10/17/2007 HUMAN SERVICES Minutes

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_ tk MASIPEE HUMAN SERVICES CONMTTEE MEETING MINUTES OCTOBER 17, 2007 Present: Mary Scanlan, Louise Patrick, John Cahalane, Ronnie warden, Kevin Terrill, Gus Fredericks, Cynthia Green, Carol Mills, Jim Dong. The meeting opened at :10 p.m. The Minutes of September 19, 2007 were approved unaffl*mously. Louise reported that the Human Services funding proposals have not been conu*ng in from the Human Service agencies we contract with. Louise presented her monthly report. An award was given to MHS from the Unitarian Church;Louise accepted on behalf of the department. Carol lulls discussed a possible agreement for one-half rental space by the Family Continuity Group with 1 lashpee Hunan Services. Louise will tally to Joyce before working out any agreements. discussion occurred about the possibility of a Mahpee Service Center with a food pantry, one-stop shopping, in addition to the St. Vincent dePaul operation. Presently, many Ma hpee families go to the Falmouth Service Center to meet their needs. Louise, as representative for Human Rights, will work with the 6hgrade teacher Mrs. Terrill'on special school project. The Thanks-for-Giving Award received the following nominations: Roche Bros. and Capers were nominated. We will ask the 1lashpee Enterprise to publish an article asking for nominations. June Hendricks, King 1 edeiros, Officer Lisa (schools), Rosario Gomez, Bobbi Hendricks, Ruth Provost (Boys and Girls Club) were also nominated. The suggestion to have a meeting at Norma Ku 's house to discuss the vision of the MES Committee has been postponed to a future date. Mary Scanlan will write Beth Johnson about her decision to continue or resign from the Committee. Jinn Long recommended that the Committee send a letter to the Barnstable County Commissioners supporting the current form and function of the Human Services Department.