December, 2022

Zack's Place Newsletter


November in Review

On November mornings we had book group on Mondays. We started a new program Souper-Tuesdays and we make and deliver soup to friends. We had crafts with Kitty and Sarah. We went to Norman Williams Library, and we went for walks around town. On Fridays we swam at the Upper Valley Aquatic Center.

In the afternoons we had art with Finnie and clay with Fiona. We had science classes with Linda Galvao. We practiced yoga twice a week, sang with Kerry, Bob Horan and Cooie. We had fitness classes with Bari and Vince and yoga dance with Liz Barker. We had music immersion with Emerson and played pickle ball at the Woodstock Inn Athletic Center. We also played games with Carl Hurd.

We went on some really fun field trips including hiking up Mount Tom, we went to Lebanon airport and visited the The Granite Air Center, we went to the Brattleboro museum and Art Center. We went bowling at Maple Lanes and we went to see the extraordinary performance at Northern Stage, THE RAILWAY CHILDREN.


Zack's Place 2022 Turkey Trot a Giant Success!

The 2022 Zack's Place Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving Day was a success. The day started with sunshine over the Elementary school as the John and Jack Snyder Band was unloading the van, the volunteers were arriving, and the setup was all happening.

The Mascot Turkey got into place, the cones were set up and then people came in droves. The Woodstock Elementary School Gym was great for registration as people registered and filed in and out smoothly. Finally at 9:55A we lined up the walkers and runners. After Norm did his announcements, the crowd hushed as 1500 people listened to Charlie Kimbell sing the National Anthem. Then Charlie invited the crowd to join in. It was powerful and emotional to hear 1500 people singing our National Anthem on this beautiful Thanksgiving morning in unison.

Then the race began as a sea of people poured down South Street towards the Green. Our Woodstock Police Department and many volunteers directed traffic.

Within 17 minutes as quick as it started, the first runner came in, and then for the next 1/2 hour people steadily finished. Price Chopper provided us with delicious baked goods and it was accompanied by coffee which was donated.

Many families had their photos taken at our photo booth,an antique Ford Truck , which was lovingly loaned to us for the morning.


All of the details including the band, the photo booth, the registration, the Woodstock Elementary School, the T-shirts, the refreshments, the traffic control, the photos, the setup and take down were all donated and done by volunteers. We are so grateful to all!

We are also grateful to our more than 86 sponsors on the back of the t-shirt. Together with donations, runners and walkers and sponsors we raised $108,000.00. This is a milestone!


So thank you to all who contributed, and thank you to the community.

Click Here to view the race results
 Click Here for a printable December Calendar
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