We will learn about laws in the US, and provide opportunities to ask knowledgeable officials your questions. There will be a tour of the police station and a jail cell.UMASS Police Station, the building next to North Amherst Fire Station
Thanksgiving is a time when many Americans gather together to spend time with family and friends, to give thanks for the harvest, and to share a meal together. We will relate various accounts of the origins of the holiday, including some
Take this opportunity to learn how to build a gingerbread house. We will provide the gingerbread, candies, and expertise to assist you in making this fun construction project.
The wreaths we will be making are circular arrangements of natural materials such as branches and greens from trees, often with decorations. Some people put wreaths on their front door in the fall and winter. This is a fun activity
The Carle is the international champion for picture book art. We collect, preserve, and present picture book art for audiences passionate about art and books. venue description: carlemuseum.org
The Mead holds the art collection of Amherst College, celebrated for its American and European paintings, Mexican ceramics, Tibetan scroll paintings, English paneled room, ancient Assyrian carvings, Russian avant-garde art, West African sculpture and Japanese prints. venue description: www.amherst.edu/museums/mead
These informal gatherings are aimed at meeting up with other RWW members in volunteers' houses. Location: one of the volunteer’s house. You will be assigned the name and address of the volunteer in an email prior.
Bring a prepared sample of your country’s food to share with other RWW members and volunteers. No one will leave this meeting hungry!
Join us at the North Hadley Sugar Shack. We will have a tour to see how the sap from the sugar maple trees gets boiled down to make delicious syrup. We also will be invited to taste it on top
We will be going to the Spring Flower Bulb Show at Mount Holyoke College. First we will visit the Talcott Greenhouse at the college and be reminded that spring is not far away. The MHC Art Museum is unfortunately closed
Would you like to glide on the ice like a figure skater or hockey player? Do you like to laugh? Then meet us at the Mullins Center Community Ice Rink at UMass. This will be a private skate just for RWW! Families
“Cultural Show and Tell” is an opportunity to learn more about each other and the places we are from. Bring something to show that will help you tell about your country or culture. It could be a piece of clothing,
These informal gatherings are aimed at meeting up with other RWW members.
Visit the Leverett Crafts and Arts Center where we can observe and talk with working artists in their studios. If the weather is good we will continue on to The Peace Pagoda at 100 Cave Hill Rd. Be sure to
We will visit the University Museum of Contemporary Art (UMCA), located in the UMass Fine Arts Center. Following our visit, we will dine at the Worcester Dining Commons. Please park in the garage if you are driving to this event.
These informal gatherings are aimed at meeting up with other RWW members. Activity may include games.
Bring your own lunch for a picnic. The Quabbin Reservoir is one of the largest man-made public water supplies in the United States, permitting shoreline fishing, hiking, bicycling, walking, bird watching, snowshoeing, and hunting with restrictions. The Quabbin Interpretive Services
Our final meeting of the year will start with a visit to Historic Deerfield, an authentic 18th century New England Village in the Connecticut River Valley of Massachusetts. We will have a guided tour of several historic houses. We will stroll