Songs for the Homeless! The Neighborhood Childrens Theater Performs for the Guests of the Shattuck Shelter

Jamaica Plain, MA -- The Neighborhood Childrens Theater (NCT) will perform for the guests of the Shattuck Shelter at 6.30pm, on Thursday, November 21st, 2002 on the premises of the Shelter in Jamaica Plain. The program will feature Thanksgiving and Christmas favorites and an American Express" -- a vocal journey across the United States, highlighting the cultural diversity of the country.

Jamaica Plain, MA -- The Neighborhood Childrens Theater (NCT) will perform for the guests of the Shattuck Shelter at 6.30pm, on Thursday, November 21st, 2002 on the premises of the Shelter in Jamaica Plain. The program will feature Thanksgiving and Christmas favorites and an American Express" -- a vocal journey across the United States, highlighting the cultural diversity of the country.

Anywhere between forty and sixty children, between the ages of 7-18, come to the Shattuck Shelter each year, to share their art with the homeless. We return to the Shelter year after year, because the children love performing for its guests," said Michelle McCourt, Director of the Theater. They have always been an incredibly receptive, warm, and ALIVE audience, concluded McCourt.

In the end of the night, volunteers from the parish of St. Thomas Aquinas will serve delicious desserts. St. Thomas Aquinas has been with the Shattuck Shelter for seventeen years now. k

This coming spring, the young artists of the NCT will present a musical Cinderella at Walt Disney in Paris, as part of their tour of France in Europe.

DATE:      Thursday, November 21, 2002
TIME:      6:30pm -- pm
WHERE:    The Shattuck Shelter, 170 Morton Street, Jamaica Plain

Wonderful Photo Opportunity: Pre-approved photojournalists are welcome!
For approval, contact Deborah Farrell Nelson at 617.983.0351 ext.3!

***Reporters and photographers: please, report to Shelter Administration. The Shattuck Shelter Administrative Offices are on the Hospital BASEMENT LEVEL. Enter the Hospital Lobby, take elevator down one floor, the offices are in the end of the hallway on the right.

For additional information on The Friends of the Shattuck Shelter, please, call Debbie Farrell Nelson at (617) 983-0351 ext.3, or visit http://www.shattuckshelter.org/

For additional information on the Neighborhood Childrens Theater, please, call Michelle McCourt at 617.524.4264.

MISSION STATEMENT of The Friends of the Shattuck Shelter: To develop, implement and support a comprehensive continuum of care for homeless men and women including: prevention, outreach and assessment, emergency shelter, employment and training, transitional housing, permanent housing, and related supportive services by facilitating collaborations, increasing public awareness, providing direct services, educating public policy makers, raising funds and promoting community involvement.

For DIRECTIONS to The Shattuck Shelter visit: http://www.shattuckshelter.org/directions.htm

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