Join Grove Hall Getting Healther (GH2) for a Back to School Cookout featuring food, prizes, games, back to school supplies (bags, pens, notebooks, etc.) and celebration! The GH2 cookout takes place on Wednesday, August 31st, 2011, from 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. at 320A Blue Hill Ave., Dorchester, MA 02121. Go up Lawrence Ave. and you will see the group in the parking lot.
Enjoy what is left of the summer and get ready for the new school year. Grove Hall Getting Healthier is a partnership between the Institute for Health & Recovery and Project R.I.G.H.T. For more information, contact Anton Joe-Yen, Youth Specialist at the Institute For Health and Recovery, at 617-955-6362.
This fall, learn financial literacy with MAFCU! As the school year kicks off, MAFCU will present "Keeping Debt Under Control" on Thursday, September 15, from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., and "Banking 101 for Parents and Kids," on Saturday, September 17, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at MAFCU’s Dorchester Lower Mills branch, 1205 Adams Street. The seminars will cover basic banking concepts, responsible money management and debt ameloriation. These seminars are part of MAFCU’s ongoing commitment to help members achieve financial well being through financial education.
Mattapan’s Finest Barbers presents the 2nd Annual Free Cuts, Curls and Locks Back To School Event on Sunday, September 4, 2011 from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at 653 Warren St., Dorchester, MA. There will be hair cuts, press and curls, wash and sets and re-twist of locks. There will also be food and school supplies for children 12 and under (while supplies last), all free of charge. Once again: this is a FREE event. 
The Fayston Street Residents Association, Lawrence Avenue Group and Blue Hill Ave., Quincy St., Magnolia St. and Howard Ave. Neighborhood Association invite you to an announcement by Mayor Thomas M. Menino and HUD at 10 a.m on Thursday, September 1, 2011, at the intersection of Quincy St. and Magnolia St. Please join Dorchester Bay Economic Development Corporation, Quincy Geneva Housing Corporation, Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative and Project RIGHT, Inc. and your neighbors!
Join your neighbors and city officials for the 7th annual 
Interested in performing or showing unique art forms during the annual Dorchester Open Studios event? This year's Open Studios 2011 (October 22 and 23) will include not only the largest collection of visual artists in Open Studios history, but also two days of performance art. Dancers, singers, poets, actors, writers, filmmakers, and musicians are all invited to participate. Write the Dorchester Arts Collaborative at 
Dot Ave trotters take note: the Boston marketing firm Cone will be doing its annual Service Day on Dorchester Avenue from Fields Corner to Peabody Square on Thursday, October 6. More than 100 Cone employees will volunteer to help Fields Corner Main Street plant bulbs, landscape, clean up litter and paint murals! Area residents are encouraged to come out to welcome the volunteers, spend a little extra time sprucing up their business storefronts or join FCMS if able. (Image Credit: 
The Civil War gets old and history marches proud in Dorchester! On Wednesday, September 21, at 6:30 p.m., Jan Turnquist will perform as Louisa May Alcott at the Adams Street Branch Library as part of the Boston Public Library’s extensive efforts to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. The Adams Street Branch is located at 690 Adams Street, Dorchester, MA 02122. Read more about the Civil War commemoration programming at 
Get informed! Smart from the Start and the Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts are putting together a Fall Resource Fair. The fair will be held at the Franklin Field Resource Center, 70 Ames St., Dorchester, MA 02124 on September 13 from 5 to 7 p.m. A Pre-Registration Form for organizations interesting in tabling is attached. For more information, contact Rachelle Eddins at (617)858-4687 or 
