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Register for July 4 Firecracker Run

Lincoln’s July 4 Firecracker Run (2.5 and 4 miles) is back. Advance registration is required and is $20 for all participants. The first 150 entrants will get a commemorative pair of sunglasses. For more information and to register, visit lincolnfirecrackerrun.racewire.com before July 3 at 11:59 p.m.

Say thanks to school staff with HATS certificate

If you’d like to thank a teacher, administrator, or other staff member at the Lincoln School during an especially challenging school year, consider giving an Honor a Teacher or Staff (HATS) certificate. For a small donation to the Lincoln School Foundation, the LSF will prepare a certificate of appreciation with your personalized message to be delivered by email. HATS gifts support LSF’s grants to teachers and innovation in the classroom To learn more and make a donation, go to lincolnschoolfoundation.org/HATS.

Barrett steers $30,000 to food pantry

The Society of St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry will receive $30,000 from the state, thanks to a budget amendment successfully proposed by Michael Barrett, Lincoln’s state senator. The appropriation was part of the recently approved annual budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1.

The SVdP Food Pantry serves people who live, work, worship, or attend school in either Lincoln or Weston, regardless of religious affiliation. Barrett noted the organization’s 40 volunteers responded in a major way for these communities during the pandemic. The number of people served by the food pantry has gone from roughly 50 in 2017 to 150 in 2019 to well over 200 last year.