Feb. 7 deadline to donate toiletries
Women and children who are in shelters remaking their lives after experiencing domestic violence need toiletries like shampoo, soap, toothpaste, hand and body lotions, and more. If you have unopened toiletries from hotels or stores that you can’t use, please bring them to the Council on Aging at Bemis Hall by Friday, February 7. A volunteer will take them to local domestic violence organizations for Valentine’s Day distribution. Your donation will make a difference in the lives of these women and children in need.
Learn about new storage methods for old materials
Two experts will talk about the art and practice of creating and disseminating historical records with modern archival digitization technology at a presentation on Sunday, Feb. 2 at 2 p.m. in Bemis Hall. Demonstrating how to access, search and contribute to these resources are Tom Blake, Digital Projects Manager at the Boston Public Library, who will speak about the Digital Commonwealth and its online repository of archival material from Massachusetts institutions, and Marie Wasnock, who oversees the Lincoln Town Archives, who will speak about digitizing projects at the Lincoln Public Library.
Co-sponsored by the Lincoln Historical Society and the Lincoln Public Library. Admission is free.
This event wraps up Lincoln Winter Carnival 2014—see the Lincoln Squirrel (Jan. 22) for details on all the events starting tomorrow (Jan. 30).