2019 Foxboro Jaycees Christmas / Holiday / December Events!
| DATE | TIME | EVENT | WHERE | CHAIRMAN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DATE: Saturday November 30 | TIME: 9:00 A.M. | EVENT: Setting up the Nativity Set on Foxboro Common Bandstand | WHERE: Foxboro Common | CHAIRMAN: Max Loew / Carl Bertolino |
| DATE: Saturday November 30 | TIME: 9:00 A.M. | EVENT: Decorating the Common | WHERE: Foxboro Common | CHAIRMAN: Marc Rivard / Catherine Schwarting, |
| DATE: Saturday November 30 | TIME: 5:00 P.M. | EVENT: Foxboro Rec: Light up The Town Foxboro | WHERE: Foxboro Common | CHAIRMAN: Jaycee Liaison: Sophia Manis |
| DATE: Saturday December 14 | TIME: Evening TBA | EVENT: Progressive Party (Dinner) | WHERE: Invitations Have Been Sent | CHAIRMAN: Bob Webster and Helene Savage |
| DATE: Wednesday December 11 | TIME: 7:30 P.M. | EVENT: Yankee Swap at General Membership Meeting | WHERE: South Foxboro Community Center | CHAIRMAN: n/a |
| DATE: Wednesday, December 18 | TIME: 6:15 P.M. | EVENT: Assemble 250+ Fruit Baskets For The Needy | WHERE: South Foxboro Community Center | CHAIRMAN: Monica Fisler |
| DATE: December | TIME: n/a | EVENT: Assist A Senior for Christmas | WHERE: n/a | CHAIRMAN: Katherine Lee/Jennifer D'Amato |
| DATE: December | TIME: n/a | EVENT: Assist A Child for Christmas | WHERE: n/a | CHAIRMAN: Katherine Lee/Jennifer D'Amato |
| DATE: December | TIME: n/a | EVENT: Holiday Banners | WHERE: Around Foxboro Common and Central Street | CHAIRMAN: Monica Rigamonti |
| DATE: Saturday January 4 2020 | TIME: Nativity and Decoration Takedown | EVENT: Nativity and Decoration Takedown | WHERE: Foxboro Common | CHAIRMAN: Max Loew / Carl Bertolino / Marc Rivard / Catherine Schwarting, |
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JAYCEE HOLIDAY BANNERS
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Starting in 2011, the Jaycees place festive banners around town each December! Look for them in early December!
DECORATING THE COMMON
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Each December, the Foxboro Jaycees decorate Foxboro Common with bows and wreaths, and place lights on the hedges at the foot of the Common and around the bandstand. The public is invited to help us do the decorating!
NATIVITY SET ON THE COMMON
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Each December, the Foxboro Jaycees set up the Nativity Scene on Foxboro Common, on the bandstand the Jaycees built in 1972. The Jaycees have been doing this since the 1960s, and store the set all year, and repaint, repair, and refurbish it as necessary. The public is invited to help us!
TOWN TREE LIGHTING
Decorate the Common Start off your morning by spending some time with neighbors and friends sprucing up our town for the holidays. Foxborough Common 9:00 a.m. to Noon Join the Jaycees on the common and help decorate our common with lights, bows and garland around the lamp posts
Foxboro Recreation Event: Make an Ornament Children are encouraged to create an ornament that can be taken home and placed on their family tree. From 4:00 to 5:00 pm at the Boyden Library. Sponsored by: Boyden Library and Foxborough Recreation
Tree Lighting Ceremony Join us in a celebration of community! Foxborough Common 5:00 to 6:00 p.m. Sign a Christmas Tree • Visitors from the North Pole • Carolers • Cookies • Hot Cocoa • Elite Dancers • Candy Canes and more Sponsored by: Foxborough Recreation Foxborough Fire & Rescue
PROGRESSIVE PARTY (FORMERLY PROGRESSIVE DINNER)
We dress up, and small groups gather at two appetizer houses, then the whole chapter gathers at the “dessert” house for dessert, music, and holiday cheer!
YANKEE SWAP
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At the December general membership meeting (GM), we hold our annual Yankee Swap — a small wrapped gift (no more than $10). It’s silly and a lot of fun!
We also take a group picture so be sure to wear your Jaycee shirt!
CAROLING ON THE COMMON
SetList:
The First Noel
It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
O Come, All Ye Faithful
O Little Town Of Bethlehem
O Holy Night
Away In A Manger
Joy To The World
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
Deck The Halls
Rudloph The Red Nosed Reindeer
White Christmas
Silent Night
Jingle Bells
Jolly Old St. Nicholas
CLICK HERE to download a copy of the song book we use every year!
Each December, the Foxboro Jaycees invite the town to join us at the Foxboro Common Bandstand for an evening of Christmas Caroling. The Foxboro High School Christmas Chorus Band provides the music, and Jaycees bring songbooks, hot candy canes and cookies. We sing carols, and from there, we head to the Doolittle Home to entertain the seniors with our Christmas music.
ASSIST A KID/ASSIST A SENIOR
We shop for some special gifts for a needy child, and also for a senior.
CHRISTMAS FRUIT BASKETS
We make 250+ baskets of fruit for the needy!
The Jaycees gather and create 250 baskets of fresh fruit that are delivered with the Foxboro Discretionary fund food boxes to needy families. Since 2010 we have partnered with our friends from Brigham & Women’s / Mass General Health Care Center to make this possible. JAYCEES, FAMILY, FRIENDS, CHILDREN all WELCOME to help! We need to make 250 baskets; c’mon down and help us!
DECORATION AND NATIVITY TAKE DOWN
After the holidays are over, the Foxboro Jaycees return to Foxboro Common to take down and store the nativity display, and take down the holiday decorations and lights and put them back into storage. Help is needed!
“Service To Humanity Is The Best Work of Life.”
