I Love Newton

Category: Do Good

Charities and volunteer opporunities in Newton, MA and Boston.

  • GELF Fundraiser Dinner: March 21st

    GELF Fundraiser Dinner: March 21st

    It is the GELF time of year again.  Katya Salkever will once again be cooking, Jen and principals will be serving, the fabulous Katani Sumner and band will once again be playing.
    This year we will have beer pairings (there will be wine for the non-beer drinkers) from Sam Adams- and Jim Koch the co-founder and owner will be selecting and introducing each beer.
     
    The Event is March 21st.
     
    As always it is an unbelievable cause-  that is only made possible by your generosity.  Over the years, together we have raised $170,000 and have funded the exchange travel of 160 students who otherwise could not have afforded to go!
     
    So here is a link to the website.  If you can’t go but would still like to support GELF consider purchasing a teacher ticket or making a donation directly to GELF (both can be found on the website linked below).
     
    GELF
     
    This means a great deal to Jen, Katya, and so many others in the Newton Schools community! Looking forward to seeing you there!
    GELF Fundraiser Dinner

     

  • Rotary Newton Craft Beer Festival

    Rotary Newton Craft Beer Festival

    Do you like all things beer related?  The Rotary Club of Newton is hosting Rotary Newton Craft Beer Festival on Sunday, March 1 from 1-4 pm at the American Legion Post 440 at 295 California Street in Newton.

    Rotary Newton Craft Beer Festival

    The festival will feature craft beer and food vendors offering tasting samples.  “Mini-seminars” will be held throughout the day on brewing techniques, tasting hints and other topics.  There will also be a silent auction and/or raffle.  Live music will be provided by the Hot Biscuit Blues Band.

    Visit RotaryNewtonFestival.org for more information or to buy tickets!

    The Craft Beer Festival is a 100% volunteer effort, and all proceeds benefit the community service and international projects of the Rotary Club of Newton.  The festival is Rotary Club of Newton’s largest fundraiser of the year.

    About Rotary

    Rotary brings together a global network of volunteer leaders dedicated to tackling the world’s most pressing humanitarian challenges. Rotary connects 1.2 million members of more than 34,000 Rotary clubs in over 200 countries and geographical areas. Their work impacts lives at both the local and international levels, from helping families in need in their own communities to working toward a polio-free world. For more information, visit RotaryNewton.org.

     

  • Kill Shelter Fundraiser to Save Dogs

    Kill Shelter Fundraiser to Save Dogs

    This is our dog sitter, Stacey from Wicked Happy Dogs. What most of you don’t know is that she spends hours of her free time every day volunteering for Survivor Tails Rescue Organization.
    Kill Shelter Fundraiser to Save Dogs
    Survivor Tails rescues dogs from high volume kill shelters in the South and brings them up here where they can find loving, forever homes.  Through Stacey’s amazing work she has brought me my very own dogs, Cleveland and Fancy. They have brought so much joy to our family that I feel it only necessary to give back to Stacey and Survivor Tails!

    1st Annual Rescue Fever Honorary Gala

    The organization is throwing their 1st Annual Rescue Fever Honorary Gala where 20% of proceeds will go to Last Call Foundation on Saturday, February 21, 2015 at Florian Hall 55 Hallet St Dorchester, MA. Starts at 6:00pm.
    Tickets include a 3 course dinner, entertainment and dancing!  The price of an individual ticket is $125; table of 10 is $100 per person.
    Purchase ticket here.
  • Little Brothers-Friends of the Elderly Valentine’s Day Visits

    Little Brothers-Friends of the Elderly Valentine’s Day Visits

    Little Brothers-Friends of the Elderly Valentine’s Day Visits!
    Little Brothers-Friends of the Elderly Valentine's Day Visits
    Register Now!
    As always, we will be kicking of 2015 in true LBFE style with our first holiday visiting program this Valentine’s Day and we would like to invite you to join us as we promote companionship with our elders through Valentine’s Day celebrations.
    We will be delivering holiday packages and visits February 11-13, 2015 from 9am-5pm to elders throughout Boston.
    We are also looking for volunteers to drive elders to our Valentine’s Day on February 14, 2015 from 11am-2pm.
    If you are able to help us deliver companionship to our elders or drive for the party, please register below by clicking the “Register Now!” link!
  • Kohl’s Young Volunteer Scholarship Program

    Kohl’s Young Volunteer Scholarship Program

    Kohl’s Department Stores will be accepting nominations for outstanding young volunteers beginning next week for the 2015 Kohl’s Cares®  Scholarship Program.
    Kohl's Young Volunteer Scholarship Program
    Nominations for kids ages six to 18 will be accepted January 30 – March 13 at kohlskids.com, and nominators must be 21 years or older. Through the program, Kohl’s will award more than 2,500 young volunteers nearly $400,000 in scholarships and prizes to reward kids who have made a positive impact on their communities.

    • Ten national winners will each be awarded a $10,000 scholarship for higher education, and Kohl’s will donate $1,000 to a nonprofit organization on each national winner’s behalf
    • Nearly 200 students will win regional scholarships worth $1,000 toward higher education
    • More than 2,000 local students will receive a $50 Kohl’s gift card
    Kohl’s Cares® Scholarship Program is part of Kohl’s Cares®, Kohl’s philanthropic program focused on improving the lives of children. Since the program began in 2001, Kohl’s has recognized more than 22,000 kids with more than $4.2 million in scholarships and prizes. To learn more about last year’s winners, visit kohlskids.com.
  • Nelly Carreño Celebrity Chef at COOK Restaurant

    Nelly Carreño Celebrity Chef at COOK Restaurant

    Cook Cooks for Charity

    Cook Restaurant Welcomes Nelly Carreño as Part of its Continuing ‘Celebrity Chef Series’ 

    Nelly Carreño Celebrity Chef at COOK Restaurant

    WHAT:            Cook, the highly acclaimed American bistro located in Newton, MA is welcoming NECN meteorologist Nelly Carreño as part of its continuing “Cook for Charity” celebrity chef series. On Wednesday, January 28th, 2015 from 6:00PM – 8:00PM Carreño will roll up her sleeves and get cooking with Executive Chef/Owner Paul Turano where they’ll be serving up flatbreads all evening long. In addition to Cook’s signature menu items, the restaurant will be serving “The Nelly” special, a chorizo flatbread topped with house made crumbled chorizo, poblano goat cheese crema, mozzarella and fingerling potato chips, designed by Nelly herself. 100% of sales from each $15 “The Nelly” flatbread will be donated to Rosie’s Place, a sanctuary for poor and homeless women.

    Nelly Carreño is a three-time Emmy award winner who has covered hard news, entertainment and weather for over a decade in large television markets such as Dallas, Chicago & of course Boston. She is a regular supporter of Rosie’s Place and the night of cooking is one of several celebrity chef events at Cook, all of which raise money and awareness about a charity chosen by the specific celebrity chef of the evening. The regular menu will also be available on the night. For more information, visit www.cooknewton.com or call 617-964-2665. Reservations are recommended.

    WHEN:             Wednesday, January 28th, 2015. Appearance by Carreño from 6:00PM – 8:00PM. Dinner served from 4:30PM to 10:00PM.

    WHERE:           Cook Newton | 825 Washington Street | Newton, MA |02467

    RSVP:              Reservations recommended by calling 617-964-2665.

     

    About Cook:

    “Cook” restaurant is an 80-seat New American bistro is located in the Greater-Boston area in Newton, Massachusetts. Cook presents a menu that crosses all cultural lines and spans from the simple to the complex. The perfect place to meet for lunch, brunch or dinner, or simply to stop in and enjoy items from their snack menu while sampling craft cocktails, or something from the extensive beer and wine list. Cook is a true neighborhood restaurant in every way. Executive Chef/Owner Chef Paul Turano is dedicated to using only the freshest local ingredients.  At Cook the food is dressed up, but you can dress down. Cook serves lunch Monday through Friday from 11:30AM- 3:30PM, Dinner: Sunday- Saturday from 4:30PM – close, and brunch on Saturday and Sunday from 10:30AM -2:30PM. Cook is located at 825 Washington Street in Newton, MA. For more information please visit www.cooknewton.com.

  • FA Day Middle School at Red Sox Game Fundraiser!

    FA Day Middle School at Red Sox Game Fundraiser!

    FA Day Middle School at Red Sox Game Fundraiser!

     

    Go here to order. Deadline to order is January 28th!

  • Yoga Benefit Class with Dawn Davis Yoga

    Yoga Benefit Class with Dawn Davis Yoga

    Yoga Benefit Class for
    Newton-At-Home on Friday, December 26th!
    Dawn Davis yoga benefit class
    9:30 am at The Windsor Club
    1601 Beacon Street, Waban, MA 02468
    Newton-At-Home helps older folks in our community continue to live safe and active lives in their own homes. Check out the important work on their website. For more information, please contact our very own Julie Plaut Mahoney at volcoord@newtonathome.org.
    Class cards won’t apply for this special class, its entirely a donation-based effort. 100% of what comes in at the door will go to NAH.
    Dawn Davis Yoga

     

  • Panties Benefit Seven Bar Foundation

    Panties Benefit Seven Bar Foundation

    Equinox, the upscale fitness and high performance lifestyle leader, is introducing the perfect holiday gift for the active activist. Equinox is partnering with Empowered by You to offer the Empowered by Equinox panty line.

    Panties Benefit Seven Bar Foundation

    The limited edition, holiday 3-pack of perfect everyday seamless panties, available for $60 at all four Boston Equinox locations, are designed with patented silicone flocking technology to prevent riding and sliding. For every pair purchased, Empowered by You will donate 20% of its net profits to the Seven Bar Foundation which is committed to empowering women across the globe by distributing loans to outstanding microfinance institutions all over the world.

    Panties Benefit Seven Bar Foundation

    Microloans are loans in amounts of less than $50,000 which help small business owners start, support or grow their business, and is especially prominent in countries with high poverty rates.  The Seven Bar Foundation supports small business women in Sri Lanka (where the panties are manufactured), India, Guatemala, the United States and several other countries. Women who have received microfinance loans from the Seven Bar Foundation have been able to get their businesses off the ground and gain financial independence, therefore breaking the cycle of poverty for their families.

    Instead of seeing lingerie as a tool of seduction, Empowered by You and Empowered by Equinox believe that intimates are a form of female empowerment– empowering the woman who wears them knowing she has supported an aspiring business woman into self-sufficiency and for the women she supports. It’s not just a panty.  It’s a mission.

    The panties will be available at The Shop @ Equinox beginning December 3rd, 2014 until supplies last.

     

  • Catalog Canceling Initiative to GO GREEN!

    Catalog Canceling Initiative to GO GREEN!

    Go Green!
    CATALOG CANCELING INITIATIVE

    My elementary school is doing this via our Social Action Committee but I wanted to share with everyone in Newton and invite you all to Go GREEN!

    Go Green Catalog Canceling Initiative

    As the holiday season is upon us, most households begin to receive an abundance of unwanted sales catalogs.

    Over 19 billion catalogs are mailed per year in the USA, using:

    • 53 million trees
    • 3 billion gallons of water
    • Enough energy to supply 1.2 million homes annually
    • CO2 emissions equal to 2 million cars annually

    The production of catalogs consumes a vast amount of our planet’s precious resources, and 98% of these catalogs do not even generate sales.

    How does the initiative work?

    1. Collect catalogs that you want to cancel.

    2. Cancel the catalogs by:

    • calling the 1800 number on the back, or
    • use the website www.catalogchoice.org where you can cancel many at one time or
    • download the following app  https://www.paperkarma.com/  to scan and cancel

    3. Go online at Catalog Canceling Drive and submit the total number of catalogs you and your child have cancelled.  Deadline to enter isJanuary 15th

    4. SAVE and SEND the catalogs in with your child on the morning of January 16th (the day of the January Town Meeting).

    Please have you child/children help in as much of this process as possible.
    The classrooms that have cancelled the most catalogs will win a prize.  In addition, to help the children understand the impact of this initiative, each child will have the chance to go onto the stage to add their catalogs to the stack of cancelled catalogs.

    For more information and videos about this challenge, click on the following link.  http://blogs.parkschoolcommunity.net/ted_wells/