Your Weekly Member-to-Member Bulletin
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brought to you by our Community Partner
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Dear Mashpee Chamber Members and Mashpee Community,
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Phase 2 of Reopening Continues
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Step Two of Phase II
of the Commonwealth’s four-phase reopening process will begin
on Monday, June 22
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As of Monday, June 22 the following will be eligible to reopen:
You can find all sector specific protocols at
www.mass.gov/reopening
. We’ll be sure to share any additional information as it becomes available.
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How to Safely Cover Your Face Outside of Home
Governor Baker has issued an
Order
effective Wednesday, May 6 requiring face masks or cloth face coverings in public places where social distancing is not possible. This applies to both indoor and outdoor spaces. Exceptions include children under the age of 2 and those unable to wear a mask or face covering due to a medical condition. Read the full DPH
Guidance
.
It is critical to emphasize that social distancing measures remain in effect and keeping 6 feet apart from others remains important to slowing the spread of the virus.
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Mashpee Town Offices Will Be Closed to the Public until at Least June 30, 2020
Please be advised that due to the COVID 19 public health emergency that Mashpee Town Offices, (non-essential Town operations), shall continue to be closed to the public and will continue to provide services remotely until at least June 30, 2020 at 8:30 am or at regular department hours.
You may contact the Town Manager's Office for assistance at (508) 539-1401.
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Notice to Short-Term Rental Property Owners/Operators
If you own property in the Town of Mashpee that you operate as a short-term rental, your compliance with the Mashpee Rental Property Bylaw and Mashpee Board of Health Short-Term Rental Regulation is mandatory. To ensure the health and safety of short-term rental occupants and neighbors, and to protect the owners of short-term rental properties, the Town has instituted a short-term rental registration and inspection program, as provided for in the Rental Property Bylaw and Short-Term Rental Regulation.
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ASGCC will be hosting a virtual OEND training for anyone in the community who may benefit from learning about overdose prevention and overdose response. We will cover about 40 minutes of information reviewing the definition of an overdose, risk factors that can put someone at higher risk of experiencing an overdose, how to respond, and how to use Narcan. The session will end with time for questions as well as information on how to access Narcan.
This virtual training will take place weekly on Tuesdays at 2pm.
Information on how to join can be found below.
Training Access Information
Join Zoom Meeting
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A reminder that the census is quick, easy, and important, and all of your answers are confidential. You can respond to the U.S. Census by going online to
my2020census.gov, by phone at (844) 330-2020, or by mailing back the paper form delivered to you."
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News and Updates from Our Members
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Good News! The Boys & Girls Club of Cape Cod is now registering children going into grades 1-9 for an eight-week socially-distanced summer day camp at the Boys & Girls Club Of Cape Cod. Children will be in groups of 9, with 2 Counselors per group and will remain 6’ apart. The groups will not mingle and masks will be required. While this is not our normal camp, staff will be keeping kids engaged and having fun while they are there. Hours are 9-5 with staggered drop off and pick up times for each group.
Please contact (508) 477-8845 or (508) 579-4700 for details.
Forms available online at www.boysgirlsclubcapecod.org
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Virtual Walk for Hope
ANNUAL EVENT – Saturday, June 27 at 2 PM
HAC Walk for Hope
The Walk Is Going Virtual
We’re excited to announce this year’s Walk for Hope is going virtual which means anyone, anywhere can participate by walking in their own neighborhoods and connecting with our caring community via social media posts.
Join us on Saturday, June 27 at 2 PM as we take steps individually to support our neighbors in need during these trying times of social distancing. One thing we can all do to maintain our mental and physical health is EXERCISE!
Last year’s Walk for Hope raised awareness and more than $14,000 for people struggling to stay housed. Help us surpass that total by participating in this year’s walk. You can make every step count for a great cause!
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RCA Electric & Generators hosted a virtual diaper drive to benefit local families on Cape Cod. RCA pledged to donate $100 for every generator sold during the month of May to A Baby Center.
A Baby Center purchases diapers through the National Diaper Bank Network at a low cost. Normally, they hold drives where donations can be dropped off in person. Due to limiting contact and a higher need for diapers than before, their efforts have moved to online.
“With the financial impacts that are emerging from COVID-19, there is a growing number of families that struggle to pay their bills and afford basic needs like diapers, it is a huge challenge,” Randy Agnew said. “They rely on local baby pantries like A Baby Center to help them meet their diaper needs. Any additional assistance we can provide to help a local family and the community is so important to us.”
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Phase 2 Step 2 starts Monday! Our facilities and personal trainers are ready for you! We have been making on going preparations to meet and exceed the standards put in place by the Governor and CDC and are ready to have you back in to train with us! We can offer one on one personal training in our pools, outside spaces and private areas of the fitness center to maintain social distancing and lead you through a great session!
Personal training time slots are available starting Monday, book your appointment with one of our trainers using the Mashpee Fitness App (for
Apple Device
or
Android
) or our
Branded Web Page
.
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The 2020 Kayak Raffle is underway!
Purchase your tickets now to win this beautiful hand crafted cedar strip kayak, made by long time Habitat volunteers Pat Taylor and Bill Witmer! The kayak is 16 feet long, 24 inches wide, weighs 45 pounds, and is valued at $5,000.
The winning name will be drawn in October and the kayak will be delivered within 150 miles of Cape Cod. Tickets are $2 for 1 or $10 for 7.
All proceeds to benefit our mission to build homes, hope, lives, and community on Cape Cod!
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WE CAN's GROW (Get Results with Others' Wisdom) program will be offered again this fall! This program for women business owners offers facilitated peer mentoring, accountability and a safe and confidential setting to work on adapting, stabilizing and/or growing your business in this new economy. The GROW program is facilitated by experienced business owners.
Register for one of these info sessions to learn more:
Tuesday, June 30th at 9:00 am
Tuesday, July 21st at 6:30 pm
The GROW program is facilitated by WE CAN volunteers Virginia Auciello Sullivan and Jean Mojo. Virginia is the President of Auciello Associates, a trainer for Non Profit Management, a Certified Professional Coach, and has devoted her career to fostering individual growth and development for her clients. Jean is an experienced leader of brands and agencies, with a background in advertising and integrated marketing. She was the President and CEO of Einson Freeman for 21 years, and has been an adjunct professor at both Boston College and Cape Cod Community College.
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Cape Cod Summertime Fun!
We're excited to announce that we'll be opening our outdoor beer garden for sit-down beer and food service today going forward Tuesday - Sunday! Over the last few months, we've been floored by the support for the community as we were able to continue to provide you folks with fresh, craft beer via our curbside service. In March we decided to close our doors for on-site service before the state's mandatory shut down because we thought it was the right thing to do. While we were shut down we are proud to say we were able to keep on paying our employees.- because we thought that was the right thing to do. Now, we've taken our time to develop a new game plan for on-site service to ensure the safety and health of our staff and employees.
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Baer's Pet Depot and Caring Heart Animal Hospital offer AutoShip discounts for Online Customers.
Questions for your veterinarian?
For medication, treatment, or health questions
Questions about our online pharmacy?
M-F 9am-9pm EST | Sat 10am-3pm EST
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Consider highlighting products or services, sales or promotions, personal bios, and more. Use images that complement your message, and link your images to supporting resources.
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Consider highlighting products or services, sales or promotions, personal bios, and more. Use images that complement your message, and link your images to supporting resources.
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Highfield Hall & Gardens to introduce Women in Theater Presented Remotely by Beth Burrier, Associate Artistic Director of The College Light Opera Company, June 30, 2020, 5:30 pm
Highfield Hall & Gardens is pleased to announce the first “On the CLOC Talk”, Women in Theater presented by CLOC’s Associate Artistic Director Beth Burrier. Women have been influential in theater behind the scenes on stage or camera, they worked as composers, costumers, directors, performers, and producers, throughout the 20th and 21st century. Beth Burrier will talk about Lady Duff Gordon (Lucille Ltd), Ethel Merman, Audra
McDonald, Susan Stroman, Lucy Simon, Janine Tesori and Diane Paulus, among others. Discover
how these women got their first breaks and admire their accomplishments throughout their
careers.
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Camp Highfield! Arts & Crafts (Ages 6-10)
Join us for the first session of arts and crafts for children ages 6-10. Each of the four days will feature art making and nature exploration with a related craft activity. Children will have opportunities to examine artifacts from Highfield's special collections for their drawing inspiration. Take part in cyanotype photography on paper or fabric using a variety of leaves and flowers from the grounds, the children can witness the developing process that happens with the sun.
Additional activities will include bead work, painting, and more. A children’s culinary expert will visit the campers two of the days, and teach them how to make healthy and delicious snacks. Weather permitting, most activities will be done outside. Enrollment is aligned with state guidelines limiting groups of no more than 10 people at any time.
Session 1: July 6-9 (4 days)
Session 2: August 5-7 (3 days)
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The Cahoon Museum
Brush Off Art Auction
is on...
online that is!
Bidding open July 1 - 24
Join us for our 30th annual Cahoon Museum Brush Off Art Auction - online! - as we continue our tradition of celebrating Cape Cod’s art and artists. This year, nearly 75 local and regional artists, offering over 100 artworks, will participate in the Museum’s most important fundraiser. Rain or shine, this new online opportunity allows anyone (anywhere!) to participate and support the Museum and its excellence in exhibitions and programs.
The auction will go live on July 1 and bidding will take place from July 1 - July 24.
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CAPE COD HYDRANGEA FESTIVAL
We are happy to announce that the Sixth Annual Cape Cod Hydrangea Fest will take place July 10 - July 19, 2020. Cape Cod residents and visitors will have opportunities to enjoy beautiful gardens and virtual learning events. Those touring gardens will be required to wear face coverings and practice safe social distancing. Final schedule of garden tours and events will be available soon.
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Resources for Mashpee Businesses
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National Unemployment Fraud Scheme
There have been an increasing number of attempts to file illegitimate unemployment claims throughout the country. BizChecks Payroll would like to share the following information from the Massachusetts Dept of Unemployment in an effort to keep you informed and your company and employees safe:
Increased Security by the Dept of Unemployment - The DUA has begun implementing additional identity verification measures that will temporarily delay the payment time frame for many unemployment claims in Massachusetts. As a result of these measures, certain unemployment claimants may be asked to provide additional identity information in order to verify the validity of their claim.
What Should Employers Do? -
- Employers should login to their accounts to review the monetary determinations they receive in their correspondence.
- Ask the employee if they filed the claim as it may be a fraudulent claim resulting from identity theft.
- If your employee confirms that the claim wasn't filed by them, you should tell them to complete the fraud reporting form at: https://www.mass.gov/forms/unemployment-fraud-reporting-form so appropriate action can be taken.
For more information, please call the MA Dept of Unemployment direct at 877-626-6800.
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Coronavirus Funding Options
Our nation's small businesses are facing an unprecedented economic disruption due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. On Friday, March 27, 2020, the President signed into law the CARES Act, which contains $376 billion in relief for American workers and small businesses.
Notice: Now Accepting New Applications for Economic Injury Disaster Loans and Advance: On June 15, SBA will begin accepting new Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) and EIDL Advance applications from all eligible small businesses and U.S. agricultural businesses. To learn more about eligibility and apply,
click here
.
EIDL applicants who have already submitted their applications will continue to be processed on a first-come, first-served basis.
To learn more about the relief options available for your business,
click here
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State Guidance and Resources for Safely Reopening
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The Mashpee Chamber Bulletin is Sponsored by
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Mashpee Chamber of Commerce | 508.477.0792 | P. O. Box 1245, Mashpee, MA 02649
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