Needham Community
Council Newsletter
JUNE 2015
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Wishing all the Dads out there a great Father's
Day...glad the weather has finally warmed up! Are you
looking for a unique way to honor the Dads in your
family? Donate in their name to the Council and know
that your gift will help support Needham
residents...And, it isn't too late to remember those
grads with a gift to the Council!
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HOLIDAY HOURS
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Friday & Saturday,
July 3rd & 4th.
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4th ANNUAL BACK-TO-SCHOOL
SUPPLIES DISTRIBUTION
PROGRAM
Monday, August 17th
Once again, we are collecting
new and unused school supplies
for our annual distribution for
low-income students on
Monday, August 17th. Gift cards
to Staples, etc. are also
appreciated. Click here for a
wish list of supplies.
Please help us send everyone
back to school with the supplies
needed to succeed.
Donate to the Needham
Community Council
in celebration of your
loved one. We will send
an acknowledgement
card to both you
and the recipient so
you both know that
your gift will support
others in our
community.
Click here to donate
online.
ANNUAL VOLUNTEER
APPRECIATION LUNCHEON
RIDE FOR FOOD
SUN. SEPT. 20th
Help us meet our goal.
Register to ride and/or
donate to the Council
team. Click here to visit
our website for links to
the RIDE website,
registration and
donation pages.
Thanks to corporate
sponsors of the Council
Team: Direct Federal
Credit Union
and Copley Motorcars
NEEDHAM
WOMEN'S CLUB
GARDEN TOUR
On Thursday, June 11th we will
celebrate the efforts of our volunteers at our Annual Volunteer Appreciation
Luncheon.
Thanks to the Needham Golf
Club Charities for their support
of this event. Because of their
sponsorship, we are able to
offer a delicious luncheon and
gracious site to all Council
volunteers at the Needham Golf
Club. Thanks also to Council staff member, Dan
McMann for designing and creating the invitation.
Without our dedicated volunteers, our many programs
would not be possible.
Who are they?
• over 200 volunteers
• range from age 13 to over 95
• they provide approximately 500 hours of service per
month
What do they do?
• Set up the retail displays, assist shoppers, work the
cash registers, and sort donations in the thrift shop
• Sort donations, help customers in the food pantry
and with medical equipment loans
• Drive residents to medical appointments
• Provide one-on-one ESL tutoring and facilitate
conversation groups
• Present Child Assault Prevention [CAP]
workshops in the elementary schools
• Visit local nursing home residents with a
mini-thrift shop • Help our office with administrative and
computer-based projects
• And more....
Sunday, June 14th
1-4 p.m.
Council
volunteer,
Babs Moss
will be
creating a
special container
garden. Click here to
visit their website for
more information
and to purchase
tickets.
DINNER IN A BAG
DONATION TO FOOD PANTRY
Thanks to Panera Bread, many Food Pantry families
were offered a "dinner in a bag" last month...nothing to
do but open the bag and cook ...all the fixins' were
provided for a delicious and healthy dinner.
PAST COUNCIL
BOARD PRESIDENT
BARRY COFFMAN
HONORED BY THE
MELICK
FOUNDATION
We congratulate Barry
Coffman, a member of
the Council family on
his selection.
Recipients of the
Melick Foundation are
chosen for their
committment to a
volunteer spirit which
contributes to the
quality of life in our
community.
Click here to visit the
Melick Foundation
website for more
information.
SUMMER DONATIONS ARE ALWAYS
WELCOME!
Our donation site hallway is on the far right side of our
buidling. Tax-exempt forms are available on a clipboard
inside the door. Please note our donation hours are:
M-F: 8:30 am to 4:30 pm; Wed. 8:30 am - 7 p.m. and
Sat. 10 am - 2 pm.
FOOD PANTRY
We are all looking forward to summer, BUT,
summer is the toughest time to keep our food
pantry shelves filled.
Elementary schools, town organizations, local Houses of
Worship and families donate food throughout the school
year. During summer vacation food donations are
reduced. Since we do not have their regular deliveries
during the summer months, and, many food pantry
families have their children home for three meals a day
without the support of the school lunch program, we
distribute even more food than at other times of the
year. Bring your donations to our building at 570 Hillside Ave
or to our donation site at Needham's Rosemary Pool
[during open hours] and Sudbury Farms. Unsure what to donate? Click here to visit our website
and download our monthly wish list...anything you
purchase for your family is always welcome at the
Food Pantry...including toilet paper, tissues, paper
towels, dish detergent, laundry detergent, etc.
Right now, we are especially in need of
toilet paper and canned fruit.
THRIFT SHOP
Would you like to be
notified of our
special events and
sales? Click here to
join our notification
email list and put
"sales" in the subject
of your email.
We appreciate your clothing & household
donations, but there are goods we cannot accept
due to space limitations. Please click here to go to
our website. Call us if you are unsure if we can accept
your donation. We can suggest other agencies if we
can't. Clothing and household goods should be in good
condition and working order...would you would give it
to your neighbor "in the light of day"? If so,
please donate it to us.
Your donated items will be sold in
our Thrift Shop to help support all
of our no-fee programs, or will be
re-donated to others in need. Approximately 1/3 of our
annual budget is raised
from Thrift Shop sales.
Officers & Board of
Directors 2015-16
President
Frank Bond
Vice President
Deb Jacob
Secretary
Carole Sullivan
Treasurer
Jeffrey Stewart
Past President
Lisa Cherbuliez
*Lynn Alberding
Caren Carpenter
Bill Concannon
Priscilla Dasse
Glen Davis
Bob Dermody
Mark Fisher
*John Frantz
Maria Furlong
Jonathan Kappel
Eilene Kleiman
Margie Margolis
*Andrew McCollum
*Diane Retzky
*Barbara St. John
Christopher Thomas
*denotes new 2015
Board Members
THANKS NEEDHAM LETTER
CARRIERS
Saturday, May 9th
Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive
Thanks to all the Needham residents who provided food
and the Needham Letter Carriers
who collected and delivered it.
Our food pantry volunteers
welcomed a steady line of
postal trucks dropping off food collections throughout the
afternoon.
Thanks also to all the Council
volunteers who helped unload the trucks, sort the
donations and stock our shelves; Nicholas Pizza for
feeding our volunteers and letter carriers; and especially
to Gerry McIsaac from the Needham Post Office and Sue
Biasizzo, the Council's Food Pantry Coordinator.
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Needham who have under-met health, educational or social needs and promotes volunteerism,
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