clients: Positions include Boston Location Test Engineer (stress and monitoring testing for network compliance), Team Engineering Lead (Image and MS application).

Currently hiring in the Tewksbury Area for Getronics: Senior Network Engineer (large networks in global design)

Currently hiring in the Billerica Area for General Manager: Someone needed to take a 500M corporation to 1 Billion within a year. M&A experience preferred.

Recruitment Feedback

Recruitment in the Boston area is picking up for senior level positions. Recent searches include General Manager, and CEO. However, most mid-management positions are seeing great loss. Our entry level positions in technology are being offshored, and thereby injuring our chances of building future pool of candidates. Employers need to invest in employees, cross training, and outplacement transition in the near future. We are missing the boat.

Economically, we need to invest in the American Worker. Recruiters that understand transitional hiring, the growth of industry through adding to staff, candidate development of conceptual competencies vs. traditional function, can have a huge impact on our US labor market. Unfortunately, many are traditionalist themselves, and lack courage or effort to lead the movement to future thinking.

Our greatest heroes are those that understand the importance to adding to GNP and Services through investment in fellow Americans. The every day American Worker will surprise the hardest of critics when given the opportunity to stretch her/his wings.