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SPURring
good
ideas
into
action
By Tréa Lavery and
Katelyn Sahagian
SPUR Executive Director Lynne Krasker Schultz enjoys the volunteer organization's community garden
with 6-year old daughter, Savannah.
Photos: Jakob Menendez
Lynne Krasker Schultz has big plans
for the Marblehead-based community
nonprofit SPUR after being selected as
the organization's new executive director.
Krasker Schultz joined the team
in early August. Founder and current
Executive Director Jocelyn Cook will
remain with the organization as a
member of the Board of Directors and
will lead development and fundraising
efforts.
“I am excited to work with the
board and volunteers to launch SPUR
into its next stage of development and
expansion,” Krasker Schultz said. “SPUR
is about engaging people living in our
community to make a measurable impact
within the community through volunteer
opportunities. In addition to mobilizing
volunteers, we are going to think about
how to be a convener and collaborator,
as well as deepen people’s connection to
each other.”
SPUR describes its mission as
creating a “community of doers”
by providing diverse, flexible and
accessible volunteer opportunities for
community members of all ages in Lynn,
Marblehead, Salem and Swampscott.
Krasker Schultz said she is excited to
bring SPUR to the next level, by creating
more opportunities across all of the
communities SPUR helps.
The Swampscott resident wants to
expand SPUR to do more community
outreach beyond the annual Backpack
Drive and the Holiday Cheer Drive,
potentially seeking to include programs
in the high, middle, and elementary
schools of the communities SPUR