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COMEDY NIGHT was
a great success!
​we raised over $4700

square 1 art is coming
home next week!
check your child's backpack
​between monday and wednesday.
With a great night of laughs, we were able to raise a TON of money to support Norton Public teacher's grant proposals in the fall.  A very special THANK YOU goes out to Sue at Raynham Park for all of your help and coordination! Another very special THANK YOU goes out to Pat Collins at Funny4Funds for all of your help and coordination and patience with us being first timers at this. Thank you to all of you who signed up to donate items on Sign-Up Genius! Thank you to all of the awesome businesses who donated items for our raffle baskets!
A Special Thank You to Our Sponsors!
---- The Sawyer Family of Norton! -----
​Scott, Aimee, Nate and Abby
Even though our fundraiser is over, we invite you to still visit the Square1 website to shop for some awesome products with your child's art proudly displayed on it! NEED and your art teachers won't get credit for your purchase, but you can still buy great products! All you need is the access code from your child's order form. Is your order form missing? Email nortonneed@gmail.com and we can help find your child's access code.  https://shop.square1art.com/shop/

Don't forget to order holiday gifts for next year, grad gifts for when they graduate, Mother's Day/Father's Day gifts, Birthday presents.... or even order a quilt square every year and you can have a quilt made with all of their school memories for a high school graduation present!
NEED IN THE NEWS!! 
Check out this great article written in the Sun Chronicle about the Rubiks Cube grant that we gave to Norton High School!

View the Sun Chronicle Article here

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CONSIDER AN ENDOWMENT FUND


​NEED is seeking donors who are interested in starting an Endowment Fund with us! Each year the number of grant requests and the dollar amount of these grants fluctuates wildly. We never know if the amount we have raised all year will be enough to cover the grant requests. By starting an endowment fund, you can partner with NEED and ensure that the future funding of grants is a successful process. For more information, please contact our Treasurer, Gina at: nortonneedtreasurer@gmail.com

extra apparel items left to purchase

There is a limited quantity of Norton Apparel items left to purchase. If you see one you would like to order, please email sales@rpgraphicsco.com and you will be able to work out credit card payment and shipping cost/address.

Items left:
  • READS Tee: $18- 1 Youth M, L, XL
  • Eddie Bauer Unisex 1/4 zip fleece: $50 - 1 Black L
  • Long Sleeve Polo: $36 - 1 Youth Black Small
  • Unisex Gray Hoodie: $40 - 1 L
  • Youth Purple Hoodie: $38 - 3 L
  • Unisex Purple Full Zip Hoodie: $37 - 1 M​

GRANTS have been announced!

HOME PLATE FUNDRAISER
​WAS A HUGE SUCCESS!
We are excited to announce that we received 23 grant application from all 5 of our schools! After a month long process of reviewing all grant applications, the grant recipients were announced at the November 29th School Committee Meeting in the Yelle Library. See all of our grant recipients here.

GRAnt fund discussed
​at staff meeting

This year, NEED's volunteer members Beth Blakeley (left) and Gina Heaney (right) announced at the staff meeting that we are coordinating our grant process with the timing of the School Budget process, which will begin in September. All NPS staff members will receive an email containing a link to the grant application during the beginning of the second week of September. We are excited to see the many great requests that come our way. DEADLINE FOR ALL GRANTS IS OCTOBER, 15th. Thanks to Karen Winsper for taking these photos of the presentation.
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Special thanks to Home Plate Norton, Jenn Charles and Wicked Green Lawn Care, Epione Health and Wellness Center, 5 Wits of Foxborough, Fitness 1440 for donating items to the raffle, as well as the families of T.M.A.C.

Congratulations to the raffle winners:
1. Happy New Year Basket: Legendre Family
2. Epione Health and Wellness Basket: Caroline B
3. Toy Basket: Kim D
4. Buzz Off Basket: Katie’s Sister
6. Spa Basket: Richard
7. Entertaining Basket: Sheri B
8. Scratch Tickets: Dave H
9. Movie Basket: Charlie B
10. Fitness Basket: Julie
11. Scratch Tickets: Sparks Family
12. Halloween Booze Basket: Troy
13. 5Wits: Cathy C
14. Designer Perfume Box: Spillane Family
15: Flowers by Gwyn: Bev Ferreira
16. Christmas Cheer Basket: Shaun V
17. Sundae Basket: Kim D
18. Norton Swag Girls: Amalie
19. Take Me Out to the Beer Game Basket: Ann Hill
20. Winter Warmer Basket: Natalie B

MEET NEED!

NEED members above, left to right: Karen LaCamera, Sue Deady (from TMAC Gives Back), Shawna Powers, Kate Conway, Beth Blakeley, Karen Giovanoni, and Keli Wynne  (from TMAC Gives Back). Missing is Gina Heaney.

Welcome to our new members Anne Savitsky-Blondin and Michelle (Missy) Goodwin! We are so excited to have you on board!
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THANK YOU NPS FAMILIES!

If NEED didn't have support of our community, then we wouldn't be as successful as we are today when it comes to raising money to give back to the teachers/schools! With every dollar that you donate, you help to fund programs and technologies that reach dozens or hundreds of students each year. So THANK YOU to every single one of you who donates with your money and/or time! We appreciate all of you!
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Stay connected with us ... We are on twitter and facebook. You can find updated information here on the website too!

​Be on the lookout for emails/tweets/postings from your NPS principals and blackboard  updates from your NPS PTO's as well. 
NEED has given over $135,000 in grants in the last 13 years!
N.E.E.D., Inc.
64 West Main Street, Norton, MA 02766