Belchertown Family Center Committee

12/15/2025

Please attend the Selectboard meeting at 6:30 pm tonight!! Help us at least get one room to start holding programming for the littles in our community. If you cannot make it in person, here is how you can still show support but joining virtually.

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12/11/2025

We had such a wonderful time with all of you on Sunday! We are so grateful for the generosity of our community in sharing winter gear, for the presence of the Collaborative for Educational Services team in setting up crafts and helping to fund our pizza party, and for all of the families that came to shop, play, and connect over the course of the day!

This week, we turn our focus to finding a home for the Family Center, and we need your help.

On Monday, December 15th, we will be attending the Select Board meeting to ask the Town to provide the Family Center Committee with a dedicated program room, which we would use to host drop in play, story times, swaps, and other events. We need our community to show up and stand beside us as we make this ask, so we can demonstrate how important the center and its services have been for families in our community.

The Select Board allows public comments for those who have signed up to speak, so if you feel you have something to say in support of the center, we encourage you to sign up and share your story.

12/07/2025

It’s Swap Day! And we’re open for donations and shopping!

Donations of winter gear, toys, kids’ gear, etc are all welcome! (No stuffies or breast pumps, please.)

Stop by and see us!

12/03/2025

After this week’s snow day, we’re even more excited to swap winter gear, and reopen the Community Closet, this weekend!

We’re still accepting donations of winter gear at the Rec Department, Town Hall, and the Library. We’ll also be open for donations of winter gear AND Community Closet items on Sunday, December 7th, starting at 1pm!

Hope to see you all on Sunday!

The weather is getting colder, which means it's time to break out the winter gear and join us for another Gear Swap!

We'll be accepting donations for this year's winter swap at The Rec Department, the Clapp Memorial Library, and Town Hall until December 6th, and at the swap on December 7th.

Right now we're also seeking donations of diapers, wipes and formula, these items can be dropped in collection boxes, as well.

11/29/2025

We’re back with an update: We expect to be on the agenda for the December 15th SelectBoard meeting to discuss our ask for dedicated space so we can bring back regular Family Center programming.

Please show your support for the Family Center by joining us at the meeting, signing up to speak during public comment, and writing in with letters of support.

11/20/2025

The weather is getting colder, which means it's time to break out the winter gear and join us for another Gear Swap!

We'll be accepting donations for this year's winter swap at The Rec Department, the Clapp Memorial Library, and Town Hall until December 6th, and at the swap on December 7th.

Right now we're also seeking donations of diapers, wipes and formula, these items can be dropped in collection boxes, as well.

11/18/2025

11/14/2025

Happy Friday to everyone! We have several announcements coming soon about how we can help families in our community and about some upcoming programs. But while you wait for those, we have a favor to ask. Does anyone have a simple full size bed frame that we could get to a child in town? We are also looking for full size bedding. This child likes butterflies and is a fan of KPop Demon Hunters. Please let us know if you can help out. Thank you!

10/14/2025

The Committee has asked for an appointment at an upcoming Select Board meeting, and now we need your support!

We are asking again for members of our community to write in with letters of support for the Family Center.

Please consider taking just a few moments to write in and tell the Select Board what the Family Center has meant to you and your family, or to our community; and share this post with others who have been impacted by the Center, or by the closure of the Center.

Not sure what to say? Consider answering some of these questions:

What has the family meant to you and your family?
Did you use the community closet?
What would it mean to you and your family if there was a physical family center space?

10/04/2025

What a beautiful day to be at Lake Wallace Fall Fest stop by and pick up a Halloween costume, do some crafts, shop the Youth Vendor fair, and take a fall photo.

09/02/2025

We are officially accepting donations!

Look for our sign at the Belchertown Recreation Department and Clapp Memorial Library or swing by the Market tent at Belchertown Farmers Market on Sunday!