We’ll be participating in the Cradles to Crayons 4th annual PJ Drive!

 

We’re asking members to donate a new pair of pajamas in the month of February that will be donated to Cradles to Crayons, a non-profit organization whose mission is to provide basic essentials for low-income and homeless children throughout Massachusetts. Last year's drive collected over 15,000 pairs of pajamas!      

 

We're collecting PJ's at all January and February Newcomers & Neighbors events. Our goal is to donate 100 PJs!  

For more information or to drop off PJs, please contact Caryn Hayes 

Community Events and Programs

Preparing Your Preschooler for Kindergarten - Sponsored by the Independent Day Care Providers Network of Reading on January 25 at 7pm. More info select here

 

With A+ School Rewards Everyone Wins

Stop N Shop has given awat $2.5 million since the program started in 2009. This year we're excited to give $2.5 million to help the schools in our communities. Join today and designate your Stop N Shop Card for the 2011/2012 school year. http://www.stopandshop.com/aplus

Text a Tip to Police!

Send a text tip to the Reading Police to 847411.  Type READINGPD in the text box with your “tip” and then hit send.

As a social and civic organization in Reading, Newcomers and Neighbors contributes to the local community in many ways throughout the year. Through efforts like the toy drive, upkeep of the landscaped island across from Market Basket, regular donations to the food pantry, or our recent disbursement of shoes to the Soles4Souls organization (to name just a few!), we consistently strive to better our community.

As active members of Newcomers & Neighbors, we can all be proud of some recent donations we have made to our town. For several years now, proceeds from the Children’s Concert have gone to purchase a family pass to the Museum of Science (www.mos.org) for the Reading Public Library. This is something that everyone in town can use throughout the course of the year to receive discounted entrance to one of Boston’s premiere museums.

This year, not only has the group also purchased a season’s pass to Davis’ Farmland in Sterling (www.davisfarmland.com), but we made contributions in the name of Newcomers & Neighbors to the Reading Technology Fund, and the Washington Park renovation project. It is because of your willingness as members to participate in and promote our activities and efforts that contributions such as these can be made to our local community. We hope that in the months ahead, you all have a chance to use one or both of the passes we have donated to the town library (http://www.readingpl.org/services/
museumpasses/), and that our support of local parks and technology benefit our families and our neighbors for years to come.

Thanks!

Do you know of a local organization looking for some extra help? Contact Caryn Hayes at bobcarhayes@comcast.net with the information.