Mayor Wu and the City of Boston invite community-based organizations and businesses to light up their buildings blue and yellow in honor of One Boston Day from the evening of Friday, April 14 through the evening of Monday, April 17.

A kind experience for all! Walk amid 200 pots of daffodils under the iconic trellis. The daffodils symbolize Boston's resilience and rebirth after the tragedy of 2013. We will distribute the daffodils on Monday after the marathon to those who need a smile and a bit of kindness. Stop by the Friends' table for a free kindness bracelet as we honor this special day of remembrance and hope together.

We will begin street cleaning at Buttonwood St. and we will make our way toward Savin Hill Ave. We then plan to make our way over at McConnell Park in Dorchester and finish with a cleanup at that location.

This will be a shared corporate (with John Hancock Investments) and community event (with Columbia Savin Hill Civic Association) that will bring community members together with residents to beautify and make a small area of a larger Dorchester shine. This will be an opportunity to allow neighbors who may need assistance with some yard cleanup to submit their address to Columbia Savin Hill Civic Association and have volunteers assist residents.

SPARK Boston, Mayor Wu's volunteer civic engagement council for 20- to 35-year-old Boston residents, is seeking new members for our 2023-2024 council! Applications are now open, so ask all your questions and learn more about SPARK Boston at our Open House and information sessions before the Friday, May 26 deadline. All are welcome to attend!

This event is hosted by Boston Children's Hospital Blood Donor Center. Commemorative hats and t-shirts will be given to all donors.

Please donate non-perishables to North End and refrigerated goods to the Charlestown community fridge.

• Charlestown Community Fridge, 15 Tufts St. 
• North End Community Fridge, 332 Hanover St.

Visit Boston Public Library's North End Branch on One-Boston Day and receive a FREE book from the library Friends Book Sale collection of gently-used books for all ages and all interests. Choose one book per person while supplies last from tables outside if the weather is good and inside if it's raining.

Paint rocks with kind messages for our new Kindness Rock Garden and drop off baby wipes, diapers, canned/non-perishable food items and new clothing to benefit families working with the Family Nurturing Center and ABCD’s Allston Brighton Neighborhood Opportunity Center, two organizations based at PSF Community Center. Donations will also be collected in the lobby of PSF Community Center from 4/1 - 4/8.

We will also have yellow and blue balloons available to inscribe a message of Hope, Love and Forgiveness to be released to the universe. We will also prepare a meal of turkey with all of the fixings and bring to our local fire department Ladder 14/Engine 41 in gratitude of their selfless giving. This event will be presented by staff and members of our local teen program and our adult basic education program (ESOL).

Cradles to Crayons will place donation bins at businesses throughout the Main Streets district and collect the shoes following One Boston Day. West Roxbury Main Streets will conduct outreach among businesses and individuals.



Donations bins can be found at the following locations: 

• Beethoven School - 5125 Washington Street
• Ohrenberger School - 175 W Boundary Road
• Boston Ale House - 1185 Centre Street
• Corrib Pub - 2030 Centre Street
• Kilmer Upper School - 140 Russett Road
• Kilmer Lower School - 35 Baker Street
• Lyndon Pilot School - 20 Mt Vernon Street
• BCYF Roche Center - 1716 Centre Street
• Parkway YMCA - 1972 Centre Street