Register for the Wellesley Day of Service May 4

The following is from Wellesley Volunteers:

Wellesley Volunteers today announced that online registration has begun for the first annual Wellesley Day of Service to be held on Sunday, May 4, 2014. Interested volunteers can register online at www.wellesleyvolunteers.org.

Wellesley Day of Service is a day of volunteer activities that will bring together participants of all ages to complete a variety of community projects for the benefit of non-profit organizations and municipal departments throughout the town of Wellesley. Volunteers will work in teams on morning or afternoon projects throughout the town with a luncheon celebration at midday.

All Wellesley residents can participate in the day’s volunteer events, depending on the logistics of the specific project. Any individuals, families, groups and Wellesley-based corporations can volunteer.

The Day of Service Committee has compiled a list of projects for May 4, 2014. Members of the Committee include representatives from the Fund for Wellesley, Wellesley Friendly Aid, the Wellesley Fire Department, the Wellesley Police Department, the Wellesley Free Library, the Wellesley Youth Commission, the Wellesley Board of Selectmen, the Wellesley Council on Aging, the Wellesley Trails Committee, the Wellesley Department of Public Works, and the Wellesley Hills Junior Women’s Club.

The project list can be found online at www.wellesleyvolunteers.org and includes projects both indoors and outdoors throughout the town of Wellesley. The Day of Service has projects ranging from conducting sidewalk surveys for the Wellesley DPW to collecting food for the Wellesley Food Pantry and cleaning up trails with the Wellesley Trails Committee. In addition to the volunteer opportunities from Wellesley Volunteers, the Friends of Fuller Brook Park are also holding a clean-up day on Sunday, May 4th.

To learn more about the Wellesley Day of Service and how to get involved, please contact Megan Burns, Marketing Coordinating for Wellesley Volunteers at wellesleyvolunteers@gmail.com or 781-237-1230. The Wellesley Day of Service is sponsored by the Fund for Wellesley.

About the Fund for Wellesley

The mission of the Fund for Wellesley is to promote the common good and to benefit all residents of the town. The Fund for Wellesley serves as a permanent source of funding to foster innovation and collaboration in support of community needs and opportunities.

About Wellesley Volunteers

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, 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. Wellesley Volunteers was created by a grant from the Fund for Wellesley to promote volunteerism in the town of Wellesley. The grant, prepared by the Wellesley Volunteers Task Force, is being administered by Wellesley Friendly Aid.