Welcome, Boston-Area App Developers! This Meetup is a way for all app builders, from new to experienced, to learn, share, and create apps with the help of Microsoft and the area's community of developers and designers. Already have apps or games on Android, iOS, or other platforms?  We absolutely welcome you to join in to share your experiences and connect about opportunities for your app and cross-platform development for Windows 8 and Windows Phone. There's normally a variety of upcoming event …

Boston is a great city but after having lived here for some time I've come to realize most people don't get out and explore beyond their own neighborhoods. Every neighborhood in Boston though has something neat about it though so I started this group as a way for proper Bostonians to meet other proper Bostonians from other neighborhoods. This group is for people who like living in urban environments and call Boston their home. From East Boston to West Roxbury, the North End to the South End, Rox …

Socializing for Justice (SoJust) is all about building a cross-cultural, cross-issue progressive community, network and movement in Boston based on the Philosophy of Abundance. We're doing it by putting the SOCIAL back in SOCIAL JUSTICE. We host events twice a month to meet each other and make connections. No Program. No Speaker. Just Us. Newcomers always welcomed! **You must be a member to RSVP or post an event on the message board. Not a member? It's free to join - share as much or as little …

Hello and Welcome to the Red Line Book Club! (Formerly the Davis Square Book Club). "A book is like a garden carried in the pocket." This is a club where friendly interesting people meet to discuss the books we have all read together. If there is a general theme to the books we read, it's that we read "great" books: enduring classics and new books with lots of potential. You have the entire rest of the world with whom you can discuss Stieg Larsson; here we try to dig at least a little deeper. Fo …

Meet with other nonprofit professionals and volunteers to share ideas, networks, resources and key learnings.

Volunteering anywhere in the 914 Area Code is a great way to meet new people, make a difference in your corner of the universe, feel good and do good! About The Volunteer Center of United Way The Volunteer Center is a one-stop resource for all things volunteer. For over 60 years, we have encouraged adults to serve, youth to build character, families to bond, young professionals to excel as leaders, mature adults to stay engaged and businesses to address community needs. Through our online datab …

Join Suezie Marchitto and her band on volunteer citizens once a month(weather permitting) to clean up a designated section of East Haven

This group is for Practical Idealist to share ideas, skills and resources….a place to vision, debate and collaborate. Let's have conversations that have never happened before! Let's create real world solutions that celebrate our individual desires and honor the needs of our collective future. Let's enjoy the process and each other. I'm hoping to gather a diverse group of creative, positive people that truly embrace the gift of different perspectives and are excited to cross-pollinate. If you as …

We are a network of neighbors and friends dedicated to local food, good eating, and building community.  We are based in the Whipple Hill area, which is the junction of Winchester, Arlington, and Lexington but have members from a wide area.  We rely on farms we know and our own gardens to get food on the table year round, using food traditions that unlock nutrition and taste unknown in the industrial system.  If this sounds like you, please join our group! Our cooperative structure efficiently …

A community of like-minded, values-driven professionals interested in exploring, pursuing and prospering in a social-impact career. The social impact landscape can be described as the nonprofit and public sector as well as social entrepreneurship and socially enlightened corporations with commitments to sustainability and social responsibility. This group provides an opportunity to support each other in our efforts to succeed in careers that provide greater meaning and purpose while allowing us …

Weekly meeting of the Groton Rotary club. We meet every Tuesday at noon for lunch at the Mystic Marriott, Octagon Restaurant. Meetings include lunch, information on local, national and international Rotary activities and a guest speaker. If you are interested in becoming a member or in just seeing what we are all about, please join us.

In an area where many people hire others to do their gardening, this is a group that brings people who like to get their hands in the soil together. Come meet others who are crazy enough to grow vegetables and flowers despite bugs, deer and shade. This is not a tea party garden club, but a hands-on group of folks who want to learn from one another. All levels are welcome- if you grow things in your yard, or in containers on your deck- or even if you just want to know how, join us!

This is a group for anyone interested in the principles of Smart Growth and Planning and creating a better community for the 21st century. We will be having movies,auctions, community events, and it's a great way to meet like-minded individuals in our Northern Westchester neighborhood. We will be participating in other community events that are consistent with our principles of community participation!!

We are a group of parents and individuals living in Newton who are concerned about the harmful health effects on children caused by leaf blowers. The pages exist for educational purposes and members are encouraged to add pertinent information to share with others. The discussion board exists for discussing steps that can be taken to help minimize health effects so as to better protect our children and the vulnerable in our population.

The Food Pantry at St. Paul Church in Cambridge, MA operates in collaboration with Fair Food, a grassroots organization from Dorchester that provides fresh produce and bread to sites throughout the Greater Boston area through their "Dollar a Bag" program. The produce and bread provided by Fair Food are supplemented with nonperishable items provided through the generosity of our parishioners. You can support this program as a regular contributor of nonperishable food items, as a financial contr …

In these uncertain times, the Great Recession has reminded us of our vulnerabilities. Unemployment and Anxious Employment. Debt. Foreclosure. Evaporating Savings. Rising Costs. Job Insecurity. In response, Resilience Circles (also called Common Security Clubs) are forming around the country! Together, these circles of people learn about the causes of the economic and ecological challenges and how to face them, while simultaneously building relationships that strengthen our communities and build …

Fields Corner Main Street (FCMS) is one of 19 Main Streets programs in the City of Boston working to make the city’s historic commercial districts stronger and livelier. Focusing on the Dorchester Avenue business district from Melville Avenue to Freeport Street, FCMS' mission is: To ensure that Fields Corner continues to be a thriving, welcoming, secure district comprised of diverse businesses serving residents and attractive to visitors. To promote Fields Corner, encouraging more people to live …

The Uptown Renewal Cash Mobs Loving Our Neighborhood One Mob at a Time One of the first projects of the Uptown Renewal Team is to organize ‘Cash Mobs’ to support local small businesses. A Cash Mob is like a flash mob but with customers instead of choreography. They involve a large group arriving at a local business at the same time to purchase as much as its members can reasonably afford. You can read about how others do it here: (http://www.cashmob.com/what-are-cashmobs) The fun is that it can …

Do you enjoy helping others? Do you have few hours to spare once a month or even once a year? Do you want to volunteer but can't find opportunities that fit your schedule? Are you interested in volunteering but can't commit to 20 hours a week for a year for the same organization? Capital District Volunteers Meetup group is for individuals with a passion for helping others and helping non-profit organizations but who can't or don't want to commit to long-term volunteering. This group will provide …

The purpose of this group is to provide training in emotional healing, leadership and communication skills for the community of Newtown CT. Our mission is to create a long-term, sustainable, community driven healing process that will reach every member of our community.  We are doing this by training parents, teachers, mental health professionals, first responders and community leaders.  By teaching these skills to people who are already influencing others, we expect to create lasting and meanin …

In an effort to create a new kind of book club, this group is dedicated to combining a few wonderful and creative elements: literature, libations, and community. It is my hope that this group can explore a variety of literary works from best sellers to classics as dictated by the group. If you are a 20-30 something, interested in meeting up to discuss books, have good conversation, and perhaps some excellent wine or beer this is the group for you!

Urban Farmers Wanted! Learn about growing your own food and sustainability. Join S.A.V.E., and put your projects into practice! You’ve heard about Organic Gardening, we’re Growing Beyond Organic. Introducing Permaponics, it’s Aquaponics (fish and vegetables in water), Aquaculture (fish farming), Hydroponics (growing plants in water), Permaculture (Permanent Agriculture) & more. We are building a sustainable, Vertically Integrated Food Industry. Our website http://www.savefarms.org Our primary lo …

FRIENDLY IN BOSTON - Be cool.  Be kind. Do you love living in Boston, but not the not-so-friendly Boston vibe? Well, you’ve come to the right place! Friendly in Boston is a newly founded community, whose goal is to funkafy Boston with a more friendly vibe, as well as explore the concept of kindness/friendliness. Who we are and what to expect. Do I need to be a “touch-feely happy person” to join? Simply put, no. While we may “do good”, we are not innately a group of “do-gooders”, but rather a gr …

This group is about learning and sharing skills and techniques to thrive and survive through the challenges presented by climate change, peak oil, environmental degradation and cultural shifts. There is a place for you here to expand on positive reactions to these challenges whether through edible landscapes, gardening, farming, renewable energy, green building, local currency, rainwater harvesting, composting, mushroom cultivation, local food, forest gardening, herbalism, "green" living, food …

This group will connect people from different religious and spiritual traditions through meaningful volunteer service and interfaith activities. Many of the world's belief systems incorporate the idea of giving back, from the Catholic idea of "good work" to Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.'s, concept of the "beloved community" to the Unitarian Universalist principle of "respect for the interdependent web of all existence." By connecting with our local community, this group will grow in its spiri …

As a community we are continually looking to raise awareness understanding and behaviors of acceptance. Today so many kids feel like that they don't fit in for a whole range of reasons; from physically being different to socially or emotionally feeling different. The Parent Network and Medfield Youth Outreach have partnered with Medfield Public Library to host the first in a series of book groups for parents promoting acceptance and anti-bullying conversations. It is our belief that conversatio …

http://www.oldnorthportroadlawrenceroadtaskforce.com/ Residents of Commack, Kings Park and Smithtown are asking The Smithtown Board to enforce current zoning codes on & near Old Northport Rd & Lawrence Rd be enforced. Mission To enforce the zoning codes on the properties on and near the intersection of Old Northport Road and Lawrence Road Description We are the residents of Kings park, Commack and Smithtown, New York. These three beautiful towns meet at the intersection of Old Northport Road and …

"We will be the Chamber of Commerce that defines economic health within the vibrant and thriving communities of North Rockland. The enthusiasm of our membership will set the tone for business growth and development that will engender respect and goodwill throughout the County."