Library Raffle Will Whet Appetites

Heirloom Harvest Community Farm and CSA has donated a share for the upcoming growing season.

One Friends of the Westborough Public Library raffle winner will need a hearty appetite this spring and summer. Heirloom Harvest Community Farm and CSA farmer John Mitchell has donated one of the 250 to 300 shares for the upcoming 22-week growing season, which starts in last week in May or first week in June, depending on the weather, he says. Shares cost $650. Mitchell says he farms eight to 10 acres of the 17-acre field on Hopkinton Road. “Each week, we’ll harvest what’s available that week and bring it up to the tables for people to pick up,” he says. “So, people will get anywhere from eight to 16 different (“certified organic local grown”) vegetable or fruit items each week” over the season. The raffle drawing is Tuesday, March 26. The…

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Letter to the Editor

Letter: Library Mini-Golf Was Very Successful

More than 200 golfers participated.

To the Editor:   The Friends of the Westborough Public Library would like to thank area businesses and the Westborough community who supported the 1st Annual Masters of Literacy Mini-Golf Event.  The event was a great success, with over 200 golfers of all ages playing 18 holes. Participants were able to explore and experience the library in a unique and fun way. We sincerely appreciate the support of our generous sponsors and donors and all who helped to make Library Mini-Golf successful.   As a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization, Friends of the Westborough Public Library will use  money raised to support library programs and stimulate the community’s interest in all the library has to offer. The Westborough Public Library presently …

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Letter to the Editor

Letter: Not All Book Donations Are For Nonprofits

Send your letters to the editor to maryjo.kurtz@patch.com.

  Dear Westborough Patch Editor, The Friends of the Westborough Public Library are currently seeking donations for our upcoming May book sale, which will take place beginning May 17 through May 20. As a nonprofit charitable organization that uses the proceeds raised to benefit our library and the patrons it serves, we have always been very grateful to be in a community that so generously supports our efforts. We are writing to you as we have become a bit concerned about a general confusion that seems to exist about other entities that are requesting “donations” of books. As recently as April 23, 2012, Mitch Lipka, author of the “Consumer Alert” column in the Telegram Gazette was specifically asked if GotBooks.com is a charitable …

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