Help Around Town, Inc.

02/19/2026

We apologize to the thousands of members of the HelpAroundTown Facebook group: to shut the group, we must have zero member. The only way to do that is to ban every single member of the group. You're all great people and great organizations and we hate to do this. But Facebook will not allow a group to close otherwise.
(Note: this refers to the GROUP, not the Page).

04/05/2025

Saying Good-bye

Dear HelpAroundTown users,

We regret to inform you HelpAroundTown will be shutting down on Sunday, April 6th.

We are proud to have accomplished our founding mission from 2010: enable unemployed youth to find jobs, save for college and launch their careers by connecting them with neighbors who need help.

We've launched the careers of thousands of youth, supplemented the incomes of empty nesters, and enabled thousands of Seniors to stay in their houses longer. thanks to the help they found through our site, from so many of you.

We thank you for your participation during our fourteen years of operation. As a bootstrapped, hyper-lean company, we've always been in start-up mode. With the help and guidance of many supporters and advisors, we've outlived companies that have raised millions.

By connecting neighbors, together, we reduced isolation and loneliness among Seniors, earning the Optimal Aging Award from the Governor's Council to Promote Aging in Mass, MIT AgeLab & GE Healthcare.

As a community marketplace for help, HelpAroundTown was designed to help everyone in the community - young and old, non-profits and small home-based businesses, town organizations and artists.

We wish you all the best in the years ahead,

Reem Yared
Founder & CEO

11/28/2024

https://helparoundtown.com/bulletin-board/happy-thanksgiving/dacaef94c2fdcd560ab1b9f5

This Thanksgiving, we'd particularly like to thank our 10,000 HelpAroundTown users, from those who started with us 13 years ago, to those who signed up this past week. For 13 years, it's been fantastic to see you step up to help your neighbors....

04/28/2023

🚨Warning to anyone who goes fishing in the area!🚨 The Mass. Department of Public Health has issued a fish consumption advisory for the following sites:
- Ashland Reservoir in Ashland
- Chicopee Reservoir in Chicopee
- Lake Cochituate in Natick
- Dennison Lake in Winchendon
- Dunn Pond in Gardner
- Fearing Pond in Plymouth
- Houghtons Pond in Milton
- Pearce Lake in Saugus
- Pequot Pond in Westfield
- Lake Quinsigamond in Worcester
- Walden Pond in Concord
- Wallum Lake in Douglas
- Watsons Pond in Taunton

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01/24/2023

The SNAP (Special Needs Arts Program) Spring singalong chorus is coming right up! 🎵 🌸 😊 The session begins February 1st and runs through June 7th, so make sure to sign up soon!! More info here: https://helparoundtown.com/bulletin-board/snap-sing-along-chorus/4dd1ab19800f68f07048e512?fbclid=IwAR1VLm9V4C-AAzCXwFCIgMBGcEiBYjUMLkVeIZ7JrOidUtvvLNOO-8b4Ne4

Sing Along Chorus COME JOIN US! Spring session starts February 1st Mondays, 7-8:30, Feb. 6th- June 5th OR Wednesdays, 6:30-8pm, Feb. 1st- June 7th Cost: $270 Location: Lexington Community Center Register/pay at www.snaparts.org Questions? ...

07/19/2022

Are you in need of extra tuition money? There's never a bad time to apply for scholarships! Get help efficiently and successfully completing scholarship applications with Tom O'Hare's Scholarships Workbook. Check it out, and share with any new or returning college students you know!
https://helparoundtown.com/help/saugus-ma/master-your-college-planning

07/14/2022

Looking to improve your art skills? Want your portfolio to be the best it can be? Work privately one-on-one with a professional and experienced artist! Check out Nairi Art Studios:
https://helparoundtown.com/help/lexington-ma/house-portraits-nad-arch-renderings

04/28/2022

Do you know high school juniors and seniors engaged in inter-generational activities?
A $5,000 college scholarship is available from the MIT AgeLab. Applications for the 2022 OMEGA Scholarship are accepted till May 15.
In addition to the $5,000 personal college scholarship , winners' inter-generational initiative receive a $1,000 grant.
We're so proud of Lexington HS's InterGenerational Club - long term HelpAroundTown members- for having won this scholarship! https://www.helparoundtown.com/bulletin-board/2022-mit-agelab-omega-scholarship/2a98d6ffffe0c664cd72e1c2

04/26/2022

Have you experienced an increase in during COVID?
Is your loneliness decreasing now?
Do you have any suggestions for reducing loneliness?

Even before the pandemic, there was an “epidemic of loneliness,” and it was affecting physical health and life expectancy.

08/31/2021

Wondering how to react to coyotes? The Humane Society recommends HAZING systematically to teach coyotes to fear humans again
- Yell
- Make loud noises
- Wave arms
- Throw things
- Use repellents
EVERY Time, till the coyote goes away, and every time it returns
Read the details here