Events

Rotary members are more than welcome to arrive early to the event if they would like to see the renovations.  Since meal service begins at 4:00pm, anyone interested in touring the building can come in at 3:00pm.  You’ll notice in the details that the arrival time will say 3:45pm, and that will be the arrival time for everyone – tourers or just servers. 

We do not have any other projects available that day, though if interest is higher than what is needed for service – which can go up to a maximum of 10 people – let me know and I think what we can do is have a few people simply sit in the main hall area and play cards or something similar with the residents who are either waiting for or are finished eating.   

Would you have time to speak by phone on November 2^nd or November 3^rd?  I’d like to go over the menu of items and confirm everything with you. 

After you review the details below, please do not hesitate to let me know if you have any questions.

DINNER GUIDELINES (WEEKEND)

• The number of people required for the dinner meal is 10 – please sign in on the roster when you arrive.
• Volunteers will be utilized both behind the line serving a prepared meal to the Veteran residents, assisting mobility-disabled Veterans with their trays and providing wait-staff support in the dining hall.
• Dinner is served from 4:00pm to 5:00pm.
• Please plan to arrive 15 minutes prior (3:45pm) to the beginning of the shift for a briefing from the staff.
• Hair must be tied back.
• Baseball caps must be worn or paper kitchen caps will be provided. (No visors).
• Aprons and gloves will be provided.
• Casual attire is appropriate but no shorts, sleeveless shirts or tank tops.
• No open-toed shoes or sandals.

• Please note that due to safety precautions, staffing considerations and space limitations, all volunteers and guests must be 18 years of age or older. 

We strongly urge the use of public transportation as on-street parking is very limited at our location in the Government Center area. 

The MBTA stops within walking distance from closest to furthest away are as follows:

Government Center on the Green or Blue line

State Street Station on the Orange or Blue

Park Street on the Red or Green

Should you need to cancel your service prior to the service date, please contact community.support@nechv.org

In the event of a last minute cancellation, please contact the front desk staff directly at:

617-371-1700

Thank you again for your support of NECHV and Veterans.

Best,

All are welcome for the light buffet and easy conversation beginning at 6:15 PM.  The 7-8pm meeting will include a speaker.

Jack Colamaria - Boy Scouts

The Rotary Club of Wellesley is happy to hold another Repair Café Event at the Council on Aging.

Repair Café

Repair Cafés are free meeting places and they’re all about repairing things (together). At the Repair Café event, you’ll find tools and materials to help you make most repairs. Repairs can be made on clothes, furniture, electrical appliances, bicycles, crockery, appliances, toys, et cetera. You’ll also find expert volunteers, with repair skills in all kinds of fields.

Visitors bring their broken items from home. Together with the specialists they start making their repairs in the Repair Café. It’s an ongoing learning process. If you have nothing to repair, you can enjoy a cup of tea or coffee. Or you can lend a hand with someone else’s repair job. You can also get inspired at the reading table – by leafing through books on repairs and DIY.

There are over 1.300 Repair Cafés worldwide. 

Please register as a guest in advance to attend the Café. List the item you want to repair. If you have questions, feel free to contact John Adams at johnfadamsjr51@gmail.com or 617-817-0314. If we can talk before the event, then we can make sure to have the necessary parts for repair available.

If you have repair skills and want to help out, please register as a volunteer.

Repair Café House Rules

·         The work carried out in the Repair Café is performed free of charge on a voluntary basis by the repair experts at hand.

·         Visitors carry out the repairs themselves whenever possible, but repair experts on site can help if necessary.

·         The fact that the repairs are being performed by unpaid volunteers reflects the allocation of risks and limitation of liability. Neither the organizers of the Repair Café nor the repair experts are liable for any loss that may result from advice or instructions concerning repairs, for the loss of items handed over for repair, for indirect or consequential loss or for any other kind of loss resulting from work performed in the Repair Café. The limitations set forth in these house rules shall not apply to claims declared justified on the basis of liability arising by virtue of applicable consumer protection legislation which cannot be lawfully superseded.

·         A voluntary donation is greatly appreciated.

·         Any use of new materials such as leads, plugs, fuses, ready-made kneebends 
or applications will be paid for separately.

·         Visitors offering broken items for repair do so at their own risk.

·         Experts making repairs offer no guarantee for the repairs carried out with their help and are not liable if objects that are repaired in the Repair Café turn out not to work properly at home.

·         Repair experts are entitled to refuse to repair certain objects.

·         Repair experts are not obliged to reassemble disassembled appliances that cannot be repaired.

·         Visitors to Repair Café are solely responsible for the tidy removal of broken objects that could not be repaired.

·         To cut down on unnecessary waiting times during busy periods, a maximum of ONE broken item per person will be examined. The visitor will join the back of the queue if there is a second item for repair.

All are welcome for the light buffet and easy conversation beginning at 6:15 PM.  The 7-8pm meeting will address recent service project outcomes and upcoming volunteer opportunities.

All are welcome for the light buffet and easy conversation beginning at 6:15 PM.  The 7-8pm meeting will include a speaker.

All are welcome for the light buffet and easy conversation beginning at 6:15 PM.  The 7-8pm meeting will address recent service project outcomes and upcoming volunteer opportunities.

All are welcome for the light buffet and easy conversation beginning at 6:15 PM.  The 7-8pm meeting will include a speaker.