The Swellesley Report » charity http://www.theswellesleyreport.com More than you really want to know about Wellesley, Mass. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:35:36 +0000 en hourly 1 Spin for Turtle (the dog) http://www.theswellesleyreport.com/2010/01/spin-for-turtle-the-dog/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=spin-for-turtle-the-dog http://www.theswellesleyreport.com/2010/01/spin-for-turtle-the-dog/#comments Tue, 12 Jan 2010 02:00:52 +0000 bbrown http://www.theswellesleyreport.com/?p=6254 Wellesley’s Spynergy Cycling Studio (386 Washington St.) is hosting a fundraiser on Saturday, Jan. 16 from 11am-noon to support an abandoned/injured dog named Turtle (see video). Sign up for the $20 class here. 100% of the fees will go to the Animal Rescue League in support of the dog’s medical and other expenses.

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There’s still a chance to partake in the town’s Luminary Night set for this Sunday, Dec. 6, at dusk even if you did not order kits from the Wellesley Hills Junior Women’s Club. Kits will be sold at Roche Bros. on Saturday, December 5th from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m.

Luminary Night is a non-denominational holiday celebration that raises money for  the Wellesley Friendly Aid Association.

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]]> http://www.theswellesleyreport.com/2009/12/wellesley-luminary-night-set-for-sunday/feed/ 1 WALL-E coming to WELLESL-E Friday night http://www.theswellesleyreport.com/2009/11/toys-for-tots-movie-night-on-friday-at-wellesley-rec-wall-e/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=toys-for-tots-movie-night-on-friday-at-wellesley-rec-wall-e http://www.theswellesleyreport.com/2009/11/toys-for-tots-movie-night-on-friday-at-wellesley-rec-wall-e/#comments Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:17:40 +0000 bbrown http://theswellesleyreport.com/?p=5623 200px-WALL-Eposter

The movie will be shown at Wellesley Recreation Department gym at 90 Washington St. as a Toys for Tots events. Admission: An unwrapped present.  Showtime: 6pm on Friday, Nov. 13.

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]]> http://www.theswellesleyreport.com/2009/11/toys-for-tots-movie-night-on-friday-at-wellesley-rec-wall-e/feed/ 0 World of Wellesley team wins spelling bee http://www.theswellesleyreport.com/2009/11/world-of-wellesley-team-wins-spelling-bee/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=world-of-wellesley-team-wins-spelling-bee http://www.theswellesleyreport.com/2009/11/world-of-wellesley-team-wins-spelling-bee/#comments Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:10:20 +0000 bbrown http://theswellesleyreport.com/?p=5582 The team of Melissa Clemence, Martha Downes and Jennifer Lim took home top honors at the annual Wellesley Bee held Thursday night. The event, featuring about 50 three-person teams, is a fundraiser for the Wellesley Education Foundation.

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]]> http://www.theswellesleyreport.com/2009/11/world-of-wellesley-team-wins-spelling-bee/feed/ 0 Why scouts are hanging plastic bags on your door http://www.theswellesleyreport.com/2009/11/why-scouts-are-hanging-plastic-bags-on-your-door/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-scouts-are-hanging-plastic-bags-on-your-door http://www.theswellesleyreport.com/2009/11/why-scouts-are-hanging-plastic-bags-on-your-door/#comments Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:58:11 +0000 bbrown http://theswellesleyreport.com/?p=5548

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This Saturday, November 7th, you may see scouts of all ages – from Brownies, Daisies and Cubs all the way up to high school Girl and Boy Scouts – crisscrossing Wellesley delivering plastic Roche Brothers bags to every single family residence in town. They are all “Scouting for Food” for the Wellesley Food Pantry, joining 3 million other scouts across America in supporting local food pantries. The “Scouting for Food” drive is the single biggest source of donated food to the Wellesley Food Pantry with more than 75% of its donated food coming from this single event! And with 45% more registered users at the Pantry than last year, the need for food this year is particularly great.

So when you see a plastic bag with a Food Pantry “wish list” flyer inside hanging from your door, please be as generous as you can and fill that bag with food (unexpired, no glass, no perishables) and put it outside your house before 9 AM on November 14th. The Wellesley Scout who dropped off the bag will be back that day to take your food to the Pantry. If you don’t receive a bag, the Food Pantry will also gladly accept donations to their box at Roche Brothers on Linden Street. Questions? Please check out our new Scouting for Food website at http://troop185wellesley.org/ScoutingForFood/ or call the Food Pantry at 781-235-1188.

Thanks in advance for your generosity!

Debbie Krieg
Ann Rappaport

Town leaders, Scouting for Food

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Wellesley is once again smack in the middle (as well as at the start and finish) of much of this weekend’s Pan-Mass Challenge, the annual bike-a-thon spearheaded by Wellesley’s own Billy Starr.  Tonight’s opening ceremonies from Sturbridge will be televised live on NECN at 8pm, and cyclists will take off from Wellesley (at Babson College) and other locations tomorrow and Sunday, some riding 1 day and others 2 days. At 7 a.m. on Saturday, the riders will pass through Forest St and continue towards Needham on route to Bourne. At 7:30 a.m. on Sunday Aug. 3, riders will depart Wellesley through Forest St and continue towards Needham. Cyclists will return to Wellesley by Forest St to end at Babson College between 8 a.m. and 1:10 p.m. (So you might want to avoid driving in those areas at that time but find a way over there to cheer riders alongside the route). Routes range from 47 to 190 miles, and 5,500 riders will take part and hope to raise $34 million for cancer research.  More than 150 Wellesley residents will be cycling and many others are volunteering. Also taking part will be a slew of Red Sox players’ wives, so don’t be surprised if a few of the Sox show up to cheer on their spouses. Feel free to to send along stories/photos for posting on this site to bb@theswellesleyreport.com.

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