JAYCEE HOLIDAY BANNERS
Completed Early December
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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
Completed Early December
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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 – NEWLY RESTORED FOR 2020
Completed Early December
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Each December, the Foxboro Jaycees set up the Nativity Scene (created in the 1940s) on Foxboro Common, on the bandstand the Jaycees built in 1972. The Jaycees have been doing this since the late 1980s, and store the set all year, and repaint, repair, and refurbish it as necessary.
NEW!: HOLIDAY LIGHT CONTEST
New! Prizes will be awarded in 8 Categories:
- “Bing Crosby” Award: Most traditional / Classic – Old Fashioned Nostalgia
- “Martha Stewart” Award: Elegant – Low-key – Not overdone, not simple, just enough, very tasteful
- “Over the Rainbow” Award – Must use ALL colors of the rainbow to be considered: Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Purple
- “Toy Land” award: Use of animatronics, air-inflated decorations, things that move, etc.
- “The WOW Factor” Award: Most Creative / Original – this can be anything, something different, something special, something unique, something we haven’t seen before, or just a great idea.
- “Miracle on 34th Street” Award – Best Decorated Business
- “Clark Griswold” Award: Over-The-Top (Most likely to be seen from space) / “Friend of the Electric Company”
- The People’s Choice – this is the display the Public votes for by sending an email to deco@foxborojaycees.org
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ASSIST A KID/ASSIST A SENIOR
*Will* happen in 2020!
We shop for some special gifts for a needy child, and also for a senior.
CHRISTMAS FRUIT BASKETS
Completed 12/16/2020
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.
CAROLING ON THE COMMON (Virtual for 2020, please watch! ALL NEW!)
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DECORATION AND NATIVITY TAKE DOWN
*Will* happen in after Christmas 2020, early January 2021
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!
The Foxboro Jaycees are closely following the COVID-19 National Emergency and are fully prepared to follow any edicts set forth by the Governor of Massachusetts. Out of concern for public safety, obeying the current restrictions on gatherings, and the need to do our part to help limit and mitigate the spread of the illness, we will be adjusting our scheduled events as required.
The Board will continue to monitor and discuss the situation. We will try to make educated decisions on what we feel is in the best interest of the chapter and the public as a whole.
We will keep you updated on our projects/events.
Canceled in 2020 due to the pandemic
Canceled: TOWN TREE LIGHTING
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Canceled: PROGRESSIVE DINNER
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Canceled: YANKEE SWAP
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