May 11, 2001

School Age Vacation Club
The MGH Backup Child Care Center will offer a School Age Vacation Club, June 18 to 22, for employees' children from the age of kindergarten completion to 12 years old. Children will participate in such activities as a picnic on the Boston Common and a tour of the State House. Reservations will be taken only by phone, and a payment of $225 per child must be received by May 30. No part-time slots are available. For more information, contact the Backup Child Care Center at (617) 724-8414.

LSO concert
The Longwood Symphony Orchestra (LSO), "Boston's orchestra of medical professionals," will perform a Brahms concert, May 12, 8 pm at New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall. The concert will benefit LADDERS (Learning and Developmental Disabilities Evaluation and Rehabilitation Services), a multidisciplinary facility in Wellesley that treats children and adults with autism and other learning and developmental disabilities. For more information or to purchase tickets, contact the LSO at (617) 332-7011 or the Jordan Hall box office at (617) 536-2412.

MGH Cancer Center HOPES Program events
The MGH Cancer Center's HOPES (Healing Our Patients and Families through Education and Support) Program will offer several events and seminars this month. William F. Pirl, MD, of MGH Psychiatry, will present "Gay and Lesbian Issues In Coping With Cancer," May 15, from noon to 1 pm. Michael McElhinny, Oncology Chaplain, will moderate "Fear of Death: Spiritual Resources," May 21, noon to 1 pm. All events will be held in the Cancer Resource Room on Cox 1. For more information, call the HOPES Program at (617) 72-HOPES.

CNY Toastmasters club
MGH employees are invited to participate in the Ironsides Toastmasters Club, a bimonthly gathering for those interested in gaining experience as public speakers. The club meets in CNY Building 149, seventh floor auditorium, at noon on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month. For information, call Ellen Riley at (617) 788-4125 or send e-mail to ironsidestm@hotmail.com.

Nutritional research projects
The Clinical Nutrition Research Center now is accepting applications for new pilot/feasibility projects and currently funded one-year projects. All applications must be received by May 21. For more information or to obtain an application, call Suzzette McCarron at (617) 726-4166 or visit http://hedwig.mgh.harvard.edu/cnrc.

Quit Smoking Service evening session
The MGH Quit Smoking Service will hold its first evening group session May 23, 5:30 to 6:30 pm at 50 Staniford St., ninth floor. The group will meet for six sessions, and participants must pre-register. For more information or to register, call (617) 726-7443.