Newton Community Pride’s 4th annual WinterFEST will bring ice sculptures, live music, and other entertainment to Newton Centre Green (1221 Centre Street) on Friday, January 24, 4:30-6PM. Register here. This free event includes: Support the Welcome Home Blanket Drive by bringing new or gently used blankets.
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Al-Anon Family Groups are a fellowship of relatives and friends of alcoholics who share their experience, strength, and hope in order to solve their common problems — based on a shared belief that alcoholism is a family illness and that changed attitudes can aid recovery. Family and friends who have…
The American Red Cross is holding blood drives in Newton — for both blood and Power-Red donations. You must schedule an appointment before donating. You can schedule it through the website or by calling 800-RED-CROS (800-733-2767). They will occur at the following times and places:
The Newton Turkey Trot is an annual event — featuring both a 1-mile family race and a certified USATF 5K road race — on the Sunday before Thanksgiving, starting and ending at Zervas Elementary School. It started 11 years ago with 100 runners, but this year has grown to 1,700…
The Community Day Center of Waltham (CDCW) — a fifteen-minute drive from Newton — provides shelter and support for the unhoused. Starting in a church basement twenty years ago, CDCW has grown as both a drop-in day center and an extension of the MetroWest community. Newtonian volunteers are essential to…
In March 2020, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, four Newton residents – Martha Bixby, Ranjani Paradise, Shalini Tendulkar, and Shreeda Vyas – saw an opportunity to help locals in need. They started the Newton Neighbors Helping Neighbors mutual aid network, which, in 2021, became incorporated as the non-profit…
Chestnut Hill Square is collecting much needed food and personal care items to benefit The Newton Food Pantry, now through November 22. Suggested food items include: cereal, hearty soups, oatmeal, pasta, and more. In addition, the Newton Food Pantry needs personal care items including deodorant, toothpaste and individually packaged toothbrushes,…
Green Newton is inviting local residents to participate in a short training to become Home Visit Volunteers as part of an initiative to evaluate the feasibility of a networked geothermal system in the Countryside School neighborhood. The first volunteer training will take place on October 8, at 7PM at Auburndale…
The Newton Rotary Club will hold its Clothing and Textile Drive at the Scandinavian Living Center (206 Waltham Street, West Newton) on from 9AM to noon on Saturday, December 7. Rotary is working with Helpsy, which accepts clothing and textiles in any clean condition (see details) and makes a donation to the Newton Rotary Foundation…
The next Fix-It Clinic at the Newton Free Library (330 Homer Street) will be on December 7, 10AM-2PM. If you have a broken household item in your home that you know you could fix with the right guidance, bring it to the clinic. Fix-It Clinics are totally free and empower…