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Community Harvest Project where happiness grows What will you do this fall that will create lasting memories? Volunteering with Community Harvest Project is a great way to connect with others during a challenging time and can help with mental health. Add in the benefit of being outside on their beautiful farms and you are sure that you will get more than you give. They pride themselves in providing support to the hunger relief community throughout Worcester County by donating hundreds of thousands of pounds of fresh fruits and vegetables to the community annually. In fact in the last five years they have donated over a million pounds to support those seeking hunger relief services. They have always been there to support underserved communities and now more than ever the community needs your support. They do their work with the helping
hands of thousands of volunteers in a typical year, and this year the challenge has been to keep up while their volunteer numbers are restricted by group gathering challenges. That does not change the fact that crops are still coming out of fields at a breakneck pace. They need your help to keep this going at both of their locations, please help. They are seeking group volunteers of up to 30 for their Grafton Farms and 25 at their Harvard Orchard. From the end of August through a good portion of October there will be significant amounts of produce to process. Please consider coordinating and leading a group to help support your community. Visit community-harvest.org for more information and sign up to volunteer. Please contact Wayne McAuliffe at wayne@community-harvest.org with questions.
No Stopping the Shredding The semi-annual Uxbridge Lions Club Shred Event is planned for Saturday, September 26th, from 9:00 a.m. to Noon, at the VFW parking lot on Cross road in Uxbridge. With Pellegrino Trucking Co. and Onsite Computers, the Lions Club once again ensures secure shredding while you watch and certified guaranteed electronic destruction. The donation of $5 per copy paper sized box of paper or electronic item will benefit local programs supported by the Uxbridge Lions Club which includes scholarships, eye glass and hearing aid assistance, Uxbridge Senior Center support, local youth sports clubs and more. Onsite Computers will accept any small electronic item except televisions and CrT monitors. No household appliances. Dispose of devices such as phones, electrical cords,
DVDs, cameras, USB cables, flat screen computer monitors, keyboards, radios and stereos. Get rid of those documents you no longer need which are not kept securely and can pose a threat to your identity. The Pellegrino Truck will shred securely on site and the tons of paper resulting will be recycled. The procedure for driving up to the site will be clearly marked and a member of the Lions will assist with your materials to be shredded. Wear a mask, please. The Uxbridge Lions meet every third Wednesday of the month at 7:00 p.m. Until further notice, meetings will be held via Zoom. Contact President Diane Seely, dmseely@ hotmail.com. New members are always welcome to join the largest service organization in the world whose motto is “We Serve.”
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Pantry receives Community Spirit Grant Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation has announced that Uxbridge People First Food Pantry in Uxbridge was awarded $550 from the Foundation’s Community Spirit 9/11 MiniGrant program. Sarah Milan, an employee of Health Plans Inc., nominated the organization for the award. Funds will be used to provide healthy food to those in the Uxbridge community. To commemorate those Harvard Pilgrim members who lost their lives on September 11th, 2001, Harvard Pilgrim and the Foundation created the Community Spirit 9/11 Mini-Grant program. This program allows each Harvard Pilgrim employee to award a $500 grant, completely funded by the Foundation, to the local charity of his or her choice each calendar year. Since this community grants program began in 2002, Harvard Pilgrim employees have directed more than $6.8 million to thousands of organizations throughout Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire. “Now more than ever, as nonprofits across the region are dealing with the impact of COVID-19, we are committed to supporting their efforts to care for their communities,” said Karen Voci, President of the Harvard Pilgrim Foundation. “We are so fortunate to have generous and engaged employees who help strengthen Harvard Pilgrim and the communities where we all live and work.” In 2019, 96% of Harvard Pilgrim employees participated in at least one form of service or giving. For more information, please visit www.harvardpilgrim.org/foundation.
