The lottery will begin promptly at 6 p.m., so please plan on arriving at 5:30 p.m.

1. To participate, please submit your completed application by midnight on Friday February 14, 2020. Your annual Food Truck permit application can now be submitted online!
2. Inform us that you will be participating in this year’s lottery by filling out this RSVP form for the Lottery by 4 p.m. on February 21, 2020.
3. We will send out the Q1 available sites to you on February 19.
4. Attendance at the lottery is MANDATORY. Please send a representative if you are unable to attend. If you are not present, your truck will not be able to participate in the lottery.

Boston Summer Eats Mobile Meals is a pilot program. We're going out into communities to serve meals to kids 18 and under. Our goal is to fill the meal gap in the summer when school is not in session.

Neighborhoods we cover include East Boston, Dorchester, Mattapan, and Roxbury. Boston Summer Eats Mobile Meals is a partnership between Food Access, Boston Public Schools, and Love Your Block.

• Mondays, 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. - Mattapan, City of Boston Municipal Lot #14
• Tuesdays, 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. - Dorchester, 1 Franklin Park Road
• Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. - Roxbury, Roxbury Crossing MBTA Station
• Thursdays, 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. - East Boston, Constitution Beach in Orient Heights
• Fridays, 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. - Mattapan, Ryan Playground and Pool

Boston Summer Eats Mobile Meals is a pilot program. We're going out into communities to serve meals to kids 18 and under. Our goal is to fill the meal gap in the summer when school is not in session.

Neighborhoods we cover include East Boston, Dorchester, Mattapan, and Roxbury. Boston Summer Eats Mobile Meals is a partnership between Food Access, Boston Public Schools, and Love Your Block.

• Mondays, 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. - Mattapan, City of Boston Municipal Lot #14
• Tuesdays, 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. - Dorchester, 1 Franklin Park Road
• Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. - Roxbury, Roxbury Crossing MBTA Station
• Thursdays, 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. - East Boston, Constitution Beach in Orient Heights
• Fridays, 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. - Mattapan, Ryan Playground and Pool

Boston Summer Eats Mobile Meals is a pilot program. We're going out into communities to serve meals to kids 18 and under. Our goal is to fill the meal gap in the summer when school is not in session.

Neighborhoods we cover include East Boston, Dorchester, Mattapan, and Roxbury. Boston Summer Eats Mobile Meals is a partnership between Food Access, Boston Public Schools, and Love Your Block.

• Mondays, 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. - Mattapan, City of Boston Municipal Lot #14
• Tuesdays, 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. - Dorchester, 1 Franklin Park Road
• Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. - Roxbury, Roxbury Crossing MBTA Station
• Thursdays, 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. - East Boston, Constitution Beach in Orient Heights
• Fridays, 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. - Mattapan, Ryan Playground and Pool

Boston Summer Eats Mobile Meals is a pilot program. We're going out into communities to serve meals to kids 18 and under. Our goal is to fill the meal gap in the summer when school is not in session.

Neighborhoods we cover include East Boston, Dorchester, Mattapan, and Roxbury. Boston Summer Eats Mobile Meals is a partnership between Food Access, Boston Public Schools, and Love Your Block.

• Mondays, 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. - Mattapan, City of Boston Municipal Lot #14
• Tuesdays, 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. - Dorchester, 1 Franklin Park Road
• Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. - Roxbury, Roxbury Crossing MBTA Station
• Thursdays, 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. - East Boston, Constitution Beach in Orient Heights
• Fridays, 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. - Mattapan, Ryan Playground and Pool

Did you know that there are farmers in the City?

Join Youth Engagement and Employment and Food Access on May 18 to help provide healthy food options for your community by planting fruits and vegetables to be harvested and shared with your neighbors this summer. Come learn about urban farming and plant healthy food for your community! 

Free breakfast and lunch, and free swag. These are volunteer hours.

RSVP for the event

The official holiday season kick-off in Boston includes the lighting of the City of Boston's official Christmas tree and trees throughout Boston Common and the Public Garden. Generations have enjoyed and continue to treasure Boston's tree lighting celebration. Twenty-five thousand people of all ages attend the event, which has grown to include a festive stage show with nationally known talent. Join us in the countdown as Mayor Walsh illuminates Boston's official tree and trees on Boston Common and the Public Garden bridge.

The celebration is presented by the Boston Parks and Recreation Department, title sponsor The Province of Nova Scotia, signature sponsor Encore Boston Harbor, Jumbotron sponsor Geico Local Office, presenting sponsors Exelon and the Coca-Cola Company, and media sponsors WCVB Channel 5, Magic 106.7 FM, and the Boston Globe.   The holiday lights throughout both parks will light up in sequence shortly before 8 p.m. when Mayor Walsh is joined onstage by members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Santa Claus, Rudolph, and Frosty.  The show will close with a pyrotechnic display by Atlas PyroVision. 

The holiday decorations throughout Boston Common and the Public Garden include the City of Boston’s official 2019 Christmas tree, a 45-foot white spruce tree donated by Desmond Waithe and Corina Saunders of Chance Harbour, Pictou County, Nova Scotia. 

WCVB Channel 5’s CHRONICLE Co-Anchors Anthony Everett and Shayna Seymour will once again host Channel 5’s live broadcast of the event beginning at 7 p.m. featuring multi-platinum singer-songwriter and Lexington native Matt Nathanson, award-winning Nova Scotian alt-pop stars Neon Dreams, Nova Scotian R&B singer-songwriter Zamani, performances by cast members from the new musical “Dolly Parton’s Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol” and  “Irving Berlin’s White Christmas: The Musical,” as well as Dorchester’s Holy Tabernacle Church Choir.

The lighting of the trees on the Common is made possible through the generosity of the Lynch Foundation, the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority, the Herb Chambers Companies, and contributions from other individuals and institutions.  The annual holiday display includes the official Christmas tree from Nova Scotia and trees throughout Boston Common.  Refreshments and additional support will be provided by promotional sponsors Dunkin’, Capital One, Xfinity, H.P. Hood LLC, Power Crunch Bars, Drake’s Cakes, perfectly free fruit bites, and Nature’s Path Foods. 

This is the 48^th year that Nova Scotia has given a tree to the people of Boston as thanks for relief efforts following the December 6, 1917, explosion of a munitions ship in Halifax Harbor.  Within 24 hours of the disaster a train loaded with supplies and emergency personnel was making its way from Boston to Nova Scotia.  For more information, please call 617-635-4505. Check out the Boston Common website for parking information.

Mayor Martin J. Walsh, the Boston Parks and Recreation Department, and The Friends of Copley Square welcome the holidays with the annual Copley Square Tree Lighting on Monday, November 26, from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m.

The free event will feature appearances by Mayor Walsh, NECN’s Jenny Johnson, Santa Claus, and Rudolph along with musical performances by vocalist Mark “Sing” Robertson, the Boston Children’s Chorus, the Boston Pops Brass Quintet, and Berklee College of Music's own Natalie Daniela Castro Diaz.

Light refreshments will be provided by Drake’s Cakes, KIND Snacks, HP Hood LLC, and the dairy farm families of New England and Must Be The Milk. The Fairmont Copley Plaza will host a family reception immediately following for all in attendance.  The reception will include cookie decorating, photos with Santa and treats from the Fairmont Copley Plaza.

For additional information please call the Boston Parks and Recreation Department at 617-635-4505. You can learn more about The Friends of Copley Square online.