Library service award available

NORTHBOROUGH – Applicants can now apply for the Northborough Library Service Award.

This year, the award will be $500, and it is open to graduating seniors who have volunteered with the library. Volunteer service does not necessarily have to have occurred in the past year.

Applications are available at the Algonquin Regional High School, Assabet Val - ley Regional Technical High School, Advanced Math and Science Academy and Saint John’s guidance offices or at the Northborough Free Library. Interested applicants can inquire at the circulation desk or teen room.

The awardee will be chosen by a committee appointed by the Friends of the Northborough Library.

The deadline for the application is May 15.

Amy Graham said. “It doesn’t necessarily have to be a group, you can just make a couple of quilts and take them in.”

“I feel strongly that small acts of kindness make a big difference, and we may never understand the ripple effect, but I think that it’s important to do [them],” Crean said.

A community forms

Though the group primarily focuses on creating quilts, they and creating a welcoming atmosphere for new members.

From left, Amy Graham, Pat Link, Lisa Ferguson, Linda Lauretano, Terry Crean, and Patricia Cumming collected quilts for donation during the group’s February 17 meeting.

“Terry is, I like to say, the binding that holds us all together… she’s the one that started it and has graciously invited all of us in, and we invited other people in,” Link mentioned.

For some, like Linda Lauretano, quilting has created a new sense of community.

“To me, it’s marvelous,” she said. “When I moved into town, I didn’t know anybody. So, it was great to be around really nice people.” have also formed a tight-knit community.

“One of the wonderful things about a quilting community is how it brings people together from different backgrounds and different levels of experience. We can all share this love of quilting… and then we all find out other things we have in common,” said Crean.

Group members credited Crean with starting the group

The group members share countless laughs and conversations, each excited to both help the community and spend a morning among friends.

Members of the quilting group, all of whom contributed toward the quilting donation, include Jan Brown, Terry Crean, Patricia Cumming, Kathy Daly, Lynn DeAngelis, Barbara Durand, Lisa Ferguson, Amy Graham, Jodi Jones, Linda Lauretano, Pat Link, Wanda Moody, Wendy Morrison, and Sara Schiavi.

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