Share your memorabilia

The Mayflower Society House, located at 4 Winslow St., is sponsoring a “Christmas 1943” open house from 1 to 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7, and Sunday, Dec. 8.

On the 70th anniversary of this pivotal year in World War II, the Society House will feature memorabilia recognizing the sacrifices of our servicemen and women overseas, as well as on the home front. During the war, the House was the Plymouth headquarters of the American Red Cross. Residents are encouraged to visit and share their memories of wartime Plymouth. Period music will be featured and light refreshments served.

The Society invites Plymouth residents who may wish to share memorabilia for display to call Judy MacDonald, curator, at 508-746-1508, or Walter Powell, executive director, at 508-746-3188, ext. 29.

Pilgrim Hall Holiday House Tour coming up in Plymouth

Pilgrim Hall Museum’s eighth annual Holiday House Tour will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 7th and 8th.

The tour includes private residences in North Plymouth, the center of town, and along the ocean south of the center.

Patrick Browne, the new executive director of the Pilgrim Society and Pilgrim Hall Museum, says ticket holders may visit as many houses as they wish on whichever day they like. Tickets cost $50 per person and include the cost of lunch, which will be served both days at Plymouth Country Club.

The exact location of houses is kept confidential until the day of the tour.

Tickets – in the form of a booklet and map – must be picked up between 9:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. either Saturday or Sunday.

The tour raises money to support the museum’s educational programs and preserve the museum’s collection of Pilgrim artifacts.

For more information, call 508-746-1620, Ext. 7, stop by Pilgrim Hall Museum at 75 Court St. or visit pilgrimhallmuseum.org.

Giving Thanks - A letter from the Executive Director of Plimouth Plantation

Dear Friends of Plimoth Plantation,

Bright yellow leaves fall from the trees and bright yellow school busses fill our parking lots – it’s autumn at Plimoth Plantation! The museum is bustling with schoolchildren discovering the 17th century. Each year, we welcome 100,000 schoolchildren, 8,000 of whom participate in free field trips through Foundations for Kids. In this season of giving thanks and family celebrations, we express our gratitude to the many supporters who helped Plimoth Plantation to accomplish so much this year.

Overcoming logistical and financial challenges, Mayflower II triumphantly returned from an extended period in dry dock for urgently needed repairs. It was a moving and memorable experience to see so many people on the waterfront, waiting to welcome the ship home to Plymouth. While we made progress on her list of repairs, Mayflower II will need additional renovation and continued support to remain sail worthy and shipshape for 2020, the 400th anniversary of the Pilgrims’ arrival.

Also near the waterfront, the Plimoth Grist Mill has been a wonderful addition to the Museum, expanding the Museum’s presence in downtown Plymouth and adding another facet to our interpretation of 17th-century New England.

The Wampanoag Indigenous Program celebrated its 40th anniversary this year. In addition to celebrating this important milestone here on the Wampanoag Homesite, the WIP staff worked closely with the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) in Washington, DC to construct a mishoon to add to NMAI’s collection. A wonderful video was created by PacTV to commemorate the occasion. 

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\On our main campus, we will break ground this winter to expand and enhance the Craft Center. Thanks to several grants, including major support from the Massachusetts Cultural Facilities Fund, we will renovate the building to include new artisan spaces, a wood-fired oven bakery, and upgraded visitor amenities. I invite you to visit and explore all the revitalized Craft Center has to offer in 2014. (Re-opening date to be determined, please check our website for updates!)

In September, 300 tourism industry professionals volunteered their time and hands-on efforts through Tourism Cares. These enthusiastic volunteers rebuilt 500 feet of the Palisade, painted the Hornblower Visitor Center, restored the steps from the Visitor Center to the Pavilion, and more. Their impact was enormous, and we are deeply appreciative.

Finally, I would like to thank you for your participation this year as a visitor, member, volunteer or donor. We truly could not fulfill the museum’s educational mission without your generous and loyal support. I hope that among your priorities in giving this year you will consider a tax-deductible year end gift to Plimoth Plantation. Together we can continue to tell the pivotal story of the Nation’s earliest foundations and preserve our intangible cultural heritage.

On behalf of all of us at Plimoth Plantation, I wish you and your family a joyous Thanksgiving.

With appreciation,

Ellie Donovan
Executive Director

PRYL Spring 2014 Lacrosse Registration Now Open

Registration for Plymouth Rock Youth Lacrosse's spring 2014 programs for boys and girls in grades 1 to 8 and Little Rocks Learn to Play (grades K - 2) is now open.

To register simply www.plymouthrocklacrosse.com and click on "Register Now" in the right side menu.

PACTV 'Community News'

This week’s features on PACTV “Community News” include the holiday season at Colony Place in Plymouth, Kingston’s Soul Sisters Foundation, Duxbury’s Island Creek Oyster Foundation, the Pembroke Food Pantry and the Thanksgiving display at the State House. The show airs on public access channels 13 Comcast and 43 Verizon at 8 p.m. Thursday, 1 p.m. Friday, 10:30 a.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Monday. 

To submit a story suggestion, call PCN News Director Kim Miot at 508-830-6999 or email kim@pactv.org. To watch previous episodes or to find out more about PCN, visit www.pactv.org.

PartyLite Joins Around the Mayflower

Around the Mayflower would like to welcome PartyLite to our Plymouth Business Listings.

Quick – name one of the world’s largest candle companies, the one offering more than 600 different types of candles, home decor and home fragrance options each season.  Hint: You can’t buy their products in any store.

The company is PartyLite® -- a major force in the world candle market and the #1 party plan company selling candles, candle holders, flameless fragrance and wax warmers, as well as holiday and home décor.

Headquartered in Plymouth, Mass., PartyLite is, at heart, a company dedicated to its independent sales force, the wonderful people who bring the excitement of PartyLite products to customers in 21 countries around the world where nearly 45,000 of them are in business for themselves. Their efforts resulted in worldwide sales of $425 million annually in 2012.

PartyLite products are sold through direct sales – that is, at home parties – and online. PartyLite parties are fun! But people buy PartyLite candles because they love the way they look, the way they smell and the way they burn. PartyLite has always offered customers amazing quality – the Original and the Best Candles you can buy anywhere. 

There are candles in every size and shape – from votives and tealights to pillars and columns; from small round candles to tall, majestic three-wicks and the GloLite by PartyLite™ pillar and jar candles that glow from top to bottom the moment they are lit. PartyLite candles are produced in a glorious palette of the most fashionable new colors in more than 50 artfully blended fragrances, sourced from the world’s most exclusive fragrance houses that are also known for creating the world’s finest perfumes. 

New candles, new colors, new fragrances, fabulous new candle holders, flameless fragrance sources of all kinds, spa-like candles that soothe, seasonal products that delight, beautiful products that bring warmth and joy to any home – PartyLite has them all. As many as 100 new products are typically introduced each year and eagerly awaited by PartyLite fans.

In July 2013, PartyLite celebrated record-breaking sales of one of its newest candles – Escential Jar by PartyLite® candle. Within seven months of the candle’s launch, more than 1 million units were sold worldwide.

PartyLite is proud to be a member of the Plymouth community. Visit them online at www.partylite.com, watch them on YouTube < http://youtu.be/UQToHco9c7w>  and Like them on Facebook. <www.facebook.com/partylite>

 

We the Tiny House People: A night of Food and Film

Join us for a BIG night full of tiny houses. Enjoy a cocktail reception with plenty of tiny treats before settling into our spacious theater to learn about the "tiny house" trend that has taken the nation by storm. After a screening of We the Tiny House People you can get your questions answered by tiny house builder, blogger and author Derek "Deek" Diedricksen in the post-film discussion. For more information about the program visit www.plimoth.org/cinema

Tickets may be purchased in advance by calling (508)746-1622, ext. 8346 or online at www.plimoth.org/cinema

 

Don't miss this event! Call today- This event is expected to sell out. 

 

About the film:

This is a journey into the tiny homes of people searching for simplicity, self-sufficiency, minimalism and happiness by creating shelter in caves, converted garages, trailers, tool sheds, riverboats and former pigeon coops. For almost five years, film producer Kristen Dirksen was traveling the world and filming these segments. Dirksen is co-founder of faircompanies.com and is a Huffington Post blogger. She has worked for MTV, Oxygen, The Travel Channel and Sundance Channel.

Wishbones for Pets

Wishbones for Pets, a charitable organization benefiting pets in need and hosted by pet sitters throughout North America, announced three local pet sitter services offering this year’s pet goods/funds drive. This year’s Wishbones for Pets will run now through Nov. 30. During this time, Wishbones representatives throughout the United States and Canada will work with local businesses to collect pet supplies and other necessities for pet charities in their community. Participating businesses allow collection bins and donation boxes to be placed in their businesses where patrons can donate to pets in need. Wishbones for Pets pet sitter representatives will then deliver the collected items to the chosen pet charity the week after Thanksgiving.

The three Plymouth pet sitting services hosting this event are Carol Shapiro of Paws in Paradise, Pam Ranheim of Just Around the Corner and Christine Burrelli of Christine’s Pet Care. Checks will be gladly accepted in any amount payable to Helping Hands for the PAS (Plymouth Animal Shelter). Helping Hands is nonprofit and your donation is tax-deductible.

The drop-off locations are: VCA Animal Hospital, Pilgrim Animal Hospital, Manomet Animal Hospital, Court Street Animal Hospital, Cat Clinic, Adam & Eve Hair Salon, Plymouth Tire & Alignment, Elements Massage, Rockland Trust banks in Plymouth and Manomet, Paws in Paradise Grooming, Morrison’s, Happy Tails, Emerson’s Landscaping, C’Lee’s Salon and Healthy Animal in Pembroke. For more information on Wishbones for Pets, see www.wishbonesforpets.com.

Pilgrim Festival Chorus Presents Messiah Sing in Plymouth

Pilgrim Festival Chorus (PFC), the region’s principal community choral group, will host a Messiah Sing, a sing-through of Handel’s masterpiece, on Sunday, December 22, at 3 pm at The Church of the Pilgrimage, 8 Town Square in Plymouth. PFC’s Music Director, William B. Richter, will conduct, accompanied by Elizabeth Chapman Reilly, organist.

Messiah Sings, popular in this area for at least 40 years, employ the audience as the chorus. For choral music enthusiasts, a Messiah Sing is considered a necessary part of the holiday season each year. This Sing will consist of Part I (the Christmas portion) and the Hallelujah! Chorus, possibly the best known choral piece in the western world.
Instrumental accompaniment will be supplied by the church’s impressive Woodbury-Roche pipe organ. Soloists will be drawn from the PFC membership, many of whom are professionally trained.

Tickets are priced at $10.00 and are available at the door. Scores are available to borrow, or attendees are welcome to bring their own. Funds raised from the event support the PFC's yearly operating expenses. For more information on the concert or PFC, please visit www.pilgrimfestivalchorus.org, or follow Pilgrim Festival Chorus on Facebook. 

About Pilgrim Festival Chorus

The Pilgrim Festival Chorus is a volunteer, not-for-profit, auditioned singing group dedicated to the performance of choral music; to give public and private concerts; to provide a musically educational opportunity to its members and the public; and to encourage and promote choral singing and the appreciation of good choral music. The PFC is funded in part by grants from many of the region's Cultural Councils, local agencies supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.

Plymouth Church Plans Monthly Suppers

Christ Church in Plymouth will hold and old-fashioned chhurch supper at 3PM on the third Saturday of every month starting today.

The suppers will be held in the church's parish hall located at 149 Court Street. The menu will include a main dish, a vegetable, bread, salad, dessert and a beverage.

The cost will be $6 per person or $15 per family. 

To register, please contact Priscilla Palombo at 781-585-1809 or Dot Smith at 781-585-6424.

Civil War re-enactment honoring Plymouth soldiers

The Friends of Burial Hill and the 22nd Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry re-enactors invite the public to an event honoring four departed Plymouth soldiers at 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 16, at Burial Hill.

Corporal Seth Paty arrived home in Plymouth Oct. 18, 1864 with the bodies of Sgt. George Wadsworth and Corporals Thomas Hayden and Thomas Collingwood, formerly of Company E of the 29th Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. At the conclusion of church services for these men, a procession was led by members of Company E, followed by family, friends, comrades and the community, to their final resting place on Burial Hill.

The procession to Burial Hill and the graveside services will be re-enacted. The Friends of Burial Hill welcome participants from the 22nd Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry and the Standish Guards. The event is free and open to the public. Attendees are welcome to wear period dress. Light refreshments will be served in the historic 1749 Courthouse Museum following the event.

Meet outside the First Parish Church in Town Square. For more information, email cheryle.burialhillfriend@verizon.net or see friendsofburialhill.org.

Free family boot camp classes

Healthy Vibes will sponsor “Shape Up Plymouth,” free family boot camp classes, from 9 a.m. to noon (three classes in all) Sunday, Nov. 10, rain or shine, at Nelson Park in Plymouth. Wear your neon gear in support of Herbalife Family Foundation, an organization committed to improving the lives of children in need. 

Donations will be accepted and appreciated for HFF, but are not required to attend classes. Free refreshments will be provided.

Bournedale Function Facility Expands With New Pool Building

Bournedale Function Facility, the region’s award winning custom events destination since 1937, has completed the addition of a new building on their expansive property, housing a luxury indoor pool, jacuzzi and locker rooms and showers. The new facility was designed to provide a variety of new programs and events to the public, and supplement the services to Bournedale’s premier residential boys summer camp, serving young men from around the world for more than 50 years. The public is welcome to tour the new facility at a community open house on Sunday, November 24, from 1 to 4 pm, at 110 Valley Road, Plymouth.



“We’ve been excited for the debut of this new addition for more than a year,” says Arnie Gerson, second generation managing owner of the property. “Our property offers many beautiful vistas, top-notch facilities and cutting edge amenities. This new addition opens the door to offering local residents as well as visiting guests a new myriad of programs. We’re proud of the results of the beautiful design of the structure, and the intense planning that went into making a spectacular addition to our grounds.”

Bournedale Function Facility encompasses 15 acres of private waterfront facilities and abundant amenities in South Plymouth. A sandy lakefront beach sets the stage for the adjacent reception hall complete with indoor/outdoor dining spaces. Overnight accommodations welcome over 100 guests to casual country housing on site. The level of excellence is taken seriously by the staff and management as the area’s destination wedding site, also home to private corporate outings, reunions and retreats, business and political functions, educational programs and special events. The new independent indoor heated pool facility boasts an 8-person Jacuzzi, men’s and women’s restrooms, changing rooms and showers, and a vaulted ceiling with two walls of glass sliding doors overlooking the grounds and picturesque Great Herring Pond. The structure is also located adjacent to the campus’ indoor gym, tennis and basketball courts and athletic fields, which can be utilized in tandem to the pool facilities.



New programs are currently being developed for the pool, including private Red Cross certified swim lessons, water aerobic classes, member open swim, scuba certification classes, and more. To complement these offerings, a nearby building has been renovated for the addition of yoga classes, massage services and therapy programs. As an independent facility, the pool can also be privately rented to house birthday parties or special occasions, and “stay-cation” options are in the works to allow local residents to utilize the property as a closeby “home away from home”.

The community open house is open to the public, no reservation necessary. Guests will be welcome to tour the grounds and new facility, enjoy refreshments, and learn more about the new aquatic, yoga and spa programs available. For more information visit www.capefunctions.com, call 508-888-2634, or follow The Bournedale Function Facility on Facebook.

About Camp Bournedale and Bournedale Function Facility

Camp Bournedale is the premier boy’s summer camp celebrating 76 years as the ultimate camping experience with a commitment to excellence. Founded by Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Gerson, the family-owned tradition continues through their son, Director Arnie Gerson. Accommodating just 140 boys from ages 7 to 16, Camp Bournedale is located on beautiful Great Herring Pond. Summer camp incorporates structured sports, activity programs and free play in a safe, enthusiastic atmosphere. Renowned for superb athletic instruction and facilities, the property boasts seven tennis courts, two ball fields, and two outdoor basketball courts, all lighted for night play. Outstanding training clinics are held in tennis, golf, soccer, and basketball. An exciting water sports program includes swimming tubing, waterskiing, knee boarding, sailing, windsurfing, kayaking, giant water trampoline and scuba diving instruction. Facilities include modern cabins staffed by trained counselors. Camp Bournedale is also home to the Bournedale Function Facility, the ideal Massachusetts coastal region destination for weddings, corporate outings, business and political events, holiday and private parties and retreats. Camp Bournedale is located at 110 Valley Road, Plymouth, 508-888-2634. For more information, follow us on Facebook or visit www.campbournedale.com .

November blood drives

 
The American Red Cross will hold several community blood drives during the month of November. All eligible and new blood donors are encouraged to give blood. Blood donors are needed every day to ensure an adequate blood supply for patients in need. To make an appointment to donate blood, call 800-RED CROSS (800-733-2767) or log onto redcrossblood.org.

Friday, Nov. 8: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Jordan Hospital, 275 Sandwich St., Plymouth
Saturday, Nov. 16: 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Plymouth Lodge AF&AM, 116 South Meadow Road, Plymouth
Tuesday, Nov. 19: 1-6 p.m., Plymouth Fitness Center, 16 Aldrin Road, Plymouth