Pembroke NEWS

07/14/2021

Do you have a LGBTQ+ child ?
If not, you definitely KNOW a youth struggling with these issues.

[ Graphic Courtesy of . . . ]
https://www.facebook.com/MassLGBTQYouth/

07/11/2021

07/10/2021

06/25/2021

Thomas Driscoll: Candidate for Selectboard
(sorry for a microphone malfunction - but alternative used)

06/25/2021

Have you voted YET ?!?!?
Town Election is TOMORROW (Saturday). And this is, quite literally, one of the most important elections we've had in about 25 years.
VOTE. VOTE. VOTE !!! This election may well effect your life in Pembroke.

06/23/2021

THIS SUNDAY! Mayflower Brewing Company, 12 resnik Rd, Plymouth. Drag performances, live music, spoken word artist, beer garden, food trucks, kids activities, over 40 vendors, huge raffle! Everyone is welcome🌈🔥

05/22/2021

I learned about Kathy's passing during a business trip to North Carolina. (So, sorry for the delay.) She and I spoke frequently --and frankly. While we often didn't agree, I valued her take on the issues. She was SMART and always open to an exchange of background info on this or that topic. I really valued those talks.

She will be missed.

We are heartbroken to share with you that one of our SEPAC chairs has passed away this morning.

Kathy Church was an amazing woman and voice in our town. Strong and out spoken yet thoughtful and open minded. She never shied away from speaking up when she believed in something and was always willing to listen and give advice and support.

She was a advocate for special education rights for not only her own family but all of the children of Pembroke. She was so proud to be part of rebuilding our Sepac and we couldn’t have done so without her.
As soon as we hear of services/memorials we will share them here. Please keep her family in your thoughts and prayers.

We will miss you terribly Kathy. ♥️

05/15/2021

05/15/2021

Individuals age 12 and older who live, work, or study in Massachusetts can now get vaccinated against COVID-19.
Go to http://VaccineSignup.mass.gov.

Learn more about eligibility at www.mass.gov/vaccinesforyouth

05/11/2021

Hanson's ballot for 15May (Saturday) . . .

05/04/2021

AUTISM: From Awareness to Acceptance
Part #2 - Interview with Chris Amaral

05/04/2021

The activist is being remembered by the community for how loving she was as well as her fight for equality and for victims of abuse.

05/02/2021

Here's a good, simple, and easy to understand overview of how Town Meeting works in Massachusetts:

https://www.sec.state.ma.us/cis/cispdf/Guide_to_Town_Meetings.pdf?fbclid=IwAR3BDSne0RJaLP5jbcuVRFt-NRmPHJz79Z-8SgvFxeHzQQGwIUVVvUNpGl4

04/28/2021

04/24/2021

04/23/2021

This is a PEMBROKE org helping to feed the hungry...

Giving it 110%
Norwell High School wins April break week competition

During the last week of March Madness, four towns stepped up to compete in our Stellwagen fundraiser, since they were all raising money for warehouse packaging events. Pembroke came in first, then Norwell, then Marshfield, and lastly, Duxbury.

While our average 3-hour shift packs 69 boxes (15,000 meals), the high schools from these towns are anything but average. Marshfield comes every month (and was called off the bench today) and did 79 boxes a few weeks ago to set the bar. Duxbury went right over it with 92, under Harrison’s leadership. That’s right, a student got the money and the volunteers together for their event. Pembroke dropped into 3rd with 72.

So while we needed to produce 109 boxes to fill the orders being picked up at 4 this afternoon, we just had one shift left. Marshfield came in for two hours…but they didn’t have to.

BC High once did 115 boxes in 3 hours. No group had ever come within 20 boxes of that. Norwell fell just 5(!) short. They gave it 110% and crushed 110 boxes. Marshfield packed extra boxes for our next order (and by order, I mean two orders that came in today). We just finished week 57 in a row of raising money and packing meals. It was our biggest week in 21 weeks!

Last year, we raised an average of $100,000 each and every month. We are less than $1,000 away from $100,000 in April (Keller Williams Realty in Trumbull CT is funding 50,000 meals). All donations coming in now will be matched by St John Lutheran church in Killingly CT.

Please share the 4 ways to give listed here (and shout from the roof tops about the matching money):
EndHungerNE.org

In 16 weeks and 2 days, we’ll be celebrating our 10th anniversary of ending local hunger throughout New England. Can we continue to fund as many general shifts as warehouse events as mobile events? Between now and Father’s Day weekend, we have 4 general shifts, 4 warehouse events, and 3 mobile events. In two days, Merrimack College on the North Shore will be doing its 6th(!) mobile pandemic event. Endicott College (also on the North Shore) has done 4. So those who campuses have done two more events than ALL OTHER NEW ENGLAND GROUPS COMBINED. Wow!

No matter which of these 3 ways we do it, donors feed the hungry in their area:
1. Donate monthly or whenever you can. 25 of our nearly 200 donors this year have given multiple times. Volunteers who grab spots on EndHungerNE.org pack the meals, which are picked up/delivered to your neighborhoods throughout the region. Whenever we raise another $4,500, we add another shift.
2. If you are close enough to Pembroke MA, fund meals which you actually pack yourselves by letting us know the date and timeframe you’d like to come to our warehouse with 24 or less volunteers who you mobilize. Your shift will appear with the coordinator’s name and all 24 spots taken. It’s like the 3rd option, but no paperwork (we do that for you, since we’re “hosting”), WAY more meal variety for your pantries (up to all 10!), and you come to us, instead of the other way around.
3. Book a mobile event. If this is your choice, you’ll be able to pack one kind for every 10,000 meals you fund, which then go to your local pantries. Just email/message us and we’ll send you the paperwork.

04/23/2021

Pembroke is sorry for losing these two young men . . .

04/22/2021

04/20/2021

04/19/2021

April is AUTISM AWARENESS MONTH . . .

04/18/2021

Many of you have heard the loss of two Pembroke youth in a tragic car accident. It goes without saying Pembroke mourns the tragedy to their families and friends. Death is hard enough, finances should never add to that trauma. Never.

PLEASE HELP both of these families:
[] Billy Hickey's Family
https://www.gofundme.com/f/billy-hickey
[] Joey Birolini's Family
https://www.gofundme.com/f/2cf35qezyo

The unexpected death of a child is something no one ever wants to experi… Kerri Marani Cantino needs your support for Love and support for the Birolini family

04/16/2021

When you wear a mask, wear it so it actually works . . .
(( It's not a political-fashion façade, it's a TOOL ))

04/15/2021

Hear ye, hear ye !
Town Election is now 26 JUNE & Town Meeting 22 JUNE . . .

04/13/2021

04/13/2021

رمضان مبارك !
Have a joyous and reflective Ramadan to all of our Muslim viewers ! We know times are difficult (financially & emotionally) for many families, but it's moments like this that should motivate us and our families to help those in need. Blessed Ramadan !

04/12/2021

RELEASING SOON: "PEMBROKE's Mike Tropeano Speaks"

We have several interview segments about to release SOON for this candidate -- and current chair of the School Committee:
Mike Tropeano for Pembroke School Committee