Thank You for Supporting Cradles to Crayons!

Many thanks to everyone in the Sprague Community for helping to make the Cradles to Crayons (C2C) Drive a huge success!  Because of your generosity, the Wellesley Drive will provide 600 children in need with the essentials that will enable them to thrive.  Special thanks to Scott Grady for finding a creative way to get the C2C banner up and visible during the same week as the book fair.  Also thanks to students from the WCCC after school program who made all of the signs and posters that were around the school and decorated the donation bin.  Many of the them dutifully checked in daily to see if folks were paying attention to their signs and the bin was filling up!  Thank you to Amy Schultz for organizing the help of 5th graders each morning in car line - the kids who participated provided fabulous PR as well as a can-do attitude as they unloaded the donations from cars and later in the week gathered everything up for pick up.  They showed great leadership. Finally, thanks to Jen Gareau and Maura Miele for helping with car line donation pick up as well as to Janae Goodall for her support and leadership with the town wide drive. 

Cradles to Crayons Drive

This is the week to drop off your donations for Cradles to Crayons!  We will be collecting new or gently used clothing, toys and books for children in need.  Cradles to Crayons mission is to provide these children with the essential items they need to thrive - at home, at school and at play.  Every year the Wellesley community does a fantastic job in supporting this mission with very strong participation from the Sprague community! Volunteers will gladly take your donations from car line this week on Monday, Wednesday and Friday or you can drop your donation in the C2C bin at the front of the school.  If you are interested in volunteering for the Wellesley sorting day at Babson next Saturday, Nov. 9 sign up HERE.

Please contact Jenn Friedman (jennfriedman39@gmail.com) with any questions.

Cradles to Crayons Drive in 2 Weeks!

Once again, Sprague will be participating in the Wellesley wide Cradles to Crayons drive from November 4-8.   We will be collecting new or gently used clothing, toys and books for children in need.  Cradles to Crayons mission is to provide these children with the essential items they need to thrive - at home, at school and at play.  Every year the Wellesley community does a fantastic job in supporting this mission with very strong participation from the Sprague community!

As part of this drive, we are looking for volunteers to help collect donations in the morning car line on Monday Nov 4, Wednesday Nov 6 and Friday Nov 8 (dates are changed from previous announcement so as not to interfere with Walk to School Day 11/5).  We are also looking for families to volunteer for Sorting Day at Babson College on Saturday morning, Nov. 9.  These are both great opportunities to get the children involved in making a difference in the lives of others.

 

If you would like to help collect donations from the morning car line on any of the dates listed above please contact Jenn Friedman (jennfriedman39@gmail.com).  THANK YOU!

If you are interested in volunteering for sorting day at Babson on Nov. 9, please sign up using this link below:

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090849A5AE23A20-cradles

 

     

Cradles to Crayons Drive coming soon!

Times to clean out the closets!  Once again, Sprague will be participating in the Wellesley wide Cradles to Crayons drive from November 4-8.   We will be collecting new or gently used clothing, toys and books for children in need.  Cradles to Crayons mission is to provide these children with the essential items they need to thrive - at home, at school and at play.  Every year the Wellesley community does a fantastic job in supporting this mission with very strong participation from the Sprague community!

As part of this drive, we are looking for volunteers to help collect donations in the morning car line on Tuesday Nov 5, Thursday Nov 7 and Friday Nov 8.  We are also looking for families to volunteer for Sorting Day at Babson College on Saturday morning, Nov. 9.  These are both great opportunities to get the children involved in making a difference in the lives of others.

 

If you are interested in volunteering for sorting day at Babson on Nov. 9, please sign up using this link below:

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090849A5AE23A20-cradles

 

Sign up for car line collection help coming soon!  If you have any questions, please contact Jenn Friedman at jennfriedman39@gmail.com.

 

Around Town

P.A.W.S. (Preschool at Wellesley Schools)

To view the related flyer, please click HERE.

2nd Annual Wellesley Kiwanis Pumpkin Race
Build, Decorate and Race the Fastest Pumpkin on Wheels!
Sunday, October 27th
10 am - 12 noon
Wellesley Middle School
$10 donation requested per entry

Click HERE for details

Cradles for Crayons Drive
Support the annual Wellesley Cradles for Crayons Sorting Day and Drive! Drop-off sites around Wellesley are available November 2-8th.

Sorting Day will be November 9th, 9:30 -12:30 pm at the Babson PepsiCo gymnasium.

Click HERE for more information.
Sign up to volunteer HERE.

Wellesley Conservation Council Invites you to "Mt. Washington: Home of the World's Worst Weather"
Wednesday, October 30th at 7 pm
Wellesley Free Library
Admission is FREE.

For more information, please click HERE.

Wellesley Volunteer Fair
Are you looking for a way to volunteer your time and talents, but aren't sure what local organizations need volunteers? Come join Wellesley Volunteers and the Wellesley Free Library at the Wellesley Volunteer Fair on Sunday, November 3, 2013, from 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.! This event will be held at the main library at 530 Washington Street. Wellesley Volunteers is an initiative designed to bring together Wellesley residents interested in volunteering with Wellesley charitable and other nonprofit organizations or municipal departments and agencies that need volunteers. By utilizing an external website, volunteermatch.org, Wellesley Volunteers enables these groups to publicize their requirements for volunteers and provides these individuals with a central source at which to find meaningful volunteer opportunities.

To see the related flyer, please click HERE.

New Mini-Raiders Basketball Program for Boys & Girls in 2nd & 3rd Grades

Wellesley Youth Basketball Association will offer a new Mini-Raiders Basketball Program this winter focused on developing skills and fundamentals for 2nd & 3rd graders.

Skills emphasized will include dribbling, ball-handling, shooting (on low hoops), and passing. Participants will also play "small games": 1-on-1, 2-on-2, 3-on-3 to help reinforce the skills taught.

The co-ed, hour-long program will run from December 7th to March 1st on Saturday afternoons in WMS B. The program will be overseen by Wellesley High School Boys Assistant Coach, Isaiah Davis.

For more information or to register, please go to www.wellesleybasketball.org Enrollment is limited.
If you have any questions, please email wellbball@yahoo.com

Thank You Sprague!!! Cradles to Crayons

A big thank you to the Sprague community for all of the wonderful donations made to Cradles to Crayons over the past two weeks.  Despite Hurricane Sandy, Sprague collected more donations than ever which is something we can all be proud of! 

Also, thank you to those families that helped collect donations from carline and a special thank you to the Sprague families that gave up their Saturday mornings to help sort through donations.