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More than 25 contestants are firing up their stoves for this Sunday’s Chili Cook-Off at the IBEW Hall on Freeport Street. The event, which will benefit the Dorchester Day Celebrations this year, starts at 3 p.m. The afternoon feast will end with “best in show” awards for the finest concoctions. The cost is $25 per family.
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Brendan Caulfield and Keon Songui-Samuel of Dorchester have been named recipients of Boston College High School Scholarships. The scholarships were awarded to students from a diverse and highly competitive applicant pool to the BC High class of 2013. Caulfield and Songui-Samuel were selected based on their outstanding work on the entrance examination, recommendations from teachers and distinguished academic performance at their respective schools. They will join the BC High Class of 2013.
“We have carefully selected the most qualified young men from a highly competitive applicant pool to become part of BC High’s over 140-year tradition of academic excellence, character development and service to others,” said BC High President William Kemeza.
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Elders boxed, bowled, and played baseball inside the Codman Apartments on Washington Street as they christened their new Nintendo Wii recently. The Red Sox and Microsoft sponsored City Year Teams of high school students helped the residents to get it set up and helped the residents adjust to the remotes. It didn’t take long before the room roared with cheers. Those passing by couldn’t help but join the group of approximately twenty residents and ten volunteers.
The City Year team started off the day by helping to clean up the grounds: raking leaves and picking up pieces of trash. This effort was the start of a larger project to build a communal vegetable and flower garden for the residents. Thanks to the students’ help, the residents plan to break ground later this month.
The Codman Supportive Housing site – run in conjunction with the Boston Housing Authority, Boston Senior Home Care, and the Visiting Nurses Association (VNA) of Boston – provides support to approximately 100 residents from many diverse backgrounds. Russell Lan, Boston Senior Home Care Manager, was on site during the volunteer activity and stated “everyone had a really great time. The Wii was a big hit and we look forward to the boxing match between Ms. Johnson and Ms. Jackson.”