The Friends of the Wayland Council On Aging is hosting Wayland's first Iron Chef competition on Sunday September 12th, 5:30-8pm at Sandy Burr Country Club. They are pleased to announce the four judges and Master of Ceremonies for this exciting event:
Geoff Gardner – Owner/Chef of Sel de la Terre Restaurant
Joyce Kulhawik – WBZ [...]
After the success of last years Homecoming party, we are excited to announce our annual community party will take place on Saturday October 30, 2010 at Temple Shir Tikva. This year's theme "A Haunted Homecoming" is sure to be a blast! We will have great entertainment, food, raffle, silent auction and more! If you have [...]
Wayland Town Crier 8/24/10: Filmshift Festival sponsored by The Longfellow Club. The Filmshift Festival is coming on October 3, 6, 7, 9 and 10 to the Coolidge Corner Theater, Somerville Theater, and Performing Arts Connection in Sudbury. Filmshift is an independent film festival designed not only to entertain, but spark dialogue about the essential role small businesses and local entrepreneurs play in producing movies and strengthening our nation’s spirit and economy. For a complete listing of the first films chosen visit the Filmshift Website. In keeping with its theme, Filmshift has partnered with several local businesses for sponsorship of the festival and prizes for participating filmmakers, including The Longfellow Clubs of Wayland. Filmshift will donate 20 percent of gross ticket sales to two local nonprofit organizations – Christopher’s Haven, a charity that provides low-cost housing to families of children receiving cancer treatment in Boston, and MetroWest Family Theater, an inclusive community theater group committed to casting roles regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, or the presence of a disability.
Wayland Town Crier 8/19/10: Locals help Pan-Mass. Challenge raise record amounts. About 5,000 cyclists from around the U.S. and various countries participated in the two-day Pan-Massachusetts Challenge (PMC) earlier this month. Riders from both Weston and Wayland participated this year, some veteran riders and some new to the challenge. The ride has become a community and family event, where families ride together to support a loved one who is battling or lost the fight with cancer, and also just to help the cause. The 32nd annual PMC is scheduled for Aug. 6 and 7, 2011. Registration will open in January through the PMC website.
On Sunday, September 19th Yoga Reaches Out, a non-profit organization founded by Wayland resident Sarah Gardner, focuses on raising funds for children's charities through yoga events is hosting Yogathon 2010 at Gillette Stadium's Field House to benefit Children's Hospital Boston and Yoga For Single Moms. With your participation, we can use the practice of yoga to help improve the health, education, and well-being of children.
Yogathon 2010 will be a daylong event of yoga practice. To further embrace the spirit, we will have live music from local and national musicians including WADE IMRE MORISSETTE & DAPHNE TSE, demonstrations for various styles of yoga from Global Mala Boston and renowned yogi, founder of Forrest Yoga-ANA FORREST! In addition, there will be a marketplace for products and services related to yoga and wellness.
Registration has already begun, so register now at www.yogareachesout.kintera.org/yogathon. There is a $25 registration fee and minimum fundraising of $250 required to secure a mat. Be sure not to miss this great day that Yoga Reaches Out together with Global Mala Boston has created! Great gift bags for all, including Lululemon yoga mats & stainless steel water bottles!
Click on the graphic for the event postcard.
The 3rd induction ceremony of the Wayland High School Athletic Hall of Fame is Saturday October 30, 2010 at Sandy Burr in Wayland. Tickets are $65 each for a full 3 course dinner. If coming with a group tables of 8 or 10 are available. There will be a silent auction. Please mail a check for $65 made [...]
There's "Fun" in this Fundraiser! Wayland's Iron Chef will be held at Sandy Burr Country Club on September 12! Six teams of chefs (Selectmen, School Committee, Wayland Business Association, Sudbury Valley Trustees, Dudley Pond Association, and Public Safety) will compete for the accolades of famous local judges. There will be games, refreshments and cookbooks to add to the fun. Proceeds will benefit Wayland's Council on Aging. Space is limited, so it is a good idea to get your ticket early. Tickets are available at the COA, or from one of the Friends: Mary Antes, Sonja Strong, Steve Correia, Betsy Willard, Denise Yurkofsky, Doug Leard, Sue Pope or Patty MacNeil at the Village Bank.
Wayland Town Crier 8/12/10: Wayland residents help efforts to provide Playspace. With over 100,000 Massachusetts children experiencing homelessness every day, half under the age of 6, family shelters are always filled with children. Recently, Horizons for Homeless Children (HHC), a nonprofit organization focused on enriching the lives of homeless children in Massachusetts, rededicated a Playspace (educational and recreational space) for homeless children living at Sojourner House in Roxbury, a program that provides a stable environment for families, while helping them obtain and maintain safe, permanent, affordable housing. The rededication of the Playspace was made possible by the generosity of the Frieling family of Wayland, who have been strong supporters of Horizons for Homeless Children’s mission for over a decade.
Wayland Town Crier 8/12/10: Save A Dog hosts giant two-day fundraising yard sale. Save A Dog, 604 Boston Post Road (Route 20), Sudbury, will be having a giant two-day fundraising yard sale on Saturday, Aug. 21 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Sunday, Aug. 22 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. It will be held rain or shine under their huge tent. No early birds, please!
Due to the library construction project, the Friends of the Library have not been able to collect books for their semi-annual book and bake sale during the last few months. They are now eager to begin collecting books for their fall sale. If you have books that you are willing to donate to the Friends, [...]
WayCo Softball League is holding a food drive to benefit the Parmenter Food Pantry. Items needed are listed at the Parmenter web site: http://www.parmenter.org/foodpantrywishlist.cfm
Donations may be brought to the Cochituate Ball Field on Monday and Wednesday (August 9 and 11) during the league's final two nights of the 2010 season. Bins will be at the [...]
Wayland Town Crier 7/28/10: Wayland rescue group goes the distance for cats. Wayland-based Guardian Angels Cat Rescue , specializes in rescuing the neediest homeless cats and kittens. Your tax-deductible donations can be sent to P.O Box 5533, Wayland MA 01778. Families who are interested in adopting homeless cats or in providing a temporary foster home can call 508-651-1205.
Metrowest Daily News 7/29/10: Wayland woman to swim English Channel next month. It's a dangerous and exhausting proposition, 14 to 20 hours in the cold water, dodging jellyfish, 300-ton freighters and thunderstorms, but Jen Dutton is planning on doing it next month as she swims across the English Channel. For more information, check her website, www.jenisnomermaid.com.
Wayland Town Crier 7/28/10: Wayland residents riding in Pan-Mass. Challenge. On Aug. 7 and 8, 69 residents from Wayland will ride in the 31st annual Pan-Massachusetts Challenge (PMC), the nation’s pioneer charity bike-a-thon that raises more money than any other athletic fundraising event in the country. They will be among the 5,000 cyclists from 36 states and eight countries who will ride with the collective goal of raising $31 million to support lifesaving adult and pediatric cancer care and research through Dana-Farber Cancer Institute’s Jimmy Fund. To become a virtual rider, or make a financial contribution to a rider, visit the PMC website
The fourth annual Wayland Warrior Football Alumni Golf Tournament will be held at Sandy Burr Country Club on Friday, July 30. The tournament helps raise funds for "Friday Night Lights" and the 2010 football season. It is open to all fans, players, coaches, alumni, family members and supporters of Wayland sports. Registrations for the tournament [...]
Wayland Town Crier 7/2/10: Wayland resident prepared for trip to Haiti. Relief efforts are still flooding into Haiti after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake shook the country in January. Michael Delman of Wayland plans to head out next week with Hope International Church of Waltham for a week-long trip to the impoverished country.
THE FRESH AIR FUND, an independent, not-for-profit agency, has provided free summer vacations to more than 1.7 million New York City children from low-income communities since 1877. Nearly 10,000 New York City children enjoy free Fresh Air Fund programs annually. In 2008, close to 5,000 children visited volunteer host families in suburbs and small town [...]
For the late Pat Frazier’s teaching colleagues at The Children’s Way early childhood program, one image of Pat endures. Passionate about children’s literature, she was often seen with a young child in her lap as they read a story. “It was one of her greatest joys,” TCW Director Cheryl Fertig recalled recently of the Medfield [...]
Wayland Town Crier 6/28/10: Wayland High School Kids to Kids Club hosts movie night. The Wayland High School Kids to Kids (K2K) Club hosted a movie night for a younger generation of K2K members at Claypit Hill School to raise funds in support of K2K projects and relief efforts in Haiti. Led by Wayland teens Emily and Sarah Nuss, Gen Flynn and Gwen Jahnke, the club organized the movie night. Learn more about the Kids to Kids program at their website.
Wayland Town Crier 6/22/10: Please help donate items for upcoming trip to Haiti. Haiti needs help rebuilding itself. Wayland resident Michael Delman will be traveling to Haiti to assist the Hope International Church and welcomes donations of the following items to be dropped at his home (192 Stonebridge Road) by this Sunday morning. Call him with questions at 774-279-6395. Checks can be made payable to Hope International Church (memo: Haiti) if interested.
Wayland Town Crier 6/17/10: Wayland Angels transforms into new Neighbor Brigade. The Wayland Angels has transformed into the Neighbor Brigade, a nonprofit organization that responds to individuals in the community during a temporary crisis.
For over 25 years, the Wayland Public Schools Foundation (WPSF) has supported teachers by funding classroom innovations and creative units of study not covered by the regular school budget. Making a donation to the Wayland Public Schools Foundation is a perfect way to say, “Thank You!”
In an effort to be as green as possible, the WPSF [...]
Wayland Town Crier 6/9/10: Fundraiser for bereavement support group. Upon listening to Wayland’s Jennifer Kaplan Schreiber talk about the death of her 17-year-old brother when she was only 13, one is struck by the fact that, despite the many words she has shared, the experience was – and is – essentially one of wordlessness. Schreiber [...]
By: Shensi Ding
Making slavery illegal did not make it disappear. To many Americans, the idea of slavery is a distant and terrible part of history. At the height of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade, over six million people were forced into bound servitude. Thousands of Americans sacrificed their lives during the Civil War in order to [...]
Sudbury Valley Trustees invites you to its Wolbach Farm headquarters in Sudbury on Tuesday, June 1, 2-7pm for a memorial blood drive in memory of Director Eric Menoyo, formerly of Sudbury. Throughout Eric's illness, he received many transfusions and became a strong believer in the need for blood donations. Help SVT celebrate the life and [...]
Wednesday, June 9th 2010, from 3:30 to 7:30pm at Golf on the Village Green, 315 Worcester Road, Natick, MA. Call to pre-register your group 508-653-4671 or email: www.justjanjewelry.com. Entire proceeds are donated to the Cheyenne Memorial Fund.
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The Steve Henley Memorial Golf Outing has given so much to the Wayland Athletes over the years and will continue to do so. It has been 7 years since Steve's death and many families in Town are unaware of the Steve Henley Fund and how it has benefited a variety of sports. Steve Henley believed [...]
Boston Globe 5/21/10: A little Kids to Kids help lets youth go a long way . When a Peace Corps volunteer needed funds for a new after-school program in a village in Costa Rica recently, she turned to a group founded by four Wayland Middle School students. Run by children to help their peers around the world, the nonprofit organization Kids to Kids is much more than a passing whim by schoolchildren. Since its founding in 2005, it has funded more than 230 small projects, helping more than 12,000 children in the Caribbean and Central America. In the coming year, it expects to distribute $200,000 in 10 countries.
Wayland Town Crier 5/20/10: Survivors and friends join together for Weston-Wayland Relay for Life. Participants in the fourth annual Weston-Wayland Relay for Life took the rain in stride, while at the same time not breaking their own as they made their way around the Weston High School track. The American Cancer Society event took place over 12 hours from 6pm on Saturday, May 15 to 6am on Sunday, May 16. Beginning with a Cancer Survivors reception at 5pm and children’s activities from 4-6pm, the opening lap featured 20 cancer survivors. A large turnout of families and friends from both towns gathered to support the search for a cure.
Wayland Town Crier 5/20/10: Support Paws in the Park event at Wayside Inn. Back in the late 1990s, Wayland’s Shirley Moore made her dream come true. After a long and successful high-tech career, she decided to establish a local nonprofit to rescue dogs and puppies in danger of being abandoned. At first, Moore ran the operations out of her home. Then, after several years, she was able to acquire a permanent shelter facility. Today, her Save A Dog is one of the premiere canine adoption programs in MetroWest, and the organization’s annual fundraiser, Paws in the Park, is a widely anticipated event amongst local dog lovers. This year, Paws in the Park will take place, rain or shine, on Sunday, May 23 from 10am-3pm at the Wayside Inn in Sudbury.
Manitou Experience offers free support groups to children and families coping with the loss of a sibling or parent. Manitou Experience is running a one-week overnight camp this summer for grieving boys and is expanding services to include year-round free support to the campers, their families and the community in Metro West Boston. The reception [...]
On Thursday May 20th, Wayland High School will be hosting its second-annual, school-wide talent show. There will be 2 shows on this night: The first will be from 5-6:30 PM and the second from 7-8:30 PM. These shows are being put on to help raise money for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and The Lymphoma [...]
The residents of Bent Ave Elderly housing in Wayland are looking for a relatively new donated computer for their recreational center. If you have recently upgraded your computer and don’t want to put it in the landfill the residence would be thrilled to give it a new home. Please contact Kathy Dodge at 508-651-4932.
WBZ TV.com 5/7/10: New Non-Profit "Neighbor Brigade" Sets Neighbors Up To Help Other Neighbors. If illness or accident sends a Wayland family into crisis, Pam Washek has hundreds of volunteers at her fingertips. She's run a home grown effort called Wayland Angels that's becoming a new non-profit called Neighbor Brigade. Its roots are in her [...]
TO: EACH PARENT & GRADUATE OF WHS 2006, THE WAYLAND COMMUNITY, FRIENDS, ALL PARENTS, COACHES, ADMINISTRATORS, TEACHERS, FAMILY, COLLEAGUES, RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES, CARING PEOPLE!!!
As we follow the interesting endeavors of our children and families and many anticipate a joyful College graduation, it is a time full of gratitude and excitement for so [...]
A Saturday of fun. A 5k walk/run, a moon bounce, face painting, a kiddie race around the Middle School circle. Make a Mother's Day card. Fun vendors, Mother's Day plants and cakes as well as pizza available for sale. Questions? Call 508-358-3755.
Registration is now open for the second annual Wayland OneMile Swim in Lake Cochituate on Sunday, June 20th. For those of you who swam last year, you know what a great event it is! This year there is something new…in addition to the one mile swim, there will be a kids 1/2 mile swim for kids ages 10-13. All proceeds benefit the Wayland Community Pool. For complete details, and to register…go to http://waylandonemile.com.
The Wayland Depot will donate 10% of sales to the Metco Late Bus from May 15-22. Everyone come shopping at The Wayland Depot, the 1881 red train station across from the library!
Marrow drive Date: May 2, 2010 at St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church, Weston, MA 11:30 am- 2:30 pm
A bone marrow drive will be held for Peter Condakes on May 2nd, 2010 at St. Demetrios Greek Othrodox Church , from 11:30 a.m.- 2:30 p.m. Peter Condakes was diagnosed in April, 2010 with Leukemia and it [...]
For the 10th year, the Sudbury-Wayland-Lincoln Domestic Violence Roundtable will again hold the virtual Shower for Shelters from May 2 to 16. Drop-off locations are the libraries in Sudbury and Lincoln (the Wayland Library is currently closed). Women leaving an abusive relationship arrive at shelters typically with no money, nowhere to live and only the [...]
Registration is open for the PMC Wellesley-Weston Kids Ride which takes place on Sunday, June 6 from 9-noon at Babson College in Wellesley. Last year, the ride raised $130,000 for Dana-Farber Cancer Institute’s Jimmy Fund which helps provide care for cancer patients and looks for ways to cure cancer. Kids aged 3 to 13 can ride one of three exciting bike routes: the Road Challenge Route, the Campus Adventure Route or the Tot Lot’s fun-filled obstacle course for little bikers. After the ride celebrate, your fundraising success with great music, food and fun with the whole family. Join the hundreds of Wellesley-Weston PMC riders who make a difference! Last year’s ride sold out, so don’t miss out. To register to ride or volunteer, visit http://kids.pmc.org/wellesleyweston or contact kathleen_beatty@comcast.net for more information.
SAVE your bottles and cans! The CAPA Can & Bottle Drive is coming soon! The event takes place at Wayland High School in the Town Pool parking lot on Saturday, May 8, from 10AM to 2PM. The Can & Bottle Drive is a significant fund-raiser for the school arts programs. If your child loves the [...]
Please join us tomorrow, Saturday, April 10th,
for the third annual
WMS Barnes & Noble fundraiser at Barnes & Noble in Shoppers World, Framingham.
Shop for Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, summer reading, teacher gifts, birthdays,
book groups and more! Just present the attached Bookfair Voucher to the cashier
(or mention that you’re shopping for Wayland Middle School) and [...]
The first Wayland Children and Parents Association (WCPA) yard sale will take place on Saturday, May 1 (rain date is Sunday, May 2) from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Finnerty’s parking lot (Route 27 and West Plain Road). Join friends and neighbors for a fun day and check out a marketplace of merchandise new [...]
Creates Platform for Kids Nationwide to Have a Voice in Where Funding Goes; Lead Up to National Kids to Kids Day on April 30
WALTHAM, MA - April 6, 2010 – World Connect, formerly Infante Sano, a non-profit that empowers local leaders in underserved communities to solve local problems, today unveiled its new online voting platform for Kids [...]
Organized and sponsored by Carpentry by Tom Antonellis with support from many local businesses. Rain or shine, the fish don't care if it rains. The derby is open to all Wayland children to Grade 8. No entry fee to fish. Bring your own gear and bait. The Pond is stocked with many trout, including two "special fish". Coffee, donuts, hot cocoa and more. Raffle for adults and children. Ribbons for all children. All proceeds from the concession will be donated to the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation.
"Team Sherry" is made up of several Wayland residents and friends who have committed to walk 39 miles over two days on May 15th and 16th in the Avon Foundation's Breast Cancer walk. We're "In it to end it" for ourselves, sisters, daughters, friends and everyone we don't know who will get the devastating news [...]
The Wayland Community Pool Board will celebrate the official groundbreaking ceremony of the new pool, scheduled to open this fall. The event will take place on Saturday, April 10 at the pool from 3:00-4:30 pm. All Wayland residents are invited to participate in this important event to mark the beginning of demolition of the former [...]
Sel de la Terre invites you for a special evening to celebrate their 10 year anniversary. The event will benefit Yoga Reaches Out and Children's Hospital Boston. The founder of Yoga Reaches Out is Sarah Gardner of Wayland. She formed YRO to bring the yoga community together and raise funds for organizations that impact health, [...]
Wayland Town Crier 4/2/10: Wayland church witnesses plight firsthand in Haiti.Rev. Joseph Sapienza, senior pastor of Celebration International Church and CEO of Bread of Compassion, led a group of 22 people to help the people of Haiti 11 days after American Airlines resumed its flights to Port-Au-Prince. The group witnessed unimaginable horrors and destruction – people scooping water from gutters, flattened buildings with visible human remains, people living in huge tent cities in lowlands soon to be flooded with rains, old people mourning their sons and daughters, children orphaned, the Hall of Justice flattened with files and papers blowing amid the rubble.
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