Tip-A-Firefighter & 2014 Firefighter Calendar to benefit MARC

Middletown’s buffest and bravest are featured in a 2014 Middletown Fire Department calendar to benefit programs for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Fourteen members of Middletown Firefighters Local 1073 volunteered for the calendar-modeling job, including two sets of brothers – Salvatore and Barrett Cretella and twins James and Patrick Ehman. The images depict the men with rescue equipment including hoses, axes, Hazmat and diving gear, and the Jaws of Life.

Oddfellows Playhouse and MARC: Community Resources Announce New Programmatic Partnership

 Oddfellows Playhouse and MARC: Community Resources are embarking on a new programmatic effort providing weekly theater arts training to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Oddfellows will provide instruction for MARC’s consumers in many theatrical skills, including Beginning Acting, Mask Theater, and Comedy and Improvisation.  The arts training will build important skills for consumers to use outside of the theater.  They will develop collaborative ensemble skills, become more comfortable with public speaking, learn to better communicate ideas, and express their imaginations and emotions. 

Wine Tasting to Benefit Local Programs for People with Disabilities

MARC: Community Resources presents Red, White & Blush: A Wine Tasting Event on Saturday, April 27^TH from 6-9 PM at Beckham Hall, Wesleyan University’s premier event space. Tickets are $25/person.

Forest City Wine & Spirits has arranged for 16 Connecticut-based distributors to provide tastings of more than 70 wines and beer. All wine and beer selections will be available to order at the event, with proceeds donated to MARC: Community Resources.