Around Town Announcements

Wellesley Boy Scout Eagle Project, June 15^th

     Got any old bikes lying around that you need to get rid of? Kenyon Alexander, a junior at Wellesley High School and a member of Boy Scout Troop 185 in Wellesley, is holding a used bike drive this spring for his Eagle Scout Project. The drive is affiliated with Roll it Forward, a Boston-based program that collects, repairs, and distributes bikes to low-income Boston residents who might not otherwise have access to a bike. By distributing bicycles and providing proper bike safety education, the Roll it Forward program promotes a healthier lifestyle of increased physical activity and fewer trips by car. The bikes from the program serve as a family’s first step in adopting cycling as an ongoing activity for health and convenience. The goal of Kenyon’s Eagle project is to collect 30 bikes for Roll it Forward over the course of three separate drives.

     Any kind of bike is good, big or small, as long as it is usable—any bikes that are trashed, rusted out, seized up, or otherwise incapacitated are of no use to the program. However, the drive will happily accept high-quality bikes that need a basic repair or tune-up. Anyone who is considering donating should visit the Roll it Forward website at www.bostonbikes.org/programs/roll-it-forward for more information.

     There will be a single drive at the Wellesley Recycling and Disposal Facility on Saturday, June 15^th from 9:00 AM until closing time at 4:45 PM. If you have any further questions, please contact Kenyon at 339-222-0090 or email 185bikedrive@gmail.com.  We hope to see you there!

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Wellesley United Soccer is excited to announce the Fall Kindergarten Soccer Program.  

The Kindergarten Soccer program will be offered on 6 Saturday mornings from 8:45-9:30 a.m.for players who are in kindergarten in fall 2013.  It will be run by professional trainers under the direction of Director of Coaching Chris Howard, with parent coach volunteers. Sign up to coach when you register your player. Dates are Sept. 14-Oct. 26.  Girls and boys will play at separate fields. 

Go to www.wellesleysoccer.org to register and find more details including coordinator contact info.

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From Wellesley Green Schools

More stuff is thrown away at schools during June than any other time of the year. This contributes to the already full landfills across our state, and country. Wellesley Schools are working to prevent school’s single biggest waste day.

During the last days of school, talk to your students about redirecting as much of their locker and school materials as possible to their home or school’s supply stock, a local charity, and recycle to keep it out of a landfill.

        To encourage them to create the least amount of trash simply:

 Take home items that they (or someone in your household) can use again next year (pencils, pens, dictionaries, books, binders, notebooks, etc.)

 Put papers that they are finished with in the blue recycling bins at school.

 Items they don’t think they (or someone in your household) will use again, bring to reusable area at the RDF or share with a local charity for others to use.

        Thanks and happy summer!

        Wellesley Green Schools