COMMUNITY SERVICE

Community Service is a great way to meet new people while working together in activities that benefit the community. Please complete the Community Service form along with your membership form.

Community Service Activities

Holiday Baskets: Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter
Working with the Duxbury Interfaith Council, we work with volunteers from other area organizations to put together baskets of food and treats for 150 families. Needed are donations of food, gifts or money, packing, sorting and assembling of basket contents, and basket delivery.

Holiday Gifts for Children
Newcomers’ coordinates with the Duxbury Interfaith Council to gather recommended age-appropriate holiday gifts for needy children. These gifts are included as part of the Holiday Baskets.

Festival of Trees
An annual fund-raising event at Plymouth Plantation, volunteers are needed to make or donate ornaments, decorate and "show-off" the Newcomers’ Christmas Tree. Kids are welcome!

Annual Senior Luncheon
A fun-filled luncheon for 100 Duxbury Seniors, this activity is Newcomers’ largest: a community event! Volunteers plan, decorate, cook, waitress, assist in the kitchen, and obtain raffle gifts donated by local merchants.

Other Ways to Help

Helping Hands
Our volunteers provide meals (home cooked or otherwise) to families with babies or in a time of need.

Volunteer Outreach
You can help by making a donation through Volunteer Outreach. Each month, we will highlight a local charity in our newsletter. Donations pertinent to that organization can be dropped off at Christine Sovik’s house and will be brought to the charity at month’s end. For information about this month’s charity, or if you have questions, please contact Christine Sovik at 781-934-2082.

Cleaning out your family closets?
Donate shoes in good condition to Operation Shoe Fly. Razia (of Razia's Cleaners and Tailors) and the U.S. Army are collecting shoes for orphans in Afghanistan. Shoes in good condition for children aged 2-14, or monetary donations, are greatly appreciated. Drop off your donations at Razia's shop located at 35 Depot Street. Call Razia with any questions at (781) 934-6169.

Anything else?
The South Shore Women’s Center, serving abused women and children, takes about anything you can donate. The center is located in Kingston. The phone number is 781-582-0078 or toll free 888-746-2664. The center, a non-profit community-based agency, has been serving abused women and children for over 20 years. Please call for more details and directions if interested in donating.

Thinking about clipping those Box Tops?
Please support our schools by clipping Box Tops from hundreds of your favorite General Mills products. Each Box Top is worth ten cents when redeemed by our schools.

If you do not have a student in the house, you can bring your Box Tops to the Library main desk there is a collection box. You may also visit www.boxtops4education.com for further details and other ways of earning money for our schools.