Events

Scheduling for tutoring is open. Call Diane at 508-652-4211 for more info.

Kids Connect sells coffee at the Natick Farmers' Market on Natick Common beginning May 12. Coffee donated by Bakery on the Common. Please visit and also enjoy locally grown and produced foods.

Mass Save home energy assessments provide a no-cost evaluation of your home’s energy needs, along with incentives and rebates towards weatherization work. As an added bonus, Next Step Living will make a donation to Kids Connect of $10 for each completed home energy assessment and $50 for every solar visit completed on a qualified home. More details

John Hancock and Dell Computers have a matching donations program...if any employees of either donate to Kids Connect, it will be matched. Pleasse consider supporting Kids Connect.

Benefit Kids Connect by donating your cans and bottles. Drop off is at at Mabardy Gulf, 36 S. Main St, on an ongoing basis.

Family New Year’s Party Monday, December 31, 2011 from 2 pm – 4:30 pm at the Morse Institute Library in Natick. Children’s Crafts, Storytelling, Snacks, Face Painting, Music & MORE! Call Kids Connect at 508-652-4211 for more info.
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2012 Events that Kids Connect sponsors or is a part of with Natick Center Associates or the Natick Recreation & Parks Department.

• Classic Dance Party - Saturday, January 14, 2012 - Natick Elks - 8 - 11 pm "Saturday Night Fever"
• Common Cafe opens at the Winter Market -  Saturday, Jan 7, 2012 - beginning of wine raffle ticket sales
• Chocolate Festival - Sunday, February 26, 2012 - Natick Elks - 1-3 pm
• Common Café at the Farmers Market – beginning May 12
• Natick Days - September 8, 2012
• Arts & Artisans Craft Show – Saturday, November 3, 2012 - Morse Institute Library -10 am-4 pm
• Family New Year’s Party – December 31

Help the Natick Service Council by cleaning out your closets. Donate to Savers on Route 30 and give the $3 coupon on the bottom of the donation receipt to the Natick Service Council so they can help someone...it's "playing it forward"...everyone wins.

A way to help Kids Connect: GoodSearch.com is a search engine that donates half its revenue, about a penny per search, to the charities its users designate. You use it just as you would any search engine, and it’s powered by Yahoo!, so you get great results. Just go to http://www.goodsearch.com/ and enter Kids Connect as the charity you want to support. There are coupons available for donaters. A convenient toolbar is also available at http://www.goodsearch.com/toolbar/.

Kids Connect is listed as a beneficiary at GoodShop.com, an online shopping mall from GoodSearch. Please check for discounts where you're shopping to help support our program. There are periodic specials at local and regional retailers, so you can donate to Kids Connect and save at the same time.

Help support Kids Connect by making a tax deductible contribution!

Another way to help Kids Connect: Parents, are you a Verizon employee? You can volunteer or donate time to Kids Connect and Verizon will match the value in money. Details are available through Verizon.

Help your child select the right college. Personal College Advising offers specific counseling and guidance with:

• selecting the appropriate high school classes to keep the student’s options open
• attending college fairs
• tips on how to visit a school
• the application process, including interviews and essay writing
• how to go about getting financial aid and other scholarship resources
• paying for college resources

For more info, visit http://www.personalcollegeadvising.com

The Pearl St. Cafe in Framingham needs volunteers or meal sponsors. Tuesday nights from 5-7pm a hot, three-course meal – soup/salad, main course, vegetable side, bread rolls and butter, refreshments, coffee/tea, dessert – is served. For more info contact volunteer@uwotc.org.

Arts & Artisan Show – Fall 2011