Communitas

10/31/2025

👻 It’s a tie! Because two winners are better than one! 🏆
🎉 Congratulations to Journey in Woburn and Melissa’s Room in Beverly for taking the top spots in our Halloween Door Decorating Contest! 🕸️
A big thank you to everyone who participated — your creativity was spook-tacular! 💀🧡
From all of us at Communitas, have a happy and safe Halloween! 🎃👻

10/30/2025

🕸️👻 Voting Starts NOW! 👻🕸️
🎃No tricks, just treats — it’s time to VOTE! 👻 Check out our Halloween doors and choose your favorite!🎃
Please "Like" and Comment the door number you’d like to vote for!
Votes will be determined by what’s collected in the comments — so make your pick count! 🗳️
Let’s get spooky and see which door takes the crown for 2025’s Frightfully Fabulous Decor! 🕷️💀

1. Nahant St.
2. Haven St.
3. Day Hab 1 - Woburn
4. Day Hab 2 - Woburn
5. Day Hab 3 - Woburn
6. Day Hab 4 - Woburn
7. Integrated 1 - Woburn
8. Integrated 2 - Woburn
9. Journey - Woburn
10. Melissa's Room - Beverly
11. Water St.
12. Main St.
13. Room 4 - Wakefield
14. Room 5 - Wakefield
15. Voc 1 - Woburn
16. Nurse - Woburn
17. Lisa - Woburn CM
18. Nicole - Wakefield CM

10/29/2025

With Halloween creeping up this Friday, we are filling the week with FUN FRIGHTS & COFFEE DELIGHTS to get in the spirit!

Join us for our SPOOKY KIDS SCAVENGER HUNT: Wed 10/29- Fri 10/31 during Cafe Hours (7:30am-4pm)! Enjoy our festive fall menu such as the pumpkin overnight oats or fluffy pumpkin while the kids enjoy a "Spook & Seek" for prizes around the cafe and get creative with our custom INspire coloring pages.

See you then- don’t forget your costume!

10/28/2025

🍜💙 Dine for a Cause at Mandarin Reading Restaurant! 💙🍜

Mark your calendars and join us at Mandarin Reading Restaurant — 296 Salem Street, Reading, MA — for a delicious way to give back!

When you dine in or order takeout, a portion of proceeds will go toward supporting Communitas Recreation. Every bite makes a difference! 🙌 Please print out or save a screen shot of this flyer to ensure that 20% of your check's value is donated.

📅 Date: Friday, November 14th, 2025
⏰ Time: 5:00 - 9:00pm
📍 Mandarin Reading Restaurant | 296 Salem St, Reading, MA 01867

Enjoy great food, great company, and help support a great cause!
Let’s come together as a community — because doing good never tasted so good. ✨

10/24/2025

10/24/2025

⚠⚠ On Saturday, October 25, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., the Wakefield Police Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration - DEA (DEA) will host the DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day at Wakefield’s Public Safety Building, located at 1 Union Street. At this event, the community can drop off unwanted or expired tablets, capsules, patches, and other solid forms of prescription drugs for safe disposal.

Collection sites cannot accept syringes, sharps, and illicit drugs. Liquid products, such as cough syrup, should remain sealed in their original containers. The cap must be tightly sealed to prevent leakage.

Many pharmacies like CVS or Walgreens are year-round disposal locations. For more information or to find additional collection sites near you, visit the DEA's Take Back website - > https://www.dea.gov/takebackday

10/22/2025

🍽️ SNAP Benefits & Why They Matter
About 80% of SNAP households include children, a person with a disability, or an older adult.
People with disabilities are more likely to experience food insecurity, which makes SNAP an essential program to ensure they—and their families—have access to healthy meals.

💳 SNAP benefits are distributed monthly: the federal government sends them to states, and states distribute them to eligible individuals. October benefits have already been sent on schedule.

⚠️ Important: If the government shutdown continues, November SNAP benefits could be delayed, putting vulnerable people—including people with disabilities—at risk of going hungry.

📌 SNAP Resources & Food Bank Locator: https://www.gbfb.org/need-food/

10/14/2025

ACT NOW: https://action.thearc.org/BPzcfsy

The rights of students with disabilities are under serious threat.

The Administration has just gutted the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS), the Department of Education office responsible for enforcing the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).

Without people in place to enforce the law, states could ignore their responsibilities to students with disabilities. This puts millions of students at risk.

We need Congress to act now.

ACT NOW: https://action.thearc.org/BPzcfsy

10/14/2025

10/09/2025