The Wellesley Hills Junior Woman’s Club’s annual Wellesley Marketplace crafts festival takes place Nov. 22 at Wellesley High, but if you wanna slide in early and get a look at the very best stuff you can grab $15 Premium Tickets starting Nov. 1 at Roche Bros. Proceeds go to assorted charitible groups.
The annual Fiske Wild West Round Up takes place at Fiske Elementary School, 45 Hastings Street, Wellesley, 10 am - 2 pm, rain or shine. Features games of chance and skill for all ages, arts & crafts, face painting, fun prizes, and fabulous food. Plus, pony rides, a petting zoo, moon bounces, and a giant slide. It’s a big fundraiser for the school.
Join the Wellesley Trails Committee for Sunday’s Kids Trails Day from 1:30-3pm. Learn about nature and even how to build a Native American shelter. The activities are free and refeshments will be served. Meet at MassBay Community College parking lot on Oakland St.
Also on Sunday, be on the alert and show your support as Jimmy Fund Walk participants head through town along the Boston Marathon course on Rte. 16/Rte 135.
Pan-Mass Challenge cyclists finishing in Wellesley wrapped up their rides this afternoon.
Wellesley is once again smack in the middle (as well as at the start and finish) of much of this weekend’s Pan-Mass Challenge, the annual bike-a-thon spearheaded by Wellesley’s own Billy Starr. Tonight’s opening ceremonies from Sturbridge will be televised live on NECN at 8pm, and cyclists will take off from Wellesley (at Babson College) and other locations tomorrow and Sunday, some riding 1 day and others 2 days. At 7 a.m. on Saturday, the riders will pass through Forest St and continue towards Needham on route to Bourne. At 7:30 a.m. on Sunday Aug. 3, riders will depart Wellesley through Forest St and continue towards Needham. Cyclists will return to Wellesley by Forest St to end at Babson College between 8 a.m. and 1:10 p.m. (So you might want to avoid driving in those areas at that time but find a way over there to cheer riders alongside the route). Routes range from 47 to 190 miles, and 5,500 riders will take part and hope to raise $34 million for cancer research. More than 150 Wellesley residents will be cycling and many others are volunteering. Also taking part will be a slew of Red Sox players’ wives, so don’t be surprised if a few of the Sox show up to cheer on their spouses. Feel free to to send along stories/photos for posting on this site to bb@theswellesleyreport.com.
