The holidays are here and if you find you have extra time on your hands. You might DONATE that time to those less fortunate. There are various organizations in need of volunteers to help feed,clothe,escort,or otherwise help out those in need. Christmas baskets are now being organized and they need people to help sort, box and deliver packages. You can pretty much decide your hours and locations. This "job" has the rewarding pay of knowing you helped out someone less fortunate and made their holiday a bit better. Happy Holidays to you and yours.

Hello. I recently got laid off in a downsizing (down to 12 people) in a 2 year venture of specialty optical fiber manufacturing facility. I have used this board for at least as long and have had huge successes from countless selfless people on this board and have contributed as I can (hopefully I am helpful). We have a 2.5 month old and the wife is going to go back for on-call (mental health counselor - they do not get paid for what they are worth). Therefore we have basically no income, 1 yr in our home, no insurance in 3 weeks, and scared. I am looking to see if anyone can help in throwing my info to contacts you have in the industry. I have been a process engineer, senior process engineer, manufacturing engineer for approx. 8 yrs now. I have been focused on optical fiber BUT do not really want to stay in that market. I have worn the quality engineer hat and engineering supervisor hat at a fairly large facility here in MA as well. What I do is take existing processes and make them more profitable by material cost reductions, yield increases, line speed increases, scrap reduction using SPC, 6-sigma, DOE, and other data analysis tools. I also work as the engineering bridge between R&D concpet (through profitability analysis) and into design, tooling, install, documentation, training, and signed handoff into Manufacturing. I have an updated resume and would REALLY appreciate help, contacts, or your assistance in forwarding it to people whom can help in Central to Boston Massachusetts. I can email it to anyone whom can help. Once again, thanks in advance. Your help is greatly appreciated. Peace: e3