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Help a Newton Senior with Spring Clean-up

Newton At Home has volunteer opportunities with Newton Seniors in your neighborhood. Volunteers are needed to assist members with Spring Clean Up of their property. This is a great family activity.

A member of the Village to Village Network, this members’-driven, neighbor-to-neighbor nonprofit organization serves our city’s residents 60 years of age and older.

Consider becoming a volunteer for Newton at Home. Be in touch to support a growing community of neighbors helping neighbors. Visit http://newtonathome.org/

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Dirty Boys Composting

Dirty Boys Composting can get you started Composting. Do you want to start a backyard compost pile but don’t know how to begin? Have you started composting but aren’t sure if you’re doing it right? Dirty Boys Composting can help.

Grant Berman, a Newton South junior, and his crew will handle your composting needs, including: compost bin purchase, delivery, installation; compost pile jump-start with top notch, Newton-bred, red wiggler worms; compost sifting and resuscitation; compost pile check ups and maintenance; family education, and on-call consultation. Annual subscriptions begin at $70.

For more information visit the Dirty Boys Composting website or or contact Grant at grant@dirtyboyscomposting.com.

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Summer Basketball Camp with Boston University

The Boston University basketball staff welcome boys, ages 7-18, and girls, ages 12-14, to the fourth annual Coach Jones Basketball Clinic.

Campers will receive coaching from highly qualified coaching staff and former players and be divided by age and skill to ensure that each camper has a meaningful and fun experience. For more information and to register, visit the Coach Jones Basketball Clinic website or contact Doug Goon, assistant director of basketball operations.

June 29th – July 2nd
BU’s Case Gymnasium
Cost: $250

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Newton Community Preservation Committee –

Museum Archives Project Public Hearing May 14th:

The CPC will hold a public hearing on a request for $400,000 in additional funding for the Museum Archives, Accessibility & Fire Suppression project. A total of $742,345 in CPA funding was previously appropriated for this project in 3 phases: 2008, 2010 and 2013. The program website, www.newtonma.gov/cpa, includes a link to both the new request and past requests from its Proposals & Projects – Pending page.

Contact Alice E. Ingerson at 617-796-1144 or aingerson@newtonma.gov.

May 14th, 7:00 pm
City Hall, Room 204

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Theatre Arts Camp- Special offer

Register For Summer 2015 – 50 % Off One Week Theatre Arts Camps!*
*Use Code WTPEast when you make a payment and receive 50% off any one week theatre camp. Offer available until April 30th. Click here for more information: http://www.wellesleytheatreproject.org/summer-camps/
Click Here to Enroll:
http://www.wellesleytheatreproject.org/registration-and-parental-cons/

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Seeking Summer Volunteers for the Waban Library Center

The WLC in Waban is looking for high school students who are interested in working a few hours per week this summer at our small community run library. Work starts a week after school closes, and ends in mid August. This is a good way for students to get involved with community service, and help us at the same time.
The work involves typical library work plus helping us with Story Time and occasional crafts projects with children. A personal interview must be scheduled at a convenient time. Students are encouraged to write to wabanlibrary@gmail.com or call 617- 244-0700.

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Spring Tennis

Register for Spring Tennis at https://www.familyid.com/generation-tennis-cta .See details at www.GenerationTennisCTA.com. Adults, Juniors, and QuicKids (10U)

SPRING 2015 BELMONT Adults

Cardio Tennis for Adults: Cardio tennis is a workout for all skills levels, developed around the game of tennis. With fast passed drills, dynamic exercises and music, students will have a great time while keeping their heart rate up. This is not an instructional class; however the teacher will take the time to give the group some general teaching point. Please Bring water and be ready to sweat.

Advanced Intermediate Adult Clinic: This clinic will focus on stroke development, shot selection, court positioning and tactics for doubles (as a team) and singles. With progressive drills, competitive games and live ball in play/live exercises it makes for a fast passed and fun 1.5 hour.

Beginner Adult Clinic: This beginner clinic is designed for people that have had very little or some experience with tennis and are looking to improve their game and begin a long and fun love affair with the game of tennis. This class is also designed for those players that understand the game, and have experience, but have never moved past the beginner or intermediate beginner stage. Do not be afraid. You will have a great time and learn to play.

April Break 2015 Adult Clinic: This beginner clinic is designed for people that have had very little or some experience with tennis and are looking to improve their game and begin a long and fun love affair with the game of tennis. This class is also designed for those players that understand the game, and have experience, but have never moved past the beginner or intermediate beginner stage. Do not be afraid. You will have a great time and learn to play.

SPRING 2015 BELMONT Juniors & QuicKids 10&U

The Junior programs developed and run by Generation Tennis CTA are age appropriate and taught by qualified and experienced tennis professionals. From the beginners to intermediate to advanced playing the junior tennis programs curriculum’s are structured in a fun environment to develop proper biomechanics, footwork, tactics, shot selection, and above all consistency.

Tuesday Junior High Tennis 11-15 Years Old, April 27th to June 26th $200.00
Meeting times:  3:00 – 4:00 pm

Wednesday Advanced Tournament Clinic for ages 15-18 April 27th to June 26th $280.00 Meeting times: Wednesday 2:30-4:00 pm

QuicKids 10 & Under Tennis Programs classes focus on motor skills, balance, coordination, agility and racquet skill. As the students improve coordination, and hand eye motor skills, the challenges increase and so does their tenacity and fun. Classes divided by age and skill levels. Classes focus on motor skills, balance, coordination, agility and racquet skill. As the students improve coordination, and hand eye motor skills, the challenges increase and so does their tenacity and fun. Classes are divided by age and skill levels.

Tuesday 10 & Under Quick Kids 8-10 Years Old, April 27th to June 26th $200.00 Meeting times: 9 weeks 4:00 – 5:00 pm

Wednesday 10 & Under Quick Kids 7-10 Years Old, April 27th to June 26th $200.00 Meeting times:Wednesday 4:00 – 5:00 pm

Thursdays 10 & Under Quick Kids 6-8 Years Old, April 27th to June 26th $200.00 Meeting times: Thursday 3:00 – 4:00 pm

Thursday 10 & Under Quick Kids 8-10 Years Old, April 27th to June 26th $200.00 Meeting times: Thursday 4:00 – 5:00

Friday 10 & Under Quick Kids 7-8 Years Old, April 27th to June 26th $200
Meeting time: Friday 3:00 – 4:00

Friday 10 & Under Quick kids 4-5 Years Old, April 27th to June 26th  $200
Meeting time: Friday 4:00 – 5:00

If you do not sign up in time, fees cab be prorated based on how many classes are left in the session.

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Walk against Eating Disorders – NEDA walk Hosted by MEDA

Join the 3rd Annual NEDA (National Eating Disorders Association) Walk Hosted by MEDA on April 26th at Newton North High School. To register and for more information on the walk, please go to www.nedawalk.org/boston2015. Contact Colleen Marfione at cmarfione@medainc.org with any questions.

In the United States, 30 million men and women will suffer from a clinically significant eating disorder during their lifetime. The Boston NEDA Walk hosted by MEDA (Multi-Service Eating Disorders Association) will raise funds and awareness in the fight against eating disorders. This one-mile walk is a way for all of us to celebrate recovery as well as the journey towards recovery.

MEDA is a Newton based nonprofit organization that provides education about eating disorders to the general public and clinical services to support individuals and families that are struggling with an eating disorder. For more information about MEDA, please go to www.medainc.org.

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Book Donations Needed – starting April 27th

Start your spring cleaning and put your surplus books to good use to benefit the Newton South’s English Department at NSHS’s annual book sale.

Put your surplus books, in good condition (no mold or water damage, please!), into bags or boxes. Drop off begins April 27th at Newton South. Books must be in saleable condition; not moldy or water damaged.

These categories are especially desirable:

Novels of all sorts
Non-Fiction
Test prep
Cookbooks
Memoirs
Sports
“Coffee table” books

We do not accept:

Children’s books
Text books
Parenting
Health&Medicine
Travel
Erotica

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April Vacation basketball clinic

ASA Hoops is hosting an April Vacation Basketball clinic April 21st – 24th for boys and girls ages 8-15. The Clinic is located in Newton at the Mackenzie Center: 1337 Centre Street from 10:00 am  – 2:00 pm. For those interested please visit: www.asahoops.com/clinics or contact Coachb@asahoops.com.

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