Information can also be posted on the Cavendish VT Facebook Page.
The 4/19/13
Cavendish Update Contains the Following:
1.
Volunteering in Cavendish
2.
Volunteers needed for tree planting on Twenty Mile Stream
3.
Freedom to Breathe
4. Interested in Being Part of an Associated Buyers Club?
5.Generosity
helps feed hundreds
6. Cavendish Events 4/19-4/28
1. VOLUNTEERING IN CAVENDISH
Being
involved with various town activities is a great way to help your community,
make new friends, know your neighbors and improve your sense of well being. To
help facilitate this process, a new feature has been added to the Cavendish
Update Blog- Cavendish Volunteer Opportunities. http://cavendishvt.blogspot.com/2013/04/volunteering-in-cavendish.html
If
you are looking to recruit volunteers, and would like information included at
this site, please send an e-mail to margoc@tds.net with the
following information: description of position, when, where and who to contact.
2. VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR TREE
PLANTING ON 20 MILE STREAM
The Black River Action Team (BRAT), along with the VT Youth
Conservation Corp, will be planting
trees on Twenty Mile Stream, and a couple of banks along the Black River at the
Davis and Phillips properties is Monday, May 6th. If you can volunteer,
there are a variety of tasks that need to be done, some of which can be done in
advance of May 6. If you can help in any way, please call 885-1533.
3. FREEDOM TO BREATHE
As
April is National Poetry Month, and the Vermont Humanities Council is launching
it’s Vermont Reads 2013-Poetry 180: A
Turning Back to Poetry, the Cavendish Historical Society is encouraging
readers to explore the poetry of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, who lived in Cavendish
from 1976-1994. While this Russian dissident and Nobel Prize winner in
literature is known for his books, such as Gulag Archipeligo, he also wrote a
number of poems. Below is Freedom to Breathe
from his 1973 book, Stories and Prose
Poems.
A
shower fell in the night and now dark clouds drift across the sky, occasionally
sprinkling a fine film of rain.
I
stand under an apple-tree in blossom and I breathe. Not only the
apple-tree but the grass round it glistens with moisture; words cannot describe
the sweet fragrance that prevades the air. Inhaling as deeply as I can, the
aroma invades my whole being; I breathe with my eyes open, I breathe with my
eyes closed – I cannot say which gives me the greater pleasure.
This,
I believe is the single most precious freedom that prison takes away from us:
the freedom to breathe freely, as I now can. No food on earth, no wine,
not even a woman’s kiss is sweeter to me than this air steeped in the fragrance
of flowers, of moisture and freshness.
No
matter that this is only a tiny garden, hemmed in by five-storey houses like
cages in a zoo. I cease to hear the motorcycles backfiring, the radios whining,
the burble of loudspeakers. As long as there is fresh air to breathe under an
apple-tree after a shower, we may survive a little longer.
(From: Solzhenitsyn: Stories and Prose Poems: Penguin 1973).
4.
INTERESTED IN BEING PART OF AN ASSOCIATED BUYERS CLUB?
Ginger Wilk is forming an Associated Buyers Club. http://www.assocbuyers.com/ This is a small natural and specialty foods
wholesale company, serving the Northeast from
warehouse and offices in Southern New Hampshire. Products include many ethnic
foods, bulk goods, regionally made
specialties and natural foods. Depending on interest, orders
could be placed monthly or bi-monthly. If you are interested in learning more
or participating in this group, call Ginger at 226-8090.
5. OKEMO’S GENEROSITY HELPS FEED
HUNDREDS
In a spectacularly successful promotion, Okemo Mountain
Resort collected thousands of pounds of food for the Black River Good Neighbor
Services’ food shelf. An unprecedented 8 pick-up truck loads full of food
was collected. On Saturday, March 30th, skiers who brought items of
non-perishable food skied at a deeply discounted rate. Hundreds of skiers took
advantage of the generous offer.
“So many families will benefit from this tremendous show of
support that it’s almost impossible to express our overwhelming gratitude to
Okemo and the generous folks who took part in the day’s donation and
activities,” said Audrey Bridge, Executive Director of BRGNS’s Food Shelf and
Thrift Shop. Pete LaBelle, President of the Board of Directors, said “the
Okemo Mountain Ambassadors who worked so hard collecting, sorting and loading
the food also deserve our grateful acknowledgement for their important role in
the success of this endeavor. Special thanks go to Okemo’s Diane and Tim
Mueller without whose support none of this could have happened”. LaBelle
also acknowledged that the timing could not have been better since BRGNS’ food
shelf was running low due to increased demand.
BRGNS also acknowledges the generosity of the skiers who
participated. Many brought more items than they needed and some also
donated cash. The wider community can always be counted on here in
Vermont to help those who need it most.
Black River Good Neighbor Services provides food and limited
financial assistance to qualified individuals and families in Ludlow,
Cavendish, Mount Holly and Plymouth. It also operates a thrift store at
37B Main Street in Ludlow to defray many of the costs of running the food shelf
and programs. For information or to volunteer your services, please call Audrey
Bridge at 802-228-3663.
6.
Cavendish Events 4/19-4/28
April 19
(Friday):
Spring Vacation Schools closed
April 20
(Saturday):
Spring clean-up at Greven Field 9 AM. Please come
and help get the field ready for baseball season.
April 22
(Monday):
Earth Week/Earth Day
April 23
(Tuesday):
Earth Week
• Bone Builders Class at
the Cavendish Baptist-- Class from 10-11:15. FMI: Linda at Green Mountain RSVP
& Volunteer Center of Windsor County at (802) 885-2083, Charlotte Snyder
(802) 226-7343, or Dot Ramsdell at (802) 226-7870
April 24
(Wednesday):
Earth Week
April 25
(Thursday):
Earth Week
• Bone Builders Class at
the Cavendish Baptist-- Class from 10-11:15. FMI: Linda at Green Mountain RSVP
& Volunteer Center of Windsor County at (802) 885-2083, Charlotte Snyder (802)
226-7343, or Dot Ramsdell at (802) 226-7870
• Sit &
Knit" at the Six Loose Ladies yarn shop, Pollard Building, Proctorsville
Green, 2:00 -9:00 PM. Open to knitters, spinners, crocheters, hookers. Free.
FMI: 226-7373
April 26 (Friday): Earth Week
April 27
(Saturday):
2nd Annual Wild and Woolly Weekend. A ‘Fiberlicious event” 10-5 pm.
The Pointe Hotel in Proctorsville. FMI: www.SixLooseLadies.com
• 57th annual Ludlow Rotary
Penny Sale at the Black River High School in Ludlow from 6-9 pm.
• Got Drugs? Turn in unused or expired
medications for safe disposal from 10-2 pm. Locations closest to Cavendish
include: Ludlow Police Dept; Weathersfield Transfer Station, Springfield Police
Dept; and the Windsor Police Department For more information:
http://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/drug_disposal/takeback/
April 28
(Sunday):
2nd Annual Wild and Woolly Weekend. A ‘Fiberlicious event” 10-3 pm.
The Pointe Hotel in Proctorsville. FMI: www.SixLooseLadies.com
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