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On behalf of the Board and the entire Friendship Home staff, Joan and I would like to wish all of you a very happy holiday season and healthy New Year.
I also want to encourage you to attend our next FAC meeting (see below) so you can voice your concerns to legislators.
We're counting on a good turnout. You can support your loved ones by talking to the people who cast significant votes that directly impact our families.
I hope to see all of you there!
With affection,
Wilma
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Save the Date!
FAC Meeting with Legislators
January 19th, 5:30 p.m.
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Newly elected Senator Patrick O'Connor, who represents Weymouth, Hingham, Hull, Cohasset, Scituate, Norwell, and Marshfield, will be here as well as Senators and Representatives from other communities in our area. It's a time when we can be Heard as well as Listen to what's happening in the disabilities arena, so please come if you can! Light refreshments will be served.
Minutes from November FAC meeting
The FAC met last month and had a very productive meeting Please click here to read the minutes.
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Staff and Member Spotlights
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Bridget Lawson
Direct support professional
Overnight respite, social recreational programs
“Bridget is so helpful in the overnight respite program. She is always willing to help out and is focused on making the guest experience the best it can be!” – Jade Purington, Overnight Respite Program director
Click
here to read more about Bridget's great work.
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Brenna Cannon
Office support professional at Friendship Home
Customer service clerk at CVS, Norwell
Brenna works one day a week at the Norwell CVS where she assists with putting back the returned items in the store as well as stocking shelves. She also recently started working here at Friendship Home two days a week. She answers the phone and assists with other office projects, including mailings. Congrats, Brenna, on earning Employee of the Month for November!
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Giving Back to the Community
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Troop-ons
Save Your Coupons
for Troops
Please collect coupons for the families of our military! The BTW members are collecting and cutting coupons, which are found in the newspaper circulars. Any coupon is valid except for those restricted to particular retail shops. Please remind your loved ones to bring them in. Thank You!.
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Blankets for Animal Shelters
BTW members have been making blankets and donating them to local animal shelters. They have also been giving back to the community in other ways including volunteering at PetSmart animal adoption center, visiting memory care residents at Sunrise in Duxbury and baking for the Norwell Council on Aging bake sale. Good job!
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Home with a Heart Sparks Love Between 2 Former Staff
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Jared Wolfe, former BTW case manager, and Kacey O'Gara, former direct support professional, became engaged recently and their extended family at Friendship Home held an engagement party for them. Both Kacey and Jared were good sports as our members asked them questions about their relationship. Congratulations!
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This delicious salad is a favorite among our staff and members, Click to enjoy.
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Social Recreational Programs
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Glow Theme Party
November's Theme Party hosted 50 participants who danced the night away. The activity room glowed in the dark!
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Glassblowing
Participants traveled to Norwood Glass Studio to make beautiful glass pieces, such as an ornament, a paperweight or a pumpkin. They worked in teams to create each piece in the hot coals. All of the pieces were amazing and unique.
Important Club Information
Please click
here
for our monthly reminders for families.
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Gifts to Give
In a first of many activities geared to giving back to the community, 14 participants and staff traveled to Acushnet to ensure that less-fortunate children receive gifts for the holidays. Our group helped by putting puzzles together to indicate missing pieces, cleaned donated toys, taped boxes and inspected board games for important game pieces. The gifts will be wrapped and delivered to the children.
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Dinner and a Show
The Hingham Community Theater cast delivered a fine performance of Peter and the Starcatcher and invited our group to take a photo after the show. We also dined at Barefoot Bob's Beach Grill prior to the show.
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Click and enjoy this Drum Circle performance with our Middle School Group! More performances to come!
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Club/Theme Party/Outings
registration will open soon
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Watch your E-mails for information.
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November was another fun month at our Home Away from Home. Our members enjoyed several adventures including a little spa time (see right).
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Beautiful Signs for our Respite Home
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Jade Purington, our overnight respite program director, is also a very talented artist who took the time to paint these beautiful signs for our Home Away from Home. We now have these creative signs to mark each unit, which we refer to as A and B, thanks to Jade's efforts.
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2 Great Friend-to-Friend Events
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- Longtime supporter King Jewelers of Cohasset held their 95th Anniversary Gala at Hatherly Country Club in November. Raffle tickets were sold at the event, raising $1,000 each for Friendship Home and South Shore Art Center. In addition, a memorial bench was presented to Friendship Home in memory of Forest King Jr., husband of June and father of Valerie and Vicki, who now own and operate King Jewelers.
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- We are grateful to the DiPesa family who held a Haunted House in Milton on October 29th and donated proceeds of $664 to Friendship Home. David DiPesa is a Friendship Home member and his sister and niece organized the event. THANK YOU!!
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SAVE THE DATE!
Preparations for our 9th Annual Circle of Friends Gala are under way, and our kick-off meeting for volunteers is this Thursday night, December 8th, at 6:00 p.m. Please join us! We will meet in our overnght respite living room.
Invitations will be mailed in January. Ticket prices are $150/each. Members are free. If you would like to purchase a ticket or donate an item, please click
here.
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Family/Staff Raffle Basket
We would like to add a Staff/Family basket to our popular raffle baskets, which bring in a significant amount of revenue. Our basket's theme is health/fitness. If you would like to donate an item, please bring it to the Business Office.
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#GivingTuesday raises $22K
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We are pleased to report that #GivingTuesday raised $22,000 for our programs and services. Thank you to all who participated. We are fortunate to have a $10K match from a generous anonymous donor.
If you would like to still donate, please click
here.
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Holiday shopping? Earn money for Friendship Home
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AmazonSmile is a simple and automatic way for you to support Friendshio Home every time you shop, at no cost to you. When you shop at smile.amazon.com, you’ll find the exact same low prices, vast selection and convenient shopping experience as Amazon.com, with the added bonus that Amazon will donate a portion of the purchase price to Friendship Home. Tens of millions of products on AmazonSmile are eligible for donations. You will see eligible products marked “Eligible for AmazonSmile donation” on their product detail pages. You use the same account on Amazon.com and AmazonSmile.
You can start by clicking here.
https://smile.amazon.com/ch/04-8295500
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Thank you!
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Holiday Hours
Friendship Home will be closed on December 26th and January 2nd in observance of Christmas and New Year's Day. The overnight respite center will also be closed both of those weekends.
Snow Policy
In the event of snow closing, all families will be notified via Email and either a text or phone call. If you want the text or phone call, you must respond to the Email that Teri Abisaad sent last week. We will also communicate with a message on our website and our phone system.
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Friendship Home | 781-659-8202 | friendshiphome.net
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