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Below is a list of urgent needs at many Island non-profits. Please help where you can. Also look at the current Vineyard Holiday Wish List.
Opportunities to Volunteer or Become a Board Member
The Marine and Paleobiological Research Institute is seeking an adult
volunteer who would work two or three mornings/afternoons a week to help with everything from record keeping to writing to
research.
Organizational and grant writing/researching skills a plus. MPRI has no staff and the Directors and Officers are not compensated.
The mission of
MPRI is education, research and public participation in marine and paleobiological sciences. Learn more about MPRI at www.MPRInstitute.org. Please contact Fred Hotchkiss, Director at hotchkiss@MPRInstitute.org or phone 508-693-3122.
Opportunities Between $250 and $1000
The
Martha's Vineyard Donors Collaborative seeks a Polycom speaker phone, with microphones. Contact Peter Temple, Executive Director, at 508.645.3690 or peter@mvdonors.org.
Major Gift Opportunities
Bridge Housing seeks contributions towards legal expenses and final design work on the Bridge Commons project. Contact Isaac D. Russell, Clerk, at 508.693.6737 or ikerussell@comcast.net .
Windemere Nursing & Rehabilitation Center is looking for financial support for their Intergenerational "Buddy" Program.
The residents of Windemere and the students of the Chilmark School
second/third grade have a yearly "Buddy" program. They match up residents
with the students and buy the students cameras. The students visit monthly
to show their "Buddy" their photographs.
The photographs are used to open dialogue between the old and the
young. The students discuss their lives growing up on the island while
the elders reflect back on their childhoods and share their memories.
Windemere is entering the third year of the program which costs about $3,000 annually and is looking for donors who might be interested in helping this worthwhile project continue.
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