Newton Neighbors is holding a food drive to benefit the Arabic Baptist Church Food Pantry. Please drop off nonperishable foods — including cereal, pasta, rice, canned tuna, canned vegetables and fruit, and other similar items — at any of these drop-off locations: Or donate funds directly to Arabic Baptist. “Your…
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Chestnut Hill Square is hosting a linen donation drive to benefit Welcome Home, a Newton-based local home goods pantry. Welcome Home provides families experiencing hardship with basic household items they need to live with dignity. From Monday, November 28 through Sunday, December 18, donations of clean, new, and like-new items…
The Village Bank, Newton Rotary, and the City of Newton Department of Health and Human Services are sponsoring Newton’s 15th annual Holiday Gift Drive for local children through December 12. Here’s how to participate:
The American Legion Post 440 Legionnaires, Auxiliary and Sons invite the public to their annual Hanukkah / Christmas Gift Card Party to benefit the homeless Veterans on Court Street in Boston. The event will be held on Thursday, December 22 at 6PM upstairs at The American Legion Post 440 (295…
The day before Thanksgiving, The Rotary Club of Newton (motto: “Service Above Self”) delivered over 100 freshly baked pies to Newton Police Headquarters, every Newton Fire Department station, and families associated with the West Suburban YMCA and the Newton Boys and Girls Club. The pies were provided by Marie Presti,…
On Saturday, over one hundred friends and family of 12-year-old Eytani Ganot gathered at his West Newton home to celebrate the surprise granting of his wish — to go on the new, one-of-a-kind Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser at Walt Disney World Resort. In 2012, Eytani was diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a rare muscle disorder,…
Chestnut Hill Square is hosting a toiletry and food drive to benefit The Newton Food Pantry. Toiletries are increasingly in demand as families struggle to make ends meet. The Newton Food Pantry is most in need of personal-care items including shampoo, toothpaste, deodorant, diapers and baby wipes — as well…
The Newton Rotary Club will be holding last monthly Clothing Drive of the season at the Scandinavian Living Center (206 Waltham Street, West Newton) on Saturday, November 12 from 9AM to noon. Rotary is working with Helpsy, which accepts clothing and textiles in any clean condition (see details) and makes…
Newton Neighbors has launched its “1 in 10” Thanksgiving Gift Card Drive to provide $75 supermarket gift cards to 150 families in Newton, Brockton, and Waltham. 1 in 10 of our neighbors struggle to feed their families. The drive is open until November 19. Donate any amount you can, and…
The 9th annual Newton Turkey Trot — a USATF certified 5K race, plus a 1-mile fun run — will be held on November 19 at Zervas Elementary School (30 Beethoven Avenue). The fun run (8:30AM) is sold out, but registration for the 5K (9AM) is open. This year’s event honors…