The Friends of Hayes Park invite you to “Caroling in the Park” on the corner of Warren Avenue and West Canton Street in the South End on Sunday, December 20, beginning at 4 pm. There will be hot mulled cider and holiday treats. Please bring canned goods for SNAP’s Emergency Food Pantry.
The Friends of Hayes Park, Inc. is a group of public-spirited neighbors dedicated to maintaining Hayes Park, a green gem located at the corner of Warren Avenue and West Canton Street in Boston’s South End. Organized in 1987 to redesign what was then a derelict, concrete-paved lot, the Friends now have a membership numbering more than 250 families. Each year, members donate an extraordinary 1,400 hours to keep the park beautiful.
Since renovating the park in 1992, the Friends, a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization, has been a “Park Partner†with the Boston Parks Department. The funds needed to maintain the park are all provided by the Friends. In addition, the Friends host free community events, that draw visitors from all across the city — including an annual May Day, Summer Picnic, Harvestfest, and Christmas Caroling — and support local partners, organizing such events as canned goods collections for a local food pantry, and for the last 18 years, sponsoring a South End Little League Baseball team, the Hayes Park Yankees.
The group’s annual Auction will take place Sunday, October 25, beginning at 4:00 pm at the Boston Ballet Building, 19 Clarendon Street in Boston. Tickets are $15 in advance, $20 at the door, and may be purchased on line at www.hayespark.org. An enticing sample of auction items can be found on their home page, so we encourage you to support this fine organization.
The South Middleborough Grange #337 invites you to attend its 52nd Annual Grange Fair at the Grange Hall, 570 Wareham Street, South Middleborough, Massachusetts. The Grange Fair is held in cooperation with the Massachusetts State Grange. All exhibits of fruits, vegetables, flowers, canned goods, baked goods, needlework and crafts will be on exhibit beginning at 1:30 pm. There will also be a baked goods sale and a bazaar. A chicken pie supper will be served at 6 pm ($8 adults, $3 children), and at 7:15 there will be an auction of vegetables and flowers. See the most gorgeous pumpkins, squash, beans, tomatoes, herbs, potatoes, onions – many with ribbons attached! The South Middleborough Grange was organized in 1913 by 98 charter members, and annual events include clam bakes, dances, suppers and meetings with programs. The annual agricultural fair is a long-standing tradition for the grange and community, and is symbolic of our agrarian past and continued support of rural and agricultural values.
