The annual charity event raised more than $362,000 for Martha's Vineyard Community Services, including a record-breaking donation total.
Martha's Vineyard Community Services
November 2, 2020
Care for Community, the Island's volunteer coordination program, has transitioned to Martha’s Vineyard Nonprofit Collaborative from MV Community Services.
November 23, 2020
MV Community Services is releasing the last low-number Martha's Vineyard license plates for auction, with bidding to start Dec. 9.
March 8, 2021
Sandra Sedacca is the newly-appointed Capital Campaign and Major Gifts Officer at Martha's Vineyard Community Services.
2012
April 5, 2012
The fate of the Martha’s Vineyard Family Center surfaced again this week, with the center’s supporters urging the high school committee to consider ways to keep the center at the high school.
The high school, citing low enrollment numbers, has decided to phase out its early childhood vocational program. As a result, the family center will need to relocate by 2014.
March 8, 2012
Drug Abuse Forum
Martha’s Vineyard Community Services and the Youth Task Force will host a community forum on prescription drug abuse at 5 p.m. on March 21 at the regional high school library conference room.
Guest speaker Dr. Charles Reznikoff, a world-renowned expert on addiction medicine at the University of Michigan heads the agenda, along with a panel that will include a pharmacist and representatives from the police, hospitals, the task force and community services and the treatment community.
2010
December 16, 2010
Boxing Day Yoga
Mollie Doyle and Sian Williams Bassett are joining together to celebrate the British tradition of Boxing Day, offering a free yoga class on Sunday, Dec. 26 to benefit the MV Community Services Thrift Shop. Bring your unwanted Christmas gifts or a small donation and they’ll pass them along to the thrift shop.
The class is from 9 to 10:30 a.m. at The Yoga Collective at Island Cohousing, 11 Rock Pond Road, West Tisbury.
All levels are welcome and wanted.
April 22, 2010
Martha’s Vineyard Community Services has welcomed Angela Wheeler as its new director of development, providing strategic direction and management to its fundraising and marketing efforts.
Nearing its 50th anniversary, Community Services is hoping to increase its fund-raising and outreach efforts, to benefit a range of essential programs and services which are open to Vineyarders. These include the Island Counseling Center, Early Childhood Programs, the Thrift Store, disability services, and Connect to End Violence.
2009
July 9, 2009
Martha’s Vineyard Community Services, the Island’s sole provider of many essential human services, unveiled a budget this week for fiscal year 2010 calling for a $500,000 — or 10 per cent — reduction in spending. The budget calls for cuts in salaries, benefits and hours as well as the outright elimination of two programs.
May 14, 2009
The annual Possible Dreams Auction, the Island’s signature summer charity event that has sustained Martha’s Vineyard Community Services for more than three decades, is heading back to the seaside and will take place this year in Ocean Park in Oak Bluffs, allowing the event to expand its capacity as the economy hammers philanthropy across the country.
Auction organizers will announce the venue change today.
