PREVIEW
We appreciate all of our Partners in Kindness who are helping make next week a special one for the community. In addition to those listed below, several others will be amplifying kindness within their own groups, social media platforms, etc.

Stay tuned next week for additional ways you can participate in spreading kindness. We know Westborough is filled with kindness, next week is about celebrating it!

** indicates pre-registration is required

SUNDAY
  • **Westborough Connects Kickoff to Kindness Week at 1pm, featuring a virtual presentation by Ben's Bells Project* focused on the importance of intentional kindness in a connected community. Pre-registration required HERE. We have a special surprise for program attendees (see registration for details). The perfect way to set the tone for the week!
MONDAY
  • Pick up a Kindness Early Literacy Kit on the steps of the Westborough Public Library (WPL) starting at 10 am (while supplies last), provided by the Westborough Public Library Kids’ Department.

  • Westborough Youth & Family Services (WYFS) will have supplies for fun kindness-themed art projects ready for pick up in front of the Forbes Municipal Building. WYFS would love to see your art projects. Please send photos to joneil-welch@town.westborough.ma.us and they will share them to their Facebook Page.

  • Stop by Elsie Kaye Glassworks studio/gift shop to pick up a set of free glass friendship beads - one to keep and one to give to someone who needs a little kindness. And, they'll help you turn one of the beads into a pendant or keychain! Stop in anytime between 10am and 2pm.
TUESDAY
  • **Sohum Yoga is offering 5 free spots in their virtual 11:15am “Yoga Flow” class. Registration is required. To register, email ritu.kapur@sohum.org. 

  • WYFS will provide relaxing self-care suggestions for families and individuals. Pick them up in front of the Forbes Municipal Building. 
WEDNESDAY
  • **Release Well-Being Center is hosting a free “Loving Kindness” Meditation zoom with Carole Williamson starting at 8:30 am. Registration is required. Call 508-986-2330 to register.

  • WPL Kids’ Department will have chalk set out in front of the library. Use the chalk to leave kind messages for all to see.

  • **Westborough Senior Center is hosting a Buy One Get One Grab ‘n Share Lunch from 11am-12pm. Buy one lunch and share one with a friend. Call (508) 366-3000 to reserve your lunches (by noon on Tuesday).
THURSDAY
  • **WPL Teen Zone is hosting a Zoom afternoon (4-5pm) of trivia and challenges featuring all KINDS of kindness. Register HERE. 

  • **Sohum Yoga is offering 5 free spots in their virtual 7pm “Gentle Therapeutic Yoga” class. Registration is required. To register, email ritu.kapur@sohum.org. 
FRIDAY
  • Mugford’s Flower Shoppe is providing free daffodil bouquets at their shop and in front of the library to help you show someone (or yourself) some kindness (while supplies last).

  • When you make a purchase at Yummy Mummy Bakery today, you will receive a coupon for a free fudge brownie to be used from April 6th-30th. Pay it forward by giving the coupon to a kind person in your life.
SATURDAY
  • **Westborough Connects is hosting a Connect Over Coffee at the Turquoise Table anytime between 8:30-9:30 am. Click HERE to sign-up.

  • Author Farhana Zia will be at Tatnuck Booksellers from 1-3pm to read two of her children’s books. Click HERE for their event flyer or HERE for more information on their Facebook page. The event will be available to view on the bookstore’s Facebook page as well. 

  • Help Girl Scout Troop 30508 show kindness to Earth by donating to their textile recycling event from 9am-noon at the high school. Click HERE for the flyer. Zero Waste Westborough will be at the recycling event collecting recyclable food storage containers and thin plastics. Click HERE for the flyer.

  • **Be kind to Earth today and set a reminder on your calendar to register for Westborough Community Land Trust’s town-wide clean-up which will take place April 10th-17th. Sign up on their website at www.westboroughlandtrust.org between 4/1-4/9.

  • **SkyRise Theater will keep the kindness going by offering a free mommy and me class during the week of April 12th. Click HERE for more information and to register using the code "kindness." The following classes are included in this offer: Move and Groove (4/13, 4/16) and Imaginative Story time (4/14, 4/15)
HAPPENING ALL WEEK LONG...
  • Helping Hand for Relief and Development will host a clothing & toy drive at 80 Turnpike Road. Click HERE to view details.

  • Board & Brush is offering a Choose Kindness @ Home Kit for a reduced price. Look at their FB page HERE for ordering information. They are also raffling 3 complimentary kits. Nominate someone who has shown kindness through their actions for a chance to win a kit for them. 

  • Visit the Boro Sugar Shack to leave a message on their Wall of Sweet Sentiments. All participants will receive a coupon to use in the store. 

  • **Register HERE for a free teen Kindness Kit (limited supply) from Westborough Library Teen Zone. Also, learn about their Kindness writing contest HERE, and click HERE for their Kindness Bingo Board.

  • Visit the Kids’ Department section of the Westborough Public Library’s (WPL) website for kindness book suggestions and caregiver resources put together by the children’s librarian. Click HERE to browse the collection and request titles to borrow with your library card.

  • First United Methodist Church is celebrating by showing kindness to animals. Click HERE to see their daily suggestions or visit their Facebook page HERE.

  • Look out for special surprise ways our partners from the Westborough Public Schools, Boroughs YMCA, Westborough Police Dept., Westborough Fire Dept., Westborough Veterans Advisory Board and Westborough Girl Scouts will be spreading kindness.
We are grateful to the following Partners in Kindness
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Rotary Club of Westborough, Pastoral Counseling Centers of MA & Stephanie Stuchlik Realty
Pastoral Counseling Centers of MA
*The Ben's Bells presentation is supported in part by a grant from the Westborough Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.
Stay in touch and up to date with Kindness Week:
Facebook: Kindness Week has a Facebook page- Westborough Connects Kindness Week (@WCKindnessWeek). "Like" and follow us for details, including Partners in Kindness events and initiatives.


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About Westborough Connects

Westborough Connects is a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit organization (EIN # 84-1751472) focused on building a more connected and kind community where everybody feels like they belong. Often in partnership with others, Westborough Connects creates opportunities to support and celebrate the diversity, spirit, and character of Westborough through programs and events that are community-based, strengths-based and dedicated to connecting people to resources and each other. Visit us at http://www.westboroughconnects.org