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Monday, Nov. 30
Heritage Museum & Gardens: 11:15 a.m. The Garden Club of Harvard will hold a luncheon meeting at St. Theresa Church, 15 Still River Road. This month's program is titled "Ericaceae: Plants That Don't Like Lime" and features guest speaker Jeanie Gillis from Heritage Museum & Gardens. Presentation starts at 12:15 p.m. For information, contact Sue Fitterman at 978-772-1433.
6 p.m.: School Committee/School Councils, Bromfield staff room
Tuesday, Dec. 1
Elementary School Council: 3:45; HES Library
Revenue hearing to Harvard: 5:30 p.m.; state Rep. Jennifer Benson, D-Lunenburg, will host a stop on the Revenue Committee's Listening Tour. Joint Committee on Revenue Chairman Jay Kaufman, D-Lexington, and his staff will take questions and comments from the audience on the future of the Commonwealth's tax system.
The forum will be held in Volunteers' Hall at the Harvard Public Library, 4 Pond Road. Kaufman will take questions and listen to ideas about how the state should generate its revenue.
Board of Selectmen: 7 p.m., Town Hall meeting room
Historical Commission 7:30 p.m., Old Library main room
Wednesday, Dec. 2
Finance Committee: 7 p.m., Town Hall meeting room
Housing Authority: 7:30 p.m., Hildreth House
Thursday, Dec. 3
DEC: 7:30 a.m., 33 Andrews Parkway, Devens
Conservation Commission: 7 p.m., Town Hall meeting room
Friday, Dec. 4
Festival and
Harvard Congregational Church Christmas Fair: 7 to 9 p.m. As a special addition this year, there will be a wine and cheese preview of the festival at Fruitlands.
Saturday, Dec. 5
Planning Board: 8:30 a.m., Town Hall meeting room
Festival and sale: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Join the Holiday Shopping fun at the Holiday Arts Festival and Sale at the Old Library.
Find unique gifts -- jewelry, gourmet foods, fiber arts, books, flowers, paintings, holiday gifts, antiques, therapy wraps, photography. Silent auction to benefit the Historical Society, a nontown, nonprofit organization. Donations accepted.
Harvard Congregational Church Christmas Fair, Lunch with Santa: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Fruitlands Museum will the site of the Harvard Congregational Church's annual Christmas Fair. Santa will arrive at 11 a.m.; reservations for lunch with Mr. and Mrs. Claus and their elves will be available for 11 a.m., noon and 1 p.m. Advance purchase of tickets is recommended. Tickets are available at the church.
The fair will feature the popular Festival of Trees and Wreaths and a giant raffle for all the decorated trees.
Visitors are able to purchase chances on the items throughout the day, and winners are announced at the end of the fair. Also, handmade crafts and other traditional items for the discerning shopper.
The Tea Room will be open for lunch and delicious snacks. For more information contact Dennis Bradley, 978-456-3317 or DbinNE@aol.com.
Save the Date
Fruitlands online auction now open: Bid for unique items online and support Fruitlands Museum.
We invite you to participate in Fruitlands Museum's online auction scheduled just in time for holiday shopping.
The auction runs until Dec. 7. All proceeds go directly to support annual operations and ongoing educational programs at Fruitlands Museum.
Items include original works of art, legacy granite benches, computer equipment, trips, and more.
Included in this auction are five very special items called "Leave a Legacy." These commemorative benches will be placed on museum grounds in the coming years. The benches will be positioned along the museum's 3.5 miles of walking trails, and will serve as your tribute to someone special.
Each bench will be engraved with your personalized message.
This is your opportunity to support Fruitlands and honor a loved one.
The bidding is open to all so feel free to send this e-mail to friends or family.
Thank you for supporting Fruitlands Museum!
Harvard PTO: Scrip gift cards are available for the holidays and we'll be selling inventory and taking orders during school conferences -- HES (Monday 1-4 and Tuesday 1-7) and Bromfield (Monday 1-4 and Tuesday 12-4 and 5-7). We now have VISA gift cards in various denominations ($25, $50, $100).
We will take orders, due on or before the following dates: Nov. 27th, 27, Dec. 4 and Dec.11. Delivery will be one week from the order date. Go to HarvardPTO.org and then to Scrip to download an order form or to order online. Any questions, contact Ellen Sachs Leicher, ESLAssoc61@aol.com.
Buy your Bromfield and HES merchandise for holiday gift giving. We have HES T-shirts available and a whole line of Bromfield merchandise including gym bags, sweatshirts, sweatpants, T-shirts, travel mugs and more. NEW this year, we are offering Bromfield baseball caps, knit caps, zip-up hoodies and a new faded T-shirt design.
Also new, you may now order and pay online. Check out the online catalog and the new items at http://harvardpto.org/ptostore_online.html.
You can still order the old-fashioned way with paper forms and checks. Order forms are available online at HES PTO Store Order Form or Bromfield PTO Store Order Form.
Samples will be on display in the Bromfield and HES front lobbies. Orders received by Nov. 30 are guaranteed for Christmas delivery. If you order after that date, we will try our best to fill your order, but we cannot guarantee pre-Christmas delivery. Get some school spirit. Surprise your kids. Support the PTO at the same time.
Coats for Loaves and Fishes: A local girl scout troop is collecting coats for Loaves & Fishes and will have a box out in the lobby of Bromfield. Please consider dropping off a coat for those in need.
HES School Council Meeting: Dec. 1, 3:45-5:30 p.m., in the HES Library. Preliminary Agenda:
* Minute acceptance
* Open Meeting
* HES Survey
* Action plan results update
* Review of common threads file sent for last meeting
* School Committee meeting plans (Survey and Improvement plan)
* Fifth-grade update in regard to class size and staff assistance
* Subcommittees sign-up: handbook review, playground, parent survey, School Improvement plan, budget, MCAS
* Electronic/cell phone policy
* Any other business
Check out our updated Web site at http://www.psharvard.org/HES/element/schoolcouncil/main.html. Find out what your school councils do.
New/Used VCR's needed for Science: New/Used/Old (but working) VCRs are needed for Mr. Menin's science class at Bromfield School.
If you can donate one, please drop it off in the front office or in Room 279. This is an opportunity to rid yourself of some obsolete HazMat for free and help out TBS science program.
Lunch with Santa - New Location: Fruitlands will be the site of the Congregational Church of Harvard's annual Christmas Fair on Dec 5 from 10 a.m.to 2 p.m. Santa will arrive at 11 a.m.
Tickets to lunch with the Clauses and their elves may be purchased at the church. Seating times are 11 a.m., noon and 1 p.m.
Along with Lunch with Santa, there will be the popular Festival of Trees and Wreaths, an impressive display of Christmas trees and wreaths, decorated in a variety of creative themes.
A raffle will be held at the end of the day for all decorated trees. Winners will be announced at the end of the fair. As a special addition this year, there will be a wine and cheese preview of the festival, Friday, Dec. 4 , from 7-9 p.m.
For more information, contact Dennis Bradley at 978-456-3317 or DbinNE@aol.com.
Mitten Tree: Harvard Girl Scouts continue their tradition of helping others this holiday season with the Mitten Tree. The tree will be in the children's room of the Harvard Public Library from Nov. 30 until Dec. 13.
Everyone is encouraged to stop by and decorate the tree with a new pair of gloves or mittens (adult and child sizes). The mittens will be taken to Loaves and Fishes food pantry for distribution.
For further information, call Liz Hawkes at 978-456-8358.
