Dear Resident,

Please join me, faith leaders, and the Newton community at a vigil for the people of Charleston, South Carolina on the steps outside the Newton City Hall War Memorial at 1000 Commonwealth Avenue at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 23rd.

Sincerely,

Setti D. Warren
Mayor
City of Newton, MA

A Day of Community Service
Sunday April 26th, 9:00 am — 4:00 pm
Rain or Shine
Morning, Afternoon and All Day Projects

NewtonSERVES—A Day of Community Service is the kickoff for NewtonSERVES Volunteer Week. Mayor Setti D. Warren is encouraging religious organizations, schools and non-profits to identify service projects that need volunteers. He is also asking citizens, businesses and civic organizations to volunteer and make a difference in the community.

There are lots of ways that you can volunteer including: donating food to the local food pantries, delivering meals to a sick neighbor or friend, tutoring a child, picking up litter in your neighborhood, donating blood at your local Red Cross, or volunteering on Sunday April 26th for the Day of Community Service.

Do you have a project that you would like to be part of NewtonSERVES? Each project must be organized by a NEWTON non-profit, community service agency, city department, or a group of citizens (e.g., neighbors cleaning up a park). Sorry, no businesses or political action groups.

Register your project http://www.newtoncommunitypride.org/NewtonSERVES-project.php

Question, Persuade, Refer, QPR,  is a simple educational program that teaches ordinary
citizens how to recognize a mental health emergency and how to get a person at risk the help they need.

The next session intended for adults will be on March 12th, 10:00 am to 12:00. Please see this Brochure for registration details and other information.

S Science | T Technology | E  Engineering | M Mathematics

Mayor Setti D. Warren has started a new event series with local STEM industry businesses featuring an interactive, participatory experience to spark Newton students’ interest in STEM. These nights are a time for our students to get their hands on the latest technology, hear from local innovators and get excited about all that STEM has to offer. Each evening will be a partnership with a local business in the STEM field and will involve a speaking program as well as an interactive workshop for young people.

The next Mayor’s STEM Night, featuring local business Big Belly Solar, been rescheduled for March 30th. The previous program was a great success and this will be another exciting evening! Please contact Youth Services at youthservices@newtonma.gov with any questions. For a flyer, please click here: STEM flyer.

March 30th, 6:00 pm Free pizza, 6:30 pm program start time
Newton North HS Cafeteria

If so, join Mayor Warren and learn about reducing costs with Solar Energy at the Newton Solar and Home Energy Fair.

• Learn how the City has gone solar to reduce costs and lower greenhouse gases.
• Hear about State and Federal incentives available to you to do likewise.
• Learn about the City’s efforts in Energy Efficiency and the results we are already seeing.
• Speak with representatives of companies that can help you do the same in your own home!

The Mayor and officials from the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center will speak at  7:00 pm, and then you will be free to discuss your particular needs with representatives of multiple companies.

The event is free and open to all, see you there!

Tuesday, January 27th, 2015 7pm-9pm
The Newton North High School Cafeteria, 457 Walnut Street, Newton.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact the City’s Director of Sustainability, Rob Garrity, at 617-796-1043, or rgarrity@newtonma.gov

Newton Cultural Affairs Offices and Newton Chinese Language School will host this year’s Chinese New Year Celebration at City Hall. You are invited to join this delightful day of events on February 7th:

10:00 am – 1:00 pm Chinese painting and art exhibition
10:00 am – 1:00 pm Kids’ crafts and games
11:00 am – 2:00 pm Chinese Dim sum for sale*
11:00 am- 12:00 pm Chinese painting demo
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Chinese instrument demo
1:00 pm- 3:00 pm Performance

Free admission. Please bring an item for donation to the Newton Food Pantries.
*  preordering the Dim Sum for $12/box is highlyrecommended, as quantity is limited. http://www.newtonchineseschool.org/2015CNY-Celebration.php

Saturday, February 7th, 10:00 am – 3:00pm
Newton Cultural Center at City Hall

The Second Annual Citywide Food Drive is well underway and, this year, we are expanding our efforts to help fight food insecurity in the City of Lawrence as well as Newton.  Through December 30^th,  you can donate the following items at more than 40 drop-off locations throughout Newton: canned fruit and vegetables, jarred pasta sauce, peanut butter, jelly/jam, ground coffee, tea, cake and pie crust mixes, baby food, juice boxes and bottles, vegetable oil, bar soap, toilet paper, toothpaste, and children and adult diapers.  At each location, there will be two boxes – one for Newton and one for Lawrence.

Last year, the food drive collected more than 200 boxes of donated food and needed items for Newton’s food pantries, which serve more than 1,200 residents a month.  This year, we are hoping to surpass that number and support families in need – here in Newton as well as in Lawrence.   For more information and a list of drop-off locations, please visit www.newtonma.gov.

Thank you in advance for helping with this important initiative.

On December 31st, begin the New Year Celebrations at 10:00 am at Newton City Hall, by helping to sort food donations for Newton’s four food pantries, plus a food donation for our sister City of Lawrence. Children are welcome.

Please bring a non-perishable food item for the Newton Food Pantries, as well as an item to contribute to the Soldier’s Care packages. Please visit www.newtoncommunitypride.org for donation details.

Then come back to Newton City Hall to celebrate the incoming New Year with Mayor Setti Warren from 1:30 – 3:30 with an afternoon of fun and activities that the whole family can enjoy. There are three outstanding family entertainers, and the good news is that you don’t have to pick one, as they repeat their performances three times!

• Karen K & the Jitterbugs is an national award-winning band known for their upbeat tunes that keep hands clapping and feet jumping at their rockin’, crowd-engaging shows performed across the country.
• Newton’s favorite Davey the Clown can often be found at rubber chicken farms scouting new talent for his show. Kids and parents alike love his juggling, amazing magic, incredible unicycle tricks, hilarious antics, balloon sculpture and accordion playing.
• Hailed as “One of the best in the business” by the Boston Globe, Big Joe the Storyteller has been delighting children and families for many years with his exciting storytelling show – with a huge collection of original and classic tales as well as a box filled with puppets, props, and surprises.

Two fabulous face painters will be on hand to decorate little faces for the festivities, and don’t miss the great arts & crafts project offered by our own Time for Partners art teacher, Terry Curtin!

The Mayor’s Open House is free to the public, and sponsored by Newton Community Pride and the Mayor’s Office for Cultural Affairs.

“Newton Leads: Ideas and Action” is a new initiative designed to actively engage and partner with the Newton community to create a more livable, sustainable city.

Through a new web platform and monthly village meet-ups, citizens will be able to receive information and updates on city initiatives and events and share their ideas and input. The next village meet-up will be on Wednesday, October 29th at the Metro Credit Union in Nonantum.

Mayor Warren and City Department Heads will be available to hear input and answer questions beginning at 6:00 pm. Mayor Warren and city officials will also host a “virtual ideas session.” Anyone who is unable to make the meet-up will be able to stream the conversation from their computers or smart phones beginning at 7:00 pm.