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Monday, November 8, 2021
GoFundMe: Help widowed disabled wife with bills and moving
Thursday, November 4, 2021
Franklin Food Pantry: Donation do's and don'ts
This time of year we have a lot of questions about donating food to The Pantry. We put together a quick guide to help.
Please be sure to check our current needs list to see what we need the most and donate in our newly painted (thank you Kim Bruner DiMarino) purple bin!
Thanks for your support. https://www.franklinfoodpantry.org/give-help/donate-food/current-needs-list/
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Tuesday, September 7, 2021
The Franklin Food Pantry would like you to become a GEM!
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Thursday, May 27, 2021
Franklin fire donation information
"The Franklin MA Lions Club and Franklin Elks Lodge #2136 are working with the Red Cross to help families affected by today’s fire. We have been told the best donations right now are that of gift cards to various clothing, drug stores, food and restaurants. Please reach out to Franklin Lions to make your donation.
Update: The Lions met this evening. We have had an outpouring for clothing donations. For this reason we have decided to do a fund-drive to turn clothing and cloth material such as shoes, curtains, stuffed animals, blankets, etc into cash. We hope to collect 5000lbs by July 7th. We currently will pick up but are working on drop off locations for bags.
Update: we have set up an account with Rockland Trust: Franklin Lions Disaster Fund. Donations can be made there. 100% will be used to assist families to get back on their feet. In addition at the downtown Franklin branch across from post office is a drop box for gift cards. Gift cards and checks can also be mailed to
- Franklin LionsPO Box 3,Franklin , MA.
The Red Cross is still trying to reach all 36 families. If you know of a family or are a family affected by today’s fire. Please contact the Red Cross at 1-800-564-1234.
Thursday, April 22, 2021
FM #521 - Marilyn Sutcliffe - Franklin Food Pantry donor - 04/01/21 (audio)
FM #521 = This is the Franklin Matters radio show, number 521 in the series.
This shares my wonderful conversation with Franklin resident Marilyn Sutcliffe. We learn of Marilyn’s Franklin story and discuss the reasons behind her financial contributions for the Franklin Food Pantry.
Our conversation runs about 18 minutes, so let’s listen in to my conversation with Marilyn.
Audio file = https://player.captivate.fm/episode/480cbcf5-e462-4efa-b8c8-188449507b02
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Franklin Food Pantry https://www.franklinfoodpantry.org/
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Sunday, April 18, 2021
Honey Dew Donuts selling special scholarship donuts
"For a limited time, the two Franklin Honey Dew Donuts locations are selling special scholarship donuts sporting Franklin's school colors!"Shared from the Franklin Downtown Partnership tweet:
#fdp
#honeydew
#scholarshipdonuts https://t.co/5KgZW0vfFz
(https://twitter.com/FranklinDowntwn/status/1383475360667365384?s=03)
Honey Dew Donuts selling special scholarship donuts |
Sunday, April 4, 2021
Franklin Food Pantry donation reminders
"We have been receiving an abundance of perishable foods in our donation bin. Please do not donate items like milk, salads, yogurt or items from school lunches into our donation bin. We can not give those donated items out to our neighbors and it creates extra work for our staff and volunteers.
In addition our donation bin will be LOCKED over the weekends now.
Please drop off your nonperishable, unexpired items Monday through Friday but no during our distribution hours which are Tuesday from 9 to 1 and 5:30 to 6:30 pm and Friday from 9 to 1.
Thank you for understanding."
Franklin Food Pantry donation reminders |
Wednesday, March 31, 2021
Rotary Club of Franklin MA Donates 2000 Masks to Franklin Fire Department
The Rotary Club of Franklin MA, whose motto is “Service above self”, is proud to donate 2000 masks to the Franklin Fire Department, for them to use as they see fit. “Rotary Club has been weaved into the Franklin fabric for more than 90 years, providing services like this and many others too.” said John Power, pictured here with Capt. William Blanchard of the Franklin Fire Department.
An International group, the club’s primarily focuses on finding local needs and completing service projects that serve Franklin’s elderly, underserved & High School students by providing annual Scholastic Scholarships & Youth Leadership Awards.
If you would like to find out more about Rotary Club of Franklin MA, you are invited to join them for a meeting on the first and/or third Tuesday of each month, 5:30pm – 7:30pm or visit their website: http://portal.clubrunner.ca/3689.
John Power (left) pictured here with Capt. William Blanchard (right) of the Franklin Fire Department
Monday, March 15, 2021
Mustard's Retreat - Virtual concert - benefits Franklin Food Pantry
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Saturday, March 13, 2021
Franklin Food Pantry: "If everyone gives a little - a lot of good gets done"
"Share your why with us. Learn why one donor supports The Franklin Food Pantry. #shareyourwhy"
You can read Marilyn's story here
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Sunday, February 7, 2021
Celebrate Women Composers with Flutist Amy Porter - Feb 28
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Sunday, January 10, 2021
FM #429 Town Council Meeting - P2of2 - 01/06/21 (audio)
This session shares the Franklin, MA Town Council meeting held on Wednesday, Jan 6, 2021.
The meeting was conducted in a hybrid format: members of the Town Council, selected guests, and Town Administration personnel were in the Council Chambers, the public was remote via Zoom conference bridge, all to adhere to the ‘social distancing’ requirements of this pandemic period.
I’ve split the full two hour twenty-seven minutes meeting into two logical segments:
- First - covers the opening through the Hazard Mitigation Plan presentation/discussion to the approval of it. It includes the second Legislation action item - the authorization for the Beaver St interceptor project (1 hour and 36 minutes)
- Second - covers the remainder of the Legislation for Action items through to the close of the meeting (51 mins)
Let’s listen to the Town Council meeting of Jan 6, 2021.
Agenda document (and released supporting materials in one PDF)
https://franklinma.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif591/f/agendas/01-06-2021_town_council_agenda.pdf
Hazard Mitigation presentation doc https://franklinma.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif591/f/mai/files/8a._hazard_mitigation_presentation_2020_update_presentation_handout.pdf
Hazard Mitigation Plan
https://franklinma.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif591/f/mai/files/10a._hazard_mitigation_0.pdf
My notes from the meeting
https://www.franklinmatters.org/2021/01/town-council-meeting-jan-6-2021-recap.html
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The music for the intro and exit was provided by Michael Clark and the group "East of Shirley". The piece is titled "Ernesto, manana" c. Michael Clark & Tintype Tunes, 2008 and used with their permission.
I hope you enjoy!
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Tuesday, October 6, 2020
LiveARTS: Hear Victor Rosenbaum in a Zoom Concert - OCt 18
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