Celebrate with Heart 2025
celebrate with heart
On Sunday September 28, we are hosting our third annual Celebrate with Heart Community Festival.
Join us from 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. at Cochituate Ball Fields in Wayland, MA.
Wayland and Metrowest residents – of all ages – are invited to spend the day at the festival to eat, dance, play, compete, and have fun! The festival will include bouncy houses, food trucks, sports clinics, music along with KISS 108 DJ Mikey V., and more. Wayland High School student volunteers will be hosting many of the activities and this is an opportunity to support their fundraising needs headed into the 2025/2026 school year.
In Eliza’s honor, this community event focuses on teamwork, good sportsmanship, and self-confidence for our children.
Friendship and Daisy Sponsors
Heart Sponsors
Teal Sponsors
Orange Sponsors
Community Festival Sponsors
Celebrate with Heart Event Photos
Play with Heart
Our third annual Play with Heart 3v3 Hockey Tournament in partnership with the East Coast Wizards Hockey Club was on Sunday, April 27th at The Edge in Bedford, MA.
Once again, teams and coaches came together and played their hearts out all for a great cause. It was a day full of teamwork and smiles celebrating hockey and Eliza. So far, we have been able to raise over $100,000 to fund scholarships, equipment, and help get more kids on the ice, and we could not have done it without your help!
Play with Heart 2024 Event Photos
Act with Heart
Myra Kraft Community MVP AWARD
Julie Norton, Co-Chair, awarded this past June
Since 1998, the Kraft family and the New England Patriots Foundation have been recognizing volunteers for going above and beyond to give back to their communities through the Myra Kraft Community MVP Awards program.
On Thursday, June 6, the Kraft Family and New England Patriots Foundation celebrated the 2024 Myra Kraft Community MVP Award Winners. They recognized 26 volunteers for their contributions to the New England community at an awards ceremony at Gillette Stadium. In total, $275,000 in donations were distributed to the nonprofits represented by each volunteer. Twenty-five organizations, including the Eliza J. Norton Foundation, each received $10,000 and one charity received this year's grand prize of $25,000.
Read more about the 2024 award winners here.
Act with Heart
Community education and empowerment
Eliza J. Norton Foundation Hosts Talk with Holocaust Survivor Kati Preston
The Eliza J. Norton Foundation hosted a talk with Kati Preston - an author, Holocaust survivor, and activist for tolerance and anti- bullying. Kati has shared her story of survival with countless school children throughout New England. Her talk invites her audience to take a journey through history as she recounts the details of her early childhood in Nazi-occupied Hungary. Her lasting message is to never underestimate the power of one. She reminds kids of the power they possess to do the right thing and the importance of acting with compassion to fight against hate and prejudice.