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Wendell Old Home Day is an annual event, held on a Saturday in August on the Town Common. This event features the local music, arts, crafts, and food of the town.

We help our neighbors with tangible support and encouragement in their time of need.

The goal of the Swift River Run Club is to grow children's confidence and promote a healthy lifestyle all while emphasizing qualities such as hard work, persistence and resilience. The SRRC participants include students and staff at Swift River School as well as parents, caregivers and members of the community. Participants track the miles they have walked or run on a weekly basis and are incentivized every 25 miles with t shirts, pencils, stickers and custom medals upon reaching 100 miles. This program gives students time during school to be active walking laps and also motivates them to continue being active in non-school hours. We raise money in order to offer this program at the lowest possible cost to families. We use the money raised to purchase the incentive items and also to host events throughout the year to give the kids extra opportunities to get miles. This is the 12th year of the program.

In 1819 the Baptists built a church for themselves a half-mile east of the Common (present corner of Morse Village Road and New Salem Road). When the Congregational Meetinghouse was erected in 1846, the Baptists dismantled their church, moved all its parts up to the Common and rebuilt their old church where it stands today as Town Hall. That site was donated by a prominent Wendell Baptist, George B. Richardson, a chair-maker. He gave the site to his church with the proviso that if there should be no preaching at the church for 25 years, the land and the building would revert to him or his estate. This happened somewhere around the turn of the last century, and Selectman Charles Ballou bought it from Richardson's estate. In 1919, Ballou sold the old church to the Town of Wendell and it was converted into Town Hall.

Friends of Wendell makes small grants to Wendell residents facing unforeseen emergencies, prioiritizing safety, housing and transportation.

Libraries need Friends! The Friends of the Wendell Free Library is a membership organization open to anyone who wishes to support and enhance the resources, services, and activities of the Library. You may join the Friends with a modest annual membership fee ($5 for an individual, $10 for a family). The Friends promote the Library with a variety of fundraising and community-building activities. They publicize Library activities with an “occasional” Library Newsletter and maintain an active email list that keeps members up-to-date on Library events. Many of the features of our new Library have been made possible with the support of the Friends. These include the beautifully appointed Herrick Meeting Room, including the HD projector, high quality audio sytem and 10’ screen. We can also thank the Friends for the library skylights, the computers internet access and the WIFI connection. Friends have also generously helped purchase books, magazines and DVDs and have supported many Library programs. Passes to many local museums are also brought to you by the Friends. The Friends of the Wendell Free Library, Inc. is a 501(c)-3 organization and all contributions to the Friends are tax-deductible. You may join the Friends and/or make a contribution at the following address: P.O. Box 133, Wendell, MA 01379. Do “step up” and make public your support of our magnificent Library!