Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital Plymouth Named One of the 2017 Healthiest Employers by the Boston Business Journal

Heritage Museums & Gardens Receives Massachusetts Cultural Facilities Award: Funding to Support the Creation of a Five Senses Garden

Heritage Museums & Gardens has received a $225,000 grant for the creation of a Five Senses Garden, which will provide universal access and programs for those with a range of physical and mental disabilities. The grant, part of the Massachusetts Cultural Facilities Fund, must be matched one-to-one.

Set within a beautiful natural setting and linked to the surrounding gardens, the Garden for the Five Senses welcomes everyone regardless of their ability. Sensitive to the discrete needs of each visitor, the fully accessible design offers varying levels of sensory experience: tactile, auditory, visual, olfactory and gustatory. Through careful detailing and programming, the garden also offers a range of therapeutic attributes, enhancing range of motion, vestibular, motor planning, proprioception and cognitive skills.

Heritage's Five Senses Garden will guide visitors along a newly created trail that follows a broad loop around and behind the Old East Windmill, in areas less frequented by visitors. Along the gently meandering path, which will be wheelchair accessible and consist of mixed surfaces that provide visual and tactile cues, water features will appeal to the senses of sound and touch. Existing stone walls will be incorporated within the gardens and provide natural tactile experiences. Plants in raised beds and containers will create intimate and accessible garden spaces for visitors to gather and soak up the beauty of the areas. Majestic trees along the pathway, combined with new plantings, will capture the sound of the wind and provide auditory stimulation through the rustling of leaves.

Interactive elements within the Five Senses Garden will be designed to fully engage people of all abilities through sensory-stimulating experiences that aid in learning, motor and cognitive development, and memory-awakening.

Heritage is open daily, 10 am-5 pm, through October 9. Tickets are available online at www.heritagemuseums.org or by calling 508-888-3300. Heritage is grateful for the support of the 2017 lead sponsor, Arbella Insurance Foundation.

Cape Cod Hospital and Falmouth Hospital in Urgent Need of Blood Donations

The majority of this month's blood drives will be held in the CCHC Blood Mobile, which is located in the parking lot of sponsoring businesses and organizations. All blood collected at CCHC Blood Drives stays on Cape Cod to help our families, friends and neighbors.

All those who donate during the month of June will receive a free movie pass, with the exception of those who donate at the Paradise Pizza drive on June 2, who will receive a free small pizza; and those who donate at the June 16 Market Basket drive, who will receive a Market Basket gift card. Everyone who donates will also have the opportunity to enter a monthly drawing from Cape Cod Beach Chair Company for a beach chair.  Walk-ins are welcome at all blood drives. To make an appointment to donate blood, please visit www.capecodhealth.org/giveblood or call 508-86BLOOD.

June 2017 CCHC Blood Drives

* June 7: 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Falmouth Hospital, Burwell Conference Center, 100 Ter Heun Drive, Falmouth

* June 8: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Cape Cod Museum of Natural History, 869 Route 6A, Brewster

* June 13: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Hyannis Youth and Community Center, 141 Bassett Lane, Hyannis

* June 14: 12 noon to 6 p.m., Bass River Rod and Gun Club, Route 6A, Yarmouthport

* June 15: 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Shepley Showcase, 75 Ben Franklin Way, Hyannis

* June 16: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Market Basket, 1 Factory Outlet Way, Sagamore

* June 18: 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Hyannis Father's Day Car Show, Main Street, Hyannis

* June 19: 12 noon to 6 p.m., Christ the King Church, 3 Jobs Fishing Road, Mashpee

* June 21: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Riverview School, 551 Route 6A, Sandwich

* June 22: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Dennis Police Department, 90 Bob Crowell Road, South Dennis

* June 23: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank, 668 Main Street, Falmouth

* June 26: 12 noon to 6 p.m., Swift Memorial United Methodist Church, 10 Williston Road, Sagamore Beach

* June 27: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Barnstable Police Department, 1200 Phinneys Lane, Hyannis

* June 28: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Friends Marketplace, 57 Main Street, Orleans

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Woods Hole Jazz Summer Series at Highfield Hall: The Tim Ray Trio

June 11-15, 4pm

$30/$25 members There are people who play the piano and there are piano players... pianists. Those pianists, people like Tim Ray, simply transport your emotions for a few hours with the astonishing sounds of jazz coming from their fingers. Tim Ray's technique sparkles and his musical concepts are unique, a dazzling combination. He brings his long-time favorite colleagues John Lockwood, bass and Mark Walker on the drums, and this summer evening of jazz music is one not be missed!

Booking now for Father's Day Train.  Also, Dinner Train Departure from Buzzards Bay on Friday, June  30th.  Reserve your seats today at www.capetrain.com. 

2017 Jonathan Bourne Public Library Annual Book Sale, June 21-24

Book donations are being accepted now at the side (delivery) door during library business hours (Tues, Wed & Thurs:  9 - 8, Fri & Sat: 9 - 5:30, Sun, Mon: Closed).

Book Sale Hours:

Wednesday & Thursday, June 21-22:  9am - 7pm

Friday, June 23:  9am - 5:30pm

Saturday, June 24:  9am-3pm

2017 Annual Employee Benefit Compliance Seminar,  June 22, 8-10am

Please join Brabo Benefits at the beautiful Pilgrim Hall Museum in Plymouth for our Annual Compliance Update where you will hear local experts discuss the latest changes in health care reform and some pending legislation here in Massachusetts. In addition, Brabo Benefits will discuss the need for an updated 2017 Plan Document and POP plan, along with several other important related topics. All attendees can enjoy a quick history of the museum with Executive Director Donna Curtin and a free tour of the museum at your own leisure after the event. Our event is complimentary.

Community Health Center of Cape Cod's Summer Solstice Celebration,  June 22, 6-9pm

Join us for Small Bites and Spirits to Kickoff Summer and the Health Center's 20 Years! Lite Fare by Eat Your Heart Out Catering. Plus, local favorites from Naukabout beer, Washashore Bakery, Cape and Islands Distillery, and music from Flydown band! Cash bar and raffle baskets also available.  Location: Community Health Center of Cape Cod, Mashpee, MA.  Phone: 508-477-5990

Highfield Celebrates! A Midsummer Night's Dream, June 24, 6-9pm

Merry wanderers of the night may we all be! Start the evening sipping sweet spirits in the Fairy Garden, dine like the Gods on Midsummer feast, make a wish under the twinkling stars in the enchanted forest tent, and be amazed by the Art of Magic from award-winning illusionist, Mike Pisciotta. Live auction, games of chance, toe tapping music. Buy a chance to win a $20,000 luxury stay on at the 5-Star Casa de Campo Golf Resort on the Dominican Republic - only 50 tickets sold and winning ticket will be drawn on June 24. Proceeds from Highfield Celebrates! A Midsummer Night's Dream will benefit the new Highfield Gardens Initiative to advance sustainable development practices as we educate and inspire an appreciation and understanding of the interrelationship of people and nature. Join us for our annual fundraiser as we celebrate the Summer Solstice and launch our new Gardens Initiative. Guests will sip seasonal cocktails and enjoy a gourmet feast under a star filled tent. Dance around the bonfire as the woodland sprites help us welcome the Midsummer's Eve!

Location: Highfield Hall & Gardens Take Route 28 towards Woods Hole. Take right onto Depot Avenue which changes into Highfield Drive.   $200/$175 members.   Phone: 508 495-1878

Highfield Hall Presents:

Interwoven: Art Meets Nature
June 25, 10am-4pm

Artist Reception: This contemporary fiber exhibition is curated by Marcia Young, publisher of Fiber Art now, a fiber art periodical and community that explores the wide breath of fiber as an artistic medium. The show of virtuoso works by national artists includes nearly every form of fiber art, including weaving, felting, tapestry, needlework, basketry, handmade paper, silk painting, and book arts. Interwoven: Art Meets Nature will connect the natural world with the materials and techniques that are so familiar to all of us, in an engaging, nature-based show of contemporary fiber art and textiles. Gallery Hours: Monday-Friday: 10am-4pm; Saturday/Sunday: 10am-2pm

Storybook Fairy Houses of Highfield Hall & Gardens

June 25, 1-3pm

Artist Reception: This year Regional artists handcrafted miniature masterpieces in an indoor and outdoor exhibition on the grounds of Highfield Hall. Appropriate for all ages. $5 admission; free for members and children under 12.

Exhibition dates are June 25 - September 4.  

Summer's Upon Us Open House
June 25, 12:30-3:30pm

Artist Reception: 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Dominique Ehrmann and The Storybook Fairy Houses of Highfield Hall The event everyone is talking about! Be the first to see the fairy houses and meet all the artists who make the magic happen. Visit the goats from Goatscaping munching away on the weeds and enjoy free ice cream and a fairy house making workshop for families. Learn how tapestries and quilts are made in our education center and enjoy estate and garden walks. Performers from the College Light Opera Company will be on hand for special entertainment. The event is free and all are welcome. All day: meet the goats from Goatscaping munching away; visit the Eight Cousins book table 12:30 pm - estate tour 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm - meet the artists! Artist reception for all 3 exhibitions 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm - fairy house making workshop for families 1:30 pm - garden tour with Landscape Director Terry Soares.

Location: Highfield Hall & Gardens; Take route 28 towards Woods Hole. Take right onto Depot Avenue which changes in Highfield Drive.   Phone: 508 495-1878