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| Dacey Field dog park |
"Hello dog lovers. Save this date.
Furry Friends of the Franklin Dog Park Volunteer Committee needs your help on Saturday May 14th at 9:30 am to spread 30 yards of fresh wood chips.
We need shovels, rakes, and wheelbarrows. Refreshments will be there for those who help and Gino’s famous peanut butter, blueberry dog biscuits for our furry friends.
Thanks. "
Shared from Facebook -> https://www.facebook.com/groups/1551606135109407/permalink/3157913507811987/
"FHS Families the All Night Party (ANP) Committee needs your help for this event the senior class attends on graduation night - If you are able to, please utilize this form to sign up.
It is truly a fun event, that your freshman, sophomore or junior will be attend in a few years"
"ANP is in need of volunteers specifically for the following time slots:
12:30 am - 2:30 am (games, running casino tables, entertainment, snacks, general supervision)
2:30 am - 5:00 am (DJ/club portion, general supervision, and student dismissal)
So please grab a friend or two and sign up to volunteer! You can request to be paired up with your friend to volunteer together. It is truly a great event and once you get involved, you will understand why we are working so hard to bring this tradition back!
For more information, visit our website, www.fhsallnightparty.com.
Questions? Email anpfranklin@gmail.com. Join our Facebook group here!
Use the form here to sign up and volunteer -> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1erCOO56praeEuXSi8rtdet5umqloLQ2A84kGHbj_2wQ/edit
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The Franklin Food Pantry is pleased to celebrate its 2019 and 2020 Point of Light volunteer award winners. This distinction is led by the AmeriCorps in partnership with Points of Light.
Points of Light is the world's largest organization dedicated to volunteer service. Volunteers were honored at a small outdoor ceremony during Volunteer Appreciation month. Point of Light volunteer awards recognize adult volunteers with at least 100 hours of service in the Bronze level and 250 hours of service in the Silver level. Due to the Covid-19 virus, The Pantry was unable to hold the ceremony in 2020 so is honoring both 2019 and 2020 this year.
"Our volunteers are critical to tackling food insecurity in the community. Some of their work is easy to describe weighing, carrying, packing, distributing, typing, calling, mailing, loading, unloading, delivering and more. But the real gold is in how each volunteer treat each of our neighbors with dignity, kindness, and compassion," said Tina Powderly. "It can be incredibly stressful for those who find themselves seeking the services we provide, and the words and action of our volunteers show them that they are respected, give them hope, and empower them to tackle the challenges so many of our clients face. That is priceless and while it doesn't ever go unnoticed, we formally show our gratitude to our volunteers during Volunteer Appreciation Week."
Congratulations to the 2019 and 2020 award winners:
Silver
Bronze
The Franklin Food Pantry offers a variety of volunteer jobs both within The Pantry and serving on committees that further the mission of the Pantry. Due to Covid-19 restrictions, The Pantry is currently not accepting new applications for volunteers. Please watch the website for new opportunities.
About the Franklin Food PantryThe Franklin Food Pantry offers supplemental food assistance and household necessities to over 1,400 individuals. Neighbors have access to a variety of fresh, frozen and nonperishable foods on weekly shopping trips for drive-up distribution. As a nonprofit organization, the Pantry depends entirely on donations, and receives no town or state funding. Visit www.franklingfoodpantry.org for more information.
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| 2019 and 2020 Points of Light Award Winners gather at the site of the Franklin Food Pantry's Future home, 138 East Central Street |
Spring is in the air at the Franklin Downtown Partnership! The FDP and Franklin Garden Club is seeking volunteers for its spring beautification project.
The volunteers will plant fresh flowers throughout the downtown area on Saturday, May 22.
Sponsorship opportunities are also available for beautification.
Please email Eileen Mason at emason4234@gmail.com if you are available to volunteer or Lisa Piana at downtown.franklin@yahoo.com to sponsor beautification.
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| Volunteers needed for spring beautification project |
Hello dog lovers,
The furry Friends of the Franklin Dog Park volunteer Committee are in need of volunteers to help spread wood chips at Franklin Dog Park on Saturday, October 3 at 8 AM, rain date is Sunday, October 4 at 8 AM.
Also students who need credits for community service, please bring your forms. We need wheelbarrows, rakes and shovels. We will have refreshments.
Franklin Dog Park: Volunteers needed Oct 3
FM #332 = This is the Franklin Matters radio show, number 332 in the series.
This session shares my conversation with Jen Kuse, volunteer coordinator of the Franklin Food Pantry beds at the Community Garden. We are also joined by Lynn Calling, Executive Director of the Franklin Food Pantry. Our conversation was conducted at the Community Garden, outdoor, and adhering to the ‘social distancing’ requirements of this pandemic period.
In this conversation, we learn about Jen’s green thumb (sometimes brown and dirty) as she coordinates the efforts of several local churches and many volunteers to provide fresh produce to the Food Pantry’s clients. The Tuesday of the week we recorded this, they delivered 50 pounds of produce, with likely another 50 pounds scheduled for Friday for the Food Pantry.
This is a great story to share. You can help in any number of ways. Contact Jen to volunteer with the regular maintenance, or a maintenance day, or financially.
As we listened to the recording, we found a few minor corrections. Jen never actually answers Lynn’s question on how many garden beds the volunteers are gardening and harvesting from; it currently is 12. The listing of the organizations who have helped is in the show notes below. Jen also mentions Deb's name (volunteer from The BFCCS), and says her correct name (Deb Schwab) the first time, and then refers to her as Deb Benjamin the second time. Oops, we got you covered Jen (and Deb!)
The recording runs just about 18 minutes, so let’s listen to my conversation with Jen and Lynn. Audio file = https://franklin-ma-matters.captivate.fm/episode/fm-332-franklin-food-pantry-community-garden-8-13-20
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The Benjamin Franklin Classical Charter Public School
Franklin Federated Church
St. John's Episcopal Church
Franklin United Methodist Church
New England Chapel
Jen also considers the Town of Franklin Recreations Dept and the Franklin Agway (https://www.franklinagway.com/) as partners in support and supplies.
Jen Kuse communitygardens@franklinfoodpantry.org
Lynn Calling, Executive Director, Franklin Food Pantry lcalling@franklinfoodpantry.org
Franklin Food Pantry = https://www.franklinfoodpantry.org/
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We are now producing this in collaboration with Franklin.TV and Franklin Public Radio (wfpr.fm) or 102.9 on the Franklin area radio dial.
This podcast is my public service effort for Franklin but we can't do it alone. We can always use your help.
How can you help?
If you can use the information that you find here, please tell your friends and neighbors
If you don't like something here, please let me know
Through this feedback loop we can continue to make improvements. I thank you for listening.
For additional information, please visit Franklinmatters.org/
If you have questions or comments you can reach me directly at shersteve @ gmail dot com
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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