Please join us for: 

• coffee and refreshments
• conversation with new friends of all ages, and
• creative exploration led by a guest artist.

The event is co-hosted by the City of Boston’s Alzheimer’s Initiative and BCYF Grove Hall Community Center.

A Memory Cafe is a place where individuals with memory loss and their caregivers can get together in a safe, supportive, and engaging environment. It is a time and place where people can interact, laugh, find support, share concerns and celebrate with other people experiencing memory challenges and their care partners. Attendees enjoy refreshments, conversation, and activities in a relaxed, supportive setting.  A caregiver must accompany participants requiring special assistance. A Memory Cafe offers a participatory program or guest facilitator each month.

Join in on the fun with special guests and awesome prizes!  Be there to see who wins the “Youth Standing Strong Against Violence” art competitions!

Get Creative!  Boston students – express yourselves! Share your work of art and become part of the solution. All entries must have an anti-violence message and include the “Youth Standing Strong Against Violence” theme.

• Poster Contest (Grades K-5)
• Poetry Contest (Grades 6-8)
• Hip-Hop Video Contest (Grades 9-12)

A collaborative project by the Boston Interagency Committee on Youth Violence Prevention (Boston Police Department, Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office, City of Boston Office of the Mayor, Boston Centers for Youth & Families, Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department, the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts, the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office, MassHousing, and the Office of the Governor of Massachusetts), and Boston Public Schools, with support from the Boston Police Activities League, JAM’N 94.5, and Roxbury Community College.

Boston Centers for Youth & Families offers a number of programs for children and teens. This includes gym activities, swim lessons, and movie nights.

Check out the schedule

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Want to attend? Please email Erika Butler at erika.butler@boston.gov, or call 617-635-4920.

Girls Leap will be teaching this two-day training focusing on self-defense, self-esteem, and sexual health awareness.

Spots are limited. You must sign up for the program and get confirmation from us. For more information, contact Barbara Kelly at barbara.kelly@boston.gov or call 617-635-5100.

Memory Cafe is a friendly and relaxed monthly gathering for you and your loved one to meet with others for support, companionship and fun. The free event features:

• a safe and supportive environment
• shared conversation over a cup of coffee
• fun, simple activities with your loved one and the group
• peers facing similar challenges
• a social. relaxing and supportive environment, and
• resources available to help.

A care partner must accompany guests who require personal care assistance. This program is made possible by a grant from the Blue Hills Bank Charitable Foundation.

• $15 for spayed and neutered pets. Please provide proof.
• $30 for intact males and females
• For seniors residents over 70, there is no charge to license their pets.

• Boston residents: $5
• Boston residents who are seniors over 70: $2
• Non-residents: $10

Three-year rabies vaccines will be given if you are able to show proof of a previous rabies vaccine. All pets must be accompanied by a person 18 years or older and on leash or in a carrier.