Schedule is subject to change
Monday, March 8
Meg Kursonis, headmaster at St. Peter Central Catholic Elementary, will share the challenges and success stories of educating students learning in the classrooms as well as others being learning remotely at home.
Tuesday, March 9
Wil Bullock, lead pastor at Jubilee Christian Church in Worcester, will explain the partnership with the Worcester County Food Bank, the Central Community Branch YMCA, Friendly House and El Buen Samaritano Food Program Inc. for a Worcester County food drive on March 20.
Wednesday, March 10
Christina O’Neill, a volunteer with the Massachusetts Senior Medical Patrol, will discuss how the organization provides education and advocacy for Medicare beneficiaries to help them detect, prevent and report incidences of suspected Medicare errors, fraud and/or abuse.
Last Call with Maddie’s Dash Cams
Sarah Connell Sanders
Correspondent
Mother-daughter team Aly Forson Whalen and Madison Whalen began handing out dash cameras to Black and brown men over the summer. They asked no questions about income. There were no expectations attached. Madison simply wanted to help, “keep dads safe,” in any way she could.
On her Facebook page, Aly wrote, “Madison and I love our Black Men and need them to come home safe to continue to support our community; we cannot continue to endure the slaughter of our family units.” Donations rolled in and soon the Whalens teamed up with local philanthropic organizer Woodrow Adams Jr. of 508 Forever Young to expand their reach. Together, Adams and the Whalens intend to distribute 75 more cameras this January at Scoop Drip on Millbury Street and Michaelangelo’s Barbershop on Green Street.
Catholic schools in Worcester to make temporary switch to remote learning
WORCESTER – Starting next Monday, several Catholic schools in the region, which were among the few schools attempting full-time in-person learning this semester, will make a temporary move to remote learning, the system’s superintendent said.
David Perda said the roughly two-week break from in-person classes was originally intended to apply to the two Worcester central Catholic schools: St. Paul Diocesan Jr./Sr. High School and St. Peter Central Catholic Elementary School.
But the other Catholic schools under the Diocese of Worcester have also been allowed to make the same call, Perda said; several have already planned to take remote breaks of their own.