Lisa Piscatelli joined the Attleboro Area Interfaith Collaborative as executive director on March 26, 2018. She is focused on fostering teamwork in the organization’s ongoing efforts to alleviate hunger and inspire interfaith activities. A 14-year nonprofit professional, Piscatelli supports the mission of advancing a healthy, secure and meaningful life for all. She will work together with the board of directors, staff, partners and a core of volunteers in the joint vision of helping others.

Trust, respect and integrity are the noted influences from Piscatelli’s early days at Bishop Feehan High School. In 1991, she received a BS in Marketing from Bentley University. This business perspective meshed with ethical standards became a solid foundation for championing projects relating to gender equality, health and wellness, housing, social justice and youth enrichment.

Piscatelli is an effective communicator. At YWCA Rhode Island, she built greater public awareness of issues affecting minority groups and women. She is especially proud of co-creating She Shines™ Magazine, a YWCA publication celebrating the aspirations and accomplishments of women. It is a 2009 Metcalf Media Award winner, recognizing professional journalists and media that do an exemplary job of showcasing diversity through stories that engage.

On a local level, Piscatelli assists with initiatives in the arts and culture. She is an advocate – recognizing that a rich cultural life plays an essential role in healthy communities, good schools and a strong economy. She is chairperson of the Mansfield Local Cultural Council, in her second term. With active support from its members and positive survey feedback, the council is identifying assets as they explore the concept of a cultural district for the downtown.

A marketing consultant, she has several clients in the arts sector. As a parent of a flutist, she supports opportunities at The Claflin Hill Youth Symphony Orchestra and South Shore Conservatory.

Her roots sprang from Mansfield, Massachusetts ­– later living, working, volunteering and continuing her faith journey in the Midwest then back to New England – experiencing rural, suburban and urban settings along the way. Piscatelli ultimately returned with her family to, as luck would have it, purchase the home of her childhood.

She is looking forward to meeting with faith-based and human service organizations that serve the Attleboro area – nourishing existing relationships and developing new partnerships. Reach out to her at 508-222-2933, aaic.lisa@gmail.com or on social media.

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On May 17th, 2018 we will hold our Food n’ Friends Spring Benefit:  HUNGER TO HOPE.  A comedy celebration with dinner, dancing auction, and raffles will be held at Hillside Country Club, 82 Hillside Ave., Rehoboth, MA. All proceeds will support Food n’ Friends Program.

If you would like to purchase tickets please contact the office at 508-222-2933. PayPal link coming soon.

Ticket prices:    $50 per person                       $475 per table

We hope to see you there!!

Directions to the Hillside Country Club

Hillside Country Club

82 Hillside Avenue

Rehoboth, MA 02769

From Attleboro Area

Route 152 south to Baker’s Corner, left on Pine Street, continue on Pine Street to Channel 64 TV station, proceed on Pine Street which bears left at TV station approx. 1.5 miles. Turn onto Hillside Ave. on left and the Country Club is approximately 1 mile on the left.

From Providence Area

Interstate 195 east to Exit 1 in Mass. Turn left at end of Exit (114A) continue through to Route 44 — right on 44 east. About 1 mile into Rehoboth watch for Route 44 recreation center on right, take next left, River Street, to four-way stop, proceed on River to next left which is Hillside Avenue. The Country Club is approximately 1 mile on the right.

All, in the Greater Attleboro Community, who are compelled to join together in prayer, hope and love, as a result of the recent disasters-natural and by humans, are invited to join for a sacred time of prayer.

8 October 2017
Interfaith Prayer Vigil
for
Grace, Healing and Love
Hosted by: GAIN- Greater Attleboro Interfaith Network
at
First Baptist Church, 118 South Main Street, Attleboro, MA 02703
7pm

The wonderful group of volunteers who make the Thanksgiving Turkey Brigade possible.

Hello! My name is Chris Wall, a pastor at the Evangelical Covenant Church here in Attleboro and I’m helping to plan and lead our area’s annual Homeless Awareness Weekend. We want to invite you and your congregation to join us!

HAW is now in its 11th year raising awareness of the issues surrounding homeless in the area and raising funds to end it. All of the money we raise for the weekend goes to ministries and organizations working to house homeless individuals and address the underlying causes of homelessness.

To do that, local high school students from schools and youth groups spend two nights in the middle of November, the 10th to the 12th, sleeping in cardboard boxes on a field. By experiencing this small slice of homelessness, we’re trying to sensitize ourselves to the needs of people we may walk past every day but not think twice about. After that first chilly night on the field, we spend Saturday out in our towns raising awareness and funds by standing at street corners, asking for donations, and handing out information cards, or serving in soup kitchens and homeless shelters.

This is a unique and challenging experience for both our students and our leaders. It’s an opportunity to address a very real need in our communities and to serve those who need it the most. Would you consider joining us?

We will have an informational meeting at the Evangelical Covenant Church, 841 N Main St, Attleboro, MA, on Thursday, September 28th, at 6:30pm. If you have questions or would like more information, please contact me at chris@attleborocovenant.org.

We look forward to seeing you there!

—
Chris Wall
Associate Pastor
ECC Attleboro