Newton Charity Lawn and Leaf Day is Here! Saturday, November 21.
Our muscle, your leaves! First come, first served!
Niños de Veracruz (Children of Veracruz) non-profit charity, founded by Lasell students, will rake and bag your lawn (your bags, please) in exchange for donations which support shoes, books and fees for poor school children in Mexico. We are hoping for $200 donations, please. That’s enough to support one child! For smaller jobs, please call with a description and time estimate. We are a 501(c)3 charity. Donations are tax deductible. It’s a great cause. Call for appt. 1-978-273-1671.
About our Non-Profit Organization:
Niños de Veracruz was founded in 2003 by students at Lasell College who had visited poor schools in Mexico to provide humanitarian service. Upon their return, we decided to found a 501 (c) 3 organization capable of giving scholarships to the children we met.
Sixth grade children of farmworkers in Coatepec, Mexico often drop out at the end of the school year to work alongside their parents in the sugar cane fields. At that age, costs for shoes, school uniforms, and books increase, and parents, often earning little more than $1.00 a day, are faced with the impossible choice between food, education, and the child’s earning potential.
Niños de Veracruz offers very small scholarships, $200 per child for the best students in each sixth grade class of the Jorge Cerdán school, serving the historic ejido of Campo Viejo. This is enough to move the child into seventh grade and to make their parents deeply grateful and very proud. We have eighteen scholars this year, and with your help, we hope to sponsor even more next year.
Niños de Veracruz has also begun a partnership with a boy’s home in the city of Orizaba, a city that like Coatepec is in the Mexican state of Veracruz. There we are establishing a small library of books, cds and educational dvds for the boys instruction and enjoyment.
Lice Aunties to the rescue! Lice Aunties is an in-home, non toxic, all mom, lice removal business based in Newton. Thousands of heads checked with affection and a sense of humor. Visit www.liceaunties.com
Go Green and put more green back into your wallet! Newton Eco Team Project, endorsed by dozens of local institutions, is a community-wide energy conservation program that teaches, step-by-step, how to substantially reduce your carbon output in just a month’s time. The program is structured with an easy-to-use workbook. Small groups of neighbors and friends meet four times to learn ways to save money and energy. Schools, cultural groups, faith-based groups, political groups and business groups are all enthusiastically joining this effort with the goal of reducing energy consumption in at least a quarter of all homes in Newton. Please visit our website: www.newtonecoteams.org or contact Bonnie Glickman: bglickman@mindspring.com or Jay Walter: entasis@rcn.com to find out how to involve your school or neighborhood or other group in this exciting educational project.
Meaningful Volunteer Work: Help an inmate get a degree and a future, as “College Behind Bars” works with inmates enrolled at Boston University. Become a Middle School Model United Nations Club Advisor right here in Newton. Be part of a Management Consultant Group helping nonprofits with the nuts and bolts of surviving and thriving. This is but a sampling of projects supported by “Service Opportunities After Reaching 55”. SOAR-55 needs your maturity, experience and expertise. This is a chance to learn new skills while sharing your own while making connections in the community. Orientation, support and training provided and many assignments require about 2 hours a week. This is a program of the Newton Community Center among other agencies, connecting adults 55+ with over 65 Newton and Metro-west service agencies. For more info, contact Jan Latorre-Stiller at SOAR-55 at 617-969-5906 ext. 120 or jlatorre-stiller@ncscweb.org.
Knit One…Chat Too: Adults, children, mother/child knitting groups/lessons. Offered during the day, after school and at night. For more info, please contact Margot Rendell at capemargot@aol.com or 617-965-9857.
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