Hingham Mothers’ Club – Six Months of Fundraising Starts Now

By Cynthia Rosenfeld

Whether it is a celebration hosted by Hingham Mothers’ Club, or an outside fundraiser chaired by an HMC member, there is a lot going on in the next six months. Open up your calendar app and make a note of all the exciting events from the Hingham Mothers’ Club. We would love to see you there!

Building Blocks fundraiser to benefit Horizons for Homeless Children – Co-Chaired by HMC member Cynthia Rosenfeld.  March 2, 2012, 7:00pm at Black Rock Country Club

Join us for a Mardi Gras themed cocktail party with live and silent auctions, fun food and drinks, and artwork by local preschoolers. Horizons for Homeless Children is an organization based in Roxbury, MA that creates Playspaces at homeless shelters all over MA, as well as operating 3 Community Children’s Center pre-schools. The mission of Horizons for Homeless Children is to improve the lives of homeless children and their families.  The Playspace Program was founded in 1990 to make healthy play possible for children living in shelters. Horizons designs and builds age-appropriate, child-friendly spaces that come equipped with libraries, art supplies and more. To purchase tickets to Building Blocks, please visit www.Preschoolplaymates.com.

Bunny Breakfast- Hosted by Hingham Mothers’ Club, Event Chairs Alison Fabella and Sarah Machado. March 31, 2012 at 8:30am, at Hingham Rec Center

Last year was such a success that we will be holding the Second Annual HMC Bunny Breakfast this year before the Hingham Rec Center’s Easter Egg Hunt. Pre-hunt, make your way to the Hingham Rec Game Room at Town Hall. HMC will be serving bagels, donuts, coffee and baked goods as well as kid-friendly crafts and photos with a special guest!  It is a free event open to all Hingham residents. Donations benefiting Friends of the Homeless of the South Shore and the HMC Scholarship Fund are appreciated. For more information, please visit www.hinghammothersclub.org.

Backpack Collection Project to benefit The Kerry Jon Walker Fund – Chaired by HMC Member Rebecca Baker. Backpacks Due By: May 15, 2012

In the village of Gaoual, in Guinea, West Africa, the government will pay for a child to go to school if the child can provide his/her own supplies. The problem is that most children are from poverty stricken families who cannot afford school supplies. As a result, most children do not learn to read or write. The Kerry Jon Walker fund is collecting backpacks full of supplies to ship to these children. It is a concrete project – all backpacks collected will be put on a boat and shipped to Guinea. The children will receive them and go to school. If you provide one backpack, you are sending a child to school. The Hingham Mothers’ Club will be contributing to this cause, and we ask the public to do the same. If you choose to donate, backpacks should contain pencils and a pencil sharpener, crayons, markers, lined and colored paper, chalk and erasers. An additional $15.00 will purchase a uniform for the student. To donate a backpack, please contact Mickey Walker at  mikeydwalker@comcast.net.

The HMC Happy Birthday Event to benefit Birthday Wishes – Hosted by Hingham Mothers’ Club, event chairs Liz Klein and Cynthia Rosenfeld. June 6, 2012, 10:30am, Kress Field on Gardner Street

Everyone loves a birthday party, and this one is for a good cause. Bring your child, up to age 6, to the HMC party! We will provide decorations, cake and favors for the kids. You bring a wrapped gift, and HMC will deliver it to Birthday Wishes. Birthday Wishes is a charity that brings the magic of a birthday party to thousands of homeless children each year. Founded in 2002 as a volunteer organization, Birthday Wishes has expanded its program to serve more than 165 shelters and transitional living facilities in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Long Island, New York. One of their goals is to provide birthday parties to all homeless children in Massachusetts.  For more information, please visitwww.hinghammothersclub.org.