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Sustainable Medfield’s Action of the 2nd Quarter 2025 = Reject Fast Fashion

Posted on April 12, 2025 | Comments Off on Sustainable Medfield’s Action of the 2nd Quarter 2025 = Reject Fast Fashion

From Jackie Alford of Sustainable Medfield –

Sustainable Medfield Announces Action of the 2nd Quarter 2025 

Reject Fast Fashion: Refuse/Reduce/Reuse/Recycle

Sustainable Medfield is pleased to announce that its Action of the Quarter is Reject Fast Fashion: Refuse/ Reduce/ Reuse/ Recycle.

Sustainable Medfield works to amplify and elevate messages of its partner organizations to educate residents on issues related to sustainability. We work with TSARC (Transfer Station and Recycling Center), Medfield Environment Action,  Medfield High School’s Environmental Club,  and other local groups. Our goal is to share ideas on ways to educate the public about the humanitarian cost of Fast Fashion consumerism and the impact of excessive clothing waste on the planet, and to give suggestions on what individuals can do about it.  Join other town residents to help us spread the word about this under-publicized crisis.

Throughout the quarter, we will promote special presentations, films and events related to Fast Fashion’s detrimental impact on the environment.  For weekly tips and updates, follow Sustainable Medfield on Instagram and Facebook.  Sustainable Medfield will also host a booth at several upcoming Medfield Community Market days. Stay tuned for dates and please stop by to say hello and learn more about this topic.

For more information and to access helpful resources visit SustainableMedfield.org and head to the Action Portal.  

Sustainable Medfield is an initiative of the Medfield Foundation. Learn more at MedfieldFoundation.org.

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MFi Legacy Fund Grant Applications due 3/21

Posted on March 16, 2025 | Comments Off on MFi Legacy Fund Grant Applications due 3/21

MEDFIELD FOUNDATION LEGACY FUND NOW ACCEPTING GRANT APPLICATIONS

The Medfield Foundation has announced that applications are now being accepted for its 2025 Legacy Fund Community Impact grants. Up to $40,000 in grants will be awarded, and any Medfield-based nonprofit or Town department is eligible. Applicants are welcome to submit a grant request online at https://www.medfieldfoundation.org/ by March 21st, 2025.

The Legacy Fund Committee will review all submissions and select the finalists who will be invited to PITCH IT!, a Shark Tank-type event to be held in person on April 16th, 2025. At PITCH IT!, applicants present their proposal, goals, and financial needs and directly engage with the Legacy Fund Committee on their projects. The Legacy Fund Committee will make its final selection of grant recipients for the 2025 funding round in May 2025.

The Medfield Foundation has awarded close to $100,000 over 5 years for the benefit of Medfield through its Legacy Fund Community Impact grants. Recipients include Cultural Alliance of Medfield, Friends of the MHS Theatre Society, Friends of the Medfield Rail Trail, Medfield Cares About Prevention, Medfield Outreach, The Peak House Heritage Center, Sustainable Medfield, Hinkley Helpers, Medfield TV, Kingsbury Pond Gristmill Committee, Zullo Gallery Center for Arts and Friends of the Dwight-Derby House.

Grantees have used their awards to further important projects in Medfield and in some cases to leverage significant additional resources such as matching grants or federal or state funding. This year’s applicants should be prepared to illustrate a strong and compelling current need for funds, and possibly present how those funds may generate additional investments from the Medfield community as well.

Act fast to take advantage of this spectacular opportunity!

ABOUT THE MEDFIELD FOUNDATION LEGACY FUND
The Medfield Foundation Legacy Fund raises private funds for public good. The Medfield Foundation Legacy Fund is a professionally managed endowment created to support community driven projects. The Medfield Foundation Legacy Fund invests for the long term while also helping to address current community needs through annual competitive grantmaking for immediate positive impact.

For more information or to contribute to the Medfield Foundation Legacy Fund, please visit www.medfieldfoundation.org/legacy-fund. Or you may contact us directly at info@medfieldfoundation.org.

Make an impact. Leave a Legacy!

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MFi Legacy Fund Opens 2025 Grant Applications

Posted on February 25, 2025 | Comments Off on MFi Legacy Fund Opens 2025 Grant Applications

MEDFIELD FOUNDATION LEGACY FUND NOW ACCEPTING GRANT APPLICATIONS

The Medfield Foundation has announced that applications are now being accepted for its 2025 Legacy Fund Community Impact grants. Up to $40,000 in grants will be awarded, and any Medfield-based nonprofit or Town department is eligible. Applicants are welcome to submit a grant request online at https://www.medfieldfoundation.org/ by March 25th, 2025.

The Legacy Fund Committee will review all submissions and select the finalists who will be invited to PITCH IT!, a Shark Tank-type event to be held in person on April 16th, 2025. At PITCH IT!, applicants present their proposal, goals, and financial needs and directly engage with the Legacy Fund Committee on their projects. The Legacy Fund Committee will make its final selection of grant recipients for the 2025 funding round in May 2025.

The Medfield Foundation has awarded close to $100,000 over 5 years for the benefit of Medfield through its Legacy Fund Community Impact grants. Recipients include Cultural Alliance of Medfield, Friends of the MHS Theatre Society, Friends of the Medfield Rail Trail, Medfield Cares About Prevention, Medfield Outreach, The Peak House Heritage Center, Sustainable Medfield, Hinkley Helpers, Medfield TV, Kingsbury Pond Gristmill Committee, Zullo Gallery Center for Arts and Friends of the Dwight-Derby House.

Grantees have used their awards to further important projects in Medfield and in some cases to leverage significant additional resources such as matching grants or federal or state funding. This year’s applicants should be prepared to illustrate a strong and compelling current need for funds, and possibly present how those funds may generate additional investments from the Medfield community as well.

Act fast to take advantage of this spectacular opportunity!

ABOUT THE MEDFIELD FOUNDATION LEGACY FUND
The Medfield Foundation Legacy Fund raises private funds for public good. The Medfield Foundation Legacy Fund is a professionally managed endowment created to support community driven projects. The Medfield Foundation Legacy Fund invests for the long term while also helping to address current community needs through annual competitive grantmaking for immediate positive impact.

For more information or to contribute to the Medfield Foundation Legacy Fund, please visit www.medfieldfoundation.org/legacy-fund. Or you may contact us directly at info@medfieldfoundation.org.

Make an impact. Leave a Legacy!

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MFi 2025 Camp Fund Needs Your Help

Posted on February 20, 2025 | Comments Off on MFi 2025 Camp Fund Needs Your Help

Medfield Foundation 2025 Camp Fund Needs Your Help

Adults and children throughout Medfield have happy memories of summer camp. From a traditional experience in the woods, to skill building, to specialized camps, many Medfielders cherish these summer camp experiences and the friends they made there.   

Before the summer camp season begins, the Medfield Foundation is asking Medfield residents to help make summer camp accessible to all.   

Since 2017 the Medfield Foundation’s Camp Fund, thanks to the generosity of our Medfield donors, raised well over $55,000 to benefit more than 60 local families in offsetting costs in order to send their children to camps. Thanks to Medfielders’ generosity, scores of children from our town experienced the magic of a variety of summer camp sessions and swimming at Hinkley Pond. Some of our camper families’ related, “The program was a godsend that allowed me to keep my son with special needs in camp a few days a week so he could benefit from social interaction with his peers” and “Thank you so much for the generosity that helped give my children a chance to have fun and be happy during summer.”  

This year, the goal is to raise even more as we expect an increased need for assistance. 

The Medfield Foundation encourages you to make a tax deductible donation to help Medfield children attend summer camp! There are two easy ways to make your donation:

  1. Use this link to donate:  http://medfieldfoundation.org/donate/ 
  2. Send your check to the Medfield Foundation, PO Box 745, Medfield MA 02052.                  Please make your check out to Medfield Foundation, Inc and then please write “CAMP”      in the memo line! 

Want more information before donating? We invite you to reach out: info@medfieldfoundation.org

Medfield Foundation Inc.   PO Box 745    Medfield MA 02052

We hope you will consider donating to the Medfield Foundation Camp Fund to send a Medfield child to summer camp.  

And if you are need of financial assistance for your children to attend a Medfield based summer camp, please contact Medfield Outreach by calling 508-359-7121 x3421 or x3422 or via email: medfieldoutreach@medfield.net 

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Peak House Heritage Society Creates the “Traveling Trunk” with MFi Legacy Fund Grant

Posted on February 5, 2025 | Comments Off on Peak House Heritage Society Creates the “Traveling Trunk” with MFi Legacy Fund Grant

From the Peak House Heritage Society –

 
Hello Pete,

Recognizing the continuing partnership with the Directors of Medfield Foundation’s Legacy Fund, the Heritage Center Directors proudly announce the arrival of the Peak House Traveling Trunk.

A magnifying glass with an eye in the middle.What’s the Trunk’s Purpose?THE PEAK HOUSE TRAVELING TRUNK will transport the material culture and history of the Peak House into Medfield classrooms.

Initially it will engage about two hundred twenty-four (224) Third Grade students while traveling to nine (9) classrooms at the Ralph Wheelock School.

In order to foster greater student interest in early Medfield and Peak House cultural history, the Traveling Trunk will contain a variety of discovery resources selected by Nicole Sheehan and Erin Watson, both highly-qualified Third Grade teachers at that school.

– A detailed teacher’s notebook and lesson plans
– Actual historical artifacts and authentic reproductions
– Maps, graphics, games, crafts
– Student reading and reference material, activity sheets and discussion questions

This project directly addresses Massachusetts Academic Standards for this grade level and correlates with existing PHHC exhibits.

A video play button.How was This Initiative Funded?In March 2024, the Legacy Fund awarded a grant to the Peak House Heritage Center to address the inadequacies of traditional field-trip experiences at the Peak House with a new initiative designed for creativity and discovery in Third Grade classrooms

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What’s the Trunk’s Connection to Medfield History?

The developer of the Clark Tavern Condominiums next door to the Peak House contributed material from the 1742 Tavern as his way of repurposing and extending that site’s historic legacy.



A magnifying glass with an eye in the middle.What’s the Trunk’s Appearance?

 
A small megaphone blaring.What are the

Trunk’s Contents?

Seen surrounding the Trunk are some of the items: gravestone reproductions with rubbing paper and colored waxes, joinery samples, artifacts in acrylic cases. Also included are lesson plans, activity sheets, photos of early downtown Medfield and more.



A small calendar.What’s Its 2025 Schedule?

Classroom workstations with the Trunk’s collection will roll out in mid-March according to curriculum designers and teachers Erin Watson(l) and Nicole Sheehan.



A small megaphone blaring.Our Thank You for Partnering

The Heritage Center Directors are most grateful for the insight and support of the Legacy Fund Directors to provide this unique learning opportunity.

Discover more PHHC community partnerships here 

Our Contact InformationPeak House Heritage Center52 South Street (Business Office)
Medfield, MA 02052-2616508-505-7742
http://peakhouseheritagecenter.org
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MFi Legacy Fund Opens 2025 Grant Applications

Posted on February 5, 2025 | Comments Off on MFi Legacy Fund Opens 2025 Grant Applications

MEDFIELD FOUNDATION LEGACY FUND NOW ACCEPTING GRANT APPLICATIONS

The Medfield Foundation has announced that applications are now being accepted for its 2025 Legacy Fund Community Impact grants. Up to $40,000 in grants will be awarded, and any Medfield-based nonprofit or Town department is eligible. Applicants are welcome to submit a grant request online at https://www.medfieldfoundation.org/ by March 25th, 2025.

The Legacy Fund Committee will review all submissions and select the finalists who will be invited to PITCH IT!, a Shark Tank-type event to be held in person on April 16th, 2025. At PITCH IT!, applicants present their proposal, goals, and financial needs and directly engage with the Legacy Fund Committee on their projects. The Legacy Fund Committee will make its final selection of grant recipients for the 2025 funding round in May 2025.

The Medfield Foundation has awarded close to $100,000 over 5 years for the benefit of Medfield through its Legacy Fund Community Impact grants. Recipients include Cultural Alliance of Medfield, Friends of the MHS Theatre Society, Friends of the Medfield Rail Trail, Medfield Cares About Prevention, Medfield Outreach, The Peak House Heritage Center, Sustainable Medfield, Hinkley Helpers, Medfield TV, Kingsbury Pond Gristmill Committee, Zullo Gallery Center for Arts and Friends of the Dwight-Derby House.

Grantees have used their awards to further important projects in Medfield and in some cases to leverage significant additional resources such as matching grants or federal or state funding. This year’s applicants should be prepared to illustrate a strong and compelling current need for funds, and possibly present how those funds may generate additional investments from the Medfield community as well.

Act fast to take advantage of this spectacular opportunity!

ABOUT THE MEDFIELD FOUNDATION LEGACY FUND
The Medfield Foundation Legacy Fund raises private funds for public good. The Medfield Foundation Legacy Fund is a professionally managed endowment created to support community driven projects. The Medfield Foundation Legacy Fund invests for the long term while also helping to address current community needs through annual competitive grantmaking for immediate positive impact.

For more information or to contribute to the Medfield Foundation Legacy Fund, please visit www.medfieldfoundation.org/legacy-fund. Or you may contact us directly at info@medfieldfoundation.org.

Make an impact. Leave a Legacy!

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Volunteer Fair this Saturday 11-1

Posted on January 9, 2025 | 1 comment

Date: Saturday, January 11th

Location: Fellowship Hall, First Floor, UCC Medfield, 496 Main Street Medfield, MA 02052

Fair: 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM

Event Promotion: Please share Medfield TV’s promotional video on Facebook and Instagram, invite your friends to the Facebook Event page, and also share any of the attached graphics with your email newsletter subscribers.

Katie Duval & Megan Sullivan

Volunteer Fair Co-Organizers

Katie Duval

She/her/hers

Executive Director

Medfield TV

katie@medfield.tv

508-359-8888 

www.medfield.tv

For updates and more, subscribe to the Medfield TV monthly newsletter

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Angel Run 2024 – a fun for all!

Posted on December 9, 2024 | Comments Off on Angel Run 2024 – a fun for all!

Medfield Foundation (www.MedfieldFoundation.org)

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MFi Legacy Fund Grantees Reported Back

Posted on December 6, 2024 | 1 comment

From Leanne LaBelle of the Medfield Foundation –

Celebration of MFi Legacy Fund Grants

The 2024 Grant Recipients of the Medfield Foundation’s Legacy Fund celebrated with midyear reports at the Zullo Gallery on Thursday night, December 5th. 2024 Legacy Fund Grants were awarded to the Peak House Heritage Center for a Traveling Trunk exhibit, Medfield TV for Podcast Equipment and the Dwight Derby House for their East Parlor Project, honoring one of its extraordinary residents, Mary Derby.  

Director of the Gallery, Bill Pope, welcomed everyone to the Zullo, which received a Legacy Fund Grant itself in 2023 for the creation of an innovative Augmented Reality Exhibit. According to Pope, the exhibit is still hosted on the internet and can be seen around town with the app, Hoverlay. 

This year’s Legacy Grants have already made a big difference. The excitement was gushing from Wheelock’s 3rd grade teachers about their plans for the Traveling Trunk as a multidiscipline time capsule in their 3rd grade curriculum. 

And the energy for the Dwight Derby House has been transformed. Their East Parlor Project will honor Mary Derby, a single mother who ran a bonnet manufacturing business from her home while raising a son destined for greatness.

To paraphrase Rob Babson of the Peak House Heritage Center, he said, “Thanks to the grants from the MFi Legacy Fund, impressive talent has been brought to Medfield and ‘cross pollinated,’ amplifying and raising the quality of our offerings and excitement for our town.”

Stay tuned for news on Legacy Fund’s next “Call for Grant Applications.” To learn more, visit MedfieldFoundation.org. 

The MFi’s key fundraiser, the Angel Run 5K / Run / Walk is happening this Sunday, December 8th at 11:30am at the Medfield High School.  Come celebrate the season and support a great cause!

The Medfield Foundation is a volunteer run 501-(c)(3) nonprofit charitable corporation whose mission is to build community by supporting nonprofit initiatives, raising funds for those in need and distributing grants that positively impact Medfield.

The MFi Legacy Fund is a professionally managed, community-supported Endowment Fund empowering residents to make permanent gifts to improve the community and town of Medfield. Through a competitive “Pitch It” process, Medfield based non-profit initiatives or town agencies can apply for grants to benefit the town. To date, almost $100,000 in grants have been given away. Planned gifts to the MFi Legacy Fund are encouraged and will keep the granting going strong. 

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Angel Run – 12/8 at MHS

Posted on November 19, 2024 | Comments Off on Angel Run – 12/8 at MHS


December 8, 2024 at 11:30am 88R South St, Medfield High School



Last call for the Angel Run 5k: Registration closes on November 24

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Don’t miss this fun 5k to support your community! This USATF certified course is lined with decorations and packed with entertainment groups and holiday cheer; don your festive attire and get ready to run, walk, skip, or jingle your way to 5k before we celebrate at the epic afterparty!  

Race Details: December 8, 2024 11:30 AM at Medfield High School  

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