Heat and Eat Program, Community Cupboard Receive Grants

Heat and Eat Program, Food Bank receive generous grants.

This release was provided by the Foundation for Metrowest.  Foundation for MetroWest announced early Friday that it has distributed grants totaling $3,000 to the City of Marlborough Heat & Eat Program and the Marlborough Community Cupboard. The grants were a portion of $55,000 awarded to food pantries throughout the MetroWest region from the Foundation’s English Family Fund and Herbert and Esther Atkinson Fund.   “Food pantries and service organizations from around Massachusetts continue to face unprecedented challenges,” said Judith Salerno, executive director of Foundation for MetroWest. “The MetroWest region is no different and we are proud that we have been able to support Marlborough food pantries as they work to fulfill the growing …

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5 Things You Need to Know Today: Sept. 9

Here is a list of things going on in and around Marlborough today.

1. It shoud be a nice day in Marlborough tomorrow with partly-sunny skies and a high of 78 degrees, says the National Weather Service. 2. The second annual Schartner Farm’s Family Fun Day at the Farm to benefit the new Cancer Pavilion to be built at Marlborough Hospital will be Saturday, Sept. 10, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Attendees can enjoy hay and pony rides, a magician, pick apples, pumpkins and raspberries and the three-and-a-half acre “farm theme” corn maize. Corn Maize admission prices are ages 12 and up $9; ages 4 to 11 $6, children under age 3 are free. Schartner Farms are located at 211 West Berlin Road, Bolton. For more information about the Family Fun Day at the Farm, call: 978-779-0212. 3. OARS, the watershed organization for the…

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5 Things You Need to Know Today: Sept. 7

Here is a list of things going on in and around Marlborough today.

1. The National Weather Service says it is likely to be another rainy day in Marlborough with a high of 62 degrees.  2. We at Marlborough Patch would appreciate our readers thinking about where they were and what they were doing on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001 when they found out about the terrorist attacks. This was a seminal event that defined a generation in this country, and this weekend we will be asking our readers to share these important, historically significant details with us. Look for the post at the top of our homepage Friday through Sunday. 3. The Marlborough Police Department has teamed up with the Marlborough Food Pantry for a food drive running now through Friday, Sept. 9. The Food Bank is in dire need of food to stock …

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Food Bank Accepts $1K Donation from ForeKicks

Mayor Nancy Stevens was on hand Wednesday for the presentation.

Mayor Nancy Stevens was on-hand Wednesday when ForeKicks Sports Complex co-owner Pat Teager presented Marlborough Community Services Executive Director Fatinha Kerr with a check for $1,000.  In addition, the donation was awarded specifically to the Food Pantry and director Carol Phipps.  “Donations are especially needed during the summer months, and the Food Pantry is extremely grateful for the ongoing and generous support of the Teagers,”  said Kerr. According to a release, over the past two years ForeKicks has served as a drop off center for the Food Pantry. During that time they have collected  2392 pieces of food for the Marlborough location alone, and for every piece of food stuff donated by their customers, ForeKicks has matches the …

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Cat Food Donated to Local Pantries by Shelter

The MetroWest Humane Society donates cat food, and it seeks volunteers and public donations.

Local families struggling to feed their pets received welcome help last year from theMetroWest Humane Society (MWHS). Through their 3-year-old Community Outreach Program, MWHS donated more than 1,300 pounds of dry cat food to local food pantries to help those needing assistance with feeding their cats. "Yes, there are foreclosures and a lack of jobs, but the residents in the MetroWest area have been extremely generous with food donations to MWHS, which in turn enables us to enhance our services to the community,” said Jackie Walters, MWHS Shelter Manager. Currently, food packets are available at the following locations: •        SMOC MetroWest Harvest Food Pantry in Framingham •        The Senior Center in Ashland •        Holliston Food …

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Raising Marlborough: A Local Education

Embedding Values in Your Children

This week Sue Wambolt talks about embedding values that provide a roadmap to a happy, well-balanced Life.

If you believe what you profess to believe ... live it  Perhaps one of the greatest responsibilities that comes with being a parent is the molding of another life. Specifically, the nurturing, educating and guiding of our children towards a full and productive life. As parents, it is our job to lay the foundation of our children’s future and, in doing so, cultivate the essential values necessary to create a meaningful and fulfilling life. As generations melt into one another, emerging trends continually challenge us and transform us in ways we never thought possible. Still, there remains one constant which is threaded through all generations and that is underlying social and moral values. As parents, embedding core values in our children …

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Food Bank Receives $2K Grant

Local agency receives much needed donation to purchase food and supplies.

The Foundation for MetroWest announced earlier today that it had made a donation of $2,000 to the Food Bank at Marlborough Community Services.    The grant was a portion of a $50,000 donation awarded to food pantries throughout the Metro West region from the Foundation's English Family Fund, and was a welcome contribution during difficult times.  "We are so grateful for this," said Fatinha Kerr, executive director of Marlborough Community Services. "Donations during past year have been significantly down, and this is a welcome surprise. Two thousand dollars goes a long way in this agency because we are able to buy food and supplies at a greatly reduced rate. It was really a wonderful surprise." She said the money received will go towards …

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