Zero Sort begins on Saturday Nov. 23. To
learn more about recycling in Cavendish, which includes the Do’s and Don’ts of Zero
Sort, go to the Recycling in Cavendish page.
Information
can also be posted on the Cavendish VT Facebook Page.
The Cavendish Update for 11/22/13 Includes the
Following
1. Cavendish Related
News
2. Cavendish Classifieds-Job Opportunities
3. A Dickens of a Christmas At CTES
4. Shop Small and
Local on Nov. 30
5. Donating
to BRGNS This Holiday Season
6. Events
1. CAVENDISH RELATED NEWS
Road Construction is Finished on Route 131: From 91 to Downers, it has been slow going
since July on route 131. The work was finally finished this week. Safe
traveling.
VT Has New Universal Recycling Symbols: The VT Agency of Natural Resources is now
using universal recycling symbols to encourage Vermonters to separate out
recyclable and compostable waste as the state moves toward mandatory statewide
recycling. By July 2015, recyclables will be banned from VT landfills and food
scraps will be banned by 2020. VPR
2. CAVENDISH CLASSIFIEDS-JOB
OPPORTUNITIES
The Cavendish Town Elementary School has the following job
opportunities, which need to be filled as soon as possible:
• Full Time Director of Buildings, Grounds &
Plant Maintenance. Includes a full benefits package. If interested, please send
letter of interest, resume and 3 letters of reference to George Thomson,
principal at gthomson@trsu.org or PO Box 236, Proctorsville, VT 05153
• Part time Bus Driver (20 hours per week): Requires CDL
with school bus and passenger endorsements. Please send letter of interest to
George Thomson, principal at gthomson@trsu.org or CTES, PO Box 236,
Proctorsville, VT 05153
3. A DICKENS OF A CHRISTMAS AT
CTES
Charles Dickens, the author of "A Christmas Carol," embraced what
he called his Carol Philosophy, - "a good time: a kind, forgiving,
charitable, pleasant time: the only time I know of in the long calendar of the
year, when men and women seem by one consent to open their shut-up hearts
freely, and to think of other people below them as if they really were
fellow-passengers to the grave, and not another race of creatures bound on
other journeys." With this idea, is it not surprising that his
writing, combined with the reign of Queen Victoria, helped to ignite many of
the Christmas traditions we celebrate today.
As part of several Cavendish Historical Society (CHS) projects (Young
Historians, Hands on History and Honoring Our Heritage) we will be offering a
series of workshops at the Cavendish Town Elementary School (CTES) in December-
“A Dickens of a Christmas.”
This theme was chosen as many of the people who came to Cavendish in the
1800s were English; the origins of many of our Christmas traditions stem from
the Victorian era; and the children were the ones who would start preparing
months in advance for the holiday, making many of the ornaments for the tree
from items they found around their house and neighborhood.
Each grade will be doing something different: gilding pine cones, creating
fortune walnuts, cornucopias, and paper flowers and collecting greens from
school property for swags and center pieces.
In true Victorian era fashion, CHS is seeking donations of the following:
-
Scraps of ribbon, lace
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Gold, silver or white paint
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Inexpensive paint brushes
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Glitter
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Red wax candles
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Old Christmas cards
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Glass vases for centerpieces.
If you have items to donate, they can be dropped off at the school office,
or bring them to the CHS booth at the Nov. 30 Holiday Fair, which is from 9-3
at CTES.
If you would like to help with the various workshops, please call
802-226-7807 or e-mail margoc@tds.net
4. SHOP SMALL AND LOCAL ON NOV. 30
With the day after
Thanksgiving ushering in the gift-buying season, consider Shop Small and Local
(Small Business Saturday) https://www.facebook.com/SmallBusinessSaturday on
Nov. 30 by:
• Attending the 12th
Annual Cavendish Holiday Fair -list of vendors, luncheon menu, “hand made by you” workshop and other
information is available on-line. The Fair is from 9-3 at the Cavendish
Elementary School in Proctorsville
• Shop local
merchants
• Go through the
Cavendish Business Directory and consider gift certificates and other items from local businesses.
5. DONATING TO BRGNS THIS HOLIDAY SEASON
The holiday season
is upon us. While there is abundant joy
to be found, it is also a time of year that marks significant need in our
communities. This is a very busy time
for Black River Good Neighbor Services (BRGNS) as this local non-profit
organization prepares to deliver gifts and a full holiday dinner to those in
need. It is estimated that over 135
families from the immediate and surrounding towns will be helped this holiday
season.
You can support BRGN
in its holiday efforts in several ways:
• Make a donation
and BRGNS will provide you with a gift card, which can be personalized so that
friends and family know that a donation has been made in their name to BRGNS. See
Audrey, Terry or Keeley at the 37B Main Street Store in Ludlow, and ask about
the holiday gift cards.
• A Stuff-A-Bus”
food drive will be held on Saturday, Nov. 30. Taking place at the Shaw’s
shopping center parking lot from 9-3pm, food shelf volunteers will be handing
out holiday dinner menus at the event and asking shoppers to help with the
foods most needed: canned fruit, cranberry sauce, pickles – olives, mac &
cheese, hot chocolate, cookies, tea, cereal (oatmeal), candy, carrots/peas,
gravy, stuffing, margarine, corn, green beans, yams, and coffee.
• Volunteers are
needed to sort the food as it comes in, and countless other tasks are required
to make sure that the Holiday baskets find their way to everyone who needs help. Please call Audrey at BRGNS’ Food Shelf and
Thrift Store, 228-3663 or visit 37B Main Street to ask how you can get
involved.
• Donations of money
are always welcome and greatly appreciated since much food will still need to
be purchased.
BRGNS is a 501(c)(3)
charitable organization and gifts to it are tax deductible. FMI: 802-228-3663 or http://www.brgn.org
6. EVENTS
This week, the following activities will be taking place in Cavendish:
• Panache Quartet: On Sunday, Nov. 24 at
4 pm Panache Quartet will fill the small sanctuary of Gethsemane church
with big sound. These four flamboyant female fiddlers, each with their
own performing and recording careers, merge musical repertoires with roots from
Cape Breton, Quebecois and Franco-American traditions. Even their
traditional Old Time fiddling sparkles with contemporary improvisation and
verve, living up to their name Panache. Their concert is part of the
Raise the Roof Concert Series that brings talent from beyond the Okemo Valley
to the heart of downtown Proctorsville. Donations of $10.00 at the door will
keep the series alive and kicking. FMI 226-7497
• Stepping Stones Pie Sale: On Wednesday, Nov. 27, from 9-1, Stepping Stones Pre School will be
holding their annual pie sale in front of Shaw’s in Ludlow. FMI: 226-7760.
• Happy Thanksgiving
To learn more about upcoming events in Cavendish and surrounding towns go
to:
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