- Taste of Somerville draws in more than 500 attendees
- Tastes of Somerville Offers Diverse Delectable Dinner
- Door2Door delivers more transportation, adds arts program
- Don’t you want to go to a holiday show-ho-ho?
- Listen to SCM Featured on WBUR "Should Seniors Drive?"
- Abelman: Transportation and the elderly
- Taste of Somerville is back!
- SCM reinvents Door 2 Door service for seniors, disabled.
- Whittington wins SCM roadeo contest for accurate, careful driving
- SCM awarded "Nonprofit of the Year"
- SCM goes Door2Door
- June Friendraiser
- SCM launches its 25th anniversary activities
- SCM Offers New Service to Seniors
- SCM Struts Skills at 1st Annual Safety Roadeo
- Boston Foundation Grant
- 2007 Disabilities Awareness Award
- Free Rides
SCM IN THE NEWS
Somerville — Clam chowder, chorizo-stuffed empanadas and a chocolate fountain were some of the main attractions at the 12th annual Taste of Somerville.Click here to learn more.
June 10, 2010 - Tastes of Somerville Offers Diverse Delectable Dinner
Somerville — The 12th annual Taste of Somerville offered a unique and sizable palate from all over the city this last Tuesday June 8. Organized by the Chamber of Commerce of Somerville, it the second annual event to occur since its resurrection last year with the proceeds going to support Door2Door, senior citizen transportation.Click here to learn more.
March 20, 2010 - Door2Door delivers more transportation, adds arts program
Cambridge — SCM Community Transportation recently reported that, due to increased support from community partners, its Door2Door service provided 9,920 more trips in calendar year 2009 than in 2008.Click here to learn more.
December 2nd, 2009 - Don't you want to go to a holiday show-ho-ho?
SCM and the Arts will provide Door-to-Door Transportation to 5 Holiday Shows. Don’tworry about driving. Don’t worry about parking. Do have a good time at any or all of the following holiday shows. Door-to-Door will pick you up & return you to your door. Click here to learn more.
June 28th, 2009 - SCM Featured on WBUR "Should Seniors Drive?"
In the wake of several serious accients by elderly drivers, lawmakers on Beacon Hill are considering changes to rules regarding seniors and driving, including one that would issue new driving tests to anyone over 85. Another bill makes it easier for doctors to recommend elderly drivers have their licenses revoked. This week, we’re looking at elderly mobility, and asking, once seniors are unable to continue driving, how can they get around?
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Jun 28, 2009 - Abelman: Transportation and the elderly
A recent spate of auto accidents involving elderly drivers, culminating in the tragic death of a four-year-old last week, has spurred significant conversation around the issue of age and licensure. Safety must be central to the public policy discussion. But in holding the discussion, we cannot ignore broader issues surrounding the place for elders in society and the impact of our policies on the health of elders and the vibrancy of elder life in the Commonwealth.
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April 27, 2009 - Taste of Somerville is back on June 9, 2009!
The Somerville Chamber of Commerce, in cooperation with SCM Community Transportation, has unveiled plans to revive the
popular Taste of Somerville (www.tasteofsomerville.org).
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Dec 31, 2008 - SCM reinvents Door2Door service for seniors, disabled.
Somerville resident Marion Craven is 80 and legally blind. She does not drive and would never get to her doctor’s appointments at Lawrence-Memorial in Medford twice a week without what she says is the best service in the area.
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Sunday driving took on a whole new definition this year, as SCM Community Transportation put on its second annual safety "ROADeo." A "road"-eo is designed to test the on-street skills of professional drivers - including everything from backing into difficult spaces to tying down wheelchairs. And safety is the name of the game.
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Sept. 23, 2008 - SCM awarded Cambridge Nonprofit of the Year for 2008
We're thrilled to let you know that the City of Cambridge Chamber of Commerce has selected SCM Community Transportation as its Nonprofit of the Year for 2008.
Aug 19, 2008 - SCM goes Door2Door, celebrates partnership and anniversary with CPCU
SCM Community Transportation and the CPCU Credit Union are partnering to bring a fresh, new look to the transportation services SCM provides to Somerville, Cambridge, Medford and their surrounding communities.
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June 9, 2008 - 25th anniversary activities pictures
Medford - See pictures from our 25th Anniversary activities.
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June 9, 2008 - SCM Community Transportation launched its 25th anniversary activities today with a "Friendraiser" at the new Tufts Boathouse in Medford.
Medford - SCM, which was founded created 25 years ago by the cities of Somerville, Cambridge and Medford (SCM), currently provides more than 8,500 one-way trips a month to senior citizens and persons with disabilities in these and surrounding communities. SCM ferries its riders to medical appointments, grocery shopping, adult daycare facilities, councils on aging and excursions.
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December 18, 2007 - SCM Offers New Service to Seniors
Cambridge - SCM Community Transportation today announces a new transportation service that will honor the memory of former executive director, Paul A. Plato. The service, called "Paul's Ride" will assist area seniors who wish to visit their loved ones in the hospital or nursing home.
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August 19, 2007 - SCM Struts Skills at 1st Annual Safety Roadeo
The drivers of SCM Community Transportation got up early this past Sunday for a very important occasion: SCM's first annual Safety "Roadeo," and no, that's not a typo. A "road"-eo is designed to test the on-street skills of professional drivers- including everything from backing into difficult spaces to tying down wheelchairs. And safety is the name of the game. This year's Roadeo was held in Medford in front of the old Ames Department Store, courtesy of Berenson and Associates and Fellsway Plaza Ltd.
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July 9 2007 - Boston Foundation Grant
SCM Community Transportation has been awarded a grant of $35,000 by the Boston Foundation. According to Reed Cochran, Executive Director, the grant will be used to fund a part-time financial strategist to begin positioning the agency for a new business model.
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June 25, 2007 - 2007 Disabilities Awareness Award
The City of Medford's Commission for Persons with Disabilities recognized the staff of SCM Community Transportation by awarding them the 2007 Disabilities Awareness Award. Mayor Michael J. McGlynn presented the award to Executive Director Reed Cochran "in recognition of SCM's commitment and dedication to equality and independence for people with disabilities." The ceremony, held in the mayor's office, was attended by dozens of SCM staff and Medford patrons of the service.
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May 23 2007 - Free Rides Provide Valuable Service to Those in Need
By Audita Guha, Somerville Journal Wednesday, May 23, 2007 Photos by Keith E. Jacobson
To the cities and state, it is yet another line expenditure they can afford to cut, but to the seniors who wouldn't get to their doctors, the grocery store or to the senior center any other way, it is a new lease on life. For more than two decades, SCM Community Transportation has been providing friendly and valuable service to seniors and disabled citizen for free. You've seen the blue-striped white vans around Somerville, Cambridge and Medford but did you know about the vital link they provide between home and community for a large part of the population?
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