There are several organizations that do not fit under any particular category but make major contributions to the town on a daily basis.

Billerica Colonial Minuteman (978-667-5459), formed by proclamation of the Board of Selectmen to per-petuate the memory of the original Colonial Minutemen of 1775, promotes, encourages, and maintains patriotic, historic, and educational interest at all levels of government. Their many activities include a two-day mock encampment during Yankee Doodle weekend. For more information visit www.yankeedoodle.billerica.towns.org.

Billerica Cultural Council (978-667- 1009), provides grants which support activities ranging from concerts and exhibitions, to field trips for school children, after school youth programs, town festivals, and much more.

Billerica Garden Club (978-663-3610), with representatives on committees including Adopt An island and Home for the Holidays, brings information and classes to the community at large while also helping to bring a sense of color and beauty to the Billerica environment.

Billerica Lions Club (978-667-8654), conducts various projects that benefit local individuals and organizations, including providing glasses for the needy, supporting the Library with large print books and descriptive videos, computers for the visually impaired, supporting the DARE program, conducting Health Fair and kindergarten eye screenings, and providing visual aid equipment to residents.

Billerica Lodge of Elks (978-667-9525), provides free hall rental to local non-profit group events, hosts Santa and friends visiting the Billerica neighborhoods on the annual tree lighting weekend, sponsors the annual health fair and much more.

Billerica Museum, headquartered on Boston Road in the Howe School, Billerica’s first high school, is in the process of being renovated with a mix of town funds and a huge town-wide fundraising effort. Its doors are scheduled to open to the public in time for Billerica's 350th Anniversary celebration in the year 2005, as a facility that will provide educational programs and moving exhibits related to Billerica's history.

Billerica Rotary (978-256-6989), is an organization of business and professional leaders who provide humanitarian service (e.g. supporting local food pantry), develop leadership skills (junior Rotarian of the Month), and more. It meets weekly at the Wyndham Billerica on Concord Road.

Billerica Sons of Italy (978-667-2847), preserves, nurtures and promotes Italian and Italian-American culture, supports disaster relief projects (including providing food baskets and assistance to those affected by the 9/11 tragedy), and much more.

Greater Lowell Community Foundation works with individuals, families, nonprofit organizations, and corporations to create permanent endowments to provide scholarships to high school students, competitive grants to strengthen the organizational capacity of nonprofit groups, and endowment distributions supporting charities recommended by donors.

The Billerica Plan, started in 1987 by a group of local business people in an effort to improve the image and general quality of life, is a non-profit partnership between businesses, government, and the community. Projects include educational scholarships, the protection of water and land, the creation of public areas, traffic safety and attracting new business and much more. Call 978-667-4174 or visit their website at www.billericaplan.com.

Church of Jesus Christ Later Day Saints
70 Concord Road • 978-667-7663

Community Congregation Church United Church of Christ
803 Boston Road • 978-663-3750

Congregation Shalom
Richardson Road, North Chelmsford • 978-251-8091

First Congregation Church-United Church of Christ of Billerica
18 Andover Road • 978-663-8433

First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church Study
5 Concord Road • 978-663-2293

Jehovah's Witnesses
One River Road • 978-667-8206

New England Hindu Temple
117 Waverly Street, Ashland • 508-881-5775

Lowell Hebrew Community Center
105 Princeton Blvd. Lowell

Montefiore Synagogue (Orthodox)
101 West Forest Street, Lowell • 978-458-9400

New Colony Baptist Church
30 River Street • 978-663-4773

Open Door Baptist Church
6 Lowell Street • 978-667-9329

Seventh-Day Adventist Church
30 Pond Street • 978-663-0454

St. Andrew's Catholic Church
Talbot Avenue • 978-663-3624

St. Anne's Episcopal Church
Treble Cove Road • 978-633-4073

St. Mary's Catholic Church
796 Boston Road • 978-663-2215

St. Theresa's Catholic Church
Boston Road • 978-663-8816

Temple Emanuel • Temple Beth El-Conservative
7 Haggetts Pond • 978-453-7733

Temple Emanuel (Reform)
60 Westford Street, Lowell • 978-454-1372

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