community partnerships educational opportunities and training to Bay partnership with the Town of Each year, Wellesley College The College opens a select Babson College provide Community College students Wellesley, attend Wellesley provides the equivalent of number of its classes each support for the Wellesley in their student teacher High School. 10 full-tuition scholarships semester to auditors from Community Children’s Center practicum for their credential to Wellesley residents who the town and surrounding (WCCC), a private non-profit in early childhood education. Wellesley College is one of organization located on land the founding partners and are admitted to the College community. Auditing and have a demonstrated privileges are free to provided rent-free by the The College makes available ongoing sponsors of World of financial need. Applications Wellesley senior citizens College. The WCCC serves more than 50 community Wellesley, a local community for the scholarships, which (age 60 and over) and are 90 children, 48 of whom are garden plots on Weston Road organization dedicated vary in size depending on the half-priced for other town Wellesley residents. Thirty- for local residents to grow to raising awareness of student’s financial need, are residents. Approximately seven children have a parent produce and plants. The issues of diversity and available at the offices of the 200 town residents audit employed by Wellesley gardens, commonly known as multiculturalism. Board of Selectmen. courses each year. College. the “Victory Gardens” from their origins during World War Since 1990 the College has The Wellesley College Child II, are available for lease for a participated in the Wellesley Study Center, a preschool that nominal fee. Bee, the Wellesley Education also serves as a laboratory Foundation’s annual for students in the College’s Wellesley College makes fundraiser. In addition to Psychology Department, available and maintains the sending a team of faculty, environmental and recreational assets: provides preschool building that is the ABC staff, and students to educational opportunities for House, a residential home participate in the spelling The Wellesley College are members of the Nehoiden individuals seeking to enjoy 37 children from the town of for 10 young women from bee, the College this year campus is used as a Golf Club at Wellesley the beauty of the natural Wellesley. In addition, the urban areas throughout the contributed $4,575 to the recreational resource College enjoy playing on the setting. Child Study Center provides Northeast who, through a foundation. by thousands of area nation’s oldest nine-hole golf residents and visitors course. Wellesley’s athletic each year. Every day, program hosts more and particularly on Five years ago, the College than 50 intercollegiate weekends, hundreds completed an environmental of individuals clean-up, at a cost of $30 cultural and social opportunities walk, run, and bike million, of throughout the more than 30 Wellesley College extensive new installation campus, including acres of land hosts more than permanent of its permanent the path around Lake thousands each that had been 250 cultural and collection, collection and Waban. year. With contaminated educational events and numerous special exhibitions. their diverse by its previous each year, the vast gallery talks Adjacent to the Wellesley’s most recent and extensive owner majority of which and special Davis Museum, the completed landscape collection of and which are free and open lectures, is Collins Café serves project is Alumnae Valley, plants, the 15 had been to the public. free and open light lunches and 10 acres of green space at greenhouses inaccessible Recent lectures to the public snacks to those the edge of Lake Waban are open to the for decades. have included throughout visiting the museum and adjacent to the award- public, without The College human rights the year. and the campus. winning Lulu Chow Wang charge, nearly also cleaned leader Julian Bond, After being Wellesley Summer Theatre, Campus Center. every day of up a portion public health closed for Theater performances a professional theatre the year. The of the site competitions each year, all activist Paul Farmer, and repairs during the past year, abound at Wellesley, which company. All performances Wellesley’s botanical that is owned by the Town of which are free and open author Jamaica Kincaid. the Davis will reopen in the has two stage venues in are open to the public. Margaret C. gardens and of Wellesley, resulting in to the public. The College fall of 2007, with an exciting Alumnae Hall: the Barstow Ferguson arboretum a savings of more than promotes youth sports Wellesley’s Music Stage and the Town residents are welcome Greenhouses, contain more $200,000 to the town. and fitness opportunities Department sponsors more intimate to use the Margaret Clapp the than 500 by sponsoring clinics and more than 60 concerts and Ruth Nagel Jones Library, a repository of public Hunnewell species of In addition to removing an lessons, available for a performances each year, Theatre. Productions records with a collection of Arboretum, woody plants, environmental hazard, the nominal fee, in golf, lacrosse, including the very popular are performed more than 625,000 books and trees, and College created wetlands, softball, and swimming. Christmas Vespers concert in throughout the and periodicals. While the Alexandra shrubs. restored woodlands, and The College also partners Houghton Memorial Chapel. year by student library is open to residents Botanic constructed several athletic with the Town of Wellesley’s organizations, for use during the day, Gardens are a The fields. The area, which now athletic department to The Davis Museum & the Theatre borrowing privileges are horticultural approximately includes a boardwalk over support single-day use and Cultural Center, with an Department, and reserved for those auditing resource 500 Wellesley several acres of reconstructed emergency needs for facility array of special exhibits, an the award-winning courses at the College. visited by residents who wetlands, is a haven for and fields use. service to the community Wellesley College’s nearly $106,000, involved in ongoing hurricane Making a Difference: commitment to service and the annual relief and rebuilding efforts civic engagement is embodied campaign’s in Louisiana and Mississippi. in our mission. The College’s largest total to Sixty-three students and wellesley college motto, Non Ministrari sed date. staff members helped with Ministrare (Not to be served, relief effort in the Gulf spring 2007 but to serve), is well known In addition Coast, working with local – and lived by -- by students, to college- I am pleased to present this summary of Wellesley College’s involvement with the faculty, and staff alike. sponsored town of Wellesley and surrounding communities. For more than 130 years, we activities, some have been committed to active participation and collaboration with our neighbors. Through the College’s of which are activities. Below annual charitable giving highlighted below, hundreds is a sampling Wellesley College places a high priority on being a good neighbor -- through campaign, Wellesley faculty of Wellesley students, faculty, of the many direct partnership with community organizations, financial relationships with and employees make and employees volunteer service projects local businesses, significant improvements to environmental sustainability, and regular donations, often energy and time on an undertaken by our beautiful – and open – campus, and through the hundreds of intellectual and through payroll deduction, individual basis in their Wellesley College cultural events we host each year, the great majority of which are free and open to to four community service communities. students during the public. organizations: Community the past year: Works, Oxfam America, At the start of the fall and national organizations Our students, faculty, and employees are active contributors to Wellesley and Rosie’s Place, and the United semester, more than 300 including Habitat for The Asian Student Union other neighboring communities -- as residents, homeowners, patrons of local Way of Massachusetts Bay. In alumnae, students, staff, Humanity and The People’s held “Destination Asia businesses, members of community organizations, and volunteers in schools, 2007, contributions totaled and faculty contributed Hurricane Relief Fund and at Wellesley College,” a service organizations, and houses of worship. approximately 1,400 hours Oversight Coalition. cultural day for children to 10 different service in the Greater area As I prepare to leave after 14 years as president of this remarkable institution, I carry many organizations in the Greater In 2007, Wellesley sponsored who were adopted from memories of pleasant interactions and encounters with neighbors and visitors -- meeting FOR MORE INFORMATION Boston area through two, week-long volunteer Asia. Activities included hundreds of people in concerts, lecture halls, classrooms, and museum galleries, enjoying meals Wellesley’s annual “A Day to projects with Habitat Office for Public Information dance performances, at local restaurants, relishing the beauty of the campus with friends and family. My husband Make a Difference” initiative. for Humanity in Slidell, 781-283-2373 music, arts and crafts, and and I are deeply grateful to have had this opportunity and to have been a part of this vibrant Louisiana. In January, 18 http://www.wellesley.edu/ games. community. Public Affairs Established in 1997, Wellesley students and staff members Words on Wheels (WWOW) gutted and cleared houses [email protected] Members of Bridge helps kindergartners in the damaged by the storms. In the Gap, a student Calendar of events: Framingham Public Schools June, 18 more students and organization, were Diana Chapman Walsh https://calendar.wellesley. whose early literacy skills are staff returned to build houses mentors and tutors to more President, Wellesley College edu/wv3public below grade level. More than under the theme of “Building than two dozen Wellesley 60 student volunteers visit Communities Together: Davis Museum & High School students who their kindergarten “reading Leaving Our Footprints.” Cultural Center: participate in the METCO buddies” each week for one- http://www.davismuseum. program. Mentors met financial contributions on-one reading sessions and In addition to these hands- wellesley.edu monthly with students other activities to develop on efforts, many campus Each year, Wellesley College paid $603,541 in property Weston Road fire station. 781-283-2051 and provided support and literacy skills. WWOW meets organizations have held makes direct and indirect taxes, making it the town’s encouragement through Music: virtually all of Framingham’s fundraisers to benefit contributions to the town fourth largest taxpayer. The Wellesley College spends regular telephone and http://www.wellesley.edu/ teacher requests for tutors, organizations working on of Wellesley, ranging College also paid $14,275 approximately $11 million e-mail contact. Music/concerts.html with volunteers working in the rescue, relief, and from payment of property in fees for various permit, annually on products and 781-283-2028 seven of the nine elementary rebuilding efforts in areas taxes to purchases at inspections and licenses services from a wide variety In November, students schools in the district. devastated by the hurricanes. local businesses made by from the town. of Wellesley businesses. Theatre: held a hunger banquet to students and employees. http://theatre.wellesley.edu/ raise campus awareness Two hundred forty-seven Several of Wellesley’s Some of the other area The College works in close index.html of the issues of hunger Wellesley College employees, student organizations, such organizations served by Since 1928, when the town partnership with many 781-283-2000 and homelessness and whose salaries total more than as WWOW, the Chinatown Wellesley students during of Wellesley and the College municipal departments, organized a food drive to $18.4 million, live in the Town Subscribe to WellesleyWeek After School Program, Circle the past year include entered into an agreement most notably on the issue assist local community of Wellesley. The College’s for news and events during K, and Mission Hill After Broadmoor Wildlife related to the tax status of public safety. In the past food banks. other 963 full- and part- the academic year. Call School Program, are devoted Sanctuary, Framingham of property owned by the decade, the College has time faculty and employees 781-283-2373 for more to community service. Many High School, Newton- College, Wellesley has paid contributed $267,500 to the In response to Hurricanes and nearly 2,300 students information. other student groups and Wellesley Hospital, and the property taxes on a portion Wellesley Fire Department Katrina and Rita in 2005, contribute to the town’s residence halls incorporate Walker Home and School of its holdings. toward the purchase of new Additional copies of this students and staff have been revenues by patronizing local service into their regular for Children. vehicles, a new radio system, report are available from the In 2007, Wellesley College and the renovation of the businesses. Office for Public Affairs