On April 25, 2013, Bridgewell held an open house at our new Rosewood Drive Day Habilitation program. Pictured: Connor shows his mother his classroom and recent projects. It was a wonderful event!  Throughout the afternoon, staff, families and guardians, officials from DDS, public officials toured the new facility, met individuals we serve and learned more [...]

Through Bridgewell’s Employment Supports program, individuals with developmental disabilities work at businesses throughout the North Shore community. Rachelle has been employed at Petco in Peabody since 2009, where she cleans and stocks shelves. Rachelle is very proud of her job. Her positive attitude and willingness to help out with whatever needs to be done is very [...]

Five years ago, a man with little direction, in and out of shelters, was looking for some hope. What he carried with him was a passion for food. Born in Sierra Leone, the fourth of six children, Sulaiman grew up in a supportive middle class family. Sulaiman came to the United States in 1991. He [...]

When Bernadette started attending the day program for individuals with developmental disabilities at Bridgewell’s Boston Street Center in Lynn, she was primarily wheelchair-bound due to her weight. With the help of Bridgewell staff, Bernadette made a commitment to get active, get healthy, and in doing so, transform her life. Through her incredible strength and determination, [...]

April 2013 Earlier this month, more than 40 Bridgewell staff and individuals attended The Caring Force’s State House Rally in Boston! Pictured above, left to right: Sporting their Caring Force t-shirts, Mike, Lois, Mike, Ruth, Bernadette and John from Bridgewell’s Boston Street Center sit in front of the State House earlier this month! More than [...]

CALLING ALL CANOEISTS AND KAYAKERS! Can you paddle a canoe or kayak? If not, it doesn’t matter! Join TEAM Bridgewell for the Lou Marcel Canoe Race! Saturday June 1, 2013 8:00 am Registration Canoe Race Start from the Middlesex County Sheriff’s Department in Lawrence! Come float down the Merrimack River for an 8 mile paddling [...]

Congrats to Jan, who lives at one of Bridgewell’s Chelmsford residences! Earlier this month, she volunteered with the local Chelmsford elections and was featured in the Chelmsford Patch. Click here to see the article. Jan is very interested in news and politics. She voted for the first time ever, at 60 years old, in this last presidential [...]

Join members of the Bridgewell community at the Annual Spaghetti Dinner sponsored by the Lowell Hunger/Homeless Commission. Bridgewell’s Pathfinder Program Director David Robinson is a member of the Lowell Hunger/Homeless Commission. We are doing a spring dinner this year to raise money for our various food security and homeless organizations operating within the City. Wednesday, April [...]

Linda Conley: Direct Support Professional Award Nominated by: Jessica Primo, Residential Supervisor, Julie Goodwin, Program Director and Jena, a resident of Linda’s program. Linda Conely has been working as a Direct Support Professional at one of Bridgewell’s residential programs for almost 13 years. Her program has four women, one who has lived in the home [...]

Skip Marshall: ADDP Self Determination Award Recipient Nominated by: Andrea Tascon, Residential Program Director, Kelli Hyland, Assistant Director of Quality Assurance and Bonnie Hungler, Director of Residential Services Elmer ‘Skip’ Marshall is a sincere, intelligent, independent and dedicated man. His enthusiasm, kind nature and sense of humor make Skip a joy to be around thus [...]