These days, the Island’s service organizations face great demands. With the Vineyard population swelling, groups such as Community Services, the boys’ and girls’ club and the school system need to expand. Meanwhile, new organizations — including the aquatics center — are struggling to establish themselves.
Nearly 20 years ago in his landmark Vineyard book People and Predicaments, Island psychiatrist Milton Mazer recalled the beginnings of Martha’s Vineyard Community Services. He wrote:
“The venture to provide human services for the Island was begun in 1960 by a small group of Island physicians and clergymen. Their almost daily experience with the many Islanders overwhelmed by human predicaments had led them to look for remedies, and a psychiatric service seemed a good place to begin.
The Slough Farm Foundation is sponsoring a new child care subsidy for middle-income families on Martha’s Vineyard. The new program is working in conjunction with Martha’s Vineyard Community Services.
Adam Nagler is on a journey to paddle 1,000 miles to raise money for Martha's Vineyard Community Services. His arrival in Aquinnah this week commences the last leg of his wild ride.
More than 500 miles into his solo paddleboarding expedition from South Carolina to Martha’s Vineyard, Adam Nagler is starting to feel the weight of his journey.
On Sunday, Wiet Bacheller’s decades-long commitment to helping others will be recognized at Martha’s Vineyard Community Services 45th annual fundraiser, the Possible Dreams Auction.
When comedian Seth Meyers returns to lead the 45th annual Possible Dreams fundraiser Sunday, he welcomes the opportunity to get back to work. After all, his show has been on hold since the Writers Guild of America went on strike in May.
Island children who are victims of sexual and physical assault will be able to conduct interviews with trained experts on the Island for the first time under a new agreement between Vineyard and mainland organizations.
