Register for the 5th Annual Franklin & Bellingham SNETT Road Race

Help support our effort to develop the Southern New England Trunkline Trail into a multi-use path for Franklin and Bellingham Registration: 8:30 – 9:45am Start Time: Walk 9:45 AM / Run 10:00 AM Start / Finish: 628 Washington St. Franklin, MA (Remington School) Run: 5 mile loop of paved roads through residential neighborhoods Walk: 1.5 mile & 3.5 mile walk through residential neighborhoods Entry Fee: $25 prior to race day $30 day of the race $15 Students Participation Medals to All Registrants Post race refreshments Prizes awarded by category Commemorative T-shirts Participation Medals & Raffle Prizes Race Timing by Spitler Race Systems or download and register by mail

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Boston Globe Subscribers: Redeem your enclosed GRANT voucher before it expires!

If you subscribe to the Boston Globe, we would ask you to consider the Franklin Food Pantry as the organization to benefit from your voucher.

GRANT: Globe Readers And Non-profits Together View web version Time's running out! Your $50 GRANT voucher expires soon. There's still time! Remember to take a minute to recognize your favorite charity through GRANT (Globe Readers And Non-profits Together). Exclusively for Globe subscribers, this incredible community initiative gives you an easy way to support the non-profit of your choice — at no cost to you or the charity you select. Here's how it works: Choose a non-profit organization in your area that you would like to recognize. Submit your selection by visiting BostonGlobe.com/GRANT and entering the following voucher number: (fill in your personal # here) Your non-profit accumulates GRANT dollars which it can later redeem for free ad space in the Globe (the more GRANT dollars earned, the larger the ad space provided). Please use on or before April 30, 2015. As a THU-SUN subscriber, you have $50 GRANT dollars to allocate to the certified 501(c)(3) of your choice. Stay up to date on subscriber contributions made to each organization by checking our 2015 Non-profit Leaderboard. For additional information on GRANT, please visit BostonGlobe.com/GRANT. Thank you for subscribing to The Boston Globe and joining us in supporting our remarkable community. Warmly, The Boston Globe To ensure you receive Globe GRANT emails, please add GRANT@globe.com to your address book. We value your privacy. . If you have any questions, please call 1-888-MY-GLOBE (1-888-694-5623). Address: The Boston Globe 135 Morrissey Boulevard Boston, MA 02125 ©Copyright 2015 Boston Globe Media Partners, LLC

Calling All Runners: WGBH 5K

There are several road races in Franklin during May. This one in April can help get the kinks out before those local May races!

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SATURDAY, APR. 11, 11AM, DCR ARTESANI PARK, BRIGHTON, MA WGBH 5K: Run for Public Media Shake off the winter blues, and sprint into spring alongside fellow WGBH supporters. We're excited to announce that WGBH's inaugural 5K road race will be held Saturday, April 11 at 11am. Our USATF-certified course travels through Artesani Park in Brighton and around the scenic Charles River. Space is limited, so reserve your bib number today. Register now, or learn more about the race. See you at the starting line!

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Greater Boston Food Bank: Meet Lyn, Client and Volunteer

The Franklin Food Pantry is proud to be a Strategic Partner of the Greater Boston Food Bank.

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Follow GBFB on    The Greater Boston Food Bank's (GBFB) Brown Bag program provides supplemental groceries to more than 8,000 seniors every month, ensuring they don't miss meals and receive the nutritious food they need to stay healthy. Lyn, from Amesbury, regularly receives groceries from one of GBFB's Brown Bag programs. She's also a proud volunteer, helping others in need. Read more about Lyn on the GBFB blog. GBFB is committed to supporting healthy lives and communities through the food we distribute and the nutrition education programs our Registered Dieticians offer. Did you know that 81% of our 51 million pound distribution meets the highest nutritional rankings? Team GBFB also follows the same healthy lifestyle. During National Nutrition Month®, we're sharing some of our nutritious recipes and tips on staying active. Follow our National Nutrition Month® posts throughout March. Mike and Peter will be racing to End Hunger Here at the 2015 Boston Marathon. This is both Mike and Peter's first marathon and they are running to raise funds for the one in nine residents of eastern Massachusetts who struggle to have enough to eat. Learn more about Mike and Peter, their motivation to run for GBFB, and how you can help them reach their goals. Get Our Annual Report At GBFB, we strive to operate as efficiently as possible. During fiscal year 2014, we achieved some major milestones and want to share them with you in our annual report. Thanks to our supporters, we're on our way to making an even greater impact in 2015. Recipe of the Month A great shipment of green beans arrived this week! Green beans are full of vitamin A and can be served as a side or within a dish. Check out some of the green bean recipes we offer to clients.

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Franklin Food Pantry is hiring (part-time positions)

The Franklin Food Pantry is hiring.  

Community Solutions Coordinator:   

Hiring part-time position, 5-10 hours per week with potential for additional hours, to help the pantry develop and implement a new model for client intake interviews and resource building.  The ideal candidate will have experience in social work, client relations, motivational interviewing and community resource networking.

Food Transport Crew:  

Hiring part-time position 12-15 hours per week to assist with driving and unloading our truck. This is a very physically demanding position that involves constant bending, lifting, carrying boxes up and down stairs, and unloading large shipments of product in all types of weather. Valid MA driver's license required. Must be reliable and available Monday through Friday mornings, 7:30am – 10:00am, with potential for additional hours as needed.

 

Franklin Food Pantry

All interested applicants please email Laura Du at laura@franklinfoodpantry.org 

Movie Night at the Museum

Film: The Miracle Worker (starring Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke) 

Date: Sunday, April 19, 2015 

Time: 6:00 PM 

Where: Franklin Historical Museum, 80 West Central Street (across from the old municipal building) 

Admission: one canned good, for the Franklin Food Pantry

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Come join us for a showing of this Oscar Award winning film!!!

Young Helen Keller, blind, deaf, and mute since infancy, is in danger of being sent to an institution. Her inability to communicate has left her frustrated and violent. In desperation, her parents seek help from the Perkins Institute, which sends them a "half-blind Yankee schoolgirl" named Annie Sullivan. – (from www.imdb.com)

(A few years after their meeting, Helen and Annie took up residence in nearby Wrentham.)

Free popcorn and bottled water will be served!

Resources available for those providing elderly care

The MA Gov blog shares lots of good info. A recent post covers caring for elders.

According to the National Alliance for Caregiving (NAC), more than 65 million Americans act as unpaid caregivers for a family member, and the average age of an adult who receives assistance is 69 years old. TheExecutive Office of Elder Affairs (ELD), primarily through the Massachusetts Family Caregiver Support Program, provides resources to enhance the quality of life for both caregivers and their elderly loved ones.

The posting goes on to provide a list of tips and resources. You can find them here  http://blog.mass.gov/blog/living-in-massachusetts/caring-for-elders-resources/

DId you know that the Franklin Senior Center offers an in-home respite program for companion caregivers? The program was introduced early in 2014 and modified in the Fall to provide better coverage.

You can find out about the program with this PDF file from the Senior Center
http://town.franklin.ma.us/Pages/FranklinMA_Senior/ccbrochure14.pdf

You can find more about the program by contacting the Senior Center directly.

Don't be overwhelmed by the support requirements. Ask for help!

Franklin Senior Center is full of resources!

March is National Nutrition Month

Did you know?

March is National Nutrition Month, dedicated to encouraging healthy food choices and exercise habits. Healthy eating is essential for a better quality of life, and following proper nutrition guidelines can help you feel more energetic, control your weight, and reduce your risk of certain diseases. 

With these five tips from the Executive Office of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Mass in Motion initiative, you can celebrate National Nutrition Month and start your journey to establishing a more positive diet.

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Continue reading to find out more about the five tips!
http://blog.mass.gov/blog/health/five-nutrition-and-healthy-eating-tips/

MassBudget: What helps low-income parents succeed in the workforce

How can the state help low-income parents succeed in the workforce? Two decades ago Massachusetts and the US adopted reforms aimed at shifting our welfare programs towards supporting work. The goal was to help more low income parents to get and keep jobs that pay enough to support a family. To accomplish this, the state would shift funding away from cash assistance and towards important work supports like child care and job training. Since parents with young children can't leave their kids home alone when they go to work, they need access to affordable early education and care for their kids. Those programs also play a very important role in preparing young children for success in school, and in life. Many low income parents also need access to job training and education programs to develop the skills they need to reach their potential. And those who can't afford a car need access to reliable public transportation to be able to get to work. While Massachusetts increased investments in some of these areas immediately after the welfare reforms of the mid-1990s, there have been deep cuts and chronic underfunding since then. Funding for child care is down 24% since 2001 and funding for the Employment Support Program, which provides job training and related supports for low income parents has been cut 78% since 2001. Our public transportation system has been chronically unable to make the investments needed to ensure reliability, as has become painfully clear in recent weeks. Declines in Support for Low Income Working Parents, provides an overview of what the state has and has not been doing to provide the support low income parents need to succeed in the workforce. Funding for the TANF Program in Massachusetts provides greater detail on the history of funding of funding for these programs. Massachusetts has taken important steps to improve the wages and working conditions of low wage workers by significantly increasing the state minimum wage and by protecting the ability of workers who are too sick to work to be able to take a sick day without being fired. Our Commonwealth could build on that progress by providing low income parents with the job training, child care, and reliable transportation they need to succeed in the workforce. The Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center (MassBudget) produces policy research, analysis, and data-driven recommendations focused on improving the lives of low- and middle-income children and adults, strengthening our state's economy, and enhancing the quality of life in Massachusetts. MASSACHUSETTS BUDGET AND POLICY CENTER 15 COURT SQUARE, SUITE 700 BOSTON, MA 02108

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