Experience Fenway Park by day and by night while supporting affordable, accessible mental health services for local kids and families. Brookline Community Mental Health Center invites you to a one-of-a-kind double-header benefit, the 2nd Annual “Believe in Brookline Kids” on May 19, 2012.

Artists residing in Brookline and the greater United States are participating in a brand new project to help end senior hunger. During Brookline Open Studios on May 5 & 6, 2012, Jenn Mason’s studio will be hosting the Feed Me: a 7 x 7 show. The show will feature 49 works of art created by 49 artists. For a donation of $49 to Meals on Wheels, a donor will receive one of the works of art.

The Brookline Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) with over 200 members is enthusiastically looking for new volunteers - both medical and non-medical. It’s a great way to meet new neighbors and become involved in the Brookline community.

Looking for a fun way to unwind this weekend and also do some good in the community? Saturday, June 4, the Vine Ripe Grill at the Robert T Lynch Municipal Golf Course (1281 W. Roxbury Parkway) hosts a benefit for the Brookline Teen Center.   The evening is open to the public with a full roster of music, great food, a raffle and a chance to meet BHS social workers Paul Epstein and Ayanna Kilpatrick and learn more about the Teen Center.

Sunday, April 30, the Brookline Arts Center held its annual Cirque de Palette! fundraising event and the turn out was amazing. This yearly fundraiser centers on the art created by local Brookline artists and celebrities.

In addition to its the long-standing reputation for excellent food, live music and monthly "Fireside Chats", there is another reason to visit The Fireplace on 1634 Beacon St in Brookline.

When friends Vickie Schnoes and Tom began the Brookline Food Co-Op more than fifteen years ago, they never thought the community would take to it the way it has. The Co-op receives donations from restaurants, bakeries, and supermarkets; such as Whole Foods, When Pigs Fly Bakery of Brookline, Starbucks, The Capital Grille on Chesnut Hill and The Brookline Farmers Market. Thanks to these donations, the co-op feeds between 900 and 1,500 people a week. Originally involved in community service as a condition of receiving living assistance and food stamps, Vickie Schnoes works to feed others year round; rain or shine.

From January through early February, The Meat House at 1285 Beacon Street in Coolidge Corner collected donations from customers to benefit the Friends of Brookline, Brookline Recreation Department's non-profit arm. This fundraiser was part of their "Kick Off the New Year" promotion running throughout Super Bowl season. Picking up on Super Bowl excitement, the fundraiser provided a way to promote sports and physical activity locally while helping those in need at the same time.

Led by President Kenny Jaffe, event co-chairs Justin Berke and Laura Days as well as dozens of hard-working Rotarians, this weekend the Brookline Rotary put on a superior event that benefited all.

The Pita Pit, located at 479 Harvard St has launched it’s 3rd annual collection for the Brookline Emergency Food Pantry, located at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church at 15 St. Paul's St in Brookline.