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Occoquan Spring Arts and Crafts Show The 47th annual event features juried artisans, crafters, food vendors and live entertainment., 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Free.

Public Health Town Hall Meeting The Community Healthcare Coalition of Greater Prince William wants to hear from residents about health-related issues and priorities. $9 minimum.

Lake Jackson Mid County Lions Club meeting 6:30 p.m. Free.

“Philanthropic Partnerships: Building a Stronger Community Together” The Prince William Chamber of Commerce, Youth for Tomorrow and Bennett Atkinson & Associates sponsor this event for profit and nonprofit organizations to share ideas and resources for improving quality of life in the region. Free.

Lake Ridge Toastmasters Club Members 18 and older develop their public speaking and leadership skills. Free.

Manassas neighborhood conference The event includes Manassas city school officials who will share the school system’s newest initiatives; information on building better communities and landscape beautification; and wellness activities. $20.

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On the one hand, it is clearly mindful of Wales’ Robert Owen heritage and co-operative culture, which should really result in Welsh Labour leading the way on the mutualisation of public services and yet, on the other hand, it has a strong commitment to the ideal that public services should be provided by the state. The Action Plan, however, failed to translate into any significant changes in public service provision, at least as far as co-operatives and mutuals were concerned.

In 2011 Kevin Morgan and Adam Price’s important paper, the ‘Collective Entrepreneur’, came out and was very critical of the Welsh Government’s approach to the co-operative and mutual economy, with respect to its reluctance to embrace public service mutuals. This caught the attention of Labour Assembly Members and, almost certainly in response to it, the Welsh Government went on to establish the Welsh Co-operative and Mutuals Commission.

While the Commission’s 2014 report sought to distance itself from the public service mutuals agenda in England, and said that it understood some of the concerns of the unions about moving away from the ideal that public services should be provided by the state, it also argued that there was a place for using mutuals to provide public services and later actually cited approvingly some examples of best practice from England. One had the distinct sense in all of this that the commissioners were performing a delicate balancing act, distancing themselves from the coalition in Westminster, so as not to annoy the Welsh Labour government and alienate the unions, and yet nonetheless recognising the importance of the mutual solution in public service provision.

Their work, however, was not helped when in March this year the Welsh Government published its Alternative Delivery Models in Public Service Delivery Action Plan, in which it errs very much on the side of keeping proponents of old Labour orthodoxy on-side rather than enthusiastically embracing mutuals as a mechanism for the delivery of modern public services. The 2009 Action Plan requirement for government departments to consider whether any of their services could be better provided by a social enterprise was not qualified by the statement that they should only move away from state provision if the alternative was the cessation of the service or privatisation.

The March Action Plan fundamentally misjudges both the urgent need for public service solutions that work and the culture of the people of Wales. It will be interesting to see whether, going forward, Labour’s need to look to other parties to pass its budget might provide occasion for the Conservative Party to persuade Labour to take the opportunity to establish public service mutuals in Wales rather more seriously.

This article was written by Dr Dan Boucher and draws on some of the central findings of his pamphlet, Mutuality: Towards a Renewed Welsh Economy & The Renaissance of a Radical Welsh Politics, which has just been published by the Bow Group.

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CHICAGO and TAMPA, Fla., June 6, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Nearly 50 percent of sixth graders in Chicago Public Schools are overweight or obese, according to recent studies. To help physicians reverse this trend, Harmony Health Plan of Illinois, Inc., a subsidiary of WellCare Health Plans, Inc.

A 2013 study released by the Chicago Department of Public Health and Chicago Public Schools showed that obesity rates can be even higher in predominately black and Hispanic communities.

Heartland Health Centers on Devon Avenue in Chicago, the Erie Family Health Center on Division Street in Chicago, and Erie Family Health Center in Evanston-Skokie will participate in the pilot.

As of March 31, 2016, WellCare and Harmony Health Plan serve approximately
207,000 members in Illinois, including 164,000 Medicaid members, 15,000 Medicare Advantage plan members and 28,000 Medicare Prescription Drug Plan members.

About WellCare Health Plans, Inc.
Headquartered in Tampa, Fla., WellCare Health Plans, Inc. Primary activities include advocacy on behalf of children, families, and health professionals in Illinois; the provision of continuing medical education and other resources for pediatricians, pediatric specialists, and other child health care providers; and collaboration with other state organizations and agencies on programs and projects that improve the health and well-being of children.

The 15thbirthday of the organization is full of celebration with kudos and connections in the community for the recent works of the Community Foundation.

Donna Kassens wasn’t actively looking for a new job.

But when she heard about the open director of development position at the McHenry County Community Foundation, she jumped at the opportunity.

She has three decades of experience in development, most recently serving as director of Planned Giving for JourneyCare Foundation in Barrington.

In January, Kassens began with the McHenry County Community Foundation in a role she calls “joyful.”

“I meet with people who are sincere and caring,” she said. New role a “joy” for McHenry County Community Foundation‘s director of development June 6, 2016 – 7:26 am

McHenry County group hosting Maker Movement roundtable in Crystal LakeJune 6, 2016 – 12:21 am

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CARE partners with Techstars to give students entrepreneurial experienceCARE partners with Techstars to give students entrepreneurial experience

This partnership between CARE and Techstars gives students entrepreneurial experience they otherwise would not get.(Photo: Mike Ewen/Democrat)

Florida State is a university dedicated to empowering students of all backgrounds.A Recently, FSU and its CARE program recently partnered with Techstars, a company dedicated to helping young entrepreneurs start their own businesses.A With this partnership, students from FSUas CARE program are being sent out to different Techstar locations throughout the world to serve as interns and learn more about how to begin and maintain their own businesses.A From there, the students will come back to FSU and be hired on to lead and teach other students what theyave learned while away at their internships.

aThis program will be a way for students who thought their backgrounds were a disadvantage to make them an advantage,a says Chris Markl, Social Entrepreneur in Residence with the Center for Undergraduate Research and Academic Engagement.

The program is designed specifically for those in the CARE program, and is being used as a tool to empower students whose backgrounds didnat allow them to have opportunities like this growing up.A The point of the program is to let students know that where they come from does not have to have an affect on where they are going or where they want to go.

Another unique part of the program is Techstaras code of conduct, which requires all of those interning and participating within the company must help each other, the company and treat each other with respect.

aThatas not something you see too often in entrepreneurship,a says Markl.

DOVER Dover SEED took a gamble to raise funds for more good works.The Seacoast Educational Endowment Dover (SEED) provides grants to local educators.This past weekend at the Hellenic Center, the nonprofit held its annual fundraiser Casino Night All In For Education.Stepping in to the cavernous building on Long Hill Road was like being teleported to a Las Vegas gambling emporium. One of the main attractions of the evening was the roulette table, where it appeared all set down a few bets and watched and hoped for the ball to drop on their selection.The guest list, as well as an overall listing of sponsors, donors and contributors, read like a veritable who’s who in the Garrison City.SEED’s fundraising efforts award grants to Dover public school teachers for innovative programs, practices and resources.Outgoing President Stuart Kahl, also one of the organization’s founders, gave welcome to all and introduced his SEED successor, Angela Carter who thanked all for their concern and dedication to the SEED effort, specifically mentioning the evening’s organizing committee, saying “you rocked this one.”In addition to the various games of chance, all of which were available with SEED Bucks which came as part of the entry fee, more than 50 attractive silent auction items were available for bidding.Many names were seen on bid sheets items like “An Ice Cream Party for Dover Middle Schoolers,” vacation time in the North Country, and vacationing on the New Hampshire Seacoast.In a nod to one of Dover’s most popular educators, “Lunch with Boody” (Patrick Boody, Woodman Park Elementary School) garnered many bids.Dover High teacher Stephanie DeMatteo has been a recipient of several SEED grants which have assisted DHS teachers in project based learning.”Thanks to SEED,” said DeMatteo, “it has allowed many DHS teachers to extend their classrooms.”By the end of 2016, eight different grant periods will have benefited the community by funding, among other things, online guided literary programs, a leadership camp for DHS student ambassadors, and a disabilities awareness program in conjunction with the University of New Hampshire’s Northeast Passage organization. SEED has awarded more than $30,000 in that period.Board member Sue Vitko, in reflection on SEED’s process which allows local teachers to submit their grant requests, said, “all of this goes towards giving teachers the resources to think outside of the box.”Dover parent and soccer coach Ronan O’Doherty was impressed with the evening. mainImageContainerInnerHTML += ”+htmlencode(mainImageData_caption)+”; mainImageContainerInnerHTML_sm += ”+mainImageData_credit+”; mainImageContainerInnerHTML_sm += ”+mainImageData_caption+”; $(‘#art-main-image-credit-container_sm’).css(‘width’,smimgwidth).css(‘padding’,’3px ‘+(mainImageData_leftPadding – 3)+’px 0 0’); $(‘#art-main-image-caption-container_sm’).css(‘width’,sm_img.width).css(‘padding’,’5px 0 0 ‘+(mainImageData_leftPadding + 3)+’px’); $(‘#zoom-handle’).css(‘padding-left’,(mainImageData_leftPadding + 3)+’px’); $(‘#art-main-image-caption-container’).css(‘width’,img.width).css(‘padding’,’5px 0 0 ‘+mainImageData_leftPadding+’px’); $(‘#art-main-image-credit-container’).css(‘width’,img.width).css(‘padding’,’5px ‘+(mainImageData_leftPadding)+’px 0 0’);

Pittsfield Bridges gets $475K grant to aid in fight against poverty – Berkshire Eagle OnlinePittsfield Bridges gets $475K grant to aid in fight against poverty

PITTSFIELD >> A Pittsfield coalition will bring home $475,000 from the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston to fund an out-of-poverty program seeking to touch thousands of lives.

Pittsfield Bridges learned last week it would receive these grant funds, part of the Working Cities Challenge, a Boston Fed program to promote economic growth in low-income communities.

Stakeholders said they hope to fund broad-based training for employees of the dozens of participating city nonprofits, service agencies and, crucially, employers. Greylock Federal Credit Union, Berkshire United Way, Berkshire Bank and Central Berkshire Habitat for Humanity plan to provide matching funds to push the program along still further.

Preparation of the grant application began last year.

Much of the work involved getting into specific neighborhoods on the West Side, Morningside and the rest of the city and talking to residents about what they perceive to be the most efficacious solutions to local poverty. It gives people the tools and the mindset to succeed.”

Another facet of the program will be based on certain individuals, called “Getting Ahead.”

Pittsfield Bridges’ core members include the city, Central Berkshire Habitat for Humanity, BRPC, Berkshire Community College, BerkshireWorks Career Center, Berkshire United Way, Goodwill Industries, Berkshire Health Systems, Berkshire Children and Families, the Berkshire branch of the NAACP and many more.

“We have to all rely on each other to make things work, and fortunately we have a very cohesive community,” Valli said.

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