Pop-Up Clothing Drive to benefit Solutions at Work
Pop-Up Clothing Drive to benefit Solutions at Work Still sorting through closets and drawers? Finding outgrown items and overstocks? If so, please join the Racial Justice Advocates and the Outreach Committee in a Pop-Up Clothing Drive for Children's and Adults’ Summer Clothing to benefit Solutions at Work When? Monday, [...]
2021 Preston Grants Announced
2021 Preston Grants Announced By: Ralph Smith The Outreach Committee has completed the Preston grant review and Parish Committee approved the three applicants which are listed below. The committee started with seventeen applications, interview seven and selected three. African Cultural Services Inc. - Van to transport youth [...]
Easter Offering Supports Health Care Without Walls
Easter Offering supports Health Care Without Walls Easter Offering HEALTH CARE WITHOUT WALLS - HCWW Compassionate care for women and families in need Boston, MA Thanks to the generosity of First Parish, this Easter offering will provide more than bandages, cold medicine and vital sign checks so needed [...]
Outerwear Winter Clothing Drive: In partnership with St. Vincent de Paul of Lincoln and Weston
The First Parish is honored to be asked to partner with the St Vincent de Paul to create an opportunity to share warmth. Through the efforts of several of our members we know the excellent work of the St Vincent De Paul Society and the need for outerwear to [...]
Jean Wood Preston grants 2020-1: Call for Nominations
Jean Wood Preston grants 2020-1: Call for Nominations The Outreach Committee is hoping to award 2-4 substantial grants in 2020-1 of $5000-$25,000 to small but proven charities in the greater Boston area for Capital Improvement and/or Transformative Innovation programs. We welcome suggestions from FPL members and friends of [...]
Thanksgiving Special Offering: Helping our neighbors through the pandemic with the Lincoln Rental Assistance Program
Thanksgiving Special Offering: Helping our neighbors through the pandemic with the Lincoln Rental Assistance Program As you would imagine, this year of Covid-19 has many more people struggling with challenges of all types. Among them has been a major increase in the number of people who have housing [...]
Children’s Summer Clothing Drive for Solutions at Work
Children's Summer Clothing Drive Thursday, June 18th through July 1stFirst Parish has received an urgent call for help from Justina Riopelle, one of the amazing workers at Solutions at Work, an organization that serves families living in poverty in Cambridge and Dorchester. Although their center is closed, Justina [...]
An Update on Outreach (May 2020)
An Update on Outreach (May 2020) by Larry Buell Throughout this season of disruptions, First Parish has risen inspiringly to the challenge of reaching out to our vulnerable neighbors near home and in the greater Boston area. The Outreach Committee is delighted to report that thanks to the [...]
Webinar: Air Pollution, COVID-19 Mortality and Communities of Color
Webinar: Air Pollution, COVID19 and Communities of Color Wednesday, May 27, 6pm With a respiratory pandemic sweeping the globe, it’s important to understand the links between air quality, health, and injustice. MetroWest Climate Solutions—an all-volunteer committee made up of members of First Parish in Wayland, First Parish [...]
Conservation Agriculture
By David O'Neil Could a single idea embraced globally make a major contribution toward avoiding catastrophic climate change, while at the same time increasing the world’s food supply, restoring biodiversity and, in fact, saving farmers money? “Conservation Agriculture” is that rapidly evolving practice. American soils have lost more [...]
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