Bison Paddock Non Sibi Project with Winston W. Wyckoff ’78, P’12

Volunteers will help to restore the habitat of the endangered white crowned sparrow at the Bison Paddock in Golden Gate Park. Volunteers will lend a hand with weeding, planting, and mulching. Children ages 8 and older are welcome. 

Saturday, April 19, 2025
9 a.m.– Noon

Bison Paddock at Golden Gate Park 
JFK Drive and Chain of Links Drive E
San Francisco

A picnic area has been reserved for food, drinks, and socializing after the project. Pack a picnic lunch and join us!

Barring heavy downpours, this project will occur during light rain or sunshine. Please be prepared and dress for various weather conditions. Wear closed-toed shoes, long pants, and layers of clothing. Additionally, gloves, a water bottle, and a snack are always a good idea. Please note that by registering with Andover you are agreeing to the San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department waiver of liability. 

Space is limited to 25 adult volunteers. 

Questions? Please contact Lori Paglia in the Office of Alumni Engagement.

Alumni, families, and friends of Andover are invited to a

Non Sibi Project with the Southern California Regional Leadership Team: Willowbrook Community Garden Workday

Join the Southern California Regional Leadership Team at Willowbrook Community Garden to clean up community garden beds and enjoy family-friendly Earth Day events. Volunteers will assist with planting, gardening, pulling weeds, and other maintenance. All ages are welcome to join! 

Saturday, April 19, 2025
9 a.m.– Noon

Willowbrook Community Garden
664 East 120th St.
Los Angeles

Lunch food is not available for purchase at the garden. You are welcome to bring a picnic lunch and stay after the project to eat, socialize, and enjoy the Earth Day celebration! 

Dress for the weather and wear comfortable clothing that you don't mind getting dirty! Bring water bottles, sunscreen, and a hat. 

Willowbrook Community Garden is operated in connection with the Los Angeles Community Garden Council. Andover will be volunteering as part of a larger event that welcomes members of the public; there will be other volunteers present as well as attendees for the Earth Day event.

Participants will be required to sign a form which will be available at the event indicating agreement with the Los Angeles Community Garden Council Volunteer Guidelines and Waiver of Liability.

The mission of the Los Angeles Community Garden Council is to strengthen communities by building and supporting community gardens where every person in Los Angeles County can grow healthy food in their neighborhood.

Organized by the Southern California Regional Leadership Team
Jonathan E. Adler ’02, Andrea Feldman Falcione ’83, F. Blair Lawson ’91, Johnson B. Lightfoote ’69,
Stephen E. Matloff ’91 P’24, ’28, Bonnie L. Oliva-Porter ’00, Daryl-Lynn Johnson Roberts ’96,
Allen C. Soong ’92 P’27, Brandon L. Stroman ’97

Flushing Meadows Corona Park Non Sibi Project
with Candace N. Douglas ’00

Volunteers will participate in an Earth Week project with The Alliance for Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Project activities will be designated closer to the start date, but may include planting, mulching, painting or clean-up. Supervised children 5 and older are welcome to join. 

Saturday, April 19, 2025
10 a.m.– 1 p.m.

Flushing Meadows Corona Park
Grand Central Pkwy, Van Wyck Exwy
Queens, NY
Exact location and details to be shared as the project date approaches

Dress for the weather and wear closed-toed shoes, long pants, and layers of clothing. 

Flushing Meadows Corona Park is an 897-acre public park located in Queens, New York, with a rich history dating back to the early 20th century. Originally a landfill known as the Corona Ash Dump, the site was transformed into a sprawling park by the influential urban planner Robert Moses during the 1930s. Moses oversaw the development of the park as the host for the 1939-1940 World's Fair.

Questions? Please contact Lori Paglia in the Office of Alumni Engagement.
 

Hailed by Publisher’s Weekly as an “encyclopedic, ingenious, and abundant” writer, Tyehimba Jess is Andover’s 2025 Isham Fellow in Poetry.

Jess is the author of two books of poetry, Leadbelly and Olio. Olio won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize, the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, and the Society of Midland Authors Award in Poetry, and received an Outstanding Contribution to Publishing Citation from the Black Caucus of the American Library Association.

Leadbelly was a winner of the 2004 National Poetry Series. The Library Journal and Black Issues Book Review both named it one of the “Best Poetry Books of 2005.”

A recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts, Jess is a Distinguished Professor of English at the College of Staten Island.

Free and open to the public.

This event is sponsored by the Alumni/ae Lectureship Fund, the Lana Lobell Fund, and the Sandra Isham Vreeland Fund, dedicated to a PA graduate who was an aspiring poet.

Alumni, families, and friends of Andover are invited to a

Non Sibi Project with the Atlanta Regional Leadership Team:
Wylde Center at East Decatur Greenway Cleanup

Volunteers will help with supporting native plants and beautifying the food forest trail. Hands-on work includes weeding, planting, and mulching. Expect to get dirty! Children ages 15 and older are welcome to participate. 

Saturday, April 26, 2025
9 a.m.– Noon

Kindly register here.

Wylde Center at East Decatur Greenway
435 Oakview Road
Decatur, GA 30030

Barring heavy downpours, this project will occur during light rain or sunshine. Please be prepared and dress for various weather conditions. Wear closed-toed shoes and bring a water bottle and snack. Gloves, gardening tools, water, and insect repellent will be provided. 

East Decatur Greenway is a model for transforming contaminated spaces into community green spaces that promote environmental education, remediation, and sustainable practices. 

Questions? Please contact Crystal McGuire in the Office of Alumni Engagement.

This project is fully booked! If you'd like to join the waitlist, please register.

Join us for this special non sibi project and make a difference supporting Gaining Ground! Volunteers may take part in spreading compost and mulch to enrich the soil, transplanting seedlings from the greenhouse into the fields, and maintenance of perennial hedgerows, among other tasks. Children ages 5 and up are welcome to participate.

Saturday, April 26, 2025
10:00 a.m.– Noon

Gaining Ground
341 Virginia Road
Concord, MA

Gaining Ground is a non-profit farm that grows fresh, organic produce exclusively for donation to those experiencing food insecurity in the Greater Boston area.100% of the food harvested at Gaining Ground is donated to over fifteen local hunger relief organizations. 

This project will take place outside, dress appropriately for the weather and farm work. All volunteers are required to fill out Gaining Ground's waiver form.  

Questions? Please contact Lori Paglia in the Office of Alumni Engagement.

The fair offers local high school students and their families an ideal opportunity to familiarize themselves with a wide range of colleges and universities. Representatives from more than 100 colleges and universities from around the world will be available to answer individual questions and to distribute informational literature about their schools.  

Admission is free and open to the public. Once on campus, please follow the signs to available parking. 

Join us for a panel discussion with alumni around their careers in scientific research and the pharmaceutical industry, hosted by the Student Alumni Representatives (STARs). Learn about our panelists’ journeys beyond Andover and the seeds that started here on campus.

Panelists will include:

• Andrew H. Ahn, MD, PhD ’82: Senior Vice President of Clinical Research, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
• Zahra S. Bhaiwala ’10: Director, Health Economics and Outcomes Research, Vertex Pharmaceuticals
• Donald E. Ganem, MD ’68: CEO, CSO and Co-Founder, Via Nova Therapeutics and former Global Head of Infectious Diseases Research at Novartis
• Marianna Kleyman, PhD ’03: Principal Research Scientist at AbbVie

REGISTER HERE

Please join us for a Ten Schools Admission Organization (TSAO) reception in Los Angeles to explore the benefits of attending a boarding school.

To register for this event, please complete the form on the Ten Schools event page.

Alumni, families, and friends of Andover are invited to a

Big Blue Happy Hour at Hudson Hound

Wednesday, April 30, 2025
6–8 p.m.

Hudson Hound
575 Hudson Street
New York

Register here

Join the New York Regional Leadership Team for their annual Hudson Hound Happy Hour! Enjoy some appetizers, great conversation, and reminiscing about your time spent at Andover. See old friends and make new ones! It is an evening you won't want to miss.

Appetizers and cash bar
$20 per person

Organized by the New York Regional Leadership Team
Rebecca G. Bendetson ’09, Katharine P. Harper ’02, Annalee E. Leggett ’09, Michael E. Marrus ’81, P’12, Jasmine M. Mitchell ’99, Mariel O'Brien ’01, Douglas D. Pirnie ’65, Newaz A. Rahman ’20, Stefanie Scheer Young ’81, P’11, ’14, Madeleine W. Stern ’17, Alexandra M. Tuller ’85, Andrea C. Yepez ’14

Questions? Reach out to Crystal McGuire in the Office of Alumni Engagement.

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