Bellingham Bulletin February 2023

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BWOT Celebrates Its 35th Year of Service to Bellingham
The Bellingham Women of
Today had a great 2022 with
many activities for the community.
In spring, we made 70 gift
bags of goodies for the elderly
housebound served by the Mealson-Wheels
program, 41 letters
from the Easter bunny were
mailed and members were secret
Easter bunnies, hiding gift-filled
eggs for local families’ children to
find. The Easter Bunny made an
appearance with muffins, photos
and activities.
During the Winter months,
40 letters from Santa were sent
and 70 candy treats delivered
to housebound seniors. A holiday
fundraiser with businesses in
town provided a large donation
to the St Blaise Adopt-A-Family
program for local families in
need, and excited children visited
Santa and enjoyed muffins,
photos and craft activities.
Every year, the BWOT awards
two scholarships and furthers the
education of Bellingham High
School seniors who show they are
active in community service, the
Joanne Eisner scholarship and
the BWOT scholarship.
Proceeds from BWOT fundraisers
and activities are returned
to the community in the way of
donations to local groups and
those suffering loss due to damaging
fires.
The group has fun activities
for members during the year
such as Girl’s Night Out, Holiday
party, Bowling, Ice Cream Social,
Craft Nights, Shop Till you Drop
at Christmas Tree Store, Year
End Banquet and more.
We would like you to join us
as we continue to serve our community!
We are open to men and
women 18 years or older. We
meet September through June
on the second Monday of the
month at 7:30 p.m. in the Police
Department conference room on
Blackstone Street.
The BWOT is a nonprofit
civic organization and has
served Bellingham and surrounding
communities for over
35 years. We support Domestic
Violence Awareness and Wellness
and Personal Development
programming areas. The
group is one of six Massachusetts
chapters of the United
States Women of Today. This
organization was founded in
1985 by former members of
United States Jaycees Women.
The United States Women of
Today has more than 2,000 members
in 13 states in America and
Limassol, Cypress is our international
chapter. See our Facebook
page for more details or email
bwotmaevents@hotmail.com.
Bellingham Business
Association 2023 Calendar
Plan your upcoming year of
participation in the Bellingham
Business Association! Following
is a tentative schedule of the organization’s
events this year.
February 8 – Business Meeting
March 8 – Membership Drive
Lunch
April 12 –State of the Town
May 10 – State of the State
June 7 – Awards
August – TBA
September 11 – Golf Tournament
For more information, email
contact@BellinghamBusinessAssociation.org,
visit @BellinghamBusinessAssociation
on
Facebook, or visit www.BellinghamBusinessAssociation.org.
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