Tufts to Host Annual Community Day Sept. 29

Residents, neighbors and friends are invited to celebrate the 11th annual Community Day at Tufts University on Sunday, September 29, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event will take place on Tufts’ Medford/Somerville campus and is cosponsored by the two cities.

All activities are free and open to the public. Highlights for the day include:

– Music and dance performances by student groups including the Beelzebubs and the HYPE Mimez!
– Tufts Quidditch team presenting a “kidditch” game for kids
– Educational displays from student organizations and departments at Tufts including the School of Dental Medicine’s Smile Squad, the Center for Engineering Education & Outreach (CEEO), the Tufts Art Gallery, and the Poincaré Institute for Mathematics Education
– Presentations by students from the Tufts Hybrid Racing Team

Returning this year will also be these favorites:

– Complimentary BBQ lunch and refreshments
– Information tables from community groups in Medford and Somerville
– Interactive performance by Tufts’ only children’s theater troupe, the “Traveling Treasure Trunk”
– Pumpkin painting, crafts, cookie decorating, face painting and other family-friendly activities
– Tips on safety and fire prevention by police and fire departments

All events take place rain or shine on the main academic quad at the top of the hill by Goddard Chapel, Ballou Hall and the statue of Jumbo. The event is handicapped accessible.

Free parking for Community Day is available in the Tufts parking garage at 419 Boston Avenue, Medford. A complimentary shuttle will run between Davis Square (across the street from the Somerville Theater) and the Tufts campus. For directions and maps go to: http://campusmaps.tufts.edu/medford/.

To read more about the event online, please visit http://cday.tufts.edu. For more information, please contact the Tufts Office of Community Relations at 617-627-3780 or email CommunityDay@tufts.edu.

– Information from Tufts University. Photo by Zara Tzanev.