June 7, 2020
~ Building Community One Positive Story at a Time
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Girl Scout Troop Plants Flowers For Halifax Council On Aging
The girls from Girl Scout Troop 67018 completed their second year of planting flowers and mulching at the Halifax Council on Aging safely on May 28th. The girls worked hard together to give back to the community and the elders. They want to thank the Halifax community for your support, generosity and kindness.
The girl scout troop also thanks the Halifax Market & Deli for allowing them to host cookie booths,
Kristen Barrows
from Mutual/NESB for having them to sell, and their customers for supporting them.
Shout out to my troops parents. They are rock stars! Shout out to COA for continuing to have us. Shout out guys behind the scenes leaving hoses out for us and turning the water on. Thank you all.
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OTTO'S POND
This small body of water sits across from the Halifax Fire Station on Plymouth Street. You may drive by it today and not even know it. When work was done on the street to make improvements, the pond became a safety factor. The state had a barrier fence installed, thus blocking our view of it.
Back in 1934 it was a rambling brook without a name. When federal aid money was available, it was thought it would be a good site for a water hole where plenty of water might be procured in the time of fires.
A sum of $2,000 was received from government funds and 20 of the town's unemployed men were put to work enlarging and deepening the brook so that it covered over a quarter acre; the average depth was about five feet. The surrounding area was cleaned up and the pond stocked with fish. People would stop there and have picnics in the shade.
This was during the Depression and many young men joined the "Civilian Conservation Corps." This organization helped pull the United States out of the Depression and gave Halifax a water hole for the town center.
The site was named after Carl and Bertha Otto, who were two of the owners of the property. Mr. Otto was a professional musician who took part in numerous town affairs. His wife Bertha taught piano lessons.
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Story & photo credit Sue Basile.
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Town Hall
781-294-1316
Office personnel available through phone
and email only.
For needed updates, check the town website.
Holmes Public Library
781-293-2271
Office personnel available through phone
and email only.
Council on Aging
506 Plymouth Street
781-293-7313
Office personnel available through phone
and email only. All in person activities and
events are suspended.
Food Pantries
Halifax Congregational Church
503 Plymouth St. (Rt 106)
781-293-6393
Tuesdays -2:30 - 4p
St Vincent De Paul
Our Lady of the Lake Church
580 Monponsett St, Halifax
(781) 293- 7971
2nd & 4th Saturday 9a
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Congratulations!
John Holmes
won 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.
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Since its inception, your BuzzAround has built bridges across divides: our focus on the goodness of all humanity. We bridge generational, religious and social divides. Diversity and inclusion within each community are the building blocks of our message as we share stories and events that show, time and again, that empathy and compassion are core to the human experience. In sharing these stories, we can truly see our neighbors, appreciate our similarities and understand where and why we differ.
Thankfully, our U.S. Constitution allows for freedoms so that we can express ourselves and make the changes necessary to build a fair and just society. We believe our way of life is dependent on all people being served equal justice. It has been proven clear that our criminal justice system is not color blind. There is systemic racism built into the fabric of our institutions at every level, disadvantaging and discriminating against people of color in ways that go beyond individual intent to discriminate, and so we need to educate ourselves and change our systems.
What we are seeing is the public expression of pain and outrage. It is good that Black people know that they are worthy. It is good that we live in a society that allows for freedom of speech and assembly. It is good that people of all colors educate themselves, stand together and have empathy.
The majority desire to protest peacefully to draw attention, educate, motivate change, stand together and act from a place of power and love. Also, saying Black lives matter is not in opposition to the importance of lives of our law enforcement personnel. BuzzAround promotes & supports goodness in all humanity. While the narrative of violence and destruction is dominating media coverage, in your BuzzAround, you will continue to see good news, including the efforts communities are making toward positive change and the stories of people of all colors, ages, interests and religions doing good.
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Monponsett Pond Now Open
Good news on the Cyanobacteria front! Zero of the blue green algae that plagued us a couple weeks ago! We have now met DPH’s requirement for recreational waters of two “ clean” samples in a row after an algae bloom.
The West Monponsett Pond is open. (Please give staff enough time to remove the orange cones at the State boat ramp.)
The East Monponsett Pond remains open.
Enjoy!
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Celebrating Silver Lake Regional High School Senior's Graduating
Class of 2020
Silver Lake Regional High School Senior class of 2020 officially graduates on May 30th, but there are many surprises in store for them, including a warm send off from the students Elementary teachers of KES, KIS, Halifax Elementary, and Dennett Elementary.
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Kids' Kurbside Summer Reading Program
A new program has launched at Holmes Public Library to promote summer reading for kids. Miss Holly will be selecting books based on your kids interests. They can choose from a selection of Fantasy, Graphic Novels, Animals, and more.
Ages range from 3-young adult.
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Caeli's Confections Gives Away 300 cookies to the Silver Lake Regional School District Food Services
Caeli's Confections was established in 2016, and was originally made to help pay for school for Caeli. Her inspiration to create her business was influenced by the culinary arts program at Silver Lake Regional High School. She was accepted into Johnson and Wales University for an early enrollment program, and had to juggle finishing her senior year along with freshman college classes. She needed to pay for her classes, and decided to use her love for baking to raise funds.
On June 2nd, Caeli's Confections officially gave away 300 cookies to the Silver Lake Regional School District Food Services. They gave away popular cookies on their menu, including French toast, Funfetti, and Chocolate chip.
You can find all of these cookies and much more on their order form by just going to
www.caelisconfections.com. You can also visit the Facebook Page
Caeli's Confections for more information. If you'd like to help donate to support their business, you can visit their
GoFundMe page.
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We have mulch, stone, loam, feed & grain and we're open for many other essential items for your home and garden!
Please call with your order and drive up.
1000 Plymouth St (Rt 104) Bridgewater
(508) 697-0357
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Town of Halifax Announcements
*Mosquito Spraying Begins on June 1st.
The Plymouth County Mosquito Control District will begin spraying for adult mosquitoes on Monday, June 1 including various streets in Halifax. The list of streets will be updated daily on the
District's web site. See the site for information as to how to have your street sprayed.
*Free Curbside Textile Recycling Service Coming to Halifax begins July 29th.
Residents will be able to recycle unwanted textiles and small household items simply by bagging them and leaving them at the curb on their regular recycling collection day. Halifax is providing the new service in partnership with Simple Recycling. The service is free.
Solon, Ohio-based Simple Recycling (
www.simplerecycling.com) aims to change all that. The company provides free curbside collection and recycling of unwanted textiles and housewares to communities across the United States. Currently, Simple Recycling serves nearly two million households across eight states, and will soon be serving residents in Halifax.
Simple Recycling will send informational mailers to homes that receive recycling collection, the mailers will contain free Simple Recycling bags.
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If Staying Home Doesn't Sound Good to you...
Family and Community Resources, Inc. is here to help
. If you, or someone you love, are worried about continuing to be quarantined in a home where you do not feel safe, call our 24 Hour Hotline 508-583-6498. Multi-lingual advocates provide the following free, confidential services to survivors and their children including: a 24-Hour Crisis Line, Safety Planning and Crisis Intervention, Transitional Housing Support, Individual & Group Support, Mental Health Counseling and Support for Children Exposed to Domestic Violence. To learn more, call us at 508-583-6498 or go online to
fcr-ma.org
for more information about our programs and services.
You can also call the National Domestic Abuse Hotline: 1-800-799-SAFE (7233)
thehotline.org
, and SafeLink 24/7 Crisis Hotline: (877) 785-2020 or (877) 521-2601 (TTY).
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BEAUTY COUNTER
CHRISTINE HARKINS
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What you put on your skin matters!!!
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Grant's sends out support & care to all of our communities.
We're all in this together.
10 Bedford Park, Bridgewater
(508) 279-0950
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Silver Lake Regional High School Drive By Graduation Parade
Jazlin and Johnathan, recent graduates of Silver Lake Regional High School, received a big surprise graduation drive by from the Halifa
x community. Jazlin will be joining the post graduate Pathways program this year.
The Pathways Program is run by Laura Courage for Silver Lake Regional High School graduates. Pathways
is an 18 to 22 program that prepares students with disabilities that need support transitioning from high school to becoming young adults. It prepares them for job internships, future jobs, personal care, cooking, socialization, riding public transportation, and shopping/money management.
Thank you to the Halifax Police officers Boncariewski and Deroo; Jonathan Seeling and all of the Wonderful People, SL teachers, students, parents, Best Buddies, all of the cool cars, motorcycles and awesome trucks for making
Tracy Smith
's big Surprise Graduation drive by for Jazlin and Jonathan who will be joining Pathways Program with their friends this coming year.
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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.
Historical Tidbit Question:
What street is Otto's pond located?
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Email us your answer at:
Please include your name, phone number with your answer.
By entering, you give us permission to print your name in next week's Buzz Around.
On June 10, 2020 we will randomly pick a winner from the correct answers.
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Empathy. The Greatest Gift We Can Give One Another.
“Empathy is simply listening, holding space, withholding judgment, emotionally connecting, and communicating that incredibly healing message of you’re not alone.” ~ Brene Brown
“The highest form of knowledge is empathy.” ~ Bill Bullard
“Compassion, empathy, and love are the real pillars we need to build within ourselves to become human.” ~ Loknath
“Empathy requires knowing that you know nothing.” ~ Leslie Jamison
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That last one is the hardest for me, since I am such a smarty pants. To truly empathize is to acknowledge that I have much to learn.
Empathy opened up a whole new beautiful world of genuine relationships.
As we walk through this wilderness together, let's learn from each other. Have a great week. ~ Jacquie
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The Buzz Around is brought to you this week by: Jen Bellody, Theresa McNulty, Janice O'Brien, Stacy Rancourt, Sasha Rockwell, Jacquelyn Rose & Gregory Venezia
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