For Fourth of July activities in Wakefield, try these links. 

Parade information from Wicked Local

West Side Social Club events for children.

The Hoop School and Lynnfield High School Basketball program will hold  a girls summer basketball fundamentals clinic for third through ninth graders on Monday, June 29 through Friday, July 3.  To enroll, call 617-922-8309 or email hoopschool1@gmail.com.

The Northeast Computer Day Camp will have a single three week session from July 13 to July 31. The camping day will last from 8:30 to 12:30. Split weeks and family rates are available. The program is for kids in grades one through eight.
The Day Camp teaches participants computer skills they can use at school. In addition there is swimming, and sports and games. Tuition is $399 for the three week session.
For more information or to register call 781-246-0810 ext. 1640 or visit their Web site: www.neadulted.com and select Computer Day Camp.

Join amateur genealogist Eileen Dumont on Saturday May 16 at 1:00PM in the Lecture Hall for a 2 hour introduction to Ancestry.com.

Ancestry.com is an online database which provides a wide range of different types of historical records: census and voter lists; birth, marriage, and death records; passenger and immigration lists; military records; probate records; and even a large collection of online genealogy reference books. There are also downloadable forms for family trees, ancestry charts, and keeping track of your research and correspondence. 

Ms. Dumont will share tips and tricks for finding the information you want out of Ancestry.com. No registration is required and light refreshments will be served.

This month the library is offering a variety of activities for kids on grades one through four on Wednesday afternoon.  Please note that the times vary from week to week.

May 13:   (2:30 t0 3:30)  Make a decoupage fan for the summer.

May 20: (2:00 to 4:00)   Play chess with Michael Sullivan.

May 27:  (2:30 to 4:30)  Computer games (Wii Sports and PlayStation 2).*

June 3:    (2:00 to 4:00)  Chess with Michael Sullivan.

No registration is required for any of these program.

*This Youth Access Program is funded through the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners with funds from LSTA (Library Services and Technology Act), a Federal source of library funding provided by the Institute of Museum and Library Services.  EqualAccess Libraries™ is a professional development program sponsored by Libraries for the Future (LFF).

Join the walk for cystic fibrosis on Saturday, May 16.  Registration takes place on the Common at 9:30, with the run following at 10:00.  For more information, call 508-655-6000 or visit the Great Strides website.