350 MetroNorth, founded in Winchester in December, 2016, is a local chapter of 350 Mass. It consists of a group of volunteers from Winchester and other nearby towns who meet (online) mid-day on alternate Wednesdays to educate themselves on climate related issues and to take certain actions. Actions include what we can do in our homes, towns and the state.
Winchester ABC is a chapter of A Better Chance, Inc., a national nonprofit organization founded in 1963 to provide academically talented male and female scholars of color with expanded educational and career opportunities. Today, more than 1,000 African-American, Hispanic, Asian, and Native American scholars participate in A Better Chance programs in private and public college-preparatory schools throughout the country. Winchester ABC scholars attend WHS and become active members of the Winchester town community.
The Foundation was established by renowned photographer and Winchester resident Arthur Griffin to provide scholarships for young visual artists and grants to preserve and enhance the beauty of the Winchester Community. For seventy years, Arthur Griffin (1903–2001) strolled and studied the streets and paths of Winchester, his beloved adopted hometown. Here, the renowned photographer captured the spirit of New England in the brick, foliage, and sunsets of an iconic Massachusetts town.
Ballet Arts Centre of Winchester was founded in 1990 with the goal of offering the Winchester area a unique, quality program of dance designed to meet the needs of a wide range of students of varying ages and levels. In the years since, the school has become an established and integral part of the community and is recognized as one of the area’s leading schools for quality dance training. In 1999 BAC performed its first "Nutcracker" ballet which continues still as a bi-annual performance, giving students of all ages the opportunity to audition and perform in a professional production.
Brio's mission is to use the arts as a mechanism for learning how to collaborate and integrate people with and without disabilities. We believe that all individuals can create and there are diverse perspectives and ways to express creativity and to learn. We want to transform lives, empower individuals with disabilities, help build inclusive communities, and change negative societal stereotypes towards individuals with disabilities by providing integrated and inclusive programs.
Monitors the progress of Winchester's public, residential, commercial, and industrial sectors in achieving the goals and initiatives set forth in Winchester's Climate Action Plan (PDF), and to advise and assist the Select Board and the Town Manager in the ongoing development and implementation of the plan's recommendations.
Cool Winchester envisions our town as an energy efficient, environmentally healthy, connected and caring community. Its goal is to reduce the carbon footprint of households in Winchester.
Local Disability Commissions advise municipal governments on the disability community’s needs in their city or town. They inform local officials about accessibility concerns and best practices for inclusion of people with disabilities in municipal programs, services, and facilities.
Anyone who makes a donation to the Friends of the Winchester Public Library is considered a Friend. Activities are managed by a volunteer Board. The Friends is a distinct organization from the Library Board of Trustees, which has custody and management of the library, its property, and budget.
The Winchester Jumelage Association administers the Twin City relationship of cultural exchange and friendship established in 1990 between Winchester and St-Germain-en-Laye, France, an historic suburb of Paris.