Sunday, May 5, was the city’s annual NewtonSERVES day of community volunteering to clean and improve parks, school grounds, open space areas, and conservation lands. Supported by Newton’s Parks, Recreation & Culture department, teams worked on 24 project sites across the city. Here’s a short photo voyage to several of the sites:
Newton South HS (photo: Newton South PTSO) 
Newton South HS (photo: Newton South PTSO) 
Newton South HS (photo: Newton South PTSO) 
Newton South HS (photo: Newton South PTSO) 
Countryside (photo: Bruce Henderson) 
Countryside (photo: Bruce Henderson) 
(photo: Bullough’s Pond Association) 
(photo: Bullough’s Pond Association) 
(photo: Bullough’s Pond Association) 
(photo: Bullough’s Pond Association) 
Mason Rice School (photo: Bruce Henderson) 
Bigelow Middle School (photo: Bruce Henderson) 
Ward School (photo: Bruce Henderson) 
Houghton Garden (photo: Parks, Recreation & Culture Dept.) 
Franklin School (photo: Bruce Henderson) 
Franklin School (photo: Graham Voysey) 
West Parish Burial Ground (photo: Bruce Henderson)