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.
First Hand Projects, a nonprofit based in Sudbury, gives young people the chance to design and build sustainable buildings for their community. Led by a licensed architect and several graduate students, participants receive a hands-on introduction to design and community service. As part of the program, teens also attend field trips to significant works of [...]
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.
SOAR 55 (Service Opportunities After Reaching 55), a program of the Newton Community Service Center, is interested in interviewing qualified individuals to join our volunteer Nonprofit Management Consulting Group to work in teams to help local nonprofit organizations with strategic, marketing and program planning. Individuals selected will participate in a 36-hour training session scheduled for [...]
Boston Globe 6/13/10: Neighbor brigade. In 2002, Pam Washek and Jean Seiden of Wayland were both diagnosed with cancer in 2002. Washek was lucky to only have the support of Seiden, but also the assistance of other friends, family, and community members who drove her daughters — ages 4, 10, and 12 — to school, soccer, and Girl Scouts, and delivered meals according to a schedule organized by Seiden. After her treatment ended in 2003, Washek decided to help others who didn’t have such luxuries. With the support of Seiden, whose cancer would return and take her life in 2006, Washek established the Wayland Angels Food Network to provide an easily duplicated meal chain model benefiting families in temporary crisis due to illness or injury. The organization, which was recently renamed Neighbor Brigade after attaining nonprofit status, continues to recruit chapter leaders throughout Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
Help support marketing, development and membership efforts at The Discovery Museums. A variety of tasks and a chance to help a great organization. Hours flexible to fit your schedule. For more information, contact Claudia Veitch at 978-264-4200 x24 or email: cveitch@discoverymuseums.org.
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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 [...]
International Student Exchange hopes to place two high school students in Wayland High School for the upcoming academic school year. They need to locate two host families who would share their home, their love, and our culture with a student who is between the ages of 15-18, has their own insurance and will bring their [...]
In response to a recommendation of the Town Meeting Procedures Review Committee, I have decided, as Moderator, to appoint a committee, to be called the Town Meeting Auxiliary Committee, consisting of seven (7) registered voters to consider proposals and to help make Town Meeting more comfortable and pleasant. Among other proposals, I would expect the Committee [...]
Sponsored by Wayland Youth and Family Services. Program runs from June 23-August 11, 2010 for students entering 9th through graduating seniors. Meetings on every Wednesday at Wayland Senior Center, 6-7pm. Fee: $75. Registration through the Recreation Department: www.wayland.ma.us/park
Have fun this summer doing community service with your peers. Students meet every week on [...]
The Countdown to Summer 2010 is on and The Fresh Air Fund is in need of host families. If you or someone you know is able to host, please sign up now. In 2009, The Fresh Air Fund's Volunteer Host Family program, called Friendly Town, gave close to 5,000 New York City boys and girls, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Responsible and fun high school students needed to help us organize and run the Wayland Baseball & Softball Association's Opening Day Parade & Picnic. This annual little league event is a great way to help your community while earning volunteer credits. The parade will be May 1 at Cochituate Field. You pick your time slot! [...]
Town-wide Litter Pickup April 10th 2010. Please help clean up Wayland next Saturday (April 10th) … picking up litter along the roads, parks, fields, etc. Bring collected refuse to the high school or Claypit Hill school where high school students will help sort it into recycling containers. You can also visit Chris DeVany at the [...]
FETCH! Lab Volunteers Inspire the next generation of scientist and engineers! Be a FETCH! Lab Team volunteer and lead hands-on science and engineering activities at The Discovery Museums. See http://pbskids.org/fetch/index.html for FETCH description. Volunteers will be trained to present activities that complement their interests and expertise. This opportunity begins in April and will continue throughout [...]
Town-wide Event Saturday, April 10th 2010 In Concert with Green Team’s Earth Day Celebration Sunday
WAYLAND, MA – The receding flood waters and melted snow are revealing the tons of bright litter that is caught in the grasses and scrub branches along our town roadways. Wayland Cleans Up!, the annual anti-litter effort now in its fifth [...]
Election workers are needed for the May 11, 2010 “Dual Election”. The shifts available are either 6:30am-1pm or 1pm-8:30pm. The mandatory training session is April 20, 2010 from 9:30am until approximately 11:00am in the Town Building Large Hearing Room. If you are interested, please contact Lois Toombs, Town Clerk at 508-358-3631.
Saturday, April 10 is 2010 Wayland Cleans Up Day: Schools Supporting Clean Up Effort For Whole Weekend. For the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, Wayland Cleans Up! and the Wayland School’s Green Team are looking to make a big difference. Wayland Cleans Up! is in its fifth year picking up litter along the town’s scenic [...]
Connect and Serve Today! SOAR 55, Service Opportunities after Reaching 55, a program of Newton Community Service Center and with a satellite office location at the Framingham Public Library, connects adults 55 and over with meaningful and challenging community service opportunities in Framingham and the MetroWest area.
SOAR 55 is seeking volunteers interested in using [...]
Metrowest Daily News 2/22/10: Amnesty International chapter forming for Wayland-Lincoln-Sudbury and Stow. Amnesty International USA’s Northeast Regional Office headquartered in Somerville has announced that it is forming a new local chapter for residents of Wayland, Lincoln, Sudbury and Stow to complement existing local chapters in Lexington and Concord. Amnesty International is a Nobel Prize [...]
Enthusiastic plant-lovers needed to lead guided walks for either adult or children's groups through their 45-acre botanical garden. After training, lead one tour a week in the spring, and approximately one tour a month through the summer and fall.
Training Dates:
Adult Weekday Guide Training: Wednesdays, March 17, 24, 31, April 7, 9:30am-12pm
Adult Weekend Guide Training: [...]
Yes, there is snow on the ground, but the countdown to Summer 2010 has begun and The Fresh Air Fund is again in need of host families. Please help place these children into a loving host family home for a fresh air experience they will never forget. In 2009, The Fresh Air Fund's Volunteer Host [...]
Collaboration, Connection, Community. DVSN will be holding its Spring Advocate training from March 1, 2010 through March 22, 2010. DVSN is a community-based organization that works in collaboration with the Police Departments of its ten member towns (Acton, Bedford, Boxborough, Carlisle, Concord, Lexington, Lincoln, Maynard, Stow, and Wayland) and Hanscom AFB to combat Domestic Violence. [...]
The MetroWest Free Medical Program provides health care for those without insurance in our communities. The program offered services to more than 1,100 individuals in 2009. We have openings for volunteers at the Sudbury location for Social Workers and Registered Nurses. Social work volunteer responsibilities include meeting with patients to screen for mental health needs, making [...]
Are you looking for ways to engage in community service? Wondering what to do this summer? Get started by attending the third annual TeenLife Boston Community Service Fair on Sunday, February 7th from 12-4pm at the Mall at Chestnut Hill. The event features 40 non-profits willing to engage teens as volunteers and 35 sponsors and supporting exhibitors. As a special attraction, come and cheer ten local public and private high school a cappella groups as they compete in the first "High School A Cappella Group Sing Off” sponsored by TeenLife .com and Bristol Studios. The MIT Solar Car will also be on display. Be sure to PRE-REGISTER to receive important pre- and post-event details, a printed community service guide, and a gift bag at check in. Attendance and parking is free! For more information, go to www.teenlife.com.
Metrowest Daily News 1/23/10: Local groups helping in Haiti.
Nancy Todd is a life-long Wayland resident and member of a medical team headed to deliver medical aid for Haiti this week (starting 1/29/10). The team includes her daughter, a doctor, another nurse, and is already coordinated for integration with medical facilities and teams down there.
The team [...]
Have you ever thought about tutoring someone in English? Most people who decide to become tutors are thinking of the good it can do, helping others become more proficient in English and better able to cope with employment, landlords, schools or the medical profession. But then they discover the rewards, the satisfaction that comes as [...]
Wayland Town Crier 1/19/10: Local volunteers struggle to get to Haiti. Cramming their checked luggage allotment exclusively with much-needed medical supplies for Haiti, a 10-member aid team for Wayland-based Bread of Compassion is waiting to see whether they will actually get off the ground. The earthquake shattered the control tower for the island nation's main runway a week ago. While American military officers now in charge say capacity has been expanded, flights from other countries and relief groups have been rerouted to neighboring Dominican Republic. And though American Airlines said yesterday it has permission to reopen commercial flights to the devastated capital yesterday, for Bread of Compassion volunteers and the day's other confirmed passengers, that date has been pushed back several times. "It's up in the air," said organization founder and team leader Joe Sapienza, the pastor of Celebration International Church in Wayland. "We'll be on standby."
Might you be interested to give a little time to Girl Scouting? Wayland Girl Scouts welcomes your support. We have volunteer opportunities available depending on your interest and time. Examples of opportunities: greeting and registering girls at town-wide events, providing extra adult supervision as well as helping to hand out snacks. For those with a [...]
Wayland Town Crier 12/8/09: Community service event at Parmenter Community Health Care. Cub Scouts from Wayland Pack 88 completed a community service event at Parmenter Community Health Care in Wayland on Nov. 29. Over 40 Cub Scouts and family members came together for a fall cleanup of the Parmenter grounds.
Wayland has a tradition of volunteer Bellringers for the Salvation Army Christmas Kettles in Wayland Center and Cochituate. "Just one hour" is the motto… volunteers ring for just one hour, and feel rewarded for having helped this remarkable charitable effort. If you can help, call Sonja or Jon Strong 508-358-4623 or email cmsonja@comcast.net. Thank you from the many needy people who benefit from your efforts!
First Parish to sponsor 2nd Red Cross Blood Drive on Wednesday, November 11th, Veteran's Day, from 9am-2pm.
First Parish in Wayland, located at 50 Cochituate Rd at the intersections of Rtes 20 and 27, is sponsoring its 2nd Red Cross Blood Drive. If you've never donated blood before, now is the time to try. Donating [...]
Wayland Town Crier 9/24/09: Lending a helping hand with the Akaa Project. Two years ago, Lauren Grimanis of Wayland traveled to the eastern region of Ghana through a program called Cosmic Volunteers, staying with a host family and volunteering in an orphanage. She then moved on to Akaa, an extremely rural and impoverished community also [...]
New Volunteers Needed! Guardian Angels Cat Rescue needs volunteers to provide foster homes for cats and kittens. Training and supplies will be provided by Guardian Angels. Volunteers must be over 21 years of age and be able to temporarily host cats or kittens in their home. Guardian Angels Cat Rescue, founded in 2008, is an [...]
Ryan Jones is going to improve Hazelbrook Trail by making a new trail coming off of the main trail to avoid a heavily eroding area, and building a bridge to cross over the seasonal stream it passes through. He needs all the volunteers I can get for this project to work. The project will take [...]
Kansas City Jewish Chronicle 7/10/09: American Jewish Society for Service helps Habitat for Humanity. The group of teenaged volunteers included Dan Cohen of Wayland.
Hosts: Fresh Air is still in need of Friendly Town hosts for next month. Host families open their hearts and home to a NYC child who would not otherwise have the opportunity to escape the hot, crowded city streets.
Half Marathon: Would you like to run this year’s New York City Half-Marathon on August 16th [...]
The Wayland Firefighters Association in cooperation with MetroWest Medical Center will be hosting a Blood Drive on Thursday, June 25, 2009 in the Training Room of the Public Safety Building at 38 Cochituate Road, Wayland. Blood donors are invited to walk in between the hours of 2pm-8m. Representatives of MetroWest Medical Center will be drawing [...]
Wayland Town Crier 6/16/09: >Local Boy and Girl Scouts create Reading Library.
Wayland Girl Scouts collected 1,000 books, two cameras, school and technology supplies, a sofa and bean bag chairs so the youth who attend Salem CyberSpace’s CyberYouth Academic Center have books and supplies they can use for school assignments and projects and summer [...]
Dates: June 25-August 13, 2009
Grades: Entering 9th through graduating seniors
When: Meetings on every Thursday at Wayland Senior Center, 5:30-6:30 pm
Fee: $75 – Registration through the Park and Rec Department
Have fun this summer doing community service with your peers. Students meet every week on Thursday nights (5:30-6:30pm) to discuss projects and participate in fun activities. [...]
American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Weston-Wayland. Join us to celebrate cancer survivorship, remember loved ones lost and fight back against a disease that has taken too much! The youth of Weston and Wayland have been working very hard to make a difference in the fight against cancer through Relay, but we need [...]
Wayland-Weston Crew looks forward to hosting a full day of competition for Boys and Girls Varsity Fours on Sunday, May 3, on our home course at the Wayland Town Beach. Participating in the regatta will be Belmont Hill, Brooks, Community Rowing, Deerfield, Groton, Lowell, Derryfield, and Winsor. Here is the link to regatta central: Click [...]
Wayland Girl Scout Troop 3166 has assembled a listing of volunteer opportunities to help everyone in town find an interesting opportunity to volunteer, get involved with their community and have fun. [...]
Join Wayland Cleans Up! on Saturday
Whole Foods and Starbucks Host Volunteers
Community Cleanup Is Sat., April 18, 8 am – 3 pm
APRIL 13, 2009 – WAYLAND, MA – Dozens of residents already have selected areas of town to ‘police’ for litter on Apr. 18th as part of Wayland Cleans Up! – the annual trash pickup effort [...]
Wayland High School will be conducting a new and exciting initiative called the Fall Career Day Colloquium in the 2009/2010 school year. We will offer our juniors an opportunity to get information about various careers. We are looking for community members who would like to share information about their profession. Please email us the following [...]
Rebuilding Together Boston (www.rebuildingtogetherboston.org) is looking for volunteers on Saturday, April 25th to join a team from Wayland who will spend the day rebuilding the home of the Culbert family in Dorchester, and in doing so, enjoy the fun, camaraderie, and rewarding experience of helping someone in need. We are looking for adults, as well [...]
The Wayland Historical Commission is sponsoring its eighth annual volunteer Spring brush clearing weekend at Wayland Depot on Saturday, May 2, 9am-4pm and Sunday May 3, 1-4pm. Volunteers are welcome to come either day to help remove brush, vines and undergrowth along the inactive railroad tracks near Wayland Depot. We will be removing debris [...]
Wayland’s Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) receives free training in order to assist the town in the event of an emergency or public health disaster, such as a blizzard, hurricane, or widespread illness. With any luck, the team will never be utilized in an actual emergency, but in the meantime, you will receive training and [...]
Come find out about Habitat and its mission, llocal Habitat efforts, including the Dutton Road project in Sudbury, volunteer opportunities for adults and kids.
Where? Senior Center, Wayland Town Building, 41 Cochituate Rd. Rtes. 27 and 126, Wayland
When? 7:30 PM, Wednesday, April 15
Presented by: Sudbury Habitat Outreach Committee
Questions? contact Mara@hustonfam.net
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