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Job Fair for Individuals with Visual Impairments in Cambridge

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Dozens of businesses and nonprofits will meet with talented job seekers at a job fair in Cambridge as part of National Disability Employment Awareness Month, according to an announcement from the organizers. WHAT:  National jobless rates are below 5 percent for the first time since 2008, but the picture is less rosy for those who are visually impaired. U.S. Census data reveals that only 40 percent of working-age adults with impaired vision are working, compared with 72 percent of the total population. Many job seekers with vision loss never get an interview, despite having the skills needed to succeed in a wide range of jobs. On Wednesday, October 25th, at the Job Fair for Individuals with Visual Impairments, the Vision Works Consortium (Perkins School for the Blind, the Massachusetts Commission for the Blind, The Carroll Center for the Blind) unites with National Braille Press and Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University to put qualified candidates face to face with recruiters from dozens of nonprofits and businesses.

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Senior Center Hosting Forum on Making Watertown an Age-Friendly Community

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On Nov. 30 the Watertown Senior Center will host an Age-Friendly Community Forum at the Watertown Free Public Library. Organizers sent out the following announcement:

Dr. Caitlin Coyle from UMass Boston will be facilitating an open discussion with residents about how to make Watertown more age-friendly. Please JOIN US to share your experiences and ideas! Tell us what you value about the community!

Entertainment

Watertown Church Hosting Free Harvest Fest on Saturday

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Grace Chapel Watertown invites the public to Harvest Fest 2017! Organizers sent out the following information:

Enjoy some family time creating unforgettable memories, listening to music, playing games, and enjoying some great food – all in your own neighborhood! Grace Chapel Watertown presents Harvest Fest 2017, a great way to have fun connecting with your community this fall. And it’s FREE!! We’ll have bounce houses, fun games, music, live entertainment, great food, face painting, and more!

Business

Vote for Your Favorite Non-Profit in the Watertown Savings Customer Choice Awards

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Watertown Savings Bank (WSB) CEO Ron Dean is pleased to announce that voting is open in the Bank’s 22nd Annual Customer Choice Awards. Through this program $75,000 is distributed among local non-profits according to how bank customers vote. “The Bank is extremely proud of the Customer Choice Awards because of how many
organizations are helped,” Dean said. “Our employees look forward to the awards night each year, to learn about all of the good work being done in our communities.”

How do the Customer Choice Awards work: Anyone with a Watertown Savings Bank account may vote. Customers may vote only once for their favorite local, non-profit organization.

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Watertown Boy Hosting Blood Drive as Day of Kindness on Anniversary of Cancer Diagnosis

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A Watertown boy who battled cancer hopes to inspire others to do some good by hosting a blood driver at St. James Armenian Church in Watertown. Organizers sent out the following announcement:

Gabriel’s Day of Kindness is only 18 days away (on November 3 – the fifth anniversary of G’s diagnosis with leukemia). So many friends and strangers have helped him turn his “dark day into a light day,” and thousands of acts of kindness around the world have been performed in Gabriel’s honor. We also ask local friends to consider giving blood in Gabriel’s honor on Tuesday, November 7.

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Family Game Night and Pot Luck Supper at First Baptist Church

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The First Baptist Church of Belmont will host a Family Game Night and Pot Luck Supper. The church’s Ladies Parlor sent out the following information:

Everyone is invited! You do not have to belong to our church. Come and have fun! Friday, October 20, 2017: 6:30 pm – 9:00 PM

Bring your favorite game or play one of our games.

Sports

Undefeated 1977 Football Team to Be Saluted on 25th Anniversary of WHS Hall of Fame

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(The Watertown High School Athletic Hall of Fame provided the following profile)

The WHS Athletic Hall of Fame has inducted many successful teams in the last 25 years. But in the opinion of many, one stands above the rest. The 1977 football team finished 10-0 and currently has three of its players in the Hall. So on this, the 25th anniversary of the first class inducted, we honor legendary, Hall of Fame Coach John Barbati’s Middlesex League champions, the only undefeated gridiron team in the history of the school. Led by senior captains Bobby Kelland, Sparky Lyle, and Albie Mandafino, they were supposed to win, and they did, and that was not an easy thing to do in the competitive Middlesex League.