Monday, May 7, 2012
Keep Norton Beautiful a proud success.
This Saturday, I had the pleasure of helping out with the first ever Keep Norton Beautiful town cleanup. It was great seeing the community pull together for one goal...to keep the town they are so obviously proud of clean. "We are thrilled with the community spirit, enthusiasm and effort shown by all today. Norton is a wonderful town and today's event really highlighted the great spirit of this community," said Lisa Ledwith, director of the Keep Norton Beautiful Committee. Despite the cold, damp weather and the threat of rain, the Keep Norton Beautiful committee of the Norton Community Task Force reported that event was a huge success with a final count of 385 people volunteering their time. Over 50 miles of streets were cleaned …
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Norton Patch editor helps raise money for the cat shelter.
Saturday, March 5, I decided to give a hand to Nine Lives Feline Rescue Shelter of Norton for their annual rabies clinic at Norton Fire Department. Nine Lives has ran these clinics for cats for at least the last 10 years, but this is the first time they have opened it up to dogs. “That was Dr. Silberhorn's idea,” said Jean Harnden, director at Nine Lives. “The last few years we have not done as well as we used to, and opening it up to the dogs has made it more like old times.” Vaccinations were given out to 74 animals, all of which were well behaved. As a result, Nine Lives raised over $1,000. “Thanks to Dr. Silberhorn and Norton Animal Hospital and a thank you to the Norton Fire Department for the use of the bay, and a big thank you to …
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Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Norton Patch editor lends a hand Monday as part of a company-wide volunteer day.
In addition to devoting editorial coverage to Norton, my goal is to donate time to local charities and volunteer five times a year as part of Patch's Give 5 program. On Monday, Dec. 6, I chose Cupboard of Kindness. With the bitter cold of winter and holidays ahead, I wanted to help out with a local food pantry that provides food items, grocery products and health aids to people in need at no cost. Cupboard of Kindness, located on the side of the Town Hall facility, does just that. The pantry began 11 years ago by Valarie Goddard, who ran the soup kitchen at Trinitarian Congregational Church. At the time, there was no structured food pantry in town. "We really wanted a permanent place to put a pantry," Goddard said. She got her wish. The …
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Brian
8:00 am on Tuesday, May 8, 2012
FANTASTIC ... Thats all I can say about Lisa and her team. Driving around the town and seeing all of the black trash bags made me so proud to be part of this community. 14 of us picked up 25 bags of trash on Newland Street. Some old friends some new... It was truly a community event that I was so happy to be a part of... At last, the advil kicked in!!!. more ›