Are you looking for a way to share some of your delicious Thanksgiving dishes? Make some extra food this year and drop it off at the Newton Police Department (1321 Washington Street, West Newton) at 10AM on November 24, and volunteers will use your food donations to prepare big plates…
Posts published in “Helping Others”
The Longwood Symphony Orchestra will present a concert of Coleridge-Taylor, Assad, and Beethoven on December 3 at 8PM in New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall with guest conductor Kristo Kondakci and violin soloist Adrian Anantawan. The concert will benefit Shelter Music Boston, which brings music to homeless shelters and substance misuse centers. Mr.…
The Newton Rotary Club has launched a restaurant fundraiser — Dinner on Us! — to fight food insecurity, fund scholarships, and promote environmental sustainability. Donate $20 or more by November 8 for a chance to win: Ridiculous Grand Prize: $100 gift cards to each of 25 awesome restaurants (a $2,500…
St. Mary’s Episcopal Church (258 Concord Street, Lower Falls) will hold its Winter Clothing Drive on November 5, 9AM-Noon. Please bring to the church driveway your new or gently used winter items such as clothing (hats, gloves, mittens, scarfs, etc.), sleeping bags, blankets, and disposable handwarmers. If you have any…
Meet the Newton Neighbors team at the Newton Harvest Festival this Sunday, 11AM-4PM in Newton Centre. Bring any or all of the five items being collected for their Drive for Five campaign: Individually wrapped snacks (e.g., any kind of snack, granola bars, cereal bars or protein bars, goldfish, pretzels etc.)…
For World Hunger Day on October 15, St. Mary’s Episcopal Church (258 Concord Street) will host a community meal-packing event, 3PM-5PM. It’s a fun, community service-orientated way for all people of all ages to learn more about global hunger! Participants will contribute to an assembly line process combined with an…
The Society of St. Vincent de Paul, a charity that helps those in need in Newton (and a frequent partner of Newton Neighbors Helping Neighbors), is holding a clothing drive this Sunday, October 2, 9AM-Noon and 4PM-6PM. The truck will be located in the parking lot of Our Lady Help…
Newton Neighbors is accomplishing so much, for so many: Making over 4,600 deliveries in the last 2.5 years from food pantries to 56 families who cannot get to the pantries Helping to stock the Freedge — Newton’s free community refrigerator and pantry — for the last 1.5 years Delivering thousands…
Food To Your Table (FTYT) is a local nonprofit that picks up food from the farmers market on Tuesday evenings and delivers the same evening to Newton residents in need. Volunteers are needed for approximately 2 hours (5:45PM – 7:30PM) on Tuesday evenings through October 18. For more information, email foodtoyourtable@gmail.com. Come join the fun as…
Newton’s Community Table — a fundraiser to benefit the Newton Food Pantry — will be held on September 22, 6PM-9PM at The Windsor Club (1601 Beacon Street, Waban). Guests will experience the tastes of some of Newton’s best restaurants — Olivia’s Bistro, Farmstead Table, Thistle & Leek, Little Big Diner,…