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Join Raynham's own Amanda Gormley and the rest of Team Nicholas' Knights at a Fitness Demo Fundraiser, January 31,
 Bridgewater Fitness Center, 10:45a - 12:45 p.
 100% of the proceeds will be going to the Jimmy Fund and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.  



Team Nicholas' Knights has been walking for over 20 years and now has 20 members.  Throughout the year we host different group fundraising events to help us reach our goal of raising $15,000 as a team.  This year is especially important to us because one of our team members was recently diagnosed with Breast Cancer so now our Team Nicholas' Knights are crusading for Julie.
 
Please join us for our Fitness Demo Fundraiser.
$20 Tickets can be purchased at the door, in advance at Bridgewater Fitness Center, or by contacting Colleen coleenwasik@gmail.com
January 17, 2016

 

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Town Building Locations:

 

Town Hall

558 South Main St. 

 508-824-2707

Mon-Thurs 8:30a-4:30p,

Fri 8:30a-12Noon
 Tues eve  6-8PM

 

Public Library

760 South Main St.

508-823-1344

Mon-Wed 10a-8p

Thurs 10a-6p, Fri 10a-5p,

Sat 10a-2p

 

Council on Aging

2215 King Philip Street 

508-824-2740

Mon-Fri 9a-3p 

 




Congratulations!

Erica Trenton
won a $35 gift certificate to Lambert's Deli 

You should play
our Historical Tidbit Trivia Game at the bottom 
of this column; 
you could win a 1-hour Reiki Session with Jacquelyn Rose


Send in your stories & pix!        

Historical Tidbit: 
 
The first meeting house would have looked like this.
The first meetinghouse, begun two years prior to the town's incorporation in 1731, was a very simple building without blinds, a steeple or a bell.  
 
In 1773, the first meetinghouse was replaced by a simple structure, also without a steeple.  The second meeting house was built by a local carpenter, Israel Washburn. 
 
Although a schoolmaster was first paid in Raynham in 1742, no schools are known to have been built at that time.


Monday, January 18
Martin Luther King Day
All town offices, banks, schools & library are closed
Tuesday, January 19
Canasta/hand foot - 9a - COA
Chair Yoga - 10a - COA
Whist - 12:30 - COA
Intermediate line dancing - 1p - COA 
Pokeno - 1p - COA
Painting - 2p - COA
Film Club - 6:30p - Library
Board of Selectmen - 7p - Town Hall
Wednesday, January 20
Exercise - 9a - COA
Story Time - 10:30a - Library
Tai chi - 11a - COA
Cribbage - 12:30p - COA
Mah Jongg - 1p - COA
Conservation Comm - 5:30p - Town Hall
Cover Letter Workshop - 6p - Library
Zoning Board - 7p - Town Hall
Thursday, January 21
Wii bowling - 9a - COA
Canasta/hand foot - 9a - COA
Busy Babies - 10:30a - Library
Device Advice - 11a - Library
Planning Board - 6p - Town Hall
Friday, January 22
Exercise - 9a - COA
Preschool Picassos - 10:30a - Library
Quilting/Knitting - 11:30a - COA
Painting - 1p - COA
Saturday, January 23
St. Ann's - 4p - Service
Sunday, January 24
Agape Chapel - 10:30a
First Baptist Church - Worship 10:45a, Sunday school 9:30a
First Congregational Church of UCC - 9:30a   
Lutheran Church of The Way - 8a, 11a Worship, 9a coffee hour, 
9:30a Sunday school
St. Ann's - 8a, 9:30a, 11a and 5p  
 
* Information compiled in this issue from Town web sites
BRIDGEWATER FARM SUPPLY
  

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 (Rt 104) 
Bridgewater
                       (508) 697-0357 
 
Cover Letter Workshop
Wednesday, January 20, at 6pm
Raynham Public Library

Gary Gekow continues the series on job search techniques
with a workshop on the Cover Letter and Thank You Letter.  Please register for this workshop.  click here to register

iPad Workshop

Tuesday, January 26, at 6:30pm

Raynham Public Library

 

Join us for an interactive ipad workshop.  

 If you have an ipad and want to learn how to do more with it,

this workshop is for you.  Please register for this free event.

click here to register




Is your computer running sluggish?
Time to  shape it up:
 Wipe & Reload    $109



Charlie's Computers 992 Bedford St., Bridgewater
(508) 279-1080
 
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Butterflies of Borden Colony

Thursday, January 28, at 10am

Raynham Senior Center


 Join us when Joe Dwelly comes to the Senior Center on January 28 at 10 a.m. for a slide show and presentation about the butterflies of Borden Colony.
Joe has spent a great deal of time investigating, photographing and observing the butterflies living in the marshes and areas on the Borden Colony property behind the Senior Center, and he shares his discoveries with us.  This is a free program open to the public.
Light refreshments will be served.
Honey Tree Nursery School 
Taking enrollment now 
for Sept. 2016
Caring & customized developmentally appropriate preschool education
9am- noon
2-day & 4-day programs 
lunch bunch optional

36 years' experience
Honey Tree Nursery School
645 Locust Street, Raynham, MA
Dennis Carman, United Way of Greater Plymouth County President & CEO
Mass 2-1-1

 In 2006 the Council of Massachusetts United Ways created Mass 2-1-1, a statewide, free information and referral hotline available 24/7, 365 days a year for the people of our Commonwealth.

 People call the easy to remember three-digit 2-1-1 number or search the 2-1-1 database on line at www.mass211help.org when looking for resources to meet basic needs, including heating and utility assistance, shelter, emergency help, and the closest food pantry.

They also call for everyday important non-emergency needs, such as developmental screening for a child, home health care for a relative, job training or free tax filing support.

2-1-1 was launched nationally by United Way of America almost 25 years ago as a free way to connect people to essential resources. Today, 2-1-1 is available in all 50 states, plus Washington DC and Puerto Rico.  Here in Massachusetts, 2-1-1 service is available in all 14 counties, serving 100% of the state's population.

"Mass2-1-1 is an essential tool for helping our local community and families, in addition to making more efficient use of local nonprofit and public resources," said Dennis Carman, United Way of Greater Plymouth County President & CEO, one of the founders of Mass2-1-1.  Locally, "3,535 people called Mass2-1-1 in the last 12 months.  Rent and electric payment assistance, child care expense assistance applications, heating fuel payment assistance, and food pantry information were among the top needs," Carman said.

 So what happens when you call Mass2-1-1?  When you dial 2-1-1 (a free call), the call is routed to a trained information and referral specialist, who helps identify your need(s), then refers you to relevant human services, health, or education resources from a comprehensive database.

 Mass2-1-1 is also the official hotline for the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency (MEMA), during weather emergencies, homeland security issues or any other events as identified by the Governor.  In addition, Mass2-1-1 is under contract with the Executive Office of Health & Human Services (EOHHS) to serve as the official phone line for the Office of Early Education and Care (EEC for child Care), as well as the official hotline for Children Requiring Assistance (CRA) and the Runaway Assistance Program (RAP).

The toll free number is 877-211-6277 and the TTY number is
508-370-4890.  Just another good reason to support your local United Way!

Local Photographer Mary Julius welcomed the New Year on Duxbury Beach, catching these great pictures of the Snowy Owls who live there.  
  
 
 
  Looking past our initial reaction...
"Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible." ~ 

 "Teaching prejudice to a child is itself a form of bullying. You've got to be taught to hate." ~ 

"Ignorance and prejudice are the handmaidens of propaganda.  Our mission, therefore, is to confront ignorance with knowledge, bigotry with tolerance, and isolation with the outstretched hand of generosity." ~  Kofi Annan
Our everyday language and actions make a difference. Spread peace!

~ Jacquie
Local Businesses Rock.  Show them your support!

NEW LOCATION:  
* 4 dance studios, * client area,  * dressing room, 
* student study area.

We are honored to host Joffrey Ballet's Summer Intensive Auditions,
 Sun., January 17th.  All DTNE and non-DTNE dancers ages 9-25 are welcome.  Don't miss this opportunity!
Dance Theater 
of New England
25 Scotland Blvd, BWater
(508) 697-5255

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Lunch + movie
January 21 at 12 noon
Raynham Senior Center

Join us for lunch and a showing of the movie:
The Intern

$3.00 per person
 WOMEN'S
BREAKFAST
Monday, January 25,
at 9 am
Raynham Senior Center
$3.50/Raynham residents
$4.50/all others for a full breakfast
Tickets must be purchased in advance at the Senior Center.
Southeastern Massachusetts Festival Chorus
New Member Enrollment/Open Rehearsals
January 18 & 25, 2016, 7:00pm
 
The Southeastern Massachusetts Festival Chorus (SMFC) will begin its 2016 Spring Season with Open Rehearsals on January 18 & 25, 2016.  The 90-member SMFC will present its spring concert on May 14 & 15.  SMFC's 2016 program will include music from America's rich musical heritage, ranging from Spirituals, Pop, Broadway, country and more.  Also featured will be new and time-tested Patriotic selections honoring our great country, which are sure to inspire singers and 
audience alike. 
 
Enthusiastic singers are invited to Open Rehearsals, where they may learn about SMFC membership, meet other members of the group and preview our musical program. Following rehearsal, a brief audition will be held, using music drawn from rehearsal material. 
SMFC will be accepting new members in the Soprano 1, Alto 1, Tenor and Bass sections.
 
Open Rehearsals and all weekly rehearsals are held Mondays, 7:00 - 9:00pm, at the First Congregational (Stone) Church, 785 South Main Street, Raynham.  For more information, please call 
508-821-9571;

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WEEKLY TRIVIA GAME

Have fun with us
and beeee entered to win a 
1-hour Reiki Session with Jacquelyn Rose

 Historical Tidbit Question: 
What year was the first meeting house replaced?
    
Email us your answer at: 
Please include your name, 
phone number & town
with your answer.
 
By entering, you give us
permission to announce 
your name in next week's 
Buzz Around Raynham.
  
On January 20, 2016, we 
will randomly pick a winner
from the correct answers.

The Buzz was compiled

this week by Theresa McNulty, Sarah Primack, Stacy Rancourt, Jacquelyn Rose,  Jill Silvia & Betty Stirling.. 

  

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