Have you heard of “the Freedge,” a source of free food for anyone and everyone? Freedges are springing up in many communities. Our Newton Community Freedge is located at 420 Watertown Street on the property of Central Drapery and Dry Cleaning, which allows use of its parking lot for the Freedge shed…
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Senator Markey, State Senator Cynthia Creem, and State Representative Kay Khan joined the staff of Cradles to Crayons (C2C) at its national headquarters in Newtonville last Friday to mark C2C’s 20th anniversary. C2C Founder and CEO Lynn Margherio led a tour of the facilities and explained the agency’s mission to…
The Rotary Club of Newton is soliciting applications to run the 2023 Boston Marathon. The race goes off on Patriots Day, Monday, April 17. Your goal would be to raise funds to support the $7500 in scholarships the Newton Rotary Foundation will award to Newton North and Newton South students…
For the past two years, the Charles River Regional Chamber has received and distributed state funds to pay for meals made by local restaurants and delivered to local food pantries by Newton Rotary volunteers, in a program called Nourishing Newton. Now, thanks to Senator Cynthia Creem, the program has been…
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…
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,…