The founder and CEO of the all-volunteer charity battles childhood poverty one gift package at a time. Philanthropy is about “learning love and compassion and empathy.”
Author Archives: Joanna McQuillan Weeks
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And the ‘Oscars of teaching’ goes to Andrew Rebello
Diman Vocational principal and New Bedford High graduate honored with national award. “His dedication to students, staff, and community is evidenced by his dynamic leadership, steadfast determination and collaborative approach to teaching and learning.”
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Educator Wolkowicz: Making sense of the world through music
NBSO education director is co-founder of Sound Explorations, which brings science, art and environment into focus through the magic of melody.
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‘New Bedford is my place’ — National Park’s Jennifer White Smith can’t imagine a better job
Having started as a volunteer in 1997, her first shift as an employee was the park’s dedication day: May 17, 1998. “I truly don’t know anything else. I’ve done this my whole adult life.”
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Melanie Edwards-Tavares: A passion for philanthropy
New SouthCoast Community Foundation CEO: “I’ve been on the side where I needed services. I’ve been somebody who was working in organizations providing services … I think that proximity has just given me a sense of love and understanding at each one of those levels.”
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Allie Copeland: Library’s museum-quality art collection ‘good for the soul’
As curator, she tries to create an environment inviting to all. “You don’t have to have an art history degree to learn to appreciate things and to experience art.”
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Hot, hot, hot! Your guide to summer fun on South Coast
“I always think there’s a special energy in New Bedford, but in the summertime is when it gets amped up with all of the festivals and events that happen. I always look forward to summers in New Bedford” — Margo Saulnier of New Bedford Creative
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Bullard’s guiding light throughout his career: Improving his ‘Hometown’
“Because this city is so complicated, and so rich, that you don’t get it in a year. You don’t get it in 40 years. You’ve got to dig down deep to understand New Bedford, and it rewards you for that digging.”
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Buzzards Bay Coalition’s Dan Goulart: ‘I swam back to my home bay’
“If we just give nature a little bit of space within our cities, it can do amazing things for our water quality, it can mitigate heat island effects, it can generally just improve people’s quality of life.”
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Suzanne de Vegh employs sound strategies to re-energize NBAM
“We want to stimulate people intellectually and emotionally. We want to engage their senses in new and different ways, and raise consciousness on all kinds of different levels.” — Suzanne de Vegh, executive director of New Bedford Art Museum/Artworks!