NEWS

  • 10/04/2022 3:54 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    We’re excited to be bringing back our sweet tradition of trick-or-treating at Mission Springs! This is for HNN member families only.

    Join us on Tuesday, October 25th at 4:45pm to celebrate Halloween with our dear neighbors at Mission Springs, 100 Summer St. in Holliston. This event is a HNN favorite you won’t want to miss with treats, crafts, snacks, costumes and fun—the residents love dressing up almost as much as the kids!

    We hope to see your ghosts and goblins there!

    Brittany & Christel

    Brittany Miller brittanyacronin@gmail.com

    Christel DiPippo christellize@yahoo.com


  • 09/21/2022 5:04 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    I’m excited for the 2022-2023 Holliston Newcomers and Neighbors year! Welcome back to the hustle & bustle of the school year and all the fun Fall activities to come! I hope everyone feels refreshed from the summer and can enjoy a few more weeks of warmth before we have to bundle up.

    HNN had a spectacular 2021-2022 year under Debbie Colburn’s leadership (actually a spectacular 3 years with Debbie leading and ensuring HNN thrived during the pandemic), and I can only hope to fill her shoes.

    I’m really looking forward to HNN’s upcoming year and sharing in the club’s fun and successes with our members. HNN is important to me because (a) my Husband, kids and I met some of our closest friends through the organization’s social activities and (b) the organization’s fundraising efforts contribute to the special events (like the Summer Concert Series) and needs of our town (the Food Pantry), a town that I love!

    So, please monitor the Club on Facebook, read the Newsletter, put the social activities that interest you on your calendar and pick one fundraising event to lend a hand. We have cozy activities, like book club (you do not have to finish the book to join us!) and sophisticated activities like wine tastings!

    We have kid’s activities and, this year, we hope to introduce a couple’s event. Some of our fundraising events have become a tradition in town, such as Gingerbread House Decorating and Touch A Truck!

    I look forward to seeing or meeting you this year, and I guarantee that your participation will make you feel a little more connected to your community, a little more supported by friends and that you’ll have a great time!

    Jennifer Mott President

    president.hnn@gmail.com


  • 09/21/2022 5:02 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Welcome back members old and new! We’re excited to be coordinating social activities this year and are interested in your ideas and support you if you’d like to organize an activity.

    Our first get-together will be on Monday, September 26th at 3pm at Boston Honey Company, 45 Chestnut St in Holliston. It’s a great place for any age as they have lawn games and a huge field to run in and get all that energy out. And, of course, they have fresh honey, various honey products and ice cream.

    We look forward to having fun with you this year!

    Christel DiPippo

    Beth Welch

    Social Activities co-chairs


  • 09/21/2022 5:01 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Join our ‘Welcome Back’, first meeting of the year on Wednesday, September 21 at 7:30pm. We are excited to gather in person, at a member’s home. The meeting will be outdoors if weather permits, or indoors as needed. Let’s meet up, catch up, and discuss this month’s book, 28 Summers, by Elin Hilderbrand. Feel free to bring a snack or beverage to share. Registration is required to receive directions so please email Beth at the address below, or reply through the Book Club’s Facebook page.

    Books are already in and available to check out from the Holliston Library. See you there!

    When Mallory Blessing's son, Link, receives deathbed instructions from his mother to call a number on a slip of paper in her desk drawer, he's not sure what to expect. But he certainly does not expect Jake McCloud to answer. It's the late spring of 2020 and Jake's wife, Ursula DeGournsey, is the frontrunner in the upcoming Presidential election. There must be a mistake, Link thinks. How do Mallory and Jake know each other?...

    We have a great line up of books set for this fall including;

    Oct. -The Authenticity Project

    Nov.-The People We Keep

    Jan.-The Midnight Library

    We look forward to seeing you! Remember, finishing the book is not required!

    Beth and Sue, Book Club Co-Chairs


  • 06/01/2022 3:10 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Summer is at our doorstep and with that we pause to look back over this past year of accomplishments as well as to look forward to another membership year in September with our new President - Jennifer Mott.

    As I look back over my three years as President, I am so proud of how much we have done - especially in the shadow of COVID. We adjusted and altered and Zoomed and met face to face - outside - but face to face. I especially want to thank the Board members that have helped me through these times - Julianne Catlin as VP & Secretary, Bo Yai & Stephen Yang as Treasurer, Beth Ng as Secretary, Katrine Giroux as Parliamentarian, and John Keogh & Doreen Martel as Newsletter Editors. Special thanks also go to all the fundraising, civic, and member activities committees that made HNN relevant for our membership and our community.

    I will still continue to be involved on the board and committees. Once you feel the satisfaction of giving back - it’s hard to let it go. But I look forward to seeing where our club is heading under our new President’s direction and wish Jennifer all the best.

    Wishing you all a fantastic summer and hope to see you around town!

    Debbie Colburn

    President

    president.hnn@gmail.com


  • 06/01/2022 3:08 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Voting is closed and all votes have been counted!

    Here are the election results and your newly elected 2022-2023 Executive Board: 

    President: Jennifer Mott. Jennifer has been very active within the HN&N community over the past few years. Among other things, she was co-chair of the Ladies Escape committee and was behind our most recent and very successful Touch-a-Truck event.

    1st Vice-President: Debbie Colburn. Debbie has been our President for the past 3 years. She did an amazing job at leading our club through the pandemic years. Through the years she has been and continues to be involved in many committees, including the Community Investment Committee (Grants Committee), the Thanksgiving Basket Committee and the Prize-a-day Fundraiser. 

    Treasurer: Stephen Wang. Stephen has also been involved in HN&N for a number of years. Some may recall seeing him as Iron Man at our Princess & Superhero Fundraiser. Most recently, Stephen was our treasurer and thus is returning for his second year in that capacity. 

    Secretary: Yaniz Ramos De Silva. Yaniz recently moved to Holliston and joined HN&N this year. She has 2 daughters aged 15 and 3. She is very excited to be part of our community and looks forward to meeting and working with the HN&N. 

    The Election Committee wishes to congratulate all the Executive Board members and thanks all members who voted!

    Thank you,

    Doreen Martel, Julianne Caitlin, Katrine Giroux

    Election Committee


  • 06/01/2022 3:06 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Log in on Wednesday, June 15 at 7:30pm as we wrap up the year with Harlem Shuffle, by Colson Whitehead. A reminder and the zoom link will be emailed a few days before the meeting to all book club members. Please check out our Facebook page, or email one of the co-chairs with any questions. Find copies of the book on hold for HNN members at Holliston Public Library.

    Let’s use some time at this meeting to select titles for next year’s reading. Even if reading the June book doesn’t work for your schedule, please join the meeting to help us plan for next year. See you there!

     "To his customers and neighbors on 125th street, Ray Carney is an upstanding salesman of reasonably priced furniture, making a life for himself and his family. He and his wife Elizabeth are expecting their second child, and if her parents on Striver's Row don't approve of him or their cramped apartment across from the subway tracks, it's still home. Few people know he descends from a line of uptown hoods and crooks, and that his façade of normalcy has more than a few cracks in it. Cracks that are getting bigger and bigger all the time. See, cash is tight, especially with all those installment plan sofas, so if his cousin Freddie occasionally drops off the odd ring or necklace at the furniture store, Ray doesn't see the need to ask where it comes from. He knows a discreet jeweler downtown who also doesn't ask questions. Then Freddie falls in with a crew who plan to rob the Hotel Theresa -- the "Waldorf of Harlem" -- and volunteers Ray's services as the fence. The heist doesn't go as planned; they rarely do, after all. Now Ray has to cater to a new clientele, one made up of shady cops on the take, vicious minions of the local crime lord, and numerous other Harlem lowlifes. Thus begins the internal tussle between Ray the striver and Ray the crook. As Ray navigates this double life, he starts to see the truth about who pulls the strings in Harlem. Can Ray avoid getting killed, save his cousin, and grab his share of the big score, all while maintaining his reputation as the go-to source for all your quality home furniture needs? 

    Harlem Shuffle is driven by an ingeniously intricate plot that plays out in a beautifully recreated Harlem of the early 1960s. It's a family saga masquerading as a crime novel, a hilarious morality play, a social novel about race and power, and ultimately a love letter to Harlem. But mostly, it's a joy to read, another dazzling novel from the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning Colson Whitehead"-- Provided by publisher.

    Cindy and Sue, Book Club Co-Chairs

    Cindy Carr  carr.cynthiad@gmail.com

    Sue Hatton  hncbookclub@outlook.com


  • 05/11/2022 11:32 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Happy Spring!

    This past month - thanks to the great PR work by HNN member Christel DiPippo - Girl Scout Troop 70612 recognized the contribution that Holliston Newcomers & Neighbors makes to our community as they had just completed the GS Philanthropy lessons about volunteering. I attended their April meeting to talk about why & how I volunteer as well as highlighting how HNN does what it does and how they have been helping us all along as well as enjoying the benefits.

    So many Holliston kids attend all or some of the HNN fundraisers but do they really know that the price of that ticket is what makes the summer concerts & library museum passes possible? It was great to help the girls see how helping others starts with some hard work - like organizing a fundraiser or selling cookies - but ends up with the satisfaction that you made someone else’s day - like our grant recipients and their cookie sales recipients.

    So how can you help HNN help others? You can spread the word, get your friends & neighbors to join HNN, and the real key to our success - get involved! Take a look on the HNN website (Holliston Newcomers & Neighbors - Board Positions) and see what opportunity suits you. Email hnnexecutiveboard@gmail.com if you have any interest or questions!

    Debbie Colburn

    President

    president.hnn@gmail.com


  • 05/11/2022 11:31 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    It’s elections season for the Newcomers & Neighbors This year our elections will be held online over a three-day period, from Friday, May 20th at 8:00AM to Sunday May 22nd at 8:00PM. On Friday the 20th, you will receive an email with a link to vote. All votes are anonymous and all members are strongly encouraged to participate!

    It is not too late to throw your name in the hat! If you are interested in joining the HNN Board, please contact me! Positions are opened to all, including new members!

    Katrine Giroux

    Parliamentarian

    katrinegiroux@gmail.com


  • 05/11/2022 11:29 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Join us on Wednesday, May 18 at 7:30pm This month our selection is The Dinner List by Rebecca Serle. An email reminder and the zoom link will be emailed a few days before the meeting to all HNN members who selected book club as an interest group. Please check out our Facebook page, or email one of the co-chairs with any questions.

    In June will wrap up the year with Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead. At that meeting we will also try to select some titles for next year’s reading. Please save the date, June 15, 2022, to join us and help plan for the next year.

     “At one point or another, we've all been asked to name five people, living or dead, with whom we'd like to have dinner. Why do we choose the people we do? And what if that dinner was to actually happen? These are the questions Rebecca Serle contends with in her utterly captivating novel, THE DINNER LIST, a story imbued with the same delightful magical realism as One Day, and the life-changing romance of Me Before You. When Sabrina arrives at her thirtieth birthday dinner she finds at the table not just her best friend, but also three significant people from her past, and well, Audrey Hepburn. As the appetizers are served, wine poured, and dinner table conversation begins, it becomes clear that there's a reason these six people have been gathered together. Delicious but never indulgent, sweet with just the right amount of bitter, THE DINNER LIST is a romance for our times. Bon Appetit.”

    Cindy and Sue, Book Club Co-Chairs

    Cindy Carr  carr.cynthiad@gmail.com

    Sue Hatton hncbookclub@outlook.com


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