Millis/Medway December 2016

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Community Events
December 1
Franklin Downtown Partnership
Annual Holiday Stroll,
4:15-7 p.m., Main, West Central,
East Central and Summer
Streets in Franklin. Kicks off
with carolers and tree lighting
at Dean College’s Dean Hall
Common, features Food Elves
collection, new Holiday Stroll
Passport, Post Mark the Postman
at Emma’s Quilt Cupboard,
4:30-7:30 p.m., Mrs.
Claus at the Historical Society,
Santa at Simon’s Furniture 5-7
p.m. and various musical and
other entertainment. For a more
complete schedule, visit www.
franklindowntownpartnership.
com.
December 2
Silver Screen Matinee, 1
p.m., Millis Public Library, National
Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
(PG13)
Millis Terpischore presents
The Nutcracker, 7 p.m., Millis
High School, 245 Plain Street,
Millis, $8 adults, $6 students
and seniors $4.
December 3
Acorn Alpaca Ranch Annual
Holiday Open House &
Boutique, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., 99
Acorn Street, Millis, tour barn,
interact with friendly alpacas,
browse fine Alpaca products.
Directions can be found at
www.AcornAlpacaRanch.com
or call (508) 294-7085.
Jolly Holly Fair and Millis
Garden Club Greens Sale,
9 a.m.-3 p.m., Church of
Christ, 142 Exchange Street,
Millis, hand made crafts,
baked goods, holiday greenery
Jingle Bell Run 5K Run
and Walk, presented by Norfolk
Community League,
benefits the Santa Foundation,
11:30 a.m., Olive Day
School, 232 Main Street,
Norfolk, register at jinglebellrun5k.racewire.com
Millis Terpischore presents
The Nutcracker, 3 p.m.,
Millis High School, 245
Plain Street, Millis, $8 adults,
$6 students and seniors $4.
December 4
Acorn Alpaca Ranch Annual
Holiday Open House &
Boutique, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., 99
Acorn Street, Millis, tour barn,
interact with friendly alpacas,
browse fine Alpaca products.
Directions can be found at
www.AcornAlpacaRanch.com
or call (508) 294-7085.
Millis Terpischore presents
The Nutcracker, 2 p.m., Millis
High School, 245 Plain Street,
Millis, $8 adults, $6 students
and seniors $4.
December 9
Silver Screen Matinee, 1
p.m., Millis Public Library, Surviving
Christmas (PG13)
Dinner & Holiday Movie,
The Church of Christ, 142
Exchange St., Millis, Dinner is
served at 6:30 p.m. followed by
a showing of a family-friendly
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holiday movie. All are invited.
Sponsored by the Men’s Fellowship
group and is held in
Fellowship Hall at the church.
For more information, call
376-5034 or visit the website at
millisucc.org.
December 10
Medway Boy Scouts Breakfast
with Santa
The Medway Boy Scouts
Troops 367 and 109 Santa
Breakfast, 7:30-11 a.m., St. Joseph
Parish Center, 145 Holliston
Street, Medway. Suggested
donations are $6 for Adults,
$4 for Children, and $4 for Seniors.
All You Can Eat Breakfast,
Pictures with Santa, Silent
Auction.
Charles River Chorale
“Home for the Holidays,” concert
for chorale and small orchestra,
7:30 p.m., $18 adults,
$15 seniors and full-time students,
$10 children under 12.
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and 2 dependent children. Also
features children’s choir and silent
auction. Visit www.charlesriverchorale.net
Millis Fund Benefit Concert
featuring Georgia Overdrive &
Hattie Stone Band, 7:30 p.m.,
Millis Church of Christ, 142
Exchange Street, Millis, $15 per
person, all proceeds benefit The
Millis Fund
December 11
Free Dinner & Christmas
Concert, Medway Community
Church, 5:30 p.m., Enjoy delicious
hot soup, bread, and dessert
following the concert. All
ages, families or singles, are
warmly invited. Free, no reservations
or tickets are required.
December 14
Medway Business Council
holiday breakfast, 7:30-9 a.m.,
Direct Tire & Auto Service, 72
Main Street (Rt. 109) in Medway,
All welcome. Registration
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fee for the meeting is $15/members
and $20/non-members.
Please RSVP and register online
at www.medwaybusinesscouncil.
org by December 9. For more
information about MBC and
recaps of past events, visit www.
medwaybusinesscouncil.org.
December 16
Silver Screen Matinee,
1 p.m., Millis Public Library,
Love the Coopers (PG13)
December 17
Medway Library Gingerbread
Festival, 2 sessions, 10:30
and 11:30 a.m. in the Cole
Room, 26 High Street, Medway,
limited to 65 children each,
sign up starting December 1 at
friendsofthemedwaylibrary.
blogspot.com or medwaylib.
org.
December 23
Silver Screen Matinee,
1 p.m., Millis Public Library,
While You Were Sleeping (PG)
2 nd Annual Millis Fund Benefit Concert by
Mark your calendars for some
fun and fundraising on Saturday
December 10th from 7-10:30
p.m. for a concert a Fellowship
Hall at the Church of Christ in
Millis. Georgia Overdrive, with
special guest Hattie Stone Band,
will be performing. All proceeds
will go to the Millis Fund. Tickets
for the all ages event will be
$15
Millis resident Dave Schofield,
of the Hattie Stone Band,
says this is the second benefit
concert he’s organized for The
Millis Fund. He plans on making
it an annual event.
“Last year, we played with the
Phat Daddies,” he says. “We had
a good turnout; we raised some
good money, and this year, we’re
hoping to double it. There were
probably close to 70 people at
the first show. We’d love to get
100 – and all the proceeds go to
the Millis Fund. I believe they
helped about 300 individuals last
year.”
According to Brooks Corl,
“the Millis Fund helps Millis
families with financial emergencies
- usually arising from something
unexpected and short-term
(not for chronic problems).” The
group was created by Millis residents
for Millis residents.
The Millis Fund, a 501 (C)
(3) organization, helps these
needy neighbors by paying the
creditor(s) directly rather than
giving money to the applicant. It
is supported solely by donations.
J.D. O’Gara
Georgia Overdrive, with special
guest the Hattie Stone Band, will
play a benefit for the Millis Fund
on December 10, at the Millis
Church of Christ.
Millis residents can
apply for assistance with
a simple, one-page application,
up to once a year.
These are available at
the Millis Senior Center
or the Church of Christ
(Congregational) at 142
Exchange St. Board
members review the application
and usually
contact the applicant to discuss
his or her needs and the best way
the Millis Fund could potentially
help.
“The holidays can be very
difficult for people,” says Schofield.
“That’s why we want to do
it then.”
Schofield’s band, which also
consists of members Fred Scanlan,
from Needham, Scott Ellison,
from Hopkinton and Ben
Harrington, of Millis, plays a
number of tunes, from folk and
classic rock to blues. The group
mainly gets together to
play benefit concerts,
says Schofield.
Georgia Overdrive,
he says, is “the
best country rock
cover band in Eastern
Mass.” Schofield has
a business connection
with Georgia Overdrive’s
drummer, who
was more than willing to play the
benefit show.
Schofield says his days of
playing clubs might be over, but
putting on the benefit concert
“allows us to stay connected to
music and do it for a purpose,
and to me there’s nothing better
than that. We feel very fortunate
to be able to that.”