Franklin Matters

Saturday, February 18, 2012

Reminder: Food Pantry Phonathon today

Friendly reminder that the 2nd Annual Phonathon will be conducted by the Franklin Food Pantry today, Saturday Feb 18.

Food Pantry volunteers will make phone calls during the hours between 10:00 AM and 6:00 PM on both Saturdays.

Thanks to Dean College for the use of their facilities for allowing this to happen.

You can make donations on line at the Food Pantry website http://franklinfoodpantry.org/
or use the button here at Franklin Matters that will link you to the same donation process.

Wadsworth Diary - Feb 18, 1858

Hazy & cold in morn, 8 above zero, very clear but windy in afternoon & cold. Father went to Milton. Staid in Store some & in house some & c. Abby Daniels is here. Dr. Taft called here. Freight train came up first time for a long time. Left 2 cars, 1 of shingles. Abbie commenced sewing straw.

In the 1850s, on a busy working farm in the southern part of Franklin, a man named George Wadsworth started writing in a journal about everyday events. When he filled that journal, he bought another, and filled that up too. Two dozen journals, and 27 years later, he had written about almost everything that can happen in a small New England town. His words were lost to history until 1986, when town resident Gail Lembo came across some of the journals at a yard sale.

From the Franklin Historical Museum website
http://www.franklinhistoricalmuseum.com/p/wadsworth-diaries_30.html

In the News - Dean football, St Mary's, food pantry

Dean College football players sign with bigger colleges

by GateHouse Media, Inc.

Franklin church to collect food during Mass

by GateHouse Media, Inc.

In the Friday print edition:

In today's print edition, find out why you should expect to get a phone call in Franklin tomorrow (hint: to help the food pantry).

Print extras in today's Milford Daily News

by Staff reports

February Vacation Week Programs

Sent to you by Steve Sherlock via Google Reader:

February Vacation Week Programs

via Franklin Public Library by Franklin Public Library on 2/17/12

Family Drum-Fun-Circle

Tuesday Feb. 21st - 11 AM

Open to all ages

No registration required

Violet the Clown

Wednesday Feb. 22nd - 1 PM

Open to all ages

No registration required

Zumba Dance

Thursday Feb. 23rd - 4 PM

Ages 8-12

No registration required

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Friday, February 17, 2012

Hunger lives near you

Will you help your neighbor? Statistics show that 1 in 9 children in MA face hunger. Take these statistics from the state level down to Franklin and they show more than 3,000 residents may be struggling with food security.

The Food Pantry respects the privacy and confidentiality of those we service. We can tell you that these people are living among us. They are our neighbors. They don’t like to talk about this challenge to put food on the table but it is real.

The Food Pantry is conducting its 2nd Annual Phonathon on Saturday Feb 18 and again on Satursday, Feb 25. You can wait for us to call between 10:00 AM and 6:00 PM or you can make a contribution on your own.

You can make a contribution securely online at FranklinFoodPantry.org/

or

You can write a check to mail it to the Food Pantry at

Franklin Food Pantry
P.O. Box 116
Franklin, MA 02038-0116

Note: email subscribers will need to click through to Franklin Matters to view the video. I am on the Board of Directors of the Franklin Food Pantry. This volunteer effort on my part is giving back to this community because it matters!

Wadsworth Diary - Feb 17, 1858

Very Pleasant & Cold & very windy 4 above zero Staid in store some. Jos went after a load of wood (with the horse) for Rev Thayer. I went to A.J. Newells with Marandas trunk & c. Went to J. Brockways after fathers boat in eve. Had a council at meeting house from 10 ½ till 4.