Whitman-Hanson Regional High School - Class of 2020 Virtual Graduation Ceremony
Video Courtesy of WH- TV
Class of 2020 Scholarship Awards - WHRHS and W&H Dollars For Scholars

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Historical Tidbit:
Whitman Boy Reported Safe

During my clean out all these past months I found these papers in a trunk that belonged to my Dad who was in the Navy during WWII. The Brockton Enterpise is dated May 7, 1945 and The Victory Woonsocket Call is dated May 8, 1945. My dad came from Woonsocket my Mom from Whitman. The piece on the Whitman soldier found was in the same Enterprise. A long almost six years from the start in Poland on September 1, 1939.

Top image: "Whitman, May 7th- Reported missing in January, while serving as a radio operator with Gen. Patton's forces. It was learned to-day that Sgt. John J. Kirby, son of Judge and the late Mrs. James T. Kirby of Whitman, has been liberated from a German prison camp. The information came in a letter, written by Sgt. Kirby on Feb 22. Sgt. Kirby, the father of a young son, was married to the former Marie Prout of Newton in June of 1942. Mrs. Kirby and her son are living in Newton for the duration.

This is the first word received by the judge since his son was reported missing."

Photo and story credits: Elaine Bergeron
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Trash and Recycle Calendar

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Anthony's Birthday Surprise!

August 1-This morning Officer Harrington drove to Milford to present Anthony with birthday cards and Whitman PD memorabilia (hat, patches and challenge coin) for his 5th Birthday, which is today. Anthony was born with a heart defect and needed open heart surgery at 3 months old and had his airway reconstructed last May. Anthony was recently diagnosed with Autism. Anthony loves First Responders so his mom reached out to all First Responders and the members of the WPD did not hesitate to respond to the call. I am glad we could brighten his day. Happy Birthday Anthony!

Covid Testing Near Whitman

New Stop the Spread Testing Centers are open in our area. These test sites are free, open to asymptomatic persons, and according to DPH you do not have to be a member of the community to get tested there.
More information can be found at www.mass.gov/stop-the-spread.
For Brockton: Testing is available Monday and Thursday from 12-7p and Wednesday from 9a-4p. Call 844-483-7819 to schedule an appointment.
For Taunton: Testing is available Wednesday 4-6p, Thursday 4-7p, and Friday 9-11a. Call 774-406-5400 to schedule an appointment.
For Randolph: The schedule and booking are both available online at physicianoneurgentcare.com/randolph+testing.

Credit: Justin Evans, Whitman Selectman
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Stepping up Brockton Book Drive. 

Thursday nights in September we will have pick up spots in local towns, including Whitman, making it easy for local folks to drop of their slightly used books ~ time to start cleaning out your shelves ~ or make a donation please!

Composting Bins

Are You looking to Recycle your Lawn and Garden Waste and turn it into Compost for your plants ? The Town has Composting bins available free of charge, just give the DPW a call at 781-447-7630 to arrange for a pickup.
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FULLER CRAFT MUSEUM PRESENTS
Shelter, Place, Social, Distance
Contemporary Dialogues from the Permanent Collection
 
Exhibit Showing Now Through November 22, 2020 
Thurs, Fridays, & Saturdays 10:00a – 5:00p for the month of August
 
High Resolution Images are available via Dropbox here tinyurl.com/yd4kdta7.
 
“The long path from material through purpose to creative work has only a single goal: To create order out of the godforsaken confusion of our time.” —Mies van der Rohe, Not at Home, 1938
 
Since the initial outbreak in Wuhan, China, the COVID-19 pandemic has caused unprecedented disruption around the world, from economic uncertainty to national public health emergencies to mandated quarantines. As the global community struggled to make sense of it all, an explosion of new words and phrases emerged. This pervasive terminology—shelter in place, social distancing, flatten the curve, PPE, and more—offered a practical shorthand with which to frame the rapidly changing world and united us through shared cultural touch points.
 
While many terms are inextricably associated with the pandemic, certain words, when decontextualized, represent recurring themes in contemporary craft. In this regard, Shelter, Place, Social, Distance: Contemporary Dialogues from the Permanent Collection adopts the COVID-19 lexicon as a conceptual springboard for exploring how the universal subjects of home, place, community, and distance are represented in Fuller Craft Museum’s permanent collection. 
 
Fuller Craft Museum is honored to present these extraordinary objects as we welcome visitors back to our galleries following the COVID-19-related museum shutdown. Like all great works of art, the forms invigorate our understanding of the times in which we live.
Whitman Comes Together to Vote

July 27th, 421 Whitman residents gathered at the High School wearing masks six feet apart in 100 degree heat. They voted an amendment to the regional school agreement and the school budget, and placed the community preservation act on the November Ballot. Thank you all!‬

Story and photo credit: Justin Evans
Whitman Annual Town Meeting

The July 27th, 2020 Whitman Town Meeting. Streamed live from Whitman-Hanson High School.
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The Buzz Around is brought to you this week by: Jen Bellody, Janice O'Brien, Sasha Rockwell, Jacquelyn Rose, Kayla Rose
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On being a social entrepreneur...
As the COVID crisis affects our collective financial stability. Folks are turning to the entrepreneurial life, and so here are my thoughts on being a social entrepreneur:
*I enjoy every piece of my job. Every day, everything I do. I get to spend each day writing & talking about the positive things all of you are doing. Your good stories never end!
*I formulate my life according to my own value system. What products I use, who I contract with, what impact I have on the environment & society. 
*I decide when to work and when not to. 
And here are quotes from other voices: 
"To any entrepreneur: if you want to do it, do it now. If you don’t, you’re going to regret it.” ~ Catherine Cook
 "It’s not about ideas. It’s about making ideas happen.” ~Scott Belsky
“Try not to become a man of success. Rather become a man of value.” ~ Albert Einstein
“Be so good they can’t ignore you.” ~Steve Martin
“Don’t put a ceiling on yourself.” ~Oprah Winfrey
One last reason I enjoy being an entrepreneur: I am responsible for my own success and failure. *
*This is because I am able to work within society's frame for a white middle-class educated female. Financial problem solving has been done with MUCH MUCH MUCH help from my community’s tightly woven safety net. During the BuzzAround’s formative years, my family and I accessed the food pantry; informal and formal groups to provide funds for after-school programs, Christmas gifts, Thanksgiving & Easter meals and school supplies. There were also state programs to assist with childcare costs and healthcare. Now we are well on our way to providing for ourselves. The gratitude I feel is overwhelming.
 I also recognize there are many, many Americans that have similar challenges and do not have access to such a tightly woven net because of their skin color. That's not the America I believe in. We need to be able, as a country, to extend our hand and weave our net. 
It is with that love for a just society and for each other that your BuzzAround will keep sharing our good news. News of love. That is how the BuzzAround fulfills our mission as a social entrepreneurship. 

Thank you, dear reader, for all you do in the work of community building. Together, we weave. ~ Jacquie