Category: Member Activities
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Chris Andres Memorial
Chris Andres (72), formerly of Putney, VT died peacefully on May 20,2022 in Derby, Vt after a period of declining health and well-being. Chris was born on May 23, 1949 in Cleveland, Ohio to Paul and Kaye Andres. Chris picked apples in Vermont and citrus in Florida in the 70’s. He then settled in Putney…
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Sheldon Weeks Memorial
Sheldon Griswold Weeks was born on 18 November 1931 in Manhattan New York, and died peacefully at home on 4 May 2022 in Brattleboro Vermont at the age of 90. He was a humanitarian, educator, researcher, author, peace activist, conscientious objector, Quaker, beloved father, grandfather, great grandfather, and husband. He lived with a passion for world…
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Community Asylum Seekers Project Update
The Commons, Brattleboro Vermont, August 26, 2020 After successful fundraising campaign, CASP to support two new asylum seekers BELLOWS FALLS—In spite of the restrictions imposed on its fundraising efforts by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Community Asylum Seekers Project (CASP) was able to raise more than $11,000 from its sup- porters all over the country. “We…
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Putney Mutual Aid Update
Welcome to Putney Mutual Aid! We are a group of community members working to coordinate neighbor-to-neighbor support in response to the COVID-19 crisis. We help match needs and offerings for things like essential rides, food, grocery pickups, caring for loved ones, organizing neighborhood groups, meals, masks, donations and more. DO YOU NEED HELP? CAN YOU…
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Groundworks needs your help
Dear Friends, Groundworks needs your help now more than ever. Groundworks staff is working around the clock to provide the best protection and support for the people they serve. This creates an unprecedented financial challenge for Groundworks to house and feed their clients and keep them safe. The Seasonal Overflow Shelter was closed and everyone…
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Join us in online Worship
For the health and protection of our Meeting community and to support the public health of the wider community in the face of the Coronavirus pandemic, Putney Friends Meeting has suspended in-person Meeting for Worship. We are experimenting with using online worship as an alternative, using the Zoom conferencing service. Please be patient, we are…
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Coronavirus-Covid19 Precautions
Over the past few days, we have all become more attentive to the growing concerns over COVID19. The US Center for Disease Control urges everyone to take standard precautions by washing hands, covering coughs, and staying home when sick. We hope we will not need to close our programs or limit our celebrations. We will be…
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Putney Friends Meetinghouse Photos, Jean Schnell
Dear Putney Friends, Last summer I photographed Putney Meetinghouse. I have uploaded the best of the photos onto my website, and look forward to getting feedback on them from the people who know the place the best: your members and attenders! . Which ones do you like best, are there any that are not true…
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A clash of values
This is a link to a story in this week’s Brattleboro Commons by Heidi Watts, about the Putney Purge at Putney Central School in 1966, when Putney Friends Meeting members Heidi Watts and Anne Fines were among those fired for being “Quakers and Communists”. http://www.commonsnews.org/site/sitenext/story.php?articleno=30168
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