Dear fellow Hanoverians:
Cardinal Cushing Centers’ MarketPlace Building, open since early
December, is selling a variety of products for Valentine’s Day, all made
by the students and adults with intellectual disabilities that Cushing
supports.
Products include Wish Bracelets, handmade Heart Pins, and Love Bugs –
adorable, hand-painted and decorated rocks with personalities – paired
with a whimsical poem. Please see the attached photos! If you don’t find
what you’re looking for in the Unique Boutique, you can pop into the Take
2 thrift store and find all kinds of items to help you celebrate the
holiday, or the Cushing Café for a sweet treat.
The new MarketPlace Building, visible and accessible directly from Route
53, is a 20,000 square foot, environmentally friendly building that houses
the Cushing Café, Take 2 thrift store, and Unique Boutique gift shop,
along with state-of-the-art training classrooms. Located at 120 Columbia
Road, the Café is open Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
and the Unique Boutique and Take 2 thrift stores are open from 10:00 a.m.
to 2:00 p.m., also Monday through Friday.
The MarketPlace provides employment training to Cushing students and job
opportunities to adults with disabilities. With the retail shops more
visible and accessible to passersby on Route 53, Cushing Centers is
increasing the number of customers they serve, enhancing job training so
their students are better prepared to obtain paying jobs in the community.
Part of Cushing’s mission is to remove barriers to integration and to
create meaningful employment opportunities for people of all abilities.
Along with the addition of the Bethany Apartments, 37 units of workforce
housing that were added to Cushing neighborhood in 2017, the MarketPlace
Building plays an important role in fulfilling Cushing’s vision for an
inclusive community where people with and without disabilities live, work,
learn, shop, and socialize together.
So, you can shop for a cause this Valentine’s Day and feel even better
about your local purchases. Revenue from the sales helps sustain the
employment training program. For more information, please contact Jody Nash
at marketplace@cushingcenters.org.
Cardinal Cushing Centers, Inc. is in the business of changing lives. A
non-profit organization founded in Hanover, MA in 1947, Cushing Centers
began as a day and residential school for students with intellectual
disabilities. With additional locations in Braintree, Cushing now supports
over 600 individuals of all ages, with the goal of helping each student and
adult to become included and independent members of society. Programs
include, among others, affordable housing, community programs, education,
employment training, recreational, therapeutic, and residential services.
Cardinal Cushing Centers, Inc.
405 Washington Street Hanover, Massachusetts 02339
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Cardinal Cushing Centers is a place where people of all ages and abilities
find possibility, opportunity, and hope.
For “Around Town on the Web”,
Cathy H-B
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