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  • Saturday, May 2, 8:30 am – 12:00 noon – Alley Rally/ Love Your Block 2026

    The Back Bay will sparkle on Saturday, May 2, as Alley Rally returns. Meet at the Clarendon Street Playground, 8:30 am, at the corner of Clarendon Street and Commonwealth Avenue, for coffee and doughnuts. At 9 am you will check in, hear welcome remarks, and head off to clean your block with tools provided by the City of Boston. At 11, return your tools to the Playground. Stay and enjoy refreshments and live music with your neighbors. Questions? Email info@nabbonline.org. The Neighborhood Association of the Back Bay initiated Alley Rally in the 1970’s, and it’s stronger than ever.

  • From the Archives – Front Yard Clean Up

    Gone are the days when Garden Club of the Back Bay members ventured out to clean up the neighbors’ front yards. In April of 1972, the following notice was sent the members:

    “On Saturday, May 6th, the joined forces of our small group should be able to make a large impression on our neighborhood by a front yard clean up. Hopefully in one fell swoop we will be able to … improve the front yards of our Back Bay.  We are looking for a member or volunteer to do one half of each block.”

    Beige polyethylene garbage bags were put in the front hall of each Back Bay building.  On the front of the bag was a self sticking Garden Club of the Back Bay label.  An attached flyer stated that yard waste was to be put in the bag for pick up by a Garden Club volunteer three days later.  The bags then went into the alleys for pickup by the City.

    Assuredly some bags were ignored by residents, but GCBB members actively worked to make the area neat and attractive, and the project was a forerunner of today’s Alley Rally spring clean-up day.  Although we have no image of those beige bags, the picture below from www.laweekly.com is a humorous representation of what they would not have looked like.

     

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  • Saturday, April 27, 9:00 am – 12:00 noon – Alley Rally

    Spring is definitely here, and the Neighborhood Association of the Back Bay Alley Rally 2013 will sweep through the neighborhood on Saturday, April 27, from 9 – 12.  Coordinating with Mayor Menino’s Citywide Cleanup, come join your neighbors, including groups from local fraternities and some of our Back Bay schools, in sweeping the alleys and side streets.  Thanks to donations from our local businesses, NABB provides coffee, juice, and doughnuts at the Clarendon Street Playground starting at 8:30 am.  At 9, you will divide in groups and head off to clean.  After you finish, there will be a picnic lunch (also donated by Back Bay businesses) for volunteers back at the Playground.  This is a great way to know your neighbors and spruce up the neighborhood at the same time.  NABB has been conducting Alley Rally since 1967!  For further information, please contact Ellen Rooney at parnell3@verizon.net.  Garden Club of the Back Bay member Janet Younker is pictured at right, below:

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  • Friday, April 27 and Saturday, April 28, 8:30 am – 2:00 pm – Boston Shines and Alley Rally

    Join Mayor Thomas M. Menino for Boston Shines 2012, the 10th annual citywide neighborhood cleanup, on Friday, April 27 and Saturday, April 28 from 8:30 am – 2:00 pm.  To volunteer, or for more information, contact the Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Services at 617-635-3485.  For information after working hours, call 617-635-4500, or visit www.cityofboston.gov to register online.

    In Back Bay specifically, The Neighborhood Association of the Back Bay sponsors Alley Rally 2012. Spring is definitely here, and Alley Rally 2012 will sweep through the neighborhood on Saturday, April 28, 2012, from 9:00 a.m. through noon. Coordinating with Mayor Menino’s Citywide Cleanup, come and join your neighbors, including groups from local fraternities and some of our Back Bay schools, in sweeping the alleys and side streets. Thanks to donations from our local businesses, we provide coffee, juice and doughnuts at the Clarendon Street Playground starting at 8:30 a.m. At 9:00 a.m., we will divide in groups and head off to clean. After we finish, there will be a picnic lunch (also donated by Back Bay businesses) for the volunteers at the playground. This is a great way to get to know your neighbors and spruce up the neighborhood at the same time. NABB has been conducting the Alley Rally since 1967! For further information, please contact Ellen Rooney at parnell3@verizon.net.

  • Saturday, April 30, 8:30 am – 12:00 noon – Back Bay Alley Rally

    The Annual Back Bay Alley Rally is upon us! Meet at the Clarendon Street Playground, at the corner of Clarendon Street and Commonwealth Avenue, on Saturday morning, April 30, at 8:30 for breakfast, then gather in groups to clean our alleys and side streets. Rejoin your fellow volunteers for lunch at noon. For more information, log on to www.nabbonline.com.

  • Saturday, April 24, 8:30 – noon – Alley Rally

    What’s a good way to get to know your neighbors and work in a little exercise as well? The Back Bay Alley Rally! This annual neighborhood cleanup will take place on Saturday, April 24th, in conjunction with Mayor Menino’s Boston Shines. Volunteers of all ages gather with Chairs Ellen Rooney, Chris Mitchell and Roseann Colot at the Clarendon Street Playground at 8:30 am to fortify themselves with juice, coffee and doughnuts provided by our local stores. We then divide into teams and — using the rakes, shovels and brooms provided by the City of Boston — volunteers fan out to clean the alleys and side streets. Your labors will end at noon, when everyone returns to the playground for a picnic lunch, with food donated by our local businesses.  Bring your own fashionable gloves, of course.

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  • Saturday, April 25, 8:30 – noon – Alley Rally

    What’s a good way to get to know your neighbors and work in a little exercise as well? The Back Bay Alley Rally! This annual neighborhood cleanup will take place on Saturday, April 25th, in conjunction with the Mayor’s City-wide Cleanup. Volunteers of all ages gather at the Clarendon Street Playground just before 9:00am to fortify themselves with juice, coffee and doughnuts provided by our local stores. We then divide into teams and — using the rakes, shovels and brooms provided by the City of Boston — volunteers fan out to clean the alleys and side streets. Your labors will end at noon, when everyone returns to the playground for a picnic lunch, with food donated by our local businesses. (Note: Memorial Service for Stella Trafford scheduled for 3 pm at Trinity Church, so you’ll have plenty of time to clean up before the tribute to Stella)

    It’s fun and, after a long winter, you will certainly make a difference in our Back Bay neighborhood! Contact Ellen Rooney at parnell3@verizon.net if you can help or for further information.