Whole Foods in Newton Four Corners (Beacon St. and Walnut St.) is doing a 5% Day for the Centre Street Food Pantry on TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28. The Food Pantry will receive a cash donation from Whole Foods equal to 5% of the amount of their gross receipts that day. If you are interested in supporting this donation effort, please shop that day.
Join a special kind of music-making! This class combines all the elements of a regular music class, but it is set in a senior living facility, where the residents participate by singing, playing instruments, or simply watching. The class allows for and encourages interaction between the children and the seniors. With rhythm instruments, songs, play materials and movement, there is a rich musical experience for everyone. To Register call Brookline Music School at (617) 277-4593
Mixed ages up to 5 years (younger siblings welcome)
Thursdays at 3:30-4:15 pm
Session 2: March 8-April 5
Session 3: May 3-May 31
One Five Week Session: $100
Two Five Week Sessions: $180
Goddard House in Brookline, Assisted Living
165 Chestnut St. Brookline
Newton at Home (NAH) is a quickly-growing non-profit organization in Newton, dedicated to enabling older adults to remain living in their homes safely and independently as they grow older. NAH is looking for a volunteer to serve as an office adminstrator. This means providing general office support for the Executive Director, handling member requests for services, maintaining and entering data into NAH databases, assisting with events and mailings, and scheduling meetings. Volunteers need good computer and communication skills. Must be willing to commit to three days per week from 9:30 am-1:30 pm through the rest of the school year (until June 2012). For more information please contact: Julie Plaut Mahoney, Ph.D., Coordinator of Volunteers, Newton at Home, 617-795-2560 or volcoord@newtonathome.org.
New England winters are long and there are storms aplenty. Newton at Home has designed a new Winter Buddy Program to encourage connections between seniors and other community members when the snow and wind are swirling outside. Being a buddy means that a volunteer or volunteer family would connect with a Newton at Home member to:
1. Advise that a storm is coming.
2. Assess the need for essential supplies (milk, bread, flashlights and batteries, etc).
3. Develop plans for snow removal.
4. Call your buddy every day of the storm.
5. Direct your buddy to appropriate help when necessary.
Volunteering as a Winter Buddy will require minimal time commitment, but would give Buddies a sense of connection and satisfaction from helping others. If you would like to participate, please contact Bonnie Katz at bkatzdesign@gmail.com or 617-244-0694.
We will hold a short Winter Buddy Training session on Wednesday, Dec 14, at 11:30am as well as several dates in January. Training sessions will be held at our office, 206 Waltham St, in the Scandinavian Living Center building. For more information about the Winter Buddy program and Newton at Home, please check our website at www.newtonathome.org.
Feeling stressed, alone, or overwhelmed? Come join a parent support group! Sponsored by Parents Helping Parents, a program promoted by The Newton Partnership. Meet on Wednesdays, 6:30-8:00 pm at the Brigham House, 20 Hartford St., Newton Highlands. Childcare available. For more information, call Meg at 617-926-5008 x102 or visit www.parentshelpingparents.org.
Save the date of Sunday Dec. 11 for the First Unitarian Society in Newton’s Alternative Gift Fair. With the stress, expense, and expectation surrounding the holidays, it’s no wonder they more often exhaust rather than uplift us. It’s not too late to re-think your family routines.
How does it work? When you make a donation toward a specific charitable organization, you receive a card detailing your gift to give to your recipient. A perfect opportunity to buy for those folks who have everything. Tax- deductible gifts starting at $10. 00.
Sunday, December 11th 11:30 am – 1:00 pm
1325 Washington Street, Newton
World Unity, Inc., and WROR radio are co-sponsoring the 7th Annual statewide poetry contest on “Equality and Diversity.” Students across Massachusetts are invited to write a poem that best describes their interpretation of equality and diversity.
The poem should be about 100 words or less and must fit a 30 second spot. Contest runs from November 7th through December 16th. One entry per person.
A selection committee made up of educators and community leaders will select three of the most representative poems which will be read by the student and produced into a PSA that will air on WROR radio. To submit your student’s entry. please use this form. For more information, visit www.worldunityinc.org or call: (617) 522-8645.
The City of Newton is preparing a list of STUDENTS (or adults) willing to volunteer snow shoveling services for your local senior/disabled residents. Can YOU or your children please help out? Please know how very much we would appreciate help to keep Newton’s sidewalks safe for walking this winter. As the law now requires that homeowners remove snow from their properties, your assistance to your neighbors who are unable to remove the snow themselves will help keep them in compliance with the law.
Participants should be aware: When you sign to be on this list, your name, village and phone # will be made available to those residents, often the elderly, needing assistance with snow shoveling.
Please send the following information to Parks & Recreation by mail, fax or email. Send to 70 Crescent Street, Newton, MA 02466, (fax) 617.796.1512 or e-mail parks@newtonma.gov. Please return by Tuesday November 1st.
Your Name
Street address
Name of your village (Auburndale, Newton Highlands, Newtonville, Newton Corner, Newton Centre, etc.)
ZIP Code
Phone number
E-mail address
Enjoy Cupcakes In June To Benefit Horizons For Homeless Children!
Visit Treat Cupcake Bar at 1450 Highland Avenue in Needham during the month of June and for every “Monster HHC Cupcake” purchased, 50% of proceeds will go directly to Horizons for Homeless Children!
Every year the Zervas 5th grade chooses an organization to help as a part of the graduation Social Action Project. The Zervas class of 2011 chose Horizons for Homeless Children, an organization whose mission is to enrich the lives of homeless children and their families throughout Massachusetts.
Zervas 5th graders wrote letters to the Treat Cupcake Bar to nominate Horizons for Homeless Children for “Treat Others Well”, a program in which a charitable organization is selected, a special cupcake is created and sold during a designated month, and 50% of all proceeds from that cupcake are given directly to the organization. Horizons for Homeless Children was chosen for the month of June!
So be sure to visit Treat Cupcake Bar during the month of June to enjoy lots of Monster HHC cupcakes (no flyer needed) – bring a group, order HHC cupcakes for birthdays, graduations, and other special occasions, and be sure to tell your friends and family to visit Treat Cupcake Bar for HHC cupcakes as well!
Do you have old sporting equipment that you don’t need any more?
I am a Zervas graduate who is collecting used sporting equipment and jerseys and giving it to the local Boys and Girls Club for my Bar Mitzvah project. If you have old sports equipment or jerseys that you would like to donate, we are happy to pick it up from you. Please email me at rmfineman@gmail.com or call me at 617-244-0888 to arrange a pickup time. Thank you very much for helping to give to the less fortunate.
