Blessing for the Walk will be at 9:00 AM on the Town Common, registration at 8:00 AM Participants can Collect donations and Walk with us or donate online at https://www.fopwalk.org/eventlisting/eventdetail/?eventid=2750
All money raised stays in Franklin, to assist anyone in need of help. Put your feeling of compassion into action.
St. Mary's St. Vincent de Paul Friends of the Poor Walk
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| St. Mary's St. Vincent de Paul Friends of the Poor Walk |
SVdP Annual Fundraiser
October 15, 2022
Friends of the Poor Walk
Blessing for the Walk will be at 9:00 AM on the Town Common, registration at 8:00 AM Participants can Collect donations and Walk with us or donate online at https://www.fopwalk.org/eventlisting/eventdetail/?eventid=2750
All money raised stays in Franklin, to assist anyone in need of help. Put your feeling of compassion into action.
"MA Walk, Bike & Roll to School Day is only ONE week away! Schools: “Gear” up for this event on Wednesday, May 4th (which also happens to be Star Wars Day) by registering here tinyurl.com/3m7xm75w"
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| MA Walk, Bike & Roll to School Day - May 4 |
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| Sign up for the Shamrock Walk for Refugees - March 19 |
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| Shamrock Walk for Refugees - Saturday, Mar 19, 2022 |
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| Sign up for the Shamrock Walk for Refugees - March 19 |
FM #739 = This is the Franklin Matters radio show, number 739 in the series.
This session of the radio show shares my conversation with Jerika Lowry and Adam Calvert. They came together as part of the Franklin Neighborhood Support Team to provide support for an Afghan family now living here. We recorded this via the Zoom conference bridge Feb 22, 2022.
We talk about the Shamrock Walk for Refugees scheduled for March 19, 2022 on the Franklin High School track, the organization of the Neighborhood Support Team and their fundraising effort.
The recording runs about 17 minutes, so let’s listen to my conversation with Jerika and Adam. Audio file -> https://franklin-ma-matters.captivate.fm/episode/fm-739-shamrock-walk-for-refugees-02-22-22
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Register or donate to the Shamrock Walk For Refugees -> https://walkforrefugees.org/
For more about Acentria, the New England based non-profit providing some of the infrastructure for the Neighborhood Support Teams -> https://www.ascentria.org/
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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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| Inside the Shamrock Walk for Refugees scheduled for Mar 19, 2022 (audio) |
A walk at the Franklin High School track is scheduled for Saturday morning, March 19, 2022 as a fundraiser to raise awareness and to raise funds for the Afghan family resettled to Franklin. All proceeds will support our family in Franklin.
Registration opens at 8 AM, the walk begins at 9 AM
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| Shamrock Walk for Refugees - March 19 - 9 AM |
Find the full calendar https://www.franklinmatters.org/p/blog-page.html
If you have an event to add to the calendar, you can use the form to submit it for publication: https://forms.gle/oPdi8X3ZbHHyrHzo6
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| Community Calendar |
'Walk Off The Cookies' with us on Sunday (12/26). Link in bio!
Meet at 9 AM at the Center St parking area in Bellingham. https://t.co/wGqnwp8vp6
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| "Walk off the Cookies" - Sunday, Dec 26 |
If you have an event to add to the calendar, you can use the form to submit it for publication: https://forms.gle/oPdi8X3ZbHHyrHzo6
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| Community Calendar |
Each year, the St. Vincent de Paul Society of St. Mary’s Church walks to bring awareness to the Franklin Community of the struggles some residents experience that impact their daily lives. For thirty years, SVdP has been helping people in need in regardless of race, religious beliefs or ethnic background. The SVdP members work closely with many charitable and government organizations in Franklin.
The SVdP members are all volunteers. Members assist people in a number of ways to help them retain their dignity and to help them to become self-sustaining. Some ways in which the SVdP society assists those in need include:
Last year we helped Franklin Families 345 times for $59,319.00
This year walk participants will follow a route around the town common. Participants may walk between one and three miles. One time around the common is a third of a mile. Registration opens at 8 AM. Walk begins at 9 AM.
If you would like to support our mission of helping residents of Franklin in need, you may make a financial donation in one of two ways.
If you have any questions, please call SVDP 508-918-2291. All donations stay in Franklin and all information is kept confidential.
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| Annual Friends of the Poor Walk - Sep 25 |
Each year, the St. Vincent de Paul Society of St. Mary’s Church walks to bring awareness to the Franklin Community of the struggles some residents experience that impact their daily lives. For thirty years, SVdP has been helping people in need in regardless of race, religious beliefs or ethnic background. The SVdP members work closely with many charitable and government organizations in Franklin.
The SVdP members are all volunteers. Members assist people in a number of ways to help them retain their dignity and to help them to become self-sustaining. Some ways in which the SVdP society assists those in need include:
Last year we helped Franklin Families 345 times for $59,319.00
This year walk participants will follow a route around the town common. Participants may walk between one and three miles. One time around the common is a third of a mile. Registration opens at 8 AM. The walk begins at 9 AM.
If you would like to support our mission of helping residents of Franklin in need, you may make a financial donation in one of two ways.
If you have any questions, please call SVDP 508-918-2291. All donations stay in Franklin and all information is kept confidential.
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| Annual Friends of the Poor Walk - Sep 25 |
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| Temple Etz Chaim: Virtual 3K Walk, Run or Ride FUNdraiser - March 11 - 14 |
"Life is a walking. At any time in your life you have the power to turn forward." -Good Buffalo Eagle, THE SEVEN PATHS
Anasazi Foundation is a nonprofit 501©(3) wilderness therapy program headquartered in Mesa, Arizona. Anasazi Foundation gives young people an opportunity, through a primitive living experience and a philosophy that invites healing at the hands of nature, to effect a change of heart--a change in one's whole way of walking in the world."
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| Sign up for the group walk on the SNETT - Jan 24, 2021 |
"Please make sure you take home everything you bring on the trail. That includes dog poop bags. Thank you."
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| friendly reminder |
Franklin's Weekend - Sep 25, 26, 27
Saturday Sept. 26, 2020
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| St. Vincent de Paul Announces Friends of the Poor Walk - Sept. 26 |
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