Beede Center employee can use a hand.
Hello and welcome to Thursday! I have something really important to talk about today, so pay attention. I know it’s the time of year that we’re running around like crazy people, buying gifts for all the people on our lists, thinking how much money we’re spending on stuff. And I also know that this time of year makes people think about how nice it is to give to others, and then we start perusing the Heifer International catalog, and wonder if it’s better to buy someone a goat or a raft of baby chicks. Or is it a clutch of chicks? I can never remember. Well, as you’re doing all that wondering, I’d like you to think a little closer to home, because there is someone right here in town who may not need a goat or some chicks, but could really …
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498 Walden St, Concord, MA
Beede Center
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64 Main St, Concord, MA
Middlesex Savings Bank
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Concord Boy Scouts collect donations for Afghan kids.
I think it’s so great when kids want to help other kids, particularly kids they’ve never even met before. That’s what the Boy Scouts Troop 132 is doing, by collecting clothes and toys and school supplies for kids in Afghanistan. The cause is Operation Outreach Afghanistan, an organization in Afghanistan that helps local kids — kids who have been living with war for years and can use a few things. Can you imagine not having winter clothes when it gets cold? Or going to school but not having the supplies to actually learn? These are things that kids here in Concord are lucky enough to not even have to think about, which is why it’s great that these kids ARE thinking about them for kids who HAVE to think about them. The Scouts were inspired …
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Concord Scout House, Inc.
74 Walden St, Concord, MA
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460 Strawberry Hill Rd, Concord, MA
Silferleaf Farm
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Janet Beyer
8:40 am on Friday, December 16, 2011
Nice thoughtful article, Stefanie. Count me in. more ›