View Program Booklet - The Friends of the Templeton Elders

Bricks for the Senior Community Center
Help the Templeton
Senior Community Center
Be part of the community bond that brick
by brick will build a new senior center.
Engraved bricks are available for $75 each and can have up
to three lines of text with up to 13 characters per line.
Buy a brick to show your support or to remember someone
special. All bricks will be prominently displayed in the new
senior center.
Senior Community Center Brick Order Form
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2ND ANNUAL
M AC N C HEESE
F ESTIVAL
ON THE COMMON
hosted by the Friends of the Templeton Elders
to benefit the
Templeton Senior Community Center
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You may pay in full, or make an initial payment of $15 and three monthly
payments of $20 each. You may pay online or by check made out to “Friends
of the Templeton Elders,” or by cash.
Fill out this form and mail it to: Friends of the Templeton Elders, PO Box
85, East Templeton, MA 01438. Questions: 978-894-2780.
Improving the quality of life through community support.
S ATURDAY
J ULY 9, 2016
on the historic Common
Templeton Center, Mass.
Three cheers for Superheros!
THANK YOU!
Friends of the Templeton Elders
Hurray for Superheroes!
Relax, Eat and Enjoy the Day!
11 a.m.-3 p.m., Food and Entertainment:
1 p.m., Parade of Superheroes led by Capt. Ezekiel Knowlton
1-3 p.m., Ice cream truck from Juniper Farms
1:30-3 p.m., Superhero games
2 p.m., Capt. Ezekiel Knowlton at Templeton Common Burial
Ground behind First Church of Templeton
11 a.m.-3 p.m., Food and Entertainment:
• Music with Joey Boisvert
• Food tent – Everything macaroni and cheese, plus soda!
• Photos with superheroes
• Touch-a-Truck (Templeton fire engine and police cruiser)
• Chinese auction
• Vendors.
• Information booths:
Templeton Council on Aging
The Friends of the Templeton Elders
UPCOMING EVENTS FOR THE FRIENDS
• Aug. 15-16 (Saturday and Sunday), the 42nd Annual Templeton
Arts and Crafts Festival on the Common, Templeton Center.
• Nov. 12 (Saturday), Narragansett Craft Fair, Narragansett
Regional Middle School, 460 Baldwinville Rd, Baldwinville.
• Dec. 16 (Friday), Sugar Rush, Templeton Senior Community
Center, 16 Senior Dr., Baldwinville. Buy all your goody gifts here!
Like Us on Facebook!
The Friends of the Templeton Elders, Inc., is a non-profit public
charity formed in 2003 to help build public awareness and raise
funds for a new Senior Center for the town of Templeton, Mass.
We are an all-volunteer organization, so 100 percent of the funds
raised or donated go toward our mission to assist the new Templeton
Senior Community Center and the Templeton Food Pantry. Your
support is truly appreciated.
Board of Directors
President, Gail Noel
Secretary, Open
Treasurer, Doug Morrison
Charlene Arsenault
Christine Grossman
Priscilla LeClerc
Open
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Learn more about us at www.templetonelders.org
Email us at [email protected]
Write us at:
The Friends of the Templeton Elders
PO Box 85, East Templeton, MA 01438
Call us at 978-894-2780
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Meet Templeton’s Own Superhero –
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is portraying his fifth great-grandfather, Capt. Ezekiel Knowlton,
one of Templeton’s first settlers and a Revolutionary War patriot.
Ken, as Ezekiel, will tell his story at Ezekiel’s grave in the Old
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When Ezekiel Knowlton moved
into this area from Shrewsbury
in 1756, he was one of the first
settlers in the Mine Hill area of
Partridgeville, in what was then
known as Narragansett #6. In
1764, residents changed the name
of the town to Templeton. He
served as a selectman in 1768.
On Oct. 4, 1774, after relations
with King George III of England
began to deteriorate, Templeton
created a committee to provide provisions for the soldiers of
the town if they were called to fight. A second committee also
was formed to care for their families. When the alarm came
from Concord and Lexington about noon on April 19, 1775,
Templeton was ready, and Ezekiel and 36 other men from town
started the long road to Cambridge before nightfall.
After the war, Ezekiel again served as a selectman in Templeton,
as well as the representative to the People's General Court.
Ken Knowlton, as Capt. Ezekiel Knowlton, appears courtesy of the
Narragansett Historical Society. Check out the historical society,
which is open from 1-5 p.m. today. It’s the historic brick building on
Boynton Street, across the Templeton Common.
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Hello, Friends
A message from Gail Noel, president of the Friends of the Templeton Elders.
We have such a great Senior Community
Center. But how did we get to this point?
The Friends of the Templeton Elders is a
501(c)(3), non-profit organization incorporated in 2006 to help the Town of Templeton’s Council on Aging (COA) construct a
new Senior Center and Food Pantry. It has
been a long, arduous, process. We’ve come
a long way, but the building is not quite finished. We still need
1.A kitchen to feed the elderly,
2.Siding to improve energy efficiency and complete the building exterior
3.Wheelchair lift to access ground floor and
4.Finish the lower level.
The good news is - we have built a new Food Pantry.
DID YOU KNOW?
• The town of Templeton spent $500,000
• Sen Stephen Brewer got us $300,000
• $280,000 came from an agreement between a 40B housing developer
and the ZBA
• That’s it!
According to the last census in 2010, Templeton has a population of
8,000
• Templeton is the poorest town in Worcester County
• 20% of that are seniors but that was six years ago - it may be closer to
25% now with baby boomers
• 13.4% of seniors over 65 were below the poverty level
• 42% were economically vulnerable or have food insecurity; again that
was six years ago.
• Templeton tied for highest percentage of vulnerable seniors in Worcester County.
AND MORE SPONSORS
• The Farm at Baptist Common
• Friends of Templeteon Veterans
• Gardner Cinema
• Juniper Farms Ice Cream
• The Kitchen Garden
• Price Chopper
• Staples
• Stop & Shop
• Valley Florist
• Templeton Fish & Game Club
• DD Concessions
• Gardner Ale House
• Gardner Ten Pins
• Kathleen King
• Nouveau Riche
• Salvadore Chevrolet
• Steeple Antiques
• Templeton Spirits
• John Whipple
• Wilson Bus Lines
WE CELEBRATE YOU!
JB Murray & The Music
Narragansett Historical Society
Narragansett Regional School District
Templeton Police Department
Templeton Fire Department
Templeton Board of Health
Templeton Municipal Light
Templeton Cemetery and Parks Department
And all those special friends who planned and volunteered to
make this a special day for our community.
Comments made at the Senior Center
• Feeling kind of lost after my husband passed away, I found a new
focus at the Senior Center. I’ve made many new friends, connected
with some old ones (no pun intended), and found that volunteering
to help others has given me a new purpose in life.
• When I was down and out, they helped me through a very bad
time. God bless them!
• I take the van everywhere – the doctor's, shopping, sightseeing and
dining with friends.
“Our new Senior Community Center in Baldwinville is
like the Taj Mahal!”
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Our Templeton Senior Community Center has over 10,000 square feet.
Thanks to innumerable volunteers and donations, it rivals that of other
Senior Centers that cost taxpayers up to $3 million.
Very special thanks to:
• Frank Moschetti & Sons
• Harris Contractors and Restoration
• Monty Tech
• Moulton Construction
• Worcester County Sheriff ’s Dept.
• The many volunteers who gave and are still giving of their time, and
donations
As a result, the Templeton Senior Community Center is the “go-to” place
for seniors and the disabled when they need family services, fuel assistance, food assistance and crisis intervention.
Mac-N-Cheese Food Sponsors
• John Donorumo
• JK Crossroads, East Templeton
• King Phillip Restaurant, Phillipston
• McNalley’s Grille & Pub, Westminster
• Papa Gino’s, Gardner – Pizza
• South Side Grille & Margarita Factory, Gardner
• Smith’s Country Cheese. Winchendon
WE THANK OUR VENDORS FOR THEIR DONATIONS
• Avon
• B&W Home Creations
• Boondocks Botanicals
• Cyndi’s Jewels
• DD Concessions
• District East Photography
• Essential Oils
• Freedom Jewelry
• Great Kneads
• Hills Home Market
• Honeymoon Hill Bees
• In Crafty Love
• Lila Rose Hairpieces
• Miliano Concessions
• Nexium Internation
• Newpro
• Pease Orchard
• Pillows and Crowns
• Rainbow the Bashful Clown
• Tastefully Simple
• Tupperware
• Yankee Home Improvement
There are so many ways you can help Friends of the Templeton Elders:
• PLEDGE to make a monthly donation or a one-time donation
• SHOP ONLINE – www.smile.amazon.com and pick Friends of the
Templeton Elders as your favorite charity. They’ll give us a percentage
of your purchase!
• SAVE – When you open an account at TD Bank or do a transaction,
mention the Friends of the Templeton Elders.
• BUY A BRICK – $75 will get you a brick on the Wall at the Templeton Senior Community Center.
• DONATE – with a check to PO Box 85, East Templeton, MA 01438.
Make it out to the Friends of the Templeton Elders
• DONATE – with PAYPAL. Go to www.templetonelders.org
• VOLUNTEER – help us with fundraisers like this.
Thank you
Gail Noel - President
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Thank you, Reno’s, for your generous
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of the Templeton Elders!
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