Neighborhood Tours

The ever-popular “Neighborhood Tours” are back! Bring your children ages five and under to visit the many people and places that make Shrewsbury special. More sites will be added as the year goes on.

• Hebert Candies:
• Tue, Oct. 18 at 10:30AM
• Wed, Oct. 19 at 10:30AM
  
  
• Stop and Shop:
• Tue, Nov 8 at 10AM

Register for a neighborhood tour by emailing SCDCKids@hotmail.com or by calling (508) 841-8300 x1477 and leaving your name, phone number, ages of children and number wishing to attend. Space is limited.

For more information about these programs, or becoming involved in the SCDC, please call (508) 841-8300 ext. 1477 or email SCDCKids@hotmail.com.

October 6 , 2005

SHREWSBURY - During the week of October 24 – 30, Massachusetts libraries and their users will help make a difference to the victims of Hurricane Katrina. Joining this statewide effort, Shrewsbury Public Library will suspend collection of overdue fines that week and instead accept monetary contributions towards hurricane relief.

Shrewsbury Library will send these funds directly to the American Library Association Hurricane Katrina Library Relief Fund. Libraries serve as a cornerstone for a community, providing support and resources for everyone. Since libraries in the Gulf Coast region have been damaged and destroyed, this fund was established to help rebuild these vital cornerstones of community. All funds will go to supporting the library relief efforts in Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi. Please consider making a contribution to this important cause.

This project is sponsored by the Shrewsbury Public Library in collaboration with the Massachusetts Library Association and the Massachusetts School Library Media Association. For further information, please call the Library at 508-842-0081.

On October 28, 2005 from 7pm to 11pm the Relay for Life in Shrewsbury is sponsoring a dance at the new Knights of Columbus on South Quinsigamond Ave. in Shrewsbury. Costumes are optional, but encouraged. The cost is $10.00 a ticket. Tickets will be sold at the door. All money collect goes to the Relay for Life Cancer Fund.

Your family is invited to join us for a day of good, clean fun and tour our state-of-the-art facility, which converts everyday waste into clean electric power.

Wheelabrator Millbury invites you and your family to its Community Open House a day of tours, fun, food, and much more! Join us Sunday, October 16 from 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. at the Wheelabrator Millbury Waste-to-Energy Facility at 331 Southwest Cutoff Road, Millbury.

Free refreshments include: hamburgers, hot dogs, cotton candy, snocones, popcorn, and more. Enter the raffle for a television! Fun for everyone. Live native bird presentations, music, face painting, balloon animals, and cartoon characters.

While you're visiting use, we hope you and your family will take a few minutes to tour the facility and learn what makes Wheelabrator Millbury so environmentally friendly.

We look forward to meeting you! No reservation is necessary.

Who: Massachusett’s Veterans Inc. is sponsoring a 5K road race and walk to commemorate the men and women who have served our country. All proceeds will go towards supporting programs for homeless veterans in Worcester.

When: Sunday, November 6, 2005 9:30am-10:30am Same day registration 10:45am Salute to Veterans 11:00am Start 5K race & walk

Where: Sherwood Middle School, Shrewsbury, MA - 30 Sherwood Avenue

Entry Fee: Early Registration $12 - Race Day Registration $15 - Veterans $10
*All proceeds go to support homeless veteran’s programs in Worcester. No refunds will be issued.

T-Shirts: The first 100 entrants will receive a long-sleeve T-shirt.

Prizes: Prizes awarded in male & female divisions to runners of 5K: 14 and under, 15-22, 23-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60+, First veteran overall, oldest veteran finisher, youngest veteran finisher.

Kids Race: Immediately preceding the 5K will be a short kids race. Entry fee is a can or box of food for the

Activities: Mass Veterans Food Bank. There will also be face painting and flags.

For more info: Visit coolrunning.com or call 508-845-2398

Click Here to Download Registration Form

Shrewsbury Youth Soccer will be holding Registration for the Spring 2006 season from October 1st through November 10th. PREFERRED registration is on line at www.shrewsburyyouthsoccer.org.

You may also attend one of the walk in registrations to be held at the Sherwood Middle School Cafeteria on Wednesday October 18th or Thursday October 26th from 7:00-8:30 PM. All first time and new players to the Shrewsbury Youth Soccer program may register on line or in person but are required to mail or bring a copy of their birth certificate or proof of date of birth for proper divisional placement.

Registration fees for the U5, U-6, U-7 and U-8 programs are $70.00. Registration fees for the U-10 to U-18 program are $80.00. New uniforms for traveling team players are $45. On line late registration will be held from November 10th through December 15th and will incur an additional $15 fee. Paper registrations received after October 26th will also incur a $15 late fee.

Any registration received after December 15th will incur a $25 late fee and those players will be placed on a wait list. Shrewsbury Youth Soccer is a non-profit association. Any questions regarding age eligibility, where to send a copy of a birth certificate, paper forms, the Spring 2006 Registration process or Shrewsbury Youth Soccer, please go to www.shrewsburyyouthsoccer.org for more details.

The SCDC would like to present our 10th Annual Toy and Baby Gear Sale. Our event is scheduled for Saturday, November 12th from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. in the Sherwood Middle School Cafeteria and Gym.

This very popular event provides a venue in which you can sell your no-longer needed toys and baby items. Or you can choose to donate your items to the SCDC for our fundraising efforts. We appreciate any donations, since our sales from this event go directly toward financing many of our programs, such as our Enrichment Programs, the Harvest Fest and Scholastic Book Fair, our Play Group Linkups, Costume Story Time, and much more.

If you would like to participate as a vendor, please read the following specifications carefully:

1. As in previous years, each table is a divided cafeteria table with bench space on either side. Each single table area is approximately 6 feet long x 2 ½ feet wide. In addition, please note that your table placement within the rooms is assigned randomly.
   
2. Additional floor space will be clearly marked with tape around each table. Please do not extend any items outside of the taped area. We are restricted by fire-code safety as to how much walking space that we provide for the shoppers. If you have large items that do not fit into the allotted space, we suggest that you display photographs of the larger items and keep the items in your car the day of the sale. That way, shoppers will still be able to see and purchase your larger items.
   
3. As you are probably aware, this event has become extremely well attended over the years. Due to the number of vendors and shoppers, we will utilize once again both the Middle School Cafeteria and Gym.
   
   As we did last year, we will have at least one SCDC volunteer dedicated to directing shoppers to and from both the Cafeteria and Gym. We will do everything possible to ensure that every shopper visits both rooms.
   
4. Due to the school holiday (Veteran’s Day) on the previous day, we will be setting up for the Toy and Baby Gear Sale on Friday, November 11th from 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. As usual, you will be able to do last-minute setting up from 8:00 – 9:00 a.m. on Saturday, November 12th just before we open the doors to the public at 9:00 in the morning.
   
5. In order to prevent overcrowding, we cannot accommodate more than two vendors per single table or four vendors per double table.
   
6. We are sorry that we cannot accommodate professional or commercial
   vendors.

If you have items to donate to our SCDC tables, please read the following:

1. We cannot accept any stuffed animals for donation.
   
2. If you donate an item such as a car seat, it would be helpful to have a brief description of the car seat’s history in writing to accompany the car seat. For example, most people want to know the age of the car seat. We cannot accept any car seat that has been involved in an accident of any kind, including a fender-bender.
   
3. We would greatly appreciate any instruction manuals that you may have for some of your larger items, high chairs, strollers, or car seats.
   
4. We will be accepting donations on Friday, November 11th from 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. at the Sherwood Middle School.

We thank you in advance for your generous donations. The SCDC continues to be such a great organization through the help of our volunteers and through your continued support and donations.

The SCDC will donate any unsold items by the close of the Toy and Baby Gear Sale to the Henry Lee Willis Community Center in Worcester. Our toys and baby items will go to benefit under-privileged families. If you would like to know more about this organization, please visit www.williscenter.org.

If you would like to reserve a single or a double table, please send the following to Amy Daley at 7 Amherst Road, Shrewsbury, MA 01545 no later than November 7th:

1. Your $25.00 check/single table ($45.00/double table) made out to SCDC (no cash or credit cards, please)
   
2. The attached registration form

Upon receipt of your registration information and check, we will send you a confirmation letter via e-mail with set-up instructions.

Please do not wait to reserve your table. We have limited space available. We thank you in advance for your cooperation with the above specifications and for your continued participation in our event. If you have any questions regarding The 2005 SCDC Toy and Baby Gear Sale, please do not hesitate to contact Amy Daley at (508) 845-1768.

Sincerely,
Your Toy and Baby Gear Sale Coordinators, Amy Daley and Holly Richardson
Shrewsbury Child Development Committee
scdckids@hotmail.com
www.scdc.info
(508) 841-8300, x1477
P.O. Box 458
Shrewsbury, MA 01545

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Friends of the Shrewsbury Senior Center, Inc

Feeling lucky? Come and play BINGO! We will kick off the season with fun and frivolity at The Friends of the Shrewsbury Senior Center, Inc .general meeting 1 pm Tuesday, Oct. 18 , 2005 at the Senior Center.

A brief business meeting will be held and then the games begin. Coffee and goodies will be served. Bring a friend for a great afternoon of fun and fellowship! Mark your calendars for the third Tuesday afternoon, 1 pm, each month at the Senior Center for more great Friend's programs. See you there!

Lake Quinsigamond Commission will hold a meeting 7:00pm on Wednesday, October 26, 2005 at the Shrewsbury Town Hall, New Selectmen’s Room, 100 Maple Avenue, Shrewsbury, MA. and the public is invited to attend and participate. Public Hearing 7:15pm-Discussion- Personal Watercraft. If you have any questions please contact Karin at (508) 841-8513.

This is just reminder that our 3rd Annual Preschool Fair will be held next Saturday, October 15th from 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon in the Sherwood Middle School Gym. Please join us for this informative event, which will give you the opportunity to talk with area preschool and daycare directors about their programs and their educational philosophies.

We will have a Kids Corner with a youth fitness professional providing activities for your children while you talk with the preschool and daycare directors. We will be collecting an admission of $1.00 from each family for the Preschool Fair to help defray our costs. If you purchase any of our publications at the fair, the SCDC 2005-2006 School Calendar, the Preschool and Daycare Guide, or the Things To Do with Children In The Shrewsbury Area, you will not need to pay the $1.00 admission.

We look forward to seeing you at this resourceful event.

What: "History of the Allen Farm"
When: Wednesday, October 26
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Where: 1830 Schoolhouse located on the Town Common
Admission: Free - Public welcome
Speaker: Connie (Allen) Pukaite

Included in the program will be the impact the tornado of 1953 had on the farm. The Allen
Farm is one of the very first farms of Shrewsbury and now much of its remaining acreage is owned by the Town and is being developed for commercial/industrial use.

Connie (Allen) Pukaite will be using many old photographs from the extensive family archives and her own recollections of the tornado during the presentation. "This is a 'must see' for any one interested in Shrewsbury history or involved in the current development process," according to Historical Society President, William R. Dennis.