Charity

Watertown Boys & Girls Club Wins $5K in Honda Village Holiday Contest

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Watertown Boys & Girls Club is excited to share that they are the proud winners of Honda Village’s Season of Giving Charity Contest! This social media-run contest featured ten local charities competing for the grand prize of $5,000. Voting took place throughout the month of December and the organization with the most votes by December 31 was named the winner. Watertown Boys & Girls Club posted diligently to Facebook, sent out mass email blasts, and posted signs around the Club encouraging their supporters to vote! The work paid off when on January 4, it was announced on Facebook that they were the first place winner and the recipient of $5,000.

Charity

Watertown Mall and RMV Fill an MBTA Bus with Gifts for Needy Children

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The Watertown Mall and the Registry of Motor Vehicles at the mall partnered to Fill an MBTA Bus with gifts. This is the 14th year of the Fill-a-Bus toy drive that helps needy children and teens during the holiday time. The Watertown Mall and the RMV collected more than 100 unwrapped gifts in a little less than a week. All gifts are donated to the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty of Children and the Commonwealth Tenants Association. Watertown Mall is wheelchair accessible and accessible by MBTA bus routes 70 and 70A.

Police/Fire

Police Collecting Winter Clothing for Children During MLK Day of Service Drive

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The Watertown Police Department will collect children’s clothing as part of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service. Donations of like-new children’s items will be accepted at the Watertown Police Station, 552 Main St., Watertown, from rom Jan. 9 to 16. The items will be given to Cradles to Crayons, which will give them to children ages 0-12 who are living in homeless or low-income situations to use at school. They seek winter coats (girls and boys size infant to 18/20 or adult medium), winter boots (boys and girls size infant, child 0-13 and adult 1-10) and other winter clothing (newborn, child size 18/20 or adult medium).

Charity

Watertown Senior Home Donates More Than 50 Toys to Boys & Girls Club Members

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The Residence at Watertown Square, owned at operated by LCB Senior Living, LLC held a toy drive for the Watertown Boys and Girls Club’s annual holiday party, the center announced. Owned and operated by LCB, the Residence at Watertown Square is located at 20 Summer Street in Watertown and offers Independent Living, Assisted Living, and Memory Care residences to seniors. Each year in December, the Watertown Boys and Girls Club holds a holiday party for children in the community, where toys donated from local residents and business are given as gifts to children from low-income families who attend the event. Laurie Gaines, one of the Sales and Marketing Directors at the Residence at Watertown Square, coordinated a toy drive to gather gifts for children who attend the holiday party. The toy drive was open to associates and residents at the Residence at Watertown Square, where over 50 toys and gifts were donated.

Charity

Time Running Out to Vote for Your Favorite Local Charity, Non-Profit

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There’s still about two weeks left to vote for your favorite local non-profit group or charity in the Watertown Savings Bank’s Customer Choice Awards. 

The bank will hand out $75,000 in funds based on how bank customers vote in the campaign. Anyone with a Watertown Savings Bank account may vote. Every customer will receive a ballot with their monthly statements in November (or will be mailed a ballot directly). Ballots are also available at WSB branches. Bank customers can also go to the watertownsavings.com homepage to cast their vote.

Charity

Watertown Woman Running Marathon to Help Students Graduate High School

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For many years, Cassandra Rice has wanted to run the Boston Marathon, and in 2017 she will run her first one and raise money for a good cause, too. 

The Watertown resident, and 2006 WHS graduate, said she was pushed to run after the Marathon Bombings and the aftermath in her hometown. “I decided that I wanted to run many years ago, and after the events that unfolded in 2013, I was even more convinced,” Rice said. “We were all tremendously affected, and I wanted to be a part of the event that brings everyone in Boston together.” While she is not a novice runner, Rice said she is excited for the race. “This is my first time running a full marathon, although I’ve completed a handful of half marathons in the past,” Rice said.