The Alliance for Community Transformations is pleased to present
Spring 2016 Community ACTion Day & Beautify Bennington Community Clean-up!
Pre-Registration is required. Visit our website at http://actbennington.org/communityaction to register for the full event or sign up here for join in the clean up efforts: http://vols.pt/ei56zT

FREE TO ATTEND – OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Wheelchair Accessible * Scent Free Event * Childcare Available
Sign Language Interpreter Services Available
Date: Saturday, June 11th
Time: 8:00 AM – 3:30 PM
Location: Masonic Lodge – 504 Main St. Bennington, VT 05201
Pre-Registration is required.
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Schedule:
8:00 – 9:30 ~ Project VISION Presentation
Project VISION Team from Rutland Vermont will share how they helped mobilize hundreds of residents to bring about significant changes in Rutland and improve their city.
• Korrine Rodrigue, MA – Univ. of Miami, Project VISION co-founder
• Scott Tucker, Executive Director, Project VISION, Rutland City Police
• Sgt, Matthew Prouty, Rutland City Police
• Sgt. Greg Sheldon, Rutland City Police
• Chris Louras – Mayor, City of Rutland (Tentative)
9:30 – 9:40 ~ Physical Activity Break
9:40 – 11:15 ~ ACT Member Presentations
Local residents share promising practices learned from national trainings on community-building and public health:
Drug Free Communities New Grantee Training
• Brian Griffin (Fraternal Order of Masons),
• Kiah Morris (Alliance for Community Transformations)
Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America Trainings
• Katrina Hollis (United Counseling Services—Teens for Change)
• Nevin Lessard (SerVermont—AmeriCorps VISTA)
• Keith Carey (Gamers Grotto)
11:15 – 12:00 ~ ACT Committee Information Session
ACT committee members will engage in round table discussions to explain the work they have done since committees were formed in August of 2015.
12:00- 1:30 ~ Lunch Provided
Lunch featuring live music from award-winning jazz trio The Strange. (Advance Registration Required)
1:30—3:30 ~ Beautify Bennington
Community clean up—all hands on deck! A project of Beautify Bennington.