5th Grade Car Wash for Charity at the Bowen Elementary School On May 20th: Stop by our 2nd annual carwash! Funds raised will benefit Child Fund International, one of the world’s oldest, most respected child relief/development organizations.
9:00am-11:00am, $7 per car
Bowen Elementary School,280 Cypress St, Newton Center.
Rain date is June 3rd.
Please join the 7th annual Pan Mass Challenge (PMC) Newton-Needham Kids Ride. All children ages 3-16 can ride for the cure! Routes include a 8 or 17-mile Road Ride (9 yrs+) from Newton, going through Needham and Dover. Riders can also ride the 0.9 mile Park Circuit as many times as they would like, while tykes with trikes will be on our Tot Loop in the parking area. The event will be held at the 180 Wells Office Park in Newton. Check-in Starts 8am. Ride from 9-11am. Post Party start at 11am.
There will be free give-a-ways, music with a DJ provided by Siagel Productions, bike support and bike products for sale, activities, raffles, and refreshments. All registered riders will receive a PMC T-shirt and water bottle. The PMC Kids Ride provides kids a good time and an opportunity to do good work.
Registration is open at http://kids.pmc.org/newton Questions? Please contact Jena Greaser jena.greaser@gmail.com
Enjoy a celebrity basketball game while eating a Cabot’s sundae, all in support of National Armed Forces Day. The Mayor’s Office invites you to salute the troops on Saturday May 19th at the Newton South High School. Bring supplies for care packages for our troops, thank local heroes and meet celebrities.
Cabot’s Ice Cream is offering complimentary “Salute the Troops” sundaes from 1:00pm – 3:00pm and the tip-off for the celebrity basketball game is at 1:30pm. Doors open at 12:30pm.
For more information on the event and participating celebrities as well as recommendations on care package items to bring, visit www.HoopsForOurTroops.com
Let’s do it again! Bring a Plant/Take a Plant: Ferns creeping out of bounds? Hostas growing like weeds? Lily of the Valley taking over your yard? Trade them in! This is recycling at its best! Exchanges free, but please note the box for voluntary donations. All proceeds go to the METCO Scholarship Fund. Questions: BHoward617@aol.com
Sat. May 19th 1:00pm – 3:00pm
27 George Street (Near Centre and Cabot/Sargent)
For the third year running, SalonCapri is pleased to participate in HAIRraising Boston, a fundraising event to benefit Children’s Hospital Boston. Last year, you helped us raise over $11,500 for the Hospital, the largest donation of all participating Boston-area salons, and this year we’re looking to contribute even more!
Stop by either our Dedham or Newton Highlands location on Sunday, April 29 between 11:00 am – 6:00 pm for $40 haircuts. All proceeds will be donated to Children’s Hospital Boston.
Appointments recommended; walk-ins welcome. Call and book today!
Dedham: 781-320-0900 Newton: 617-969-1970
Dear Parents,
This year the Newton/Brookline Relay for Life fundraising event will be held at Forte Park in Nonantum on Saturday-Sunday, May 19-20th.
Sponsored by the American Cancer Society, the Relay for Life is an active and meaningful event for children and their families as we try to raise funds to support cancer patients, caregivers and doctors striving to cure this disease.
Mason-Rice School has supported Relay for Life for the past five years and we are hoping that every elementary school in Newton will support one team of walkers at this year’s event.
Relay for Life is an annual event which takes place in many locations around the county. The families at Mason-Rice support two teams with roughly 25 walkers on each team. We arrive at Forte Park around 4:00 p.m. on Saturday and begin to set up our tents. Welcome activities begin around 6:00 p.m. with various speeches given by honored guests, usually including Mayor Setti Warren.
The Relay begins with a Survivor Walk where all of us who have survived cancer take a silent stroll once around the field. At the completion of this first lap everyone is invited to join us. Walking continues off and on throughout the evening while different activities for children are held in the middle of the field.
After the sun has set, we light hundreds of Luminaria Bags which help us remember and honor those survivors we love and those individuals who have lost their fight with cancer. It is a moving and beautiful part of the event. All activities except for the walking end by 11:00 p.m.
The Relay for Life is an excellent way to introduce young children to world of charitable giving. While it is not necessary Continue reading
On May 5th, Zervas 4th grader Hailey Robinson will ride a 50K bike ride for the National MS Society to raise money for a cure for Multiple Sclerosis. This will be her second year doing the ride. Any donations would be appreciated! If interested in donating, click on the following link:
http://www.nationalmssociety.org/raceMap.aspx
Then click on “SPONSOR A RIDER” and plug Hailey’s name right in.
Junior Girl Scout Troop 73010 is organizing a community children’s clothing (and other items) drive for Cradles to Crayons. Clothes needed from newborn through adult medium. This is a great time to clean out your closets of outgrown but still in good shape clothes. Go green and help children in need. Books, baby equipment, toys and games are welcomed too.
The drop-off will be at City Hall during Newton Serves, on April 29th from 9:00 – 3:00. We did this last year and filled a truck. This year we are hoping to do better, maybe even fill 2 trucks. For more information about Cradles to Crayons: http://cradlestocrayons.org/boston. Other questions about the drive, feel free to contact Alicia Bowman at alicia.bowman@comcast.net
Newton at Home, a member organization dedicated to helping Newton seniors age in their own homes, is looking for volunteers who can give rides to seniors. Make a new friend while helping someone get to a doctor’s appointment, the supermarket, a social event or the airport. Volunteer as much as you can at your convenience, and know that you have made a difference in a Newton senior’s life. You’ll meet interesting people and share great conversation along the way!
Newton at Home is also looking for volunteers to help with marketing communications and public relations. If you are creative and a good writer and are looking for a wonderful organization to help, look no further! For more information, call Julie Plaut Mahoney at volcoord@newtonathome.org.
Give your family a wonderful month of cross-cultural experience this summer! Nothing brings the world closer to home than a friendship with someone from abroad. Educational Enrichment for Romanian Children (EERC), a small local non-profit, seeks host families for six Romanian students ages 13-15 for five weeks (late June to end of July).
The students are were chosen in a competitive process for their exceptional personal and academic qualities and speak English well. One teen will attend Newton Environmental Science camp; the five others will attend camps in Sudbury and Hopkinton. You may select to host a boy or girl and preview their file. For more information, please contact Dr. Dana Floru at dfloru@eercboston.org, telephone 781-820-2324. Details about EERC can be found at www.eercboston.org
