Dawn Brennan-Daly This is Me

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1. 1. Dorchester Reporter, Dorchester MA USA

   www.dotnews.com/jakesgrill.htm - [Cached]

   Published on: 6/12/2003   Last Visited: 6/29/2006

   Dawn Brennan-Daly, director of special events and public relations for the Dorchester House Multi-Service Center, created and now manages this event, which takes place at 1353 Dorchester Avenue and Ellet Street, and has turned into a traditional neighborhood block party with food, drinks, raffles and music.
   
   "The cookoff was a chance to pull the community together and have an old-fashioned block party," Brennan-Daly said. "Our goal was to bring in the community and to thank the firemen. 9-11 proved once again that they're such heroes."
   
   Inspired by a Los Angeles event, Brennan-Daly discovered that Boston boasts the oldest professional fire department in the country and in Dorchester alone, there are six firehouses. The cookoff was a way to honor that rich Boston Fire tradition and bring the community together to support the firefighters and a good cause , the Dorchester House.
   
   The Dorchester House was established 118 years ago and became a health center in the 1960s. Many residents come to the Fields Corner center for the public health, social and recreational services and programs. The social service organization, along with many other organizations which receive state funding, was affected by the statewide budget cuts. But Brennan-Daly said the Dorchester House is still up and running and will continue to provide health and human services to the Dorchester community.
   
   "We were hurt by the budget cuts, but we always serve," she stated. "Our mission is to serve people. We're not going to stop ,providing services,," Brennan-Daly said. "We're not going under."
   
   She noted that the state budget cuts have made this the perfect time to fundraise in order to ensure that the programs at the Dorchester House will continue.

2. 2. Dorchester Reporter, Dorchester MA USA

   www.dotnews.com/jakesgrill.htm - [Cached]

   Published on: 6/12/2003   Last Visited: 6/12/2003

   Dawn Brennan-Daly, director of special events and public relations for the Dorchester House Multi-Service Center, created and now manages this event, which takes place at 1353 Dorchester Avenue and Ellet Street, and has turned into a traditional neighborhood block party with food, drinks, raffles and music.
   
   "The cookoff was a chance to pull the community together and have an old-fashioned block party," Brennan-Daly said. "Our goal was to bring in the community and to thank the firemen. 9-11 proved once again that they're such heroes."
   
   Inspired by a Los Angeles event, Brennan-Daly discovered that Boston boasts the oldest professional fire department in the country and in Dorchester alone, there are six firehouses. The cookoff was a way to honor that rich Boston Fire tradition and bring the community together to support the firefighters and a good cause &emdash; the Dorchester House.
   
   The Dorchester House was established 118 years ago and became a health center in the 1960s. Many residents come to the Fields Corner center for the public health, social and recreational services and programs. The social service organization, along with many other organizations which receive state funding, was affected by the statewide budget cuts. But Brennan-Daly said the Dorchester House is still up and running and will continue to provide health and human services to the Dorchester community.
   
   "We were hurt by the budget cuts, but we always serve," she stated. "Our mission is to serve people. We're not going to stop [providing services]," Brennan-Daly said. "We're not going under."
   
   She noted that the state budget cuts have made this the perfect time to fundraise in order to ensure that the programs at the Dorchester House will continue.