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Vol. 3 No. 7
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Come and See the Flying Flowers! Project Just Because “Christmas in July” Holliston AgCom to Open Butterfly Aviary on July 11, Public Welcome Fundraiser July 23
By J.D. O’Gara
Painted ladies, monarchs and more! The Holliston Agricultural Commission is getting ready to open its new butterfly aviary, the brainchild of and built by PJ Kilkelly, a stone mason by trade, in his spare time. The opening event will take place on Saturday, July 11th, from 12-4 p.m., right next to the Holliston Community Gardens. If you aren’t sure where that is, you’ll find this community treasure behind Pinecrest Golf Club (pinecrestgolfclub.org) at 212 Prentice Street. Just follow the driveway to the back. “We’re going to have a grill, with hot dogs and drinks, for the kids to come over and see it,” says Kilkelly, who found the metal frame, used, in Greenwood, NH. The solid wood walls of the enclosure will come up only halfway, so that visitors may observe the butterflies in the aviary through plastic netting, he adds. Funds for the materials were raised by Holliston Agricultural Commission’s (AgCom’s) “Kiss the Pig” fundraiser, as well as by a very generous donation from
Event, Featuring Country Music, Raffles, to Be at Holliston’s Upper Town Hall By J.D. O’Gara
The Holliston Agricultural Commission’s Butterfly Aviary, a reality thanks in great part to the hard work of PJ Kilkelly, shown here, funds raised by Kiss the Pig, a sizeable donation from the Holliston Newcomers and a smaller grant from the Scott’s Miracle Gro company, will officially open with a celebration on Saturday, July 11, from 12-4 p.m. (Raindate July 12) The first butterflies to inhabit the enclosure have been raised by local preschool groups, and Kilkelly hopes students and families will nurture more. Photo courtesy of Cherry Fenton.
the Holliston Newcomers Club. (www.hollistonnewcomers.org). A small, additional grant came from Scott’s Miracle Gro. This year, five classroom but-
terfly kits have been distributed to four local day care centers and the 4H group led by Paula
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Fifteen years ago, Cherylann Lambert Walsh wanted to teach her kids to give back. The Holliston native and Hopkinton resident took her children into Boston to hand out winter jackets to people who needed them. Then, says Karen Regan, who is now Operations Manager of Project Just Because in Hopkinton, Lambert became aware that there were people right in her town of Hopkinton who needed coats, so she started working to collect and provide them. “She became known as ‘the Mom in her basement,’” says Regan, of the effort that that grew from one basement to neighbors’ basements and eventually to its current home, a large warehouse at 86 South Street in Hopkinton. Project Just Because (projectjustbecause.org) is now an organization that supports communities statewide with 20 programs, including
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holiday gifts for 15,000 children, back to school programs, clothing programs, programs for seniors, maternity and cancer patients, birthday programs for children in need and a food pantry for Hopkinton residents. “People come from all over the state, even western Mass.,” says Regan, explaining Project Just Because even helped tornado victims from Brimfield, Mass. “A lot of people think we’re synonymous with holidays, but we help in cases of fire, violence, domestic abuse. We have a house wares department and can give blankets, bedding. We have met families that come with nothing but the clothes on their back. The need keeps growing.” Regan says “97%” of Project Just Because is run by volunteers. “It’s grandparents, it’s Moms whose kids have gone off to school,
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