CHS Briefs March 1, 2020

Please also check the Cavendish VT Facebook page for photo albums of various CHS activities.

NEW AT THE CHS BLOG

• The Winter CHS newsletter 

• The 2020 “Cavendish Women You Should Know” series for Women’s History Month began on March 1. This year we are featuring Young Women Entrepreneurs, women in their 20s and 30s who have started and are running their own businesses. This first week we are featuring two artists, Lily Calabrese and Miranda McNamara. Read on-line.

WHAT WE’VE BEEN DOING

Theme for the 2020 Season:  “Seeing the World Through Technology” will be this year’s CHS theme. Technology has changed how we see our world, this timely theme allows us to juxtapose ideas of traditional Yankee ingenuity with exploration of innovation, visibility, and expression that are relevant to our present day. Our first program will be on March 29 (Sunday) when we present the video of Ignat Solzhenitsyn’s talk “Writing the Red Wheel in Vermont.” Without the benefits of a publishing company, Solzhenitsyn was “self-publishing” with the help of his family, including his young sons. The meeting will be held at the Cavendish Baptist Church at 2 pm.

Carmine Guica Young Historians: Our annual school wide holiday program-this year focusing on Winter Solstice and the making of luminaries-was both fun and educational. With the new year, we’ve been working on programs for the remainder of the school year. As part of the Preserve and Serve program, the students held a fundraiser for Australian Fire Relief. They raised over $1,300.

Logo designed by our Young Historians

Our home school students are once preparing “Cavendish Cares” bags. These contain items for those having the flu. We did this several years ago and were asked to do it again, particularly with the concern regarding the coronavirus. If you would like to support the students in this effort, you can drop any of the following supplies at the Cavendish Baptist Church through the side entrance at the back of the church - through the double doors under the porch supported by crosses. There will be a bin labeled "Cavendish Cares Donations" just inside those doors.
• Tissues
• Paper towels
• Disinfectant wipes
• herb teas
• cough drops
• lip balm
• hand sanitizer
• ibuprofen
• acetaminophen
• dried soup mixes

March is one of our favorite months because it’s St. Patrick's Day, which provides a wonderful opportunity to talk about the Irish influence on Cavendish.

Spring trips are being planned, as well as more community projects. If you know of someone that could use help in preparing for the warmer weather ahead-planting, gardening, bringing summer furniture outside etc.-please contact us by phone 802-226-7807 or e-mail margocaulfield@icloud.com

Stone Church: A memo of understanding has been signed between the town, CHS and the Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Center (ASC) regarding the completion of the restoration and its ultimate use as the permanent home of the Solzhenitsyn exhibit as well as a small venue space. A Stone Church committee has been set up to work on this project. Members include Brendan McNamara (Town Manager), Margo Caulfield, Bruce McEnaney and Kem Phillips (CHS); Rolf van Schaik (citizen and former Town Manager); Ignat Solzhenitsyn and Stephen Plunkard (Landscape architect). At the annual meeting on March 29, we should have some renderings from Stephen on the landscaping for people to review and comment.

UPCOMING EVENTS

March 29 (Sunday): Annual Meeting 2pm at the Cavendish Baptist Church on Main St. Cavendish. In addition to a short business meeting, we will be review any landscape renderings for the Stone Church and will be screening Ignat Solzhenitsyn’s talk “Writing the Red Wheel in Vermont.”

May 23 (Saturday): CHS Annual Plant Sale. 9-noon in front of the Museum. Please pre order “Salad in a bucket” or “Tomatoes to Go” by e-mailing margocaulfield@icloud.com or calling 802-226-7807. We will be doing some deliveries prior to the sale.

May 24 (Sunday): The CHS Museum opens for the season. The museum is open 2-4 on Sundays, and other times by arrangement.