Westborough Connects sponsors annual Kindness Week

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Westborough Connects sponsors annual Kindness Week
Volunteer Gretchen Mills leads a storytime. (Photo/Maureen Sullivan)

WESTBOROUGH – Westborough Connects, along with more than 70 Partners in Kindness, is getting ready to celebrate Kindness Week.

The seventh annual week will take place from Sunday, Nov. 10, to Saturday, Nov. 16. There are several ways the community is invited to celebrate this annual initiative.

The week will kick off with the Kindness Through Service initiative.

Members of the community can sign up for community service opportunities by Nov. 4 via https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0A4AAEAD2DA6FE3-52490237-kindness#/. There are opportunities to help several groups in town, including the Westborough Senior Center, Westborough Community Land Trust, Westborough Civic Club and the Veterans Advisory Board.

The community is also invited to the kickoff to Kindness Week event on Sunday, Nov. 10, from 2 to 4 p.m. in the Westborough High School cafeteria. There are service opportunities, kindness-themed activities, music and light refreshments. Attendees are encouraged to bring their leftover Halloween candy to donate and quarters.

This event is free and open to all ages.

The Partners in Kindness will host kindness-themed events all week long, including many collection drives. Check out the details on www.westboroughconnects.org.

For more information on Kindness Week events, visit https://www.westboroughconnects.org/programs or Facebook @WCKindnessWeek and @WestboroughConnects.

Westborough Connects is grateful for the financial support for Kindness Week provided by Central One Federal Credit Union, Grossman Development Group, Reliant Foundation, Amazon, Alternatives for Youth Foundation, Cumulus Global, Dolan & Maloney Insurance, Avidia Bank Foundation, New England Recovery Center, Pastoral Counseling Center, Pickering and Son Westborough Funeral Home and the Westborough Civic Club.

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