Open Space Preservation is offering a second round of free seed pickup for those who want to support pollinators by nurturing native plants. Read the full article → from Winter Sow – Round 2 this week
Southborough Youth and Family Services is looking to recognize someone who has served our community well. The agency is reaching out to the public for nominees for its annual Wellness Award. Read the full article → from Nominate a Community Hero
If you’d like to have plants in your yard and around the community this summer that support native pollinators, sign up now to sow the seeds this winter to make that happen. Read the full article → from ’23 Winter Sow program to grow native seedlings (for free) (Updated Again)
Southborough Rotary Club and a member’s salon are working together again to support families in need.
This time, the community is encouraged to donate diapers in sizes 4-6. Read the full article → from Diaper Drive
Since one of the other hats I wear is President of The Friends of the Southborough Library, I’m excited to share our latest news.
We have finally launched an option to donate to the Friends through PayPal Read the full article → from Love your Library: Donate Online to the Friends
Every spring, Southborough Youth & Family Services uses May to promote Mental Health Awareness. In advance, SYFS is reaching out to ask community members to help.
The agency is seeking ideas and calling for art. Read the full article → from Seeking Art & Ideas for Mental Health Awareness Month
A Southborough resident has organized another visit from the Blood Mobile that serves Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Read the full article → from Sign up to Give at the Blood Mobile
BSA Troop 92 reached out about a bunch of boys who just earned the Eagle Scout rank. I couldn’t share that news without also highlighting that a member of Troop 823 became an Eagle Scout this fall – the first female resident in Southborough to make the rank. Read the full article → from Southborough Eagle Scout news
Next week, Special Olympics will recognize ARHS for its inclusion leadership programs in a halftime ceremony during the Boys Varsity Basketball game. Read the full article → from A Night to Include: ARHS being awarded Special Olympics banner
In two weeks, the Southborough office of Mass Dept of Agricultural Resources (MADR) will hold a special Mental Health Awareness program focused on the stress that farmers and their families face. Read the full article → from Wellness program to support farmers’ Mental Health – Sessions in January
A GoFundMe has been setup to help a Southborough family with two young children who were displaced by a house fire. Read the full article → from GoFundMe for family displaced by fire
Members and supporters of Southborough Safe Spaces have been working to stuff Christmas Stockings full of Queer Cheer for asylum seekers in Worcester. Youth members will finish off that project at their 2nd Annual Holi-gay party tomorrow night. Read the full article → from Safe Spaces making the holidays welcoming for LGBT Asylum seekers
A Southborough business is asking the public to submit nominations for their “Annual Holiday Cheer Giveaway”. Read the full article → from Gulbankian accepting nominations for residents deserving “Holiday Cheer”
Red Apples are donations made to the Southborough Community Fund in the name of a teacher or school staff member. Read the full article → from “Red Apple” gifts are due by Friday