Newsletters

This month's newsletter for April is chock full of fun and informational updates on our programs and a peak at our presence at the Buttonwood Park Zoo's Party for the Planet for Earth Day on the 22nd!

Happy Spring! We hope you are adjusting to the time change and beginning to relish these longer, slightly warmer days. We have lots of exciting updates happening here at the Marion Institute. Read on!

It is with great pleasure that we announce the successful launch of Community Youth Empowerment (CYE) from our Greenhouse Initiatives (fiscal sponsorship) program. We also discuss Black History Month lessons in the New Bedford Schools as well as heart health habits and updates to SFPC's Community Advisory Board.

We are looking forward to all of the great achievements we are planning for the new year in 2022 with the invaluable help of our dedicated and loyal partners and supporters. We can't do it without you! We hope you enjoy these latest program updates from the Marion Institute.

At the Marion Institute, we take a systems-theory approach to achievement using grassroots action to make our local communities better, healthier, and more equitable places to live. In this December's newsletter, we outline some of the many accomplishments that each of our dedicated programs have been able to achieve during another challenging year.

In this November's newsletter, we debut our #GivingTuesday campaign with benefit going toward the Mary Shands Scholarship Fund. The fund is used to help those seeking financial help in pursuing biological medicine therapies. It's Native American Heritage Month and Grow Education explores Wampanoag history thru lessons and talks and the Southcoast Food Policy Council weighs in on Land Acknowledgements in the Food System.

October's newsletter features a wealth of information all about food and our relationship to it. It highlights the release of the 2021 Food System Assessment Report that was years in the making. There's also a link to the video presentation from the virtual Food Summit where the report was featured thru UMass Dartmouth and Senator Montigny's office. A number of key panelists also joined the call. Plus more information on the BioMed for Practitioner's Certification Course Series that launched this fall with Dr. Dickson Thom, ND, DDS.

September's newsletter features a short video of our Executive Director, Liz Wiley, after being presented with the Community Partner Award from the United Way of Greater New Bedford (UWGNB). The Marion Institute received the award for our work focusing on promoting health equity, advocating for food justice, and building resilient communities during this challenging past year. There's also a ton of new information on the BioMed for Practitioner's Certification Course Series that we are launching this fall with Dr. Dickson Thom, ND, DDS. Enjoy!