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On Tuesday evening, April 14, at the Maynard Public Library, we held a special vote on some proposed changes to our by-laws (most recently amended in 1994). The following changes to our 1994 by-laws were unanimously passed:
Article V "Meetings" Section 3 "Annual Meeting" has been changed from "The annual meeting of the Community Chest will be held during the month of February as designated by the President" to "The annual meeting of the Community Chest will be held once a year as designated by the President."
In Article XI, the term "supported institutions" has been officially changed to "supported organizations" in each place that that term is used.
The text in Article XI "Supported Institutions" has also been changed from, "These institutions will agree to abstain from fund raising that conflict with the Community Chest fund raising activity of September through December of each year" to "These organizations will agree to abstain from town-wide solicitations and other large-scale town-wide fund-raising events that conflict with the Community Chest fund-raising activity of October and November of each year".
Annual Meeting: Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Thank you so much to the 50 people including State Senator Jamie Eldridge and State Representative Kate Hogan who attended our Annual Meeting on February 10, 2009 at the Maynard Public Library. Others attending included members of the Board of Directors, representatives from the human service organizations we support and many interested Maynard residents and business supporters. We celebrated our 41st year in style, sharing real stories of how Maynard Community Chest funds have benefitted our community and good news of MCC's recent initiatives and future plans.
Click here for a copy of our 2009 Annual Report.
Please consider joining us at some point in the coming year at any of our monthly meetings or at next year's Annual Meeting in February 2010. For a schedule of upcoming meetings, go to http://www.maynardchest.org/calendar.html.
Board of Directors at the 2009 Annual Meeting
41st Annual Campaign 2008-2009 Update
We've continued to have a strong response to our 41st Annual Campaign, with a total of $37,768 coming in as of 01/04/09 in checks, cash, online donations and pledges from individuals and businesses. Please keep your donations coming in, however, as our goal for 2009 is to distribute $40,000 to the local charitable agencies we support.
Make a meaningful gift in honor or in memory of someone special and support your local community at the same time. The Maynard Community Chest is offering letters for donations made in honor or in memory of family, friends, neighbors or colleagues. We will send an acknowledgment letter to the person or people you are honoring (amount held confidential) and will send you a receipt for your tax records. We will also post all donations in honor or in memory of loved ones on our website right here at www.maynardchest.org/news.
As of December 21, 2008, donations have been made to our 2008-09 Annual Campaign
in memory of:
Donald Anderson
William F. Belcher III
Eric Danielson
Jeanette DiGrappa
Richard Gerroir
Marcel Herault
Mary R. Hudson
Robert and Kathleen Kraemer
Marion Murphy
Niilo Salmi
Tom and Kay
in honor of:
Shari Belanger
Connor and Paige Milligan
Judy McKendry
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| Maynard Community Chest marches in the annual Maynard Christmas Parade, December 7, 2008. |
The Maynard Community Chest celebrates Maynard Fest!
On October 4, 2008 Maynard residents gathered downtown to celebrate the start of fall! Community Chest officers enjoyed greeting neighbors and spreading the word about the MCC's mission. Thank you to Art and Soul for sharing space in front of their store, to The Paper Store in Maynard for letting us borrow a helium tank, to Carol Leary for loaning us one of the Farmers' Market's ez-up tents and to Lauren Tetreault for donating two brand new banners. Maynard Fest was a beautiful day!
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Going Green with the Maynard Community Chest!
A big thank you to everyone who contributed to our Recycling Paper Drive on Saturday, September 13th at the Farmers' Market. Our initiative is ONGOING, so please continue to drop your paper in the Abitibi Paper Retriever located in the Clock Tower parking lot. For details, please click here.
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Maynard Community Chest raises over $8,500 at 6th Annual Community Chest Challenge Triathlon
We would like to thank everyone who participated in or supported Maynard in the 6th Annual Community Chest Challenge Triathlon held on June 1, 2008 at the North Bridge in Concord. We wish to recognize Comcast Cable, the individual donors, the volunteers, and the 7 relay teams who biked, ran, and paddled canoes to the finish! Maynard started participating in the Challenge 4 years ago when one team raised $800. In 2006, 3 teams raised $1,800. Last year, 4 teams raised over $3,700 and, this year, 7 teams raised over $8,500!
The Community Chest Challenge is a team triathlon fundraiser benefiting the human service agencies supported by the Community Chests of Concord-Carlisle and Maynard. Comcast's generous $3,000 sponsorship enabled 100% of the funds raised by Maynard's teams to go directly to the 18 local agencies we support.
Thank you, too, to Morey's Tavern for hosting our pre-race fundraiser on Sunday afternoon, May 18, with live Irish music and a wide variety of raffle prizes donated by Big Scoops, Teresina's, Simple Balance, Outdoor Store, Brian Clark, Wood By Wood, Art and Soul, Melina Gosselin, CVS and Fine Arts Theatre... a truly community-wide effort. To see Dave Griffin's fantastic photos of the Morey's event and the Challenge triathlon, go to community-dmg.photography.com.