Norfolk & Wrentham October 2022
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Norfolk & Wrentham October 2022
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Page 6 <strong>Norfolk</strong> & <strong>Wrentham</strong> Local Town Pages | www.norfolkwrenthamnews.com <strong>October</strong> <strong>2022</strong><br />
<strong>Wrentham</strong> K of C 5K Planned for<br />
November 13<br />
5 th Annual Knights of Columbus<br />
Where: Parker’s Pub, 303 Shears Street, <strong>Wrentham</strong>, MA<br />
When: Sunday, November 13 th <strong>2022</strong> @ 9 AM<br />
Register today at http://wrenthamkofc.racewire.com<br />
Cash prize money for top 3 male and female finishers.<br />
Valuable prizes and awards for top 3 overall and each age group.<br />
Mostly flat USATF certified course in <strong>Wrentham</strong>, MA.<br />
Both runners and walkers are welcome.<br />
Many exciting raffle prizes will be awarded.<br />
Proceeds will benefit many charitable causes in the community.<br />
MERCURY RECOVERY PROGRAM<br />
Mercury is an element that can be harmful to human<br />
health and the environment if not disposed of properly.<br />
Mercury is found in products such as:<br />
Thermostats Thermometers Mercury Switches Fluorescent<br />
Lamps<br />
Please contact your local Board of Health or<br />
Department of Public Works for information<br />
on where to safely dispose of these items.<br />
keepmercuryfromrising.org<br />
The 5th annual <strong>Wrentham</strong><br />
Knights of Columbus<br />
5K will be held Sunday,<br />
November 13 at 9 a.m. The<br />
5K Run/Walk will start and<br />
end at Parker’s Pub, 303<br />
Shears Street in <strong>Wrentham</strong>.<br />
The USATF-certified<br />
flat course will loop around<br />
scenic country roads. Cash<br />
prizes will be awarded to the<br />
top three male and female<br />
finishers, and other valuable<br />
prizes will be awarded<br />
for the top finishers in each<br />
age group. There will be a<br />
DJ, sponsor tents, and fun<br />
for the entire family.<br />
Register for the event at<br />
http://wrenthamkofc.racewire.com.<br />
The council has<br />
raised over $15,000 to date<br />
from the annual 5K race, all<br />
of which has been donated<br />
back to the community for<br />
several charitable causes.<br />
SPONSORED BY<br />
FAFC Backpack Drive<br />
The <strong>Wrentham</strong>-based<br />
Friends of Adoption and Foster<br />
Care (FAFC) are collecting items<br />
to fill backpacks for foster children.<br />
School supplies, new stuffed<br />
animals, new PJs (sizes 6 to<br />
14/16 boy/girl) and personal<br />
care items for foster children are<br />
needed. FAFC is in special need<br />
of crayons, markers, coloring<br />
books, spiral notebooks, composition<br />
notebooks, sticky notes,<br />
rulers, binders, shower gel, and<br />
shampoo/conditioner.<br />
MA Department of Children<br />
& Families (DCF) social workers<br />
keep these backpacks on hand so<br />
when a child is placed into foster<br />
care, the child will get a new<br />
backpack. Backpacks are a great<br />
comfort to children who have left<br />
home with nothing.<br />
This is an ongoing collection.<br />
Donated items can be dropped<br />
off in the bins inside St. Martha’s<br />
Church in Plainville, inside St.<br />
Mary’s Church in <strong>Wrentham</strong>,<br />
or in the bin in the parking lot of<br />
St. Mary’s.<br />
<strong>Norfolk</strong> Receives<br />
$15,335 Grant to<br />
Purchase Equipment<br />
By Theresa Knapp<br />
In August, the Baker-Polito<br />
Administration announced its<br />
annual Shared Streets & Spaces<br />
Program awards, totaling $16.4<br />
million.<br />
Seven Regional Transit Authorities<br />
and 138 municipalities<br />
received funds to provide “technical<br />
assistance and project funding<br />
to help Massachusetts cities<br />
and towns design and implement<br />
changes to curbs, streets,<br />
and parking areas in support of<br />
public health, safe mobility, and<br />
community growth and revitalization,”<br />
according to www.mass.<br />
gov.<br />
Several cities and towns also<br />
received grants for the purchase<br />
of equipment, including the<br />
town of <strong>Norfolk</strong> which received<br />
a grant of $15,335.19 “for snow<br />
removal equipment for pedestrian<br />
and bicycle facilities.”<br />
For more information, including<br />
a full list of recipients, visit<br />
https://bit.ly/3puk2oz.<br />
Save the Date:<br />
Annual Franklin<br />
Newcomers &<br />
Friends Craft Fair on<br />
Nov. 5<br />
The Franklin Newcomers & Friends Club will host its 47th<br />
annual craft Fair on Saturday, November 5 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.<br />
at Tri-County Regional Vocational Technical High School, 147<br />
Pond St., Franklin.<br />
This popular and well-established event features hand-crafted<br />
items from 70 different artists throughout New England. Shop<br />
for art/photography, holiday and home décor, adult and children<br />
clothing/accessories, jewelry, pet accessories and more.<br />
For more information about the craft fair or the Franklin<br />
Newcomers Club, visit us on Facebook.