Free Babysitting Course

Now in its 64th year, the Women’s Community Committee (WCC) is sponsoring a FREE babysitting course for 6th, 7th and 8th grade Norwood students. The one-week course will be held from 2:45-4 p.m., Monday, May 1 through Friday, May 5, at the Coakley Middle School.
Registration forms are available at the middle school, the Morrill Memorial Library and the WCC Thrift Shop, 1091 Washington Street, Norwood. (Thrift Shop retail hours are Wednesdays, 6-8 p.m., Thursdays, 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m. and Saturdays, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.)
According to WCC Educational Committee Chairperson Ruth Martowska, presenters at the 64rd annual babysitting course will include the Norwood Police Department’s safety officer, a fire fighter, a registered nurse, a professional babysitter, a nursery school teacher, and a librarian. Certificates from the WCC (an all-volunteer, non-profit community service organization) and from the Massachusetts Extension 4H will be given to students who complete the course.