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…
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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…
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…
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…