April 26, 2020
HUGE Thanks to Our First Responders!
Notes from our children & pictures of Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) for helping them get some much needed PPE. Recently the National Guard delivered the PPE. Thank you!
Re-posted from Bridgewater Fire Dept FB
Do you like to write? Do you have a good story to share?
Could you use $100?
Enter our short story contest.
Write an original non-fiction short story related to one of the BuzzAround Hives: Bridgewater, Brockton, East Bridgewater, Halifax, Raynham, West Bridgewater or Whitman. Due 5/8/20.

4 prizes of $100 each will be awarded on May 21, 2020 to the best non-fiction short stories in these categories:
Popular vote: Vote on stories from May 11 -17, 2020 The popular vote will include all short stories submitted that meet the above criteria.
Brockton:  3 Brockton librarians, Malice Veiga, Jennifer Belcher and Kevin Nascimento will judge stories submitted related to Brockton.
East Bridgewater, Halifax & Whitman: Michelle “Shel” Stephen (EB), Jean Gallant (Halifax) and Barbara Bryant (Whitman) from our public libraries will award a winner from stories submitted for Whitman, East Bridgewater and Halifax.
Bridgewater, Raynham, and West Bridgewater: Ann Gerald (Bridgewater),
Ellen Snoeyenbos (WB), Jessie McKinney (Raynham) from our public libraries will award a winner from stories submitted for Bridgewater, Raynham and West Bridgewater.
What's Your Good News?

Let us know your good news! We are accepting original non-fiction short stories related to one of the BuzzAround Hives: Bridgewater, Brockton, East Bridgewater, Halifax, Raynham, West Bridgewater or Whitman. Entry Form to Fill out is at the...

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Entries must be 1,000 words or less.

We are accepting one story per person until May 8, 2020.

4 prizes of $100 each will be announced on May 21, 2020.
What we as a nation are facing right now might seem insurmountable but our ancestors faced a very similar situation just over 100 years ago. We will get through this together and come out stronger on the other side.
THIS TOO SHALL PASS
Washington, D.C., circa 1919. Walter Reed Hospital flu ward. One of the very few images in Washington area photo archives documenting the influenza contagion of 1918-1919, which killed over 500,000 Americans and tens of millions around the globe. Most victims succumbed to bacterial pneumonia following influenza virus infection.
sue and her plant 2011
Respectfully submitted by
Sue Basille
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Academy Building Municipal Offices
 66 Central Square 
508-697-0921
Mon - Thur 8a - 4p, Fri 8a - 1p Services available through phone, email & website only
Check Town website for needed updates
 
Public Library
15 South Street
508-697-3331
Mon - Wed 9a - 8p 
Thurs 10a - 5p, Fri & Sat 10a - 2p
 
Cole-Yeaton Senior Center
10 Wally Krueger Way
508-697-0929
The Bridgewater Senior Center is closed to the public. However, the following services will continue: Meals on Wheels and medical appointment/grocery store transportation services.
 
Food Pantry
Central Square Congregational Church
71 Central Square
 508-697-6016
Thursdays - 10a - 1p
1st Monday of each month from 6 - 8 p
Congratulations!
Karen Walsh 
won a
a 45 min Reiki Treatment from Jacquelyn Rose to be used when restrictions are lifted.

You should play our
Historical Tidbit Trivia Game
at the bottom of this newsletter.

You could win
A $10 gift certificate to Mama Deb's food truck. Enjoy delicious fresh Italian food or purchase some sauce to take home. Go to mamadeb.biz for upcoming food truck events!
...more than any other, is the event that means the world to us. Having both lost family members to cancer, we have been so thankful for the opportunity to join forces with all of you and contribute over $35,000 over the past 7 years to research and treatments that will hopefully help put an end to this dreadful disease.

Unfortunately, due to the ever-evolving nature of the COVID-19 situation, the recent restrictions put in place by Governor Baker, recommendations from the CDC, and some uncertainty surrounding our venue, we are in a difficult spot. All of that being said, in the 8 years we have been in business, we have never canceled a race and we absolutely refuse to have this be the first!
Effective immediately, rather than cancel this race completely and diminish the spirit of this event that has come to mean so much to so many, we will be transferring all registrants to our Virtual 5K. As such, everyone will receive a race shirt and bib prior to “race day”. On April 26th, we encourage all participants to get outside, go for a run or walk wearing their shirts/bibs, and snap a photo. Pictures can be posted to our event page – @CrushCancer5K. There is nothing like a show of solidarity and a great cause to make this challenging time a little brighter!
All net proceeds from the Virtual 5K will still be donated to the Dana Farber Cancer Institute. So tell your friends, encourage your family members, and have anyone that was thinking of doing this event sign up to participate virtually. Let’s try to make lemonade out of lemons and have this be the biggest Crush Cancer event to date!
Together (though apart) we can still make a difference and fight to Crush Cancer!

Dan and Lauren

Earth Day is Everyday at

Steve Black
Park Steward, Ironworks Park
Teaching with i-Tree - Project Learning Tree

Free resource to learn about trees! Happy Earth Day

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School Committee Meeting
April 14, 2020
Video courtesy of BTV Access Corporation
Online Uke Jam - BSU Music Dept
Wednesday, April 29th
5:00 - 6:00p
Zoom
The uke jams have moved online! If you want to join us on Zoom email Paula Bishop at p1bishop@bridgew.edu.
Any instrument at any level is welcome!.
Online Chair Yoga and Arthritis
Classes on Zoom
Classes take place Mondays, Thursdays, and Fridays. See list of classes below.

Our amazing instructors are offering free online classes. Please feel free to join them to reduce stress, reconnect with old friends, and make new ones!

Please contact the instructor Carl with any technical questions at  yogibear56@comcast.net  or 508-287-8084.
 
A couple of thoughts:
1) Try going online to the zoom site before class just to get a feel for how things work.
2) Set up your computer with light BEHIND the computer and very little LIGHT or NO light behind you. Sit about 8 feet away from computer. You should see from your head to knees or even all the way to your feet.
3) When you speak, your picture will appear as the main picture.
4) Try to improvise a strap: a robe belt works well.
5) Standard bridge chairs work well. Tall backs will get in your way.

Join Chair Yoga Class with Carl
Every Monday, and Thursday at 1p
Notes:
Carl will logon at 12:30p

Meeting ID: 241 281 630


Join Chair Arthritis Class with Wendy Moore
Every Friday at 10a

Meeting ID: 650 190 8084
Password: 6MRfnf
 
Be well everyone.
Bridgewater Census Give Away
Are you a Bridgewater resident and want to help your local firefighters, police officers, Senior Center staff and DPW, Water and Sewer and Roadways staff respond to the needs of the community? Want to win$100?
Did you know that $1.5 trillion was distributed to state and local governments in 2018 based on census data? Bridgewater’s share depends on you filling out the form. So fill out your census questionnaire today!

* Let the town know that you have completed the 2020 Census by liking their Facebook page and sending us a short message.
* When you tell them you have completed the census, they will put your name in a drawing to win a $100 gift card and gift certificates to several Bridgewater restaurants.

Fill out the form today, and let’s all look forward to greater days ahead!
The Census counts every living person in the United States once. 2020census.gov.
2020 Census | United States Census Bureau

When you respond to the census, your answers are kept anonymous. They are used only to produce statistics. The U.S. Census Bureau is bound by law to protect your answers and keep them strictly confidential.

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What do you want your Town to be? When the COVID crisis is over, it will be time to shape our future.
Given all that has occurred in recent weeks, the Bridgewater Comprehensive Master Plan Committee (CMPC) has decided to extend the deadline for our strategies survey. We have received 100 responses so far, but our goal is to reach at least 300 (preferably many more than that)!

If you haven't already, can you help us by taking this brief survey?

The survey outlines the current plan goals the Committee has drafted and asks respondents to select the strategies they think will best help the Town meet these goals.

You can access it at surveymonkey.com/r/BridgewaterSurvey.

Thank you, and stay well!
Bridgewater Comprehensive Master Plan: Goals and...

The Bridgewater Comprehensive Master Plan Committee (CMPC) invites you to help us develop strategies for shaping the future of our town!

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Stay home and dress up your gardens!
Order your mulch online today!
We have wood pellets, feed & grain and
we're open for essential items!
Please call with your order and drive up.


 1000 Plymouth St (Rt 104) Bridgewater 
(508) 697-0357

Bridgewater Public Library Bags
Wednesdays; 10:00a
First come first serve.
Every Wednesday, weather permitting, bags will be put out front of the library for people to take to complement your home reading and audio/ visual materials. Check their social media channels to confirm before coming out to grab your book bag! facebook.com/BridgewaterPublicLibrary
 Taunton River Watershed Association (TRWA) is looking for a volunteer to help with their Calendar Photo Contest

April 22, 2020
Needed: A volunteer to take over the coordination of entries for our yearly photography contest. This is a job that can be done remotely on your own schedule, but would require some dedication as the workload is variable. Most of the work occurs in the month before and the week after the entry deadline. All told, it amounts to about forty hours of work from the beginning of July to the first week of August.
Responsibilities would include:
• Checking email correspondence for entries and inquiries
• Download all entry photographs
• Send confirmation emails
• Correspond after the judging with the entrants and send appropriate win/lose notifications
Cool benefits include corresponding with an amazing group of nature photographers and getting to view over 400 amazing photographs of the Taunton River Watershed.
If interested please fill out the Volunteer Form . They look forward to hearing from you.
GRANTS RENTAL

Grant's sends out support & care to all of our communities.
We're all in this together.

10 Bedford Park, Bridgewater
 (508) 279-0950


BLISS THROUGH YOGA
is NOW open in
Your OWN Home!
Now Live Streaming ALL Classes!

Tuesdays @ 5:30p; Thursdays @ 7p; Fridays @ 6:30p; Saturdays @ 9a

Contact Janice to register

Find YOUR bliss at Bliss Through Yoga!

Yoga for the Rest of Us!

(508) 331-3564
A note from a reader:
"I read The Buzz, I really like the local update on what’s happening and taking part in the contests. I felt the Rainbow Project was a fun idea to do with the kids.
I have my 4 year old granddaughter living with me, and she had fun painting the pot of gold (in case you were wondering what that was) at the bottom of our Rainbow. Our neighbors have 2 daughters 4 & 7 who made one for their window.
We are on Willow Ridge Dr. in Bridgewater and I have seen many people walking down our neighborhood. I know the rainbows add sunshine to their day.
Be safe and Healthy" ~ Joanne
Thank you for reading & spreading good cheer, Joanne. It makes all the difference in the world! ~ Jacquie
Check Out the Turn Your Frown
Upside Down Challenge
as it gets passed around the staff of the Bridgewater Raynham School District. Each challenge has 24 hours to post a joke video. Videos are all posted on the BR Facebook Page.
Memorial Building Documents
Presented at 04/07/2020 Town Council Meeting

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Family Engagement Needs Assessment
Massachusetts is the recipient of a Statewide Family Engagement Center grant from the U.S. Department of Education.
As a recipient of that grant and in order to learn more about the relationships that schools and families have with one another, DESE must annually conduct an assessment of families’ and educators’ needs related to family engagement. I encourage you to participate in this survey by visiting this website.
Wood Palace Kitchen Designs

Check out Tim's Fireside Chat
7 Mill St, Middleboro
(508) 947-1975
MAMA DEB'S
SWEET ITALIAN SAUCE

"Life is Sweeter with Mama Deb's
Sweet Italian Sauce"


We're booking neighborhoods for lunches & dinners! We can now do neighborhoods in Middleboro & West Bridgewater!

Click here for retail locations, mobile food 
events, and pasta making class schedules .

Check out our Facebook  www.facebook.com/mamadebsauce
BW Mask Making
The Dress-a-Girl Sewing Crew, plus many others who have stepped up from Bridgewater and surrounding communities are working together to make masks. As a team, they have sewn 1,900+ Covid masks to distribute to those who need them.

Anyone interested in making or needing masks can email me at evie.delutis@gmail.com
See video from deaconess on how to.
Evelyn Delutis
Learn how to create a mask to protect yourself from COVID-19.
Video Courtesy of Deaconess Health.
Safe Fertilizing
takes care of our water! Educate yourself before you fertilize!
WEEKLY TRIVIA GAME
Have fun with us and bee entered to win
a $10 gift certificate to Mama Deb's food truck. Enjoy delicious fresh Italian food or purchase some sauce to take home.
Go to mamadeb.biz for upcoming food truck events!


Historical Tidbit Question :
What hospital is the picture of?


Please submit your answer through our website here . It's easier for us to run more contests & distribute prizes this way.
We are looking forward to giving you more opportunities to win!


By entering, you give us permission to announce your name in next week's
Buzz Around Bridgewater.
On April 29, 2020 we will randomly pick a winner from the correct answers.
The Buzz Around is brought to you this week by   Jen Bellody, Janice O'Brien, Megan Piche, Jacquelyn Rose, Gregory Venezia
A Warning from the Vermicious Knids
SCRAM!
“But if they’re so fierce and dangerous,” Charlie said, “why didn’t they eat us up right away in the Space Hotel? Why did they waste time twisting their bodies into letters and writing SCRAM?”
“Because they’re show–offs,” Mr. Wonka replied. “They’re tremendously proud of being able to write like that.”
“But why say scram when they wanted to catch us and eat us?”
“It’s the only word they know,” Mr. Wonka said.
Since April is poetry month, here is my first and favorite poet, the very weird Roald Dahl, and the first poem I ever memorized: The Vermicious Knid. It is still recited at family gatherings, a poem to be conquered, really. From Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator : 'Hello, you great Knid! Tell us, how do you do? You're a rather strange colour today. Your bottom is purple and lavender blue. Should it really be looking that way? Are you not feeling well? Are you going to faint? Is it something we cannot discuss? It must be a very unpleasant complaint, For your backside's as big as a bus! Let me get you a doctor. I know just the man For a Knid with a nasty disease. He's a butcher by trade which is not a bad plan, And he charges quite reasonable fees. Ah, here he is now! "Doc, you really are kind To travel so far into space. There's your patient, the Knid with the purple behind! Do you think it's a desperate case?" "Great heavens above! It's no wonder he's pale!" Said the doc with a horrible grin. "There's a sort of balloon on the end of his tail! I must prick it at once with a pin!" So he got out a thing like an Indian spear, With feathers all over the top, And he lunged and he caught the Knid smack in the rear, But alas, the balloon didn't pop! Cried the Knid, "What on earth am I going to do With this painful preposterous lump? I can't remain standing the whole summer through! And I cannot sit down on my rump!"
"It's a bad case of rear-ache," the medico said, "And it's something I cannot repair. If you want to sit down, you must sit on your head, With your bottom high up in the air!"'
Have a Scrumdiddlyumptious week, folks. ~ Jacquie
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