Town, community, neighbor(hood), and community group events. Listed by sponsoring organization. To list your group's events, visit the Publish Page, or contact Bob Luttman.
Graceful Stitches: An Evening with Barbara Delinsky
-- Event Type: Lecture or Presentation
Event Date: 5/8/2008
Event Time: 7:00PM to
Location: Graceful Stitches, Main Street
Graceful Stitches, a non profit yarn and gift shop located in Medfield, will host an evening with Barbara Delinsky, a well known local author, on Thursday May 8th at 7P.M. The event will take place at the United Church of Christ at 496 Main St. (Rte 109) in Medfield. Barbara will speak about her life, her writing, her love of knitting and her dedication to a cure for breast cancer. Three of her books will be available for purchase and signing. This will be a great event for readers and knitters alike. In honor of this event, Graceful Stitches will offer a 20% discount on all yarn purchases from 5-9 P.M. All proceeds from this event will be donated for Breast Cancer Research at Mass General Hospital.
This Foundation, created by Barbara Delinsky, will help launch the career of a surgical oncologist.
For more information call 508-359-1505 or visit our website at www.gracefulstitches.org
-- Posted by Bob Luttman of Medfield News Online on May 5, 2008
Friends of the Library
NEW BOOKSTORE'S GRAND OPENING TO BENEFIT THE FRIENDS OF THE MEDFIELD LIBRARY, May 10th
-- Event Type: Fundraising Event
Event Date: 5/10/2008
Event Time: 10:00AM to 5:00PM
Location: Park Street Books, 26 Park Street
Park Street Books, featuring quality children's books and toys, will officially open its doors at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, May 10. Owner Jim James, a Medfield resident, will donate 20% of all sales that day to the Friends of the Medfield Library.
Park Street Books is located at 26 Park Street in Medfield and will be open Tuesday through Saturday from 10:00 to 5:00.
-- Posted by Bob Luttman of Medfield News Online on May 5, 2008
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Yard Sale to Benefit MHS Girls' Varsity Ice Hockey Team
-- Event Type: Fundraising Event
Event Date: 5/10/2008
Event Time: 9:00AM to 1:00PM
Location: 100 Main Street
A giant, team yard sale to benefit the Medfield High School Girls Varsity Ice Hockey program will be held on Saturday, May 10th from 9a - 1pm, at 100 Main Street, Medfield. Funding 50% of the program next year, all money raised will go towards the player's ice costs whose share will equal over $10,000 next season. Rain or Shine.
-- Posted by Bob Luttman of Medfield News Online on May 5, 2008
Medfield Food Cupboard
Post Office Food Drive, May 10th
-- Event Type: Fundraising Event
Event Date: 5/10/2008
Event Time: All Day to
Location: Your Mailbox
Saturday May 10th is the Post Office Food Drive. The postal drivers will collect any bags of food left next to or hanging on the mail boxes and deliver them to the Medfield Food Cupboard. Suggested donations include cereal, juice, jelly, canned pasta, mac & cheese, pasta, pasta sauce, canned chicken, white tuna in water, canned veggies, cookies, crackers and tissues. Please do not donate open or expired items.
This years drive is critical due to an increase in requests for services.
Thank you for supporting the Medfield Food Cupboard
-- Posted by Bob Luttman of Medfield News Online on May 5, 2008
Church of the Advent
Mothers Day Plant Sale, May 10th
-- Event Type: Fundraising Event
Event Date: 5/10/2008
Event Time: 9:00AM to 2:00PM
Location: Church of the Advent, 28 Pleasant Street
Mothers’ Day Plant Sale Saturday, May 10th, 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. Church of the Advent, 28 Pleasant St., Medfield
Featuring beautiful annuals, perennials and hanging baskets from Mahoney’s of Winchester
Come celebrate Mom and do your spring garden shopping!
Proceeds from the plant sale will benefit the B-SAFE Program, a summer camp serving over 500 inner city children. The camps work to create relationships across neighborhoods to decrease violence in the city and build the children’s skills to prepare them for the classroom in September.
Join us on May 10th, put a smile on Mom’s face, beautify your garden and help support summer camp for many deserving children!
Pre-orders are being accepted until April 27th. If you would like to pre-order your flowers for pick-up at the sale on May 10th, forms are available on our website at www.adventmedfield.org
-- Posted by Bob Luttman of Medfield News Online on May 5, 2008
Other Community Group
MEDFIELD LIONS WILL HOLD ANNUAL 2008 MOTHER’S DAY PANCAKE BREAKFAST, May 11th
-- Event Type: Social Event
Event Date: 5/11/2008
Event Time: 8:00AM to Noon
Location: Legion Hall
The Medfield Lions Club will offer local children the opportunity to say Happy Mothers Day in a special way. On Sunday May 11th, 2008 from 8AM to Noon at the Legion Hall, the Medfield Lions will sponsor a fabulous Pancake Breakfast with all the trimmings. Mom will get a deserved day off with the Lions serving up a breakfast of pancakes, eggs, sausages, bacon, home fries, and coffee, tea, and juice. Catering will be Basils Restaurant so you can’t go wrong. Carnations will be given to each mother. It promises to be an extra special event for the Medfield community while supporting local charities. Tickets are $7 per person. As with every Lion’s fundraiser, every penny of the proceeds from the breakfast goes to charity. The event proceeds are underwritten by local businesses who purchase advertising on the breakfast placemat. Tickets may be purchased at the door.
-- Posted by Bob Luttman of Medfield News Online on May 5, 2008
Other Community Group
Medfield Garden Club News: More Composters Available & Plant Sale, May 17th
-- Event Type: Fundraising Event
Event Date: 5/17/2008
Event Time: 9:00AM to Noon
Location: First Parish Unitarian Church, North Street
The first 40 composters sold out so quickly, we have ordered another 40 and already have orders for over 20 of those. So please remind Medfield they are still available, but are going quickly.
Next the Medfield Garden Club will give everyone a chance to put newly made compost to good use with its annual Plant Sale on May 17. They offer a selection of quality annuals as well as Medfield tested perennials from their own gardens. And this year they will also be offering Memorial Day planters filled with colorful annuals.
The sale is on Saturday, May 17 at the Unitarian Universalist Church on North Street from 9 to noon. For those who planned ahead and ordered early, their geraniums can be picked up on Friday May 16. Questions? call Linda at 359-9827.
-- Posted by Bob Luttman of Medfield News Online on May 5, 2008
Relay for Life
Super RELAY Saturday set for May 17th
-- Event Type: Fundraising Drive
Event Date: 5/17/2008
Event Time: to
Location: Around Town
Relay For Life is in full gear. Even though the Relay event isn’t until June 13-14, fundraising has begun. The big day for team fundraising is May 17th, Super RELAY Saturday!
Residents of Medfield are encouraged to support the Relay For Life. Don’t miss out! Look for the following:
In front of Lord’s on Main Street, the SuperTroopers team will be selling chances to win many exciting items including tickets to a Red Sox game, a handmade quilted jacket, a digital camera, jewelry and much more! Another team is fundraising by taking orders from a representative trader from the Phoenix Trading Card Co. A percentage of all that is sold will be donated to the MHS Alumni: Warriors Fighting Cancer team. Also there will be a table where Luminaria bags will be sold for $5 each. These bags can be purchased in honor of a cancer survivor or in memory of a cancer victim and will be used during the Luminaria ceremony at the Relay.
Stop by the Wheelock Soccer fields on Saturday morning, between 8:45 until 12 noon, and look for members of the Flower Children team. They are selling coffee, hot chocolate and muffins!
And don’t forget to stop at the incredible new shop, Dazzles on Janes Avenue (behind Town Hall). The owner is donating 10% of sales on Super Saturday to the Relay For Life.
-- Posted by Bob Luttman of Medfield News Online on May 5, 2008
New 'N Towne
New ’N Towne Hosts Newcomers’ Social
-- Event Type: Social Event
Event Date: 5/18/2008
Event Time: 7:30PM to
Location: Mark and Kathy Bonaguro, 9 Robinson Road
The New ’N Towne Club of Medfield will hold its next Newcomers’ Social on Sunday, May 18 at 7:30 p.m. at the home of Mark and Kathy Bonaguro, 9 Robinson Road, Medfield. Members who have joined the Club since February as well as prospective new members are all invited to attend. Enjoy a fun evening and meet some new people, while learning what New ’N Towne has to offer. Please share the invitation with friends and neighbors, as it’s never too late to join New ’N Towne! For more information and to RSVP, contact Susan Norton at 359-1080.
-- Posted by Bob Luttman of Medfield News Online on May 5, 2008
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Girl Scout Registration
-- Event Type: Meeting
Event Date: 5/19/2008
Event Time: 6:30PM to 8:30PM
Location: Pfaff Center
Girl Scout Registration for both new girls and existing troops is Monday May 19th form 6:30-8:30 pm at the Pfaff Center. We are asking existing troops to register on or before this evening to qualify for Early Bird incentives.
We would also like to encourage girls in town to come in and see what the Medfield Girl Scout programs are all about.
-- Posted by Bob Luttman of Medfield News Online on May 5, 2008
Other Community Group
Community Cultural Council Input Meeting
-- Event Type: Meeting
Event Date: 5/22/2008
Event Time: 7:00PM to
Location: Zullo Gallery, 456 Main Street
The Medfield Cultural Council will host a Community Input meeting at 7 p.m. on Thursday, May 22nd at the Zullo Gallery, 456 Main St., Medfield. All interested residents are invited to come and tell us what types of artists and events you would like to see supported in Medfield.
This year the Medfield Cultural Council granted over four thousand dollars to the following artists and groups: jazz musicians Gerald and Geraldine Bergonzi; the Bridgewater Antiphonal Brass Society; the Gazebo Players of Medfield; pastel artist Gregory Maichack; "The Veggie Voyager" Jay Mankita; the New England Swing Orchestra; and the New Philharmonia Orchestra. Every year we use funds provided by the Massachusetts Cultural Council to support artists and cultural events in Medfield. We occasionally host local cultural events and lectures. In recent years we have held jazz brunches, poetry readings, showings by independent filmmakers, and other events.
If you are interested in local arts and culture, or would consider joining the Medfield Cultural Council, please come to the Zullo Gallery on May 22nd.
For more info, call MCC acting chair, Ron Gustavson at 508-359-8490.
-- Posted by Bob Luttman of Medfield News Online on May 5, 2008
Memorial Day Tuesday May 27th Memorial School Night at Papa Gino's Papa Gino's 4:30 pm until 7:30 pm Thursday May 29th John F. Kennedy's Birthday Tuesday June 3rd MHS Boosters Night Isabella's Groceria, Main Street 5:00 pm until 8:00 pm Isabella's donates 30% of sales to MHS for technology needs.Tuesday June 10th Blake Night at Medfield Seafood Medfield Seafood 3:00 pm until 7:00 pm Thursday June 12th MYCC Meeting MHS Room 125 7:15 am until 8:15 am Saturday June 14th Flag Day Sunday June 15th Father's Day
Bob Luttman * Medfield, MA * rluttman@robertluttman.com
