Civic Welcome Wagon

Highlighted in a Boston Globe editorial (12/9/06) as a program being considered for replication by the Patrick Administration, SCI’s Civic Welcome Wagon has greeted over 1,000 new Woburn residents. Through this program, volunteers personally deliver a community guide to new residents, welcoming them while providing them with valuable civic information.

"This idea generated a great deal of enthusiasm in our Working Group’s discussions. The idea is for towns, neighborhood associations, and non-profit organizations to organize a Welcome Wagon initiative such that, whenever a new resident moves to the town, a volunteer knocks on the new resident’s door to welcome them to the community, to share information on local services and resources (crime watch, civic events, government resources) and also to invite them to a monthly pot-luck gathering at the library where residents will get a chance to socialize, to meet with representatives of local and state government, and to learn of other local initiatives."

"As a result of SCI, I’m now registered to vote, and feel like I make a difference."

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