Due to the Governor’s new restriction, resulting from a surge in Covid cases, the Christmas Ghost Walk planned for December has been cancelled. However, there will be a special Cavendish Christmas Eve Ghost Story to look forward to, featuring some of Cavendish’s better known spirits.
NEW AT THE CHS BLOG
•Carmine Guica Young Historians Update: Includes information for remote learners, teachers, parents etc. Contains a lot of historical information and resources for the month ahead.
CARMINE GUICA YOUNG HISTORIANS PROGRAM
Thank you to the CTES 6th graders: The students, faculty and staff have spent three afternoons cleaning in the Proctor Cemetery. Leaves, left on gravestones can damage the stones, so the cemetery was raked and cleaned of branches etc. They'll be back in the spring to help with the preservation of one of the town's oldest cemeteries and to lay flags on the graves of veterans.
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| Golden Stage Inn a stop on the ghost walk |
We’ve been working outside with students, including a Ghost Walk with the 6th graders and a First Peoples of Cavendish workshop for the 5th grade who are studying native American history.
The students have moved to remote learning for the month of December so we will not be able to do our annual holiday workshops with them. However, we made a number of hands-on history kits that students took home before the Thanksgiving holiday and are leaving kits for home school students in the Closet. We are available for Zoom meetings.
In January, we plan on beginning the exercise of town meeting, where just like the town, items for voting will be discussed. In February, items for the “warning,” will be finalized and distributed to the students along with the date and time of “town meeting. In March, we will be holding a mock town meeting for the students, which like most of VT, will be conducted by Zoom.
CHS CARES CLOSET: If you or someone you know would like to receive items from the closet, but can’t get there, e-mail margocaulfield@icloud.com or call 802-226-7807 with your requests for books, puzzles, craft projects, hands on history kits etc. All items will be placed on the porch, mail box or a designated spot. If you have items you’d like to donate to the Closet, please call 802-226-7807 or e-mail margocaulfield@icloud.com
COVID-19: CHS continues to collects items, stories etc. associated with the pandemic for archival purposes. If you have something you would like to donate, please contact us.
ANNUAL APPEAL: The day after Thanksgiving begins CHS’s Annual Appeal Campaign. Below is this year’s letter:
November 27, 2020
Dear Friend:
What a year! We hope that you and your family are safe and healthy.
CHS has risen to the Covid challenge by introducing unique programming to support our community as well as preserve our history. Not only have we been offering a number of Sunday events outside, but we now have the CHS Cares Closet. Built by two volunteers out of repurposed materials, there is an array of books, toys, hands-on history kits, puzzles as well as masks, the CHS newsletter and more. It’s been very well received by the community as everything is free and available 24/7.
In keeping with the new, and changing, regulations, our Young Historians program is very active. We have both home and school based learners that we are working with.. A new outreach effort, a monthly listserv-also available at the CHS blog- has been started to assist teachers, parents and students with resources and suggestions for teaching history in the upcoming months.
Thanks to amazing volunteers, the door, windows, and shutters on the Cavendish Stone Church are being painted and should be completed in the spring/early summer. Definitely improves the streetscape on Main St.
We can’t do this without your help. You can play an integral part by
• Donating to the annual appeal campaign (see attached form), specifying how you want your contribution to be used.
• Renewing your annual membership.
• Volunteering to help with our various programs.
• Donating gently used items to the CHS Closet (please call or e-mail and we’ll make arrangements to pick up items).
• Sharing Covid journals and items that can be archived for future generations.
Wishing you a joyous holiday season, and a safe and happy New Year.
Sincerely,
Dan Churchill, President
Donations for CHS can be sent to CHS, PO Box 472, Cavendish, VT 05142. Checks should be payable to the Cavendish Historical Society.
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