Sarah Lyman Day of Community Service

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• BOSTON - Cradles to Crayons / Saturday, November 7, 2026 / 10 am - Noon

  Cradles to Crayons is a nonprofit organization that provides basic essentials --- clothing, backpacks, school supplies --- so that children in need can thrive at school and participate fully in life. Volunteers will help sort, organize, and pack donations.  Volunteers must wear closed-toe shoes. The warehouse is not climate controlled so dress accordingly. 
  
  Cradles to Crayons
  281 Newtonville Avenue
  Newton, MA 02460
  
  Chair: Liz Haas '85 • haas.joffe@gmail.com 
  
  Register: (Google Form)

• CHICAGO - Cradles to Crayons / Saturday, October 3, 2026 / 10:00 am - 12:30 pm

  Join fellow alums at Cradles to Crayons' Giving Factory warehouse and assist in processing and packaging donations of new and nearly new children's items and essentials for distribution to local disadvantaged children. We will have donuts at 10:00 am at Cradles to Crayons and then after our volunteer shift the camaraderie will continue (everyone pays for their own lunch) at Coalfire Pizza, 3707 N Southport Ave, Chicago, IL 60613. If you have children's clothes or shoes in good condition to donate, you can bring those with you. Partners/children ages 4 and up are welcome to participate but must be registered. 
  
  Cradles to Crayons
  https://www.cradlestocrayons.org/chicago/

  2500 W. Bradley Plaza, Chicago 60618 
  
  Chair: Erin Adelman Court ’00 • erin.c.court@gmail.com 

  
  REGISTER (Google Form)
  

• CLEVELAND - Ronald McDonald House / Saturday, October 3, 2026 / 9:00 am - Noon

  After a tour, we will spend the morning gardening at the Ronald McDonald House Northeast Ohio. Volunteers should wear weather appropriate clothes and bring gardening gloves. 
  
  Ronald McDonald House
  https://www.rmhcneo.org/
  

  10415 Euclid Avenue
  Cleveland, OH 44106
  
  Chair: Laurie Wilde Oswald '87 laurie.wilde.oswald@gmail.com and Meredith Stewart Reimer '95  meredithreimer@gmail.com 
  
  REGISTER (Google Form)

• COLUMBUS - Mid-Ohio Food Collective / Saturday, October 3, 2026 / 9:00 am - Noon

  We will help support the various stations inside the Market, filling baskets, scanning groceries at the check-out stand, repackaging groceries into boxes after scanning and while our shift will be mostly indoors, we will need some volunteers to help deliver groceries to customer vehicles.  So please wear weather-appropriate clothing. If there's a chance of rain, bring jackets and rainboots with you. There are some sitting positions available, but most involve standing/walking.Volunteers as young as 11 years old may join us as well as other family members.  

   

  Mid-Ohio Market Assistant (part of the Mid-Ohio Food Collective)

  https://mofc.org/ways-we-help/market/
  

  4041 Gantz Road

  Grove City, OH 43123

  Chair: Addair Levine • addairlevine4@gmail.com
  
  REGISTER (Google Form)

• NEW YORK CITY - Jefferson Gardens Garden Volunteer Day / Saturday, October 3, 2026 / 10:00 am -1:00 pm

  Join Concrete Safaris for their garden volunteer session to spruce up the Jefferson Gardens!
  
  We will do a variety of garden maintenance at Jefferson Gardens -- repairing raised beds, shoveling compost, spreading woodchips, weeding and raking and picking up trash.  Activities vary. Wear comfortable clothes, proper footwear- preferably work boots or sturdy sneaker and bring a reusable water bottle.  The event will take place rain or shine so dress for the weather!  Food will not be provided , so bring a bagged lunch.  

  
  Jefferson Gardens' Garden Volunteer Spruce Up 
  https://www.concretesafaris.org/
  Meet at 300 East 115th Street, just east of Second Avenue, outside of the Jefferson Houses Management Office. If you arrive after the start time, meet us in the gardens around the basketball courts just south of the office between First and Second Avenues and 115th and 113th Streets. The gardens cannot be seen from the meeting point. 

  
  Chair: Sara Hollabaugh Serbanoiu ‘13 • shollabaugh13@gmail.com

  
  REGISTER (Google Form)