Month: December 2011

Boston College Soccer Winter Training Program: For Kids Ages 9-12!

My Mom Friend Alison sent me this info about a great new Soccer Winter Camp run by Boston College’s Lady Eagles Women’s Soccer Coaches and Players:

We are excited to present a great opportunity for your youth soccer players that are looking to take their game to the next level. We have developed a curriculum for a Junior Eagle Academy winter training program for players ranging in age from 9 to 12 years old. It will run for 8 weeks starting on January 8th to March 11. There are two Sundays that are OFF; January 15th and March 4th. There will be two time blocks of 30 kids each; 12:00-1:00 and 1:15-2:15.

We are also offering the opportunity to go to any 4 sessions in which you can check off the dates on the brochure. We will have specific emphasis on individual footwork and 1 v1 skills, comfort on the ball, improving technique of passing and introduction to higher level passing technique, combination play, and finishing technique. We will also have specific goal-keeping training for those that want specialization in this area. Each session will be an hour long and will be skill work for 40 minutes and the last 20 minutes will be small-sided games involving the topic of the session. The players will be trained by the Boston College Coaches and have the BC women soccer players demonstrating and helping them out.

Eventually we are looking to have try-outs to the Academy but for now we are asking your help to recommend players in your organization or team that you feel could benefit from this type of training. Again, this is not a program for the beginner soccer player but one that has a good foundation of soccer fundamentals and the passion to get higher level training. Our training facility is the state of the art as it will be in the Bubble over Alumni stadium. There are few facilities during the winter in New England where players can train in this type of atmosphere. We are delighted to start our new venture of developing our future Eagles!!!

There will be only 30 players per session and will be done the first year on a first come first serve basis.

To register, please go here.

Location:

412 Conte Forum

Chestnut Hill, MA 02467

December 22, 2011
Wegmans Food Market Coming to Newton!!

Wegmans Food Markets Inc. said Monday it plans to bring a smaller urban concept store to Newton, Mass.

The Rochester, N.Y. family-owned supermarket chain, which opened a full-scale store in Northborough in October, plans to build a 70,000-square-foot food store at the Chestnut Hill Square development on Route 9 (Boylston Street), directly across from The Mall at Chestnut Hill in Newton. The company does not have a construction schedule or opening date planned, however, according to a press release.

“Though smaller in size, this store will have almost everything customers have come to expect from Wegmans, including a Market Café,” says Bill Congdon, vice president and New England division manager, in a press release. “We are thrilled with the success of our Northborough store, which broke every previous grand opening record set by our company.

“We’re delighted that Wegmans will be part of our Chestnut Hill Square development,” said Douglass Karp, executive vice president of New England Development, in the release. “We’ve always wanted to have a grocery store as part of this development – a sentiment that has been expressed both by Newton residents and by prospective retailers. Wegmans, with its emphasis on customer service, quality, value pricing, and community outreach, is the ideal grocery store for this location.”

Founded in 1916, Wegmans Food Market is a 79-store supermarket chain with stores in New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Virginia, Maryland and Massachusetts.

p.s. This exciting news is via my mom friend Nathalie and The Boston Business Journal.

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They will be hiring for the new store and CNNMoney voted Wegmans #3 for Best Companies to Work For.

Rank: 3 (Previous rank: 3)

What makes it so great?

This customer-friendly supermarket chain cares about the well-being of its workers, too. This year, 11,000 employees took part in a challenge to eat five cups of fruit and vegetables a day and walk up to 10,000 steps a day for eight weeks.Another 8,000 took advantage of health screenings that included a flu shot and H1N1 vaccine — all covered by Wegmans.

Headquarters:
1500 Brooks Avenue

Rochester, NY 14603

2009 revenue ($ millions): 5,193
Website: www.wegmans.com

December 9, 2011
FREE Community Day at ICA! Great for Families! (Saturday, December 10, 10 am–5 pm)

If you want something fun to take the kids to this weekend, there is a FREE event at the Institute of Contemporary Arts:

The ICA 75th Anniversary fun continues with a free party on December 10, the ICA’s fifth anniversary in our iconic waterfront building. Bring the family to this historic celebration with musical performances by the AS220 Criss Cross Orchestra, some of the rocking-est kids from Music Clubhouse at Sociedad Latina, animated films, a tap dance performance, art-making activities, tours, and more!

PROGRAM SCHEDULE
Barbara Lee Family Foundation Theater
Additional gallery activities and performances will also take place throughout the day.

10:30 am:  Animated film screening

Noon:  Music Clubhouse at Sociedad Latina

2 pm:  AS220 Criss Cross Orchestra

4 pm: Boston Tap Company

Program Info:

Saturday, December 10
10 am–5 pm

FREE ADMISSION FOR ALL

December 6, 2011
What Does This House Say to You? Not Your Grandparents’ Victorian House!

My real estate agent pointed out this house to us a decade ago when we were looking at houses. I’ve always loved this house with its vibrant colors and I’m happy that it’s stayed colorful. This is what the house says to me:

1. I am not afraid of color.

2. Happy people live here.

3. We have a really good house painter.

4. Our city has no ordinances about house color.

5. I am not trying to blend in.

6. I may be on the Historical Society list of houses, but I am not Traditional.

7. I invite feedback.

8. I am in my happy place.

9. I bring the sun.

10. I influence neighbors because…

Meet my next door neighbor! …

and this house says…

1. I really like my neighbor.

2. We use the same house painter.

3. I own a paint company/I am a house painter.

4. We are thinking of adding pink flamingos to the yard.

5. We make a statement.

6. I thought of this first. (No, I did.) (You painted first, but I thought of it first — remember, we talked about it?). (Oh yeah!) (But I thought of the pink flamingos.)

7. Pink flamingos are a good idea.

8. You can never have too much color.

9. Happy people live here.

10. We are not afraid of color.

What do you think these houses say? Please share!

December 5, 2011