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Giving Tuesday Somerville is Today!

The Somerville nonprofit community has embarked upon a new journey of collaborative fundraising: Giving Tuesday Somerville. This holiday season, 15 nonprofit organizations are joining forces to collaborate on a first-annual joint fundraising effort as part of the international Giving Tuesday program. Giving Tuesday is an annual global day of giving that helps to raise funds and awareness for important causes everywhere.

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Current Mood: generous
Current Location: Somerville
Current Music: Jim Brickman

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Giving Tuesday Somerville: Call for Volunteers

Help raise $50,000 for nonprofit organizations in Somerville!

Volunteers are needed for Giving Tuesday Somerville, a collaborative fundraising effort between 15 local nonprofit organizations. The event will be a telethon at SCATV in Union Square on December 2 from 6-9 pm.

Volunteers are needed BEFORE, DURING, and AFTER the event: tasks will include helping with a phone bank, picking up donations, distributing promotional posters, and more! This is a great way to get involved with your local Somerville community and #GiveMore during the holiday season.

Please fill out this form if you are able to volunteer before, during, and/or after Giving Tuesday Somerville, and we will contact you with more info! Please email georgie@respondinc.org if you have any questions.

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Drop Off for Wrap Around Begins

Attention all Knitters, Crocheters, and Stitch-makers!

The Nave Gallery is seeking knitted, crocheted, and sewn donations of gloves, hats, bags, blankets, decorative pieces, etc., for the 7th annual Wrap Around, our sale of affordable handmade goods to benefit the Somerville Homeless Coalition (SHC).

SALE DATES AND HOURS

Nave Gallery
155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
November 15-December 14
Saturday & Sunday, 1-5 pm
Closed Thanksgiving weekend
Dessert Reception: Sunday, November 16, 1:00 pm-5:00 pm

DROP-OFF SITES

Donated items can be dropped off at the following locations November 1-12:

Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville
Blue Cloud Gallery, 713 Broadway Ave, Somerville
Magpie, 416 Highland Ave, Somerville
SCATV, 90 Union Square, Somerville

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Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF

Kids from the Benjamin G. Brown School "Roots & Shoots" club will be in Davis Square on Monday, October 27th from approx 3:00-4:00 Trick-or-Treating for UNICEF. Find a kid with an orange UNICEF box, and give them some money! Kids from the school may also bring UNICEF boxes while trick-or-treating on Halloween night, so have some change waiting by your candy bowl if you want to donate.

While I'm on the topic of trick-or-treating, please allow me to preach a little PSA on behalf of the estimated 7-12% of American children with food allergies. The choice between a snickers bar and a peanut butter cup seems awesome to someone without allergies. Not such a great choice for kids allergic to nuts, dairy or eggs. Buy whatever candy you want as leftovers, but please consider also buying a bag of something allergy friendly. The fruit flavored things are more likely to be safe (skittles, starburst, lollipops, mike & ikes, dots, twizzlers, swedish fish, fruit snacks, laffy taffy, nerds, smarties, jolly ranchers) The dentists of Somerville will thank you, and you will make some kids happy.

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Brown School cards in at D2!

I remembered seeing a post about this a week or so ago. Davis Squared (409 Highland Ave) has gotten in the new Brown School cards which run from Sept. 1, 2014 to Aug. 31 2015. The cost is $10 and all proceeds go to our neighborhood Brown School.

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Get your new Brown School Community card at Artbeat on July 19th!

Don't forget to stop by the Brown School PTA booth for your 2014/2015 Brown School Community Card! We will be in Seven Hills Park, behind the Holland St T entrance. The cards are still just $10, and give you year long savings at many popular Davis Sq restaurants and shops (listed behind cut below). Thanks to Rockland Trust who sponsors the printing of the cards, 100% of the money earned goes directly to the PTA of Somerville's oldest public school, located at the intersection of Willow & Kidder Ave.
( List of 2014-2015 Brown School Card bargains )

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Amsterdam Falafelshop Joins Phfeast to Help Feed Local Families in Need

The Amsterdam Falafelshop in Davis Square is the latest restaurant to join the new social loyalty program Phfeast with the aim of benefiting local families in need. Through the Phfeast program, customer check-ins earn points towards free meals to be provided to those in need by the Amsterdam Falafelshop. “Through Phfeast our loyal customers help us to serve delicious falafel to all members of the community.” says Matt D’Alessio owner of the Amsterdam Falafelshop.

Phfeast is a new start-up founded by software developer Dan Napierski with its headquarters in the Venture Development Center at UMass Boston. When dining at participating restaurants and food trucks, customers can check-in to phfeast.com to score points that add up towards free meal rewards. Certificates for the free meals are then issued to local food pantries to be distributed to families and individuals in need. The Phfeast certificates can then be redeemed onsite allowing the beneficiaries the opportunity to dine out for free.

The Amsterdam Falafelshop in Davis Square joins all six Stone Hearth Pizza Co. locations and all three The Chicken & Rice Guys food trucks that are already active in the greater Boston area Phfeast network. “We are thrilled to bring the Phfeast program to Davis Square and to work with the Amsterdam Falafelshop to bring delicious, healthy meals to those in need.” says Dan Napierski. The Phfeast program will kick-off at Amsterdam Falafelshop officially on July 1st with the first awarded meal certificates to be donated to the Helping Hand Food Pantry in Cambridge.

For more information, please contact:
Dan Napierski
President of Phfeast, Inc.
617-982-2998
phfeast.com
@Phfeast

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Fiber Swap Part Deux

DATE & TIME:

Wednesday, May 28, 6-7:30 pm

LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powderhouse Blvd, Somerville, MA

ADMISSION FEE:
FREE, but please bring a donation to benefit the Somerville Homeless Coalition

WHAT’S HAPPENING:
The Nave Gallery’s recent Fiber Swap was a big success, so much so that we still have fabric and yarn leftover.

Please come by and grab items for your various projects. You do not need to bring your own stash to exchange, but please bring a donation (canned goods, toiletries, financial contribution) to benefit the Somerville Homeless Coalition.

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Flatbread Fundraiser Tuesday 4/29

Support Somerville Boy Scout Troop 3 on Tuesday, April 29th, 5pm-10pm @ Flatbread in Davis Square. You know how it works...you eat pizza and Flatbread donates money to our Troop. In addition to delicious pizza, we will have some tasty baked goods for sale.

( Troop 3 Non-Discrimination Policy )

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Fiber Swap at the Nave Gallery

On Saturday, May 17, from 10 am – 1 pm, The Wrap Around Project will host the 3rd Annual Fiber Swap, an open exchange of all things related to craft and fiber at the Nave Gallery, 155 Powerhouse BLVD, Somerville, MA. Bring items for donation, browse through great finds, and swap with your neighbors!

We welcome yarn, knitting needles, fabric, nooks, thread, buttons, ribbon, and so much more. Items may be new or vintage, but must be clean and usable. Items can be brought directly to the swap on Saturday, May 17, OR, if you wish to donate but not swap, items can be dropped off in advance at either the Nave Gallery in Teele Square or the Nave Gallery Annex in Davis Square. If you have a large quantity to donate, please contactinfo@navegallery.org so that we may make appropriate arrangements.

Drop off dates and times:

Nave Gallery, Teele Square (155 Powderhouse Blvd)
• Wednesday, May 7, 6 pm-8 pm
• Friday, May 9, 3 pm-7 pm

Nave Annex, Davis Square (53 Chester St, Somerville, MA):

• Sunday, May 11, 2 pm-6-pm
• Wednesday. May 14, 6 pm-8 pm
• Thursday, May 15, 6 pm-8 pm

Admission to the event is free, but please bring a donation of canned goods or toiletries to support Somerville Homeless Coalition’s (SHC) Project SOUP, the local food pantry that provides weekly community dinners and delivers groceries to individuals, families, elderly, disabled and homebound people in our neighborhood. A full list of needs can be found here: http://www.somervillehomelesscoalition.org/how-you-can-he...

Anything left behind after the swap will be used to create items for the annual Wrap Around sale of handmade goods to benefit the Somerville Homeless Coalition, or used in upcoming public art installations throughout the Somerville.

Learn more about The Wrap Around Project
at: http://navegallery.org/wp/programs/the-wrap-around-project/

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Offer from Cook Smarts to donate to a local cause

An offer from a company to donate to a local cause... wanted to pass it along. In case you need an account to make a suggestion, you can sign up for a free one or let me know and I'll pass it along through mine. Offer after the cut.
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Help learning ASL?

Hi guys,

Is there anyone (Deaf or hearing) who would be available to help me learn ASL? Unfortunately, all I can really offer in payment is buying you a cup of coffee when we meet, but you'd be able to get the warm fuzzy of indirectly helping someone recover from alcoholism (fingers crossed). I know fingerspelling, counting up to 20 and maybe a dozen or two other words already, and I have some experience having conversations with a Deaf person via an eclectic mix of signing, lipreading, miming, and sheer guesswork. If you're interested, PM me!

Thanks!

And sorry for the weird tags... I couldn't really decide what fit and just kinda went to town. Ron, feel free to rein me in.

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Flatbread Fundraiser tonight!

Don't cook dinner tonight, Tuesday January 14th. Go to Flatbread in Davis Square and support Somerville Cub Scout Pack 3. As I am sure you all know, Flatbread will make a donation for each pizza sold. There will be a bake sale and raffle too!

Pack 3 welcomes and embraces people of diverse racial backgrounds, ethnicity, culture, sexual orientation, economic status, family structure, and physical or mental ability. We teach Citizenship, Compassion, Cooperation, Courage, Respect, Responsibility, Positive Attitude and have lots of fun!

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Unity Oil Fund

Unity Somerville has just let me know that they've fallen behind on their oil bill by a couple thousand dollars and are soliciting contributions to help them catch up. I know that this is in part because of the very low rent they charge Theatre@First and other community groups for the use of their space. I've chosen to help them, in thanks for what they offer our wider community. If you'd like to do the same, please visit their website and click on "Contribute". You can earmark your donation specifically for the oil bill.

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Last Weekend of the Wrap Around Sale

Each year, the Nave Gallery hosts Wrap Around, a sale of handmade goods to benefit the Somerville Homeless Coalition. This weekend is the very last weekend of the sale. Stop by, get some warm prettiness for yourself or to give as a gift, and help a truly fantastic organization.

Bonus: If you come by Sunday from 3-5, there will be an artists reception to close out Reliquary, a really fantastic exhibition held in concert with the sale. There is a HUGE yurt with rubber duckies and a floor covered with cocoa shells from Taza.

LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powderhouse Blvd, Somerville, MA

SALE HOURS:
Saturdays & Sundays, 1-5 pm

MORE INFO:
www.navegallery.org

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Mobile farmer's market support

I found out about this mobile market too late this season to check it out, but I was very pleased to hear that it was offering fresh produce in underserved areas. There's a lot of talk about how to get quality food to food deserts, this project is actually doing that.

This morning I learned they are raising some funds. If you are interested in supporting it you can check out the city's note here: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=648078361911719&set=a.106724362713791.3870.106715832714644&type=1&theater

Or you can go straight to the donation site: http://www.citizinvestor.com/project/somerville-mobile-farmers-market . It took me a couple of minutes to figure out you have to enter a number and then the donate button. I just kept trying to click donate....

Handy tweet to re-tweet to your friends: https://twitter.com/SomervilleCity/status/403172349249613824

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Toiletry donation

Where could I locally donate some unopened toiletries?

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Wrap Around Cupcake Reception

Each November, the Nave Gallery hosts the Wrap Around Sale, a sale of handmade knitted/crocheted/sewn goods to benefit the Somerville Homeless Coalition.

We kick off the sale with a Cupcake Reception. Details on the reception and sale are below. Hope you can make it!

CUPCAKE RECEPTION:
Saturday, November 16
1-5 pm
Call for Cupcakes

LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powderhouse Blvd, Somerville, MA

SALE HOURS:
Saturday & Sundays, 1-5 pm
Closed Thanksgiving weekend

We are also accepting donations for the sale, which can be dropped off from now through Nov 8 at:

Nave Gallery, 155 Powderhouse Blvd, Somerville
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville
Blue Cloud Gallery, 713 Broadway Ave, Somerville
Magpie, 416 Highland Ave, Somerville
SCATV, 90 Union Square, Somerville

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Trick or Treat for Unicef

Kids from the Benjamin G. Brown School* "Roots & Shoots**" club will be in Davis Square on Monday, October 28th from approx 3:00-4:00 Trick-or-Treating for UNICEF. Find a kid in a costume and give them your money! Kids from the school will also bring UNICEF boxes while trick-or-treating on Halloween night, so have some change waiting by your candy bowl if you want to donate. Thanks!

*The Brown School is Somerville's oldest public school (K-6), located at the corner of Kidder & WIllow
**The Roots & Shoots Club is a service project club, founded by Jane Goodall

Current Mood: sore
Current Location: Somewhere in the froyo Bermuda Triangle

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Somerville Donor's Choose: Catcher in the Rye

The folks at Donor's Choose forwarded this project to me, and I figured I'd signal boost... Mrs. Karlin at Somerville High School is looking for 45 copies of Catcher in the Rye for her kids to keep, highlight, mark up, cuddle with, etc. There's a ton of worthy projects in the area, but this one's special to me because I've always been a fervent re-reader and was privileged enough to grow up in a home with books readily available. I think this project could make a big difference in the kids' education and, for those who really get something from the book, it would let them keep it and re-read it long after the class ends. I don't think I can say enough about how much books saved my life during some hellish times as a kid. Anyways, the link's above, and you can donate literally any amount. If the project isn't funded, the money is "given back to you" to spend on another project (I don't think they recredit it to your credit card). Check it out.