Franklin Cultural Council: Halloween House Decorating Contest

The Franklin Cultural Council (FCC) is pleased to announce its first annual Halloween House Decorating Contest.

Let your imagination and creativity come alive as you bring the spirit of Halloween to your front yard! 

Make this fall one that you and your family will never forget!  

 

Beginning October 22, Franklin homeowners can design an outdoor display to transform their front lawns to a landscape of ghouls, ghosts and goblins; fantasy-filled scenes of magic; or a monument to the macabre.  

 

Halloween House Decorating Contest

All residences in Franklin are eligible to participate. There is no fee to enter, but to be part of the contest, interested households will need to go online and complete the registration form at bit.ly/FCC-Halloween by October 16.  Late entries may not be considered.

Judging will take place after dark on Friday, October 30th by FCC members  First, second and third place winners will be announced on the Franklin Cultural Council’s Facebook page. 

Gather family or friends and use your artistic flair to create a front yard for all of Franklin to enjoy!  Additional details can be found on the FCC web page.  https://www.franklinma.gov/cultural-council

 

Franklin Cultural Council: Halloween House Decorating Contest

Franklin Downtown Partnership has been busy and shows!

Downtown decorated for Fall

"On September 16, members of the Franklin Downtown Partnership, Franklin Garden Club, resident volunteers and DPW decorated the downtown area with mums, pumpkins, and other autumnal decor from Hillside Nurseries and Franklin Agway.

“This year, we feel it’s more important than ever to roll out the red carpet to our downtown by beautifying it with autumn decorations,” said Roberta Trahan, vice president of the FDP. “We want to encourage people to shop local and support Franklin businesses.”

Long-time chair of the beautification efforts in downtown, Eileen Mason, said all the volunteers maintained appropriate social distancing and wore masks while installing the fall decorations.

“We wanted to make sure we beautified the downtown in the safest way possible,” said Mason. “Many thanks to our volunteers, Hillside Nurseries, the Department of Public Works and Franklin Agway for making this possible.”

Continue reading the Downtown Partnership post 

https://www.franklindowntownpartnership.org/2020/09/fall-into-downtown-franklin.html

 

Kindness Rocks find new life

 

"Franklin Downtown Partnership, Berry Insurance and other local volunteers are spreading kindness and positivity by breathing new life into the Kindness Rocks Garden located in the green space next to Rockland Trust in downtown Franklin. 

Originally installed in the summer of 2018, the Kindness Rocks Garden was a huge hit with people who took rocks painted with inspirational messages and pictures. Now, a new push is on to create more painted rocks to place at the Kindness Rocks Garden. 

“We’re excited to continue the new tradition of a Kindness Rocks garden in downtown Franklin. Together we can help spread more kindness one rock at a time.” said Kaitlyn Pintarich of Berry Insurance.

The project is an extension of a popular national initiative called The Kindness Rocks Project that has a mission of promoting random acts of kindness to unsuspecting recipients by painting and dropping inspirational rocks."

Continue reading the Downtown Partnership post 

https://www.franklindowntownpartnership.org/2020/09/franklin-kindness-rocks-garden-finds.html

 

Reminder: Volunteers Needed to help decorate downtown Franklin

Reminder:

The Franklin Downtown Partnership is looking for volunteers to help decorate downtown center this Wednesday at 2:00 PM.

If you are available please contact Eileen Mason at emason4234@gmail.com 

The group will be meeting at town center island.

Feel free to send this email to your contacts who you think may be interested.

Please remember to wear your mask...we will be social distancing.

Thank you everyone!

The summer flowers on the water trough (Aug 2020)

You can help to decorate Downtown for Fall 🍁

Help Make Franklin Look Great this Autumn

Attention Businesses: FDP Decorating Committee Needs Help to Make Franklin Look Great this Fall We are encouraging businesses to decorate by September 20 to help celebrate the season. Here are a few ideas and suggestions: Decorate the storefronts and windows with your brand and complement the decor with items that are reflective of the autumn season. If possible, include some decorative lighting, perhaps a string of white or clear lights.  🍁 Click Here for More Autumn Decor Ideas 🍁 https://files.constantcontact.com/ceff47be401/6ab5203d-7495-4d5c-a340-3c8e4b136661.pdf Fall Decorations - Buy Local We recommend purchasing your autumn mums and decorations locally and supporting other Franklin businesses. Franklin Agway has the following selection: 8" mums $6.99 12" Mums $24.99 5" Cabbage and peppers asters $5.99 Corn stalks $4 Straw bale $13 Hillside Nurseries and Fairmount Farm also have great selections. Keep It Local - Support Franklin Businesses before shopping anywhere else! Volunteers Needed to Help Decorate Downtown Franklin to help plant mums on Wed., Sept. 16 at 2 p.m. Contact Eileen Mason or Roberta Trahan if you can volunteer. Holiday Happenings Coming Soon Contact the FDP office if you are interested in being a sponsor. Franklin Downtown Partnership | 774-571-3109 downtown.franklin@yahoo.com | www.franklindowntownpartnership.org   ‌  ‌

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Help decorate downtown Franklin - Nov. 24

From the Milford Daily News, articles of interest for Franklin:

"Volunteers are needed to help install wreaths, bows and greenery as the Franklin Downtown Partnership and Franklin Garden Club are joining forces to decorate the downtown on Sunday.

Interested volunteers will meet Beautification Chairperson Eileen Mason at 9 a.m. Sunday at the downtown bridges. Community service hours are available for students. Groups and teams are encouraged to participate.

Help is also needed at noon Saturday at Hillside Nurseries to sort greens.

“We enjoy making the downtown Franklin festive during the holidays every year,” Mason said in a statement. “We’re a group of volunteers and we’re only able to take on these projects with a lot of help from the community. We are very appreciative of all the volunteer help and Hillside Nurseries for sourcing the greens, wreaths and decorations. Thank you to the Franklin DPW for its support as well. We hope everyone has a fun and safe holiday season!”

Continue reading the article online (subscription may be required)
https://www.milforddailynews.com/news/20191120/help-sought-to-decorate-downtown-franklin

Anyone interested in volunteering or donating to this event can email emason4234@gmail.com.
 

Help decorate downtown Franklin - Nov. 24

 

Volunteers Needed for Holiday Decorating Nov. 18

Adult volunteers are needed for holiday decorating on Sunday, Nov. 18. Volunteers are needed to help install wreaths, bows and greenery, or supervise teen volunteers.

Volunteers will meet us on Sunday at the downtown bridges at 9 a.m. Please contact Lisa if you are available to volunteer.

IMPORTANT: If you have a planter in front of your storefront, please remove flowers to make room for holiday greens this weekend.

Volunteers Needed for Holiday Decorating Nov. 18

This was shared from the Franklin Downtown Partnership page
https://www.franklindowntownpartnership.org/2018/11/volunteers-needed-for-holiday-decorating_15.html

Due to the heavy rain predicted for Sunday... holiday decorations delayed to noon

Eileen Mason posted in All about Franklin Mass .       Eileen Mason November 18 at 7:19pm   Due to the heavy rain predicted for Sunday morning, we are delaying the decorating to start at 12Noon instead of 9AM. Please pass the word around tonight!!   Like Comment             Facebook         Eileen Mason posted in All about Franklin Mass.     Eileen Mason November 18 at 7:19pm Due to the heavy rain predicted for Sunday morning, we are delaying the decorating to start at 12Noon instead of 9AM. Please pass the word around tonight!! Like Comment         View on Facebook     Edit Email Settings         Reply to this email to comment on this post.             holiday decorations delayed to noon on Sunday

Winter Decorating: Two opportunities to help downtown Franklin shine!

The Franklin Downtown Partnership is looking for volunteers for the holiday decoration activities this weekend.

Winter Decorating: Two opportunities
to help downtown Franklin shine!

1. Saturday, 11/18, we are meeting at 1 PM at Hillside Nursery to sort the bundles of greens into smaller packages.

2.  Sunday,11/19, we will be meeting at 9 AM at the parking lot next to Ferrara's Market to do the decorating.  If you want to show up earlier to help unload the trucks, starting around 8 AM that is fine with me.

Dress appropriately for the weather and bring gloves if you have them.

Thanks for volunteering!

~ Eileen

Questions? Email Eileen at emason4234@gmail.com.

Volunteers needed for Holiday Decorating Downtown Franklin - Nov 20

COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS AVAILABLE 
Sunday, Nov 20th, 2016 to decorate Downtown Franklin for the Holidays. 

• Meet at 9AM at the parking lot across from the Uptown Pub.
• Bring gloves and dress appropriately for the weather.

ADDITIONAL HOURS
HILLSIDE NURSERY, Saturday, Nov 19th, 12Noon to sort the bundles of greens. 

• 2 hours of time for a group of 6-10 volunteers needed.

Any questions, please email me at emason4234@gmail.com.

PLEASE SHARE!

Thanks in advance for spreading the word! Happy Holidays everyone!!

decorations on the bridge in November 2007

REMINDER: Decorate for Fall at Hillside Nursery

Fun One-night workshop Oct. 4

DON'T FORGET Decorating Your Home For Fall  a one-night workshopHillside Nursery  Tuesday, October 4 6:30 to 8:30 pm This is going to be fun Don't miss it! REGISTER TODAY The Center for Adult Education and Community Learning 218 Oak Street Franklin, Massachusetts 02038 (508) 613-1480

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Volunteers are welcome to join the Franklin Holiday Decorating Team

You can help decorate for the season!

Kaitlyn-Amanda Berry Ins posted in Friends In Franklin Kaitlyn-Amanda Berry Ins 1:05pm Nov 17 Volunteers are welcome to join the Franklin Downtown Partnership and the Franklin Garden Club - Massachusetts as they decorate the downtown with greenery, wreaths and bows for the holidays on Sunday, November 23. All volunteers will meet at 9 a.m. on Sunday on the center island downtown. Additional help is needed on Saturday, November 22, to sort greens at Hillside Nursery on Washington Street. Interested helpers should contact Eileen Mason, event chairperson, at emason11@verizon.net. Community service hours are available and teams are encouraged to participate. View Post on Facebook · Reply to this email to add a comment

time to change out the flowers

Note: The flower selection this year did very well. This photo was taken quite recently and the flowers are still in good form and color. Thanks to the Franklin Downtown Partnership, Franklin Garden Club and Eileen Mason!

Holiday Decorating Day - Thank you

The email text from Lisa Piana, Executive Director of the Franklin Downtown Partnership, is one I will second:

A big thank you to Eileen Mason and all the volunteers who came out to decorate downtown center.  It was a cold one! Special thanks to the FHS students and the Garden Club. 

Have a Happy Thanksgiving!

Franklin holiday decorations

the water trough is looking spiffy!

the bridge railing is nicely decked out for the holidays!

If you want to help out with the Franklin Downtown Partnership for future activities, consider joining. Membership as a citizen is only $25. For more information on the Downtown Partnership visit their website here   http://www.franklindowntownpartnership.org/

Green light for decorations

The light snow that we received on Sunday dusted the evergreens and ribbons along the railroad bridge.

Holiday Lighting 4:00 - 6:00 PM Sunday 11/25/07

The annual Holiday Lighting on the Common will take place this afternoon at 4 p.m. on the Franklin Town Common.

Presented by the Committee for Concerts on the Common, the festivities will include lighting up the Town Common holiday lights and displays, refreshments and goodies, and a visit from Santa and the elves. A special attraction this year will be having a free picture taken with Santa, ready to be taken home.

In case of inclement weather, the festivities will take place across the street in the Ben Franklin Charter School.

Donations to help defray the cost of decorating may be sent to Concerts on the Common, P.O. Box 92, Franklin, MA 02038 or call 508-528-2206 for more information.

From the Milford Daily News

Franklin: Santa's Coming

Franklin: Santa's Coming, originally uploaded by shersteve.

Sunday 11/25/07 4:00 - 6:00 PM

Franklin: Setting up

Franklin: Setting up, originally uploaded by shersteve.

The elves were busy setting up the Town Common for the tree lighting ceremony and associated festivities on Sunday, November 25th from 4:00 - 6:00 PM.

Franklin: Holiday decorations

Franklin: Holiday decorations, originally uploaded by shersteve.

There were flowers
and the season for them passed.

There were empty pots
and now they have been filled.

Franklin: Elves have been busy

Franklin: Elves have been busy, originally uploaded by shersteve.

The elves have been decorating for the holidays.