The Citizen Digest contains links to stories about Current Events taking place within the next two weeks, a list of Coming Attractions for which you may wish to save the date, a list of important Community Announcements, links to pages with information about local institutions, and a guide to using The Citizen Digest to publicize your organization’s events.
Bedford Event Listings through Wednesday, May 22
Wednesday, May 08
Thursday, May 9
Saturday, May 11
- Bedford’s mail carriers will collect non-perishable food for the Bedford Food Pantry
- Garden Club Geranium Sale
- Pay it Forward event to benefit Bedford’s Food Pantry
Monday, May 13
- Lessons from the Field: Reports from Civil Rights Delegation to Palestine at First Parish
- Bedford Arts and Crafts with Louise Banner
Wednesday, May 15
Thursday, May 16
- Grow Your Own Salad
- Bedford Community Table dinner
Friday, May 17
Saturday, May 18
- 60th Annual First Parish Plant & Craft Fair on Bedford Common
- Bedford Babe Ruth Baseball & Softball Player Appreciation Day & All Star Games
- Wilson Mill dedication
- Bedford Football Club’s Annual Trivia Night Fundraiser
- Communities for Restorative Justice (C4RJ) begins its fundraising auction
Tuesday, May 21
Wednesday, May 22
- 21st Century Aging in Place at the CoA
- Bedford Historical Society’s annual meeting and potluck supper; speaker, Joe McKenry “Beneath the Streets of Boston: Building America’s First Subway”
- Bedford Family Connection: Infant and Toddler Sleep Seminar
Coming Attractions
- Healthy Bedford community breakfast on Thursday, May 23
- Bedford Community Table Dinner on Thursday, May 23
- Online Safety on Thursday May 23 at 11:00 AM at the CoA
- Bedford Historical Society’s Annual Meeting & Pot Luck with Joe McKendry on Thursday, May 23
- Bedford Community Table Dinner on Thursday, May 30
- Boxtops: Last day to turn them in for this year is Friday, May 31
- Child Identification program on Saturday, June 1
- Relay For Life and registration for national cancer research initiative, Saturday, June 1
- Communities for Restorative Justice (C4RJ) online auction ends on Sunday, June 2
- Citizen Scholarship Foundation fundraiser at Flatbread on Tuesday, June 4
- Springs Brook Park opens on Thursday, June 13
- PMC Kids’ ride in Bedford on Saturday, June 15
- Chamber music concert in the concert hall at MCC Bedford on Sunday, June 23
- Special election to choose a new Senator for Massachusetts on Tuesday, June 25
- Sign up for the CoA’s July 18 trip to Mystic, CT for a New England Lobster Getaway.
Bedford Community Announcements
- Box tops for BEST available at Market Basket stores
- Bedford’s outdoor burning season: January 15 through May 1
- Volunteer Opportunity: PALS play space activity leaders
- METCO Friends and Family program to be reinvigorated
- Event or gathering on your horizon? Consider space in Old Town Hall, Town Center or Depot Park!
Learn more about what’s going on at local institutions
- Middlesex Community College
- Bedford’s Council on Aging
- The Bedford Recreation Department
- Bedford Youth and Family Services
- Emerson Hospital
How to use The Citizen Digest to publicize your organization’s events
If your organization has news to share, please send it to [email protected]. We request that you limit your press release to 300 words, but we encourage you to submit photographs that will better draw attention to your event.
The deadline for electronic copy is Tuesday noon for publication on Wednesday, but the sooner you send your information, the longer it will appear in The Digest’s coming events listing.
High resolution photographs are welcome as attached JPGs; images embedded within e-mails cannot be accepted.