Franklin Community Coalition Event on Wednesday, Aug 12

The next meeting of the coalition is Wednesday, August 12 at 7 p.m. at Franklin High School, featuring Dr.  View this email in your browser S.A.F.E. Coalition meeting on Wednesday On Wednesday, August 12 at 7 p.m., Dr. John F. Kelly, the director of the Addiction Recovery Management Service at Mass General Hospital, will be the featured speaker at our coalition meeting. His talk will be followed by a panel discussion and questions from the audience. In addition to Dr, Kelly, the panelists include: Jonathan Cabezas, Director of Services at Number 16 in Wakefield; Brooke, a recovering addict dedicated to helping others; Danny Lynch, CAS, BRI-1, LADC-1, a certfied interventionist and President of Lynch Wellness and Recovery Foundation; Jenn Rowe, Norfolk ADA and Director of Education & Community Programs Click here to view the flyer and Facebook page for this event. Please pass it along and let your friends and family know about this important event. We certainly hope you are able to join us for an informative and robust discussion. Thank you for your continued commitment to this effort and I look forward to seeing you on Wednesday, August 12 for our next meeting. Sept 12 Opiate Addiction Awareness Walk in Milford Join the first annual Missin' Matt Walk and walk for a couple of miles, listen, learn and be a part of the solution. This walk is in remembrance of Matthew A. Bertulli, who died on November 3rd, 2012 at the age of 27. His young life was abruptly ended by a heroin overdose. "We walk for Matt, we walk to bring education, we walk to help stop the judgment, we walk to give hope and we walk to help.  Our goal is to make a difference in our community." - Kattie Truit, Matt's mom The walk is on Saturday, September 12, 2015 at Milford Town Park. For more information and registration, click here.   Missin Matt meetings on Wednesdays in Milford Starting in September, the Missin Matt foundation will host a family support group meeting every Wednesday night in the Milford Hospital. The program will feature a 12 step Big Book workshop for those suffering from addiction. Look for further details in an upcoming coalition newsletter. Subscribe to email list Forward this email to a friend Healing Hearts meets on Thursday Healing Hearts has begun meeting on Thursday evenings on the second floor of the Franklin YMCA at 45 Forge Hill Road in Franklin at 7 p.m. The group offers support for families struggling with addiction and recovery. Its preserves anonymity and creates a safe place" for people and families in crisis. The group will also provide mobile support (in home) for parents and family members who need help but don't want a meeting. And the network will provide opportunities for people to call someone in crisis. For the group's Facebook page, click here. more information, contact Jennifer Knight by clicking here. HOPE meets on Monday Community of HOPE (Healing ourselves, preserving each other) has begun meeting on Monday evenings at the Unitarian Universalist Church at 262 Chestnut Street in Franklin at 7 p.m. The group offers support for families struggling with addiction and recovery. Its preserves anonymity and creates a safe place for people and families in crisis. HOPE's mission is a peer led support network for families dealing with addiction and recovery. It is striving to become an official Learn to Cope chapter. Until then, it will adopt the Learn to Cope meeting format and bring resources to the table for families in crisis. The group will also provide mobile support (in home) for parents and family members who need help but don't want a meeting. And the network will provide opportunities for people to call someone in crisis. The group will meet weekly. At the meeting on Monday, the discussion will begin with comments from Brooke and Ally, two recovering addicts who will share their stories in an effort to help others. Click here to join HOPE's Facebook page. For more information, contact Jim Derick by clicking here.  Copyright © 2015 Jeffrey.Roy@MAHouse.gov, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you expressed an interest in joining the fight against obioid abuse in our community. Our mailing address is: Jeffrey.Roy@MAHouse.gov State House - Room 527A Boston, MA 02133 Add us to your address book

DelCarte playground currently closed pending repairs the week of Aug 17th

One of the updates tucked into the Town Administrator's section of the Town Council meeting last week was that the manufacturer was late coming to fix the playground equipment at DelCarte. 

Jeff Nutting acknowledged that the manufacturer was supposed to be here in July and their schedule changed to due to other commitments. They are now currently scheduled to be onsite during the week of Aug 17th.

DelCarte playground currently closed pending repairs the week of Aug 17th

Other updates from the Town Council meeting on Aug 5 can be found here
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2015/08/community-takes-exceptions-to-councilor.html

Note: the next Town Council meeting is scheduled for Sep 9.

Franklin Library: Busy Wednesday - "amazing insects" and "stories of the night sky"

The Franklin Library has two events on Wednesday both sponsored by The Friends of the Franklin Library.

Note: the image shows the wrong starting time. It should say 10:30 AM.

stories of the night sky - 1:00 PM

Library sign for this week's events

The event photos were shared from the Franklin Library pages here
http://franklinpl.blogspot.com/2015/08/blog-post_7.html

and here
http://franklinpl.blogspot.com/2015/08/blog-post.html

In the News: Medway considering joining SAFE, Solar Challenge coming to an end

The Board of Health, which currently has a member belonging to SAFE Community Coalition, hopes to solicit community members to join the coalition, which seeks to solve the statewide heroin epidemic. 

At Monday’s meeting, Board of Health member Jordan Warnick said Rep. Jeff Roy, D-Franklin, asked him to be on the Support for Addicts and Families by Empowerment (SAFE) Community Coalition to “help bring Medway into it.” 

“We’re trying to forge a relationship with Franklin,” Warnick said. “Alone, we can’t do it.”

Continue reading about Eco Embrace here (subscription may be required)
http://www.milforddailynews.com/article/20150810/NEWS/150819440/1994/NEWS

Local officials are encouraging town residents to participate in the Franklin Solar Challenge before the program's Sept. 15 deadline. 

Town Councilor Brett Feldman, who coordinates the challenge, said it was based on the state Clean Energy Center's Solarize Massachusetts program, which offers increasing discounts on solar panels as more and more townspeople use them. 

"It's based off that, but we did our own to maintain flexibility," he said, noting that such flexibility allowed the town to run its program over a longer time frame. "It started a year ago, and it will end in September."

Franklin Solar Challenge

Continue reading about Eco Embrace here (subscription may be required)
http://www.milforddailynews.com/article/20150811/NEWS/150819510/1994/NEWS

Reporting by walking around: Main St construction update (photo essay)

My walk Saturday got me around to Main St to see the milled roadway and work on the sidewalks. The photos I captured are shown here

the corner of Main and Pleasant - across from St Mary's

Main St along the Town Common

Main St along the Town Common -1

Main St along the Town Common -2

High St

corner of Main and School

Main St by the Library

Franklin TV - It Takes A Village - D. Getchell

You can set your alarm to watch this or set up your VCR/DVR to record and watch this interview.

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Steve,

Hoping you might call attention on FM to a cable tv  interview with Derek Getchell from Franklin.  He is a recovering addict, eloquent, charming and humble and  is committed to sharing his story of addiction and his struggle for recovery.  He does not preach, lecture or scold..but understands the agony and has found a way that works for him and may work for others.

He especially would be most grateful if you promote his story - will be aired this coming week on cable tv:  

• Tuesday morning at 9:00 a.m
• Wednesday morning at 8:30 am
• Saturday evening at 8:30 pm

Franklin TV will broadcast this on Comcast Channel 8;  Verizon Channel 26

   Thanks Steve -

              Anne Bergen

Franklin TV

   
09:00 AM It Takes A Village: D. Getchell

“We may fail but we don’t want them to fail”

Hidden in a shopping complex in downtown Franklin is a boutique full of one-of-a-kind clothing, jewelry and gift items. But despite its small, local atmosphere, the store has roots on the other side of world in India, Indonesia and Thailand. 

Hema Chockalingam started Eco Embrace two years ago, after leaving a career in information technology. Her business works with artisans rural communities, mostly in India, to bring natural, handmade items to the United States. 

Items range from bangles made of semi-precious stones in Thailand, beaded necklaces with large pendants which is entirely handmade - even the beads. She even sells notepads made of animal poop. 

“Most of the items are one of a kind. When you come here it’s always a discovery,” said Chockalingam.

Continue reading about Eco Embrace here (subscription may be required)
http://www.milforddailynews.com/article/20150809/ENTERTAINMENTLIFE/150807412/1994/NEWS

You can find more about Eco Embrace on their Facebook page  https://www.facebook.com/ecoembrace

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