Patrons are encouraged to bring unopened spices and dried herbs to their local participating branch. With the help of the Greater Boston Food Bank, these donations will be distributed to families and individuals across Boston and Eastern Massachusetts. Varied combinations of spices are what differentiate cultural cuisines; donating spices helps people maintain their cultural identity and family traditions, encourages creative and nutritious cooking, and celebrates the abundant cultural makeup of our region.



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Residents of Belnel Family Neighborhood Associations will be participating in a neighborhood-wide cleanup including areas in our neighborhood close to the Neponset River. This will be our neighborhood 6th year completing a neighborhood-wide cleanup which we host in April and September, yearly.

During the run of Sister Act (April 7 - May 14), we will be collecting personal hygiene items for our friends who reside at 140 Clarendon St. as part of the affordable housing units supported by Beacon Communities.



We will be accepting items such as:

• Soap
• Shampoo
• Conditioner
• Underwear (all sizes)
• Socks (all sizes)
• Lotion
• Hand Sanitizer
• Feminine Hygiene Products
• Shaving Cream
• Razors
• Toilet Paper
• Hair Brushes
• Q-Tips
• Razors

Mayor Wu and the City of Boston invite community-based organizations and businesses to light up their buildings blue and yellow in honor of One Boston Day from the evening of Friday, April 14 through the evening of Monday, April 17.

A kind experience for all! Walk amid 200 pots of daffodils under the iconic trellis. The daffodils symbolize Boston's resilience and rebirth after the tragedy of 2013. We will distribute the daffodils on Monday after the marathon to those who need a smile and a bit of kindness. Stop by the Friends' table for a free kindness bracelet as we honor this special day of remembrance and hope together.

We will begin street cleaning at Buttonwood St. and we will make our way toward Savin Hill Ave. We then plan to make our way over at McConnell Park in Dorchester and finish with a cleanup at that location.

This will be a shared corporate (with John Hancock Investments) and community event (with Columbia Savin Hill Civic Association) that will bring community members together with residents to beautify and make a small area of a larger Dorchester shine. This will be an opportunity to allow neighbors who may need assistance with some yard cleanup to submit their address to Columbia Savin Hill Civic Association and have volunteers assist residents.

SPARK Boston, Mayor Wu's volunteer civic engagement council for 20- to 35-year-old Boston residents, is seeking new members for our 2023-2024 council! Applications are now open, so ask all your questions and learn more about SPARK Boston at our Open House and information sessions before the Friday, May 26 deadline. All are welcome to attend!

This event is hosted by Boston Children's Hospital Blood Donor Center. Commemorative hats and t-shirts will be given to all donors.

Please donate non-perishables to North End and refrigerated goods to the Charlestown community fridge.

• Charlestown Community Fridge, 15 Tufts St. 
• North End Community Fridge, 332 Hanover St.

Visit Boston Public Library's North End Branch on One-Boston Day and receive a FREE book from the library Friends Book Sale collection of gently-used books for all ages and all interests. Choose one book per person while supplies last from tables outside if the weather is good and inside if it's raining.