|
|
September 10, 2023 ~
Building Community
One Positive Story at a Time.
|
|
Welcome back students!!
The school season is upon us! Many thanks to all of the WB staff who helped prepare for the school year. Go Wildcats!!
For updates throughout the school year check out the newsletters: WBPS FB
Story Credit: Siara Morel Ortiz,
BuzzAround Writing Intern, UMass Boston
|
|
|
Historical Tidbit:
Why Do We Celebrate Labor Day?
Labor Day, an annual celebration of workers and their achievements, originated during one of American labor history’s most dismal chapters.
In the late 1800s, at the height of the Industrial Revolution in the United States, the average American worked 12-hour days and seven-day weeks to earn a basic living. Despite restrictions in some states, children as young as 5 or 6 toiled in mills, factories, and mines across the country, earning a fraction of their adult counterparts’ wages.
People of all ages, particularly the very poor and recent immigrants, often faced extremely unsafe working conditions, with insufficient access to fresh air, sanitary facilities, and breaks.
As manufacturing increasingly supplanted agriculture as the wellspring of American employment, labor unions, first appearing in the late 18th century, grew more prominent and vocal. They began organizing strikes and rallies to protest poor conditions and compel employers to renegotiate hours and pay.
The idea of a “workingmen’s holiday,” celebrated on the first Monday in September, caught on in industrial centers nationwide, and many states passed legislation recognizing it. Congress would not legalize the holiday until 12 years later, when in June 1894, the American Railroad Union, led by Eugene V. Debs, called for a boycott of all Pullman railway cars, to add more power to a strike. It crippled railroad traffic nationwide. To break the Pullman strike, the federal government dispatched troops to Chicago, unleashing a wave of riots that resulted in the deaths of more than a dozen workers.
In the wake of this massive unrest and in an attempt to repair ties with American workers, Congress passed an act making Labor Day a legal holiday in the District of Columbia and the territories. On June 28, 1894, President Grover Cleveland signed it into law.
|
|
Town Hall
508-894-1200
WB Public Library
508-894-1255
Council on Aging
508-894-1262
Proof of residency is the only requirement.
1st & 3rd Wednesday each month
1:45 - 3p & 5:30 - 6p
457 rear, South Main St., Suite #1
|
Congratulations!
Robin Beals
You won
a $15 gift certificate to Pinches & Pounds
Candy Store Rt 18, Whitman!
Bee sure to play our Historical Tidbit Trivia Game at the bottom of this newsletter.
Enter for this week's prize of:
a 45 minute Reiki Treatment with
Jacquelyn Rose
|
|
Pop Up Pearler Bead Art Program
Thursday, Sept 14th
3:30-4:30p
80 Howard St
Learn how to make your own pearler bead creations! Pearler beads are plastic fusible beads that can be arranged on plastic pegboards to form patterns. They are then fused together with a clothes iron. The beads can be used to make necklaces, keychains, and much more. Supplies will be provided. Make sure to register on the West Bridgewater Public Library page if you plan on attending.
|
|
Mass Cultural Council Program and West Bridgewater Cultural Council
The Mass Cultural Council Distributes funds to local and regional cultural councils. The WB funds are used for grants to to arts, humanities, interpretive science projects for WB residents. Applicants must complete their applications online and submit them directly to the WB LCC.
Applications Open September 1st
Applications Close October 17th
|
|
West Bridgewater Emergency Fund Fundraiser
Friday, Sept. 15th
12p
95 W. Center St.
The West Bridgewater Emergency Fund is hosting a lobster roll bagged lunch fundraiser for families in unforeseen or unexpected financial crisis. The cost of the lobster roll lunch is twenty dollars and should be ordered by September 8th.
To place an order please contact Fran Deibel at 781-401-0454. Pick up is at noon at the West Bridgewater Council on Aging.
|
|
Golf Tournament
to benefit the Massasoit Community College’s United Student Fund
Mon. October 2, 11am- Shotgun Start
Thorny Lea Golf Club, Brockton
|
|
MassReconnect at Massasoit
Free associate degree or certificate for adults 25 and older who do not already have a college degree.
|
|
WB School Committee Meeting
August 21, 2023
Video Courtesy of WBCAM
|
|
WB Middle and Senior High Athletic Night
August 31, 2023
Video Courtesy of WBCAM
|
|
 |
Drivers Wanted
North River Collaborative
|
Split AM/PM and Afternoon Shifts
*Sign on Bonus
Starting Salary: Drivers: $20 plus benefits.
Monitors: $15.85 plus benefits.
Benefits: health, dental, vision, life insurance & MA State Retirement.
Paid sick/ personal time.
7D license Training Provided
Contact: Deb Thompson
781-878-6056, ext. 162
|
|
|
|
Grow Associates is a non-profit organization helping individuals with developmental and intellectual disabilities live their best lives.
|
|
|
|
Senior Health and Wellness Expo
Tuesday, Sept. 19th
10a -1p
97 West Center St.
The West Bridgewater Council on Aging is having a senior health and wellness expo. There will be door prizes, giveaways, raffles, demonstration, refreshments. All are welcome to attend! For more information call 508-894-1262.
|
|
How's Your Internet?
The Massachusetts Broadband Institute needs your input. The survey asks people about their experience using the Internet in the state. Massachusetts can provide everyone with better internet service and digital support by providing your input. To fill out the survey, visit the Massachusetts Broadband Institute website.
|
|
|
Air Duct / Vent Cleaning * Restoration & Rebuild * Water Damage & Mold
We are there when you need us!
(781) 910-5029
|
|
|
|
Rent Our
Billy Goat Outback Brush Mower!
Speedy 24" cut!
Cuts up to 3/4″ diameter max wood material, 2″ diameter grassy type.
Work smarter, not harder!
10 Bedford Park, Bridgewater
(508) 279-0950
|
|
|
|
"Slavery and Freedom in Old Bridgewater.”
Thur, Sept. 21th
7p , $5
Old Bridgewater Historical Society
162 Howard St.
Join Dr. Kerima M. Lewis for a lecture on “Slavery and Freedom in Old Bridgewater.” Dr. Lewis will talk about the institution of slavery in Old Bridgewater and Easton, and the story of an enslaved family who went on to live in Bridgewater after they were freed.
Karima M. Lewis teaches history at Massasoit Community College and Emerson College. Having worked in the fields of Social Work and Law before becoming an Historian, she holds a B.A. degree from Northwestern University, an M.S.W. degree from the Hunter College School of Social Work, a Juris Doctor degree from New York University School of Law, and a Ph.D. in History from the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Lewis wrote her dissertation on the history of slave resistance in colonial New England. As a local public historian in the field of slavery in New England. Dr. Lewis makes presentations on this topic locally, across the United States, and abroad.
The Old Bridgewater Historical Society, a private organization, started in 1894 and is dedicated to the collection, preservation, and publication of history relating to the original Bridgewater township, which includes the towns of Bridgewater, East Bridgewater, West Bridgewater, and the city of Brockton.
|
|
Barn Babies Traveling
Pet Zoo
Monday, Sept. 25th , 1p
97 W Center St,
The West Bridgewater Council on Aging is hosting a traveling pet zoo! These baby animals will surely warm your heart and put a smile on your face! Register by Friday, Sept 22nd. There will be no walk ins. For more info call: 508-894-1262
|
Middle-Senior High School School Online Registration
Required for 2023-2024 School Year
Parents are required to log into the Aspen platform and complete a "return to school registration" form for all students. On the form, parents will be able to review and upload important information. This includes family contacts and authorizations, add new contacts, sign off on annual policies, current immunizations, and more.
|
Massachusetts State Seal and Motto Survey
The survey is designed to be streamlined to major key points of the seal, such as what would be the most important thing regarding it. A major suggestion would be to write the motto in a native language, which would give representation to the native folk of Massachusetts. The Survey will last until Mid November. The Online Survey can be found here:
|
|
WEEKLY TRIVIA GAME
Have fun with us and bee entered to win:
a 45 minute Reiki Treatment with
Jacquelyn Rose
Historical Tidbit Question:
How much did the average American work in the late 1800's?
Email us your answer at:
Please include your name and phone number with your answer.
Prize Box Rules By entering, you give us permission to print your name in next week's Buzz Around. On September 13, 2023, before 2p, we will randomly pick a winner from the correct answers.
|
|
Adventure.
'Don’t be afraid to try something. It never hurts as bad as you think to fail. You seldom regret what you do. You regret what you didn’t do."
~ Hugh Downs
“The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.”
~ Eleanor Roosevelt
“The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams.” ~ Oprah Winfrey
“An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered.”
~ G.K. Chesterton
|
Enjoy the things that go "not quite right!" Those are the adventures that bring richness to life. ~ Jacquie |
The Buzz Around is brought to you this week by: Jen Bellody, Miriam Heath, Mohamed (Moe) Ibrahim, Jacquelyn Rose & Greg Venezia. |
|
|
|
Your BuzzAround supports the dignity of all human beings, is actively anti-racist, and supportive of good law enforcement policies. |
|
Copyright 2023 Buzz Around West Bridgewater. You have our permission to share and copy this issue in its entirety as much as you like. If you take it in part, please give credit. ("Buzz Around West Bridgewater 9/10/23")
Disclaimer: At the Buzz Around, we promote community and family. There are links to town committees and other non-profit groups, in the newsletters. Individual groups are responsible for how they represent themselves on their websites and in their promotional materials. BuzzAround is not responsible for the media content of other organizations.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
