Outlook

Announcements

Vendors Wanted for Community Center Flea Market & Craft Fair

To be held Saturday, March 31, 2012. MORE

Softball, Baseball & T-Ball Sign Us

now through the end of February 2012. MORE

February Vacation Activities at the Tucker Free Library

Sign Ups for Football & Cheerleading

Henniker Sign-Ups for 2012 Flag & Tackle Football and Cheerleading will be held February 23rd, 6-8pm at the Grange, 21 Western Ave. Sponsored by the John Stark General Football Association (fees required). MORE

Teen Center open Fridays 6-9 PM for 7, 8 & 9th grade!

Check out activities such as ping-pong, pool table, air hockey, TV with game system and VCR/DVD player, as well as an assortment of games in the cabinet for peers to hang-out and interact in a safe environment. Drinks and snacks are available for 0.25-0.75¢ each. A registration form is required. MORE DETAILS

New Life Thrift Shop

Our New Life Thrift Shop hours of operation are:

Monday 10-2

Wednesdays. 1-5

Fridays 10-2

Saturdays 10-1

We are located on Gould St. in Henniker just behind the church. Donations & consignments of clothing & house-wares are currently being accepted. Proceeds support the wider mission of the Congregational Church of Henniker. Stop in & see what we have to offer. Check out our website for an up-to-date calendar & more: www.hennikerchurch.org

Senior Center February Happenings

Spaces are available for the afternoon session of "Bone Builders" exercise classes. For information contact Senior Services at White Birch Community Center @ 428-3077.

Movies for February - movies are held in the senior center meeting room at 1:30. Transportation from Rush Square is available by calling 428-3077

February 14th "Grumpy Old Men"
February 21st "Stone of Destiny"
February 28th "UP"

Senior Health Clinic Wednesday February 15th 1-4pm RSVP 224-4093
*Transportation from Rush Square is available by calling 428-3077

Cards: Join us on Friday February 24th @ 3:00 pm to play cards
*transportation from Rush Square is available by calling 428-3077

Boston Flower Show Bus Trip March 17th

Bus departs from the NH Park & Ride at Exit 2 on I-89 (Clinton Street exit). Depart @ 9 AM and return @ 5 PM. Seats are limited. Ticket sales end when bus is full! Reserve Your Seat Today! $40 per person includes the bus ride and an Admission Ticket to show! Send a check payable to the Henniker Lions Club (with a self addressed, stamped envelope so that tickets can be mailed to you) to: Henniker Lions Club

PO Box 808, Henniker, NH 03242. Groups, please include a contact name, phone number or email & a list of all people in the group. Questions? Contact: Bruce Trivellini hennikerlionsclub@comcast.net. FLYER (PDF Version)

Henniker Community School Registration

PRESCHOOL: Henniker preschool is accepting applications for the 2012-2013 school year. Parents of Henniker children ages 3 and 4 should call the number below for an application – DEADLINE: APRIL 13th. Monthly tuition is charged for this program.
KINDERGARTEN: Parents of children entering kindergarten in September 2012 are asked to call the number listed below by April 13th. To enroll your child, you must verify Henniker residency and the child must be 5 years old by September 30, 2012.
FIRST GRADE: Children entering first grade must be 6 years old by September 30, 2012. If your child has not been in the kindergarten program at Henniker Community School, you are asked to call: Dale Ford @ #428-3476.

Concord Regional Visiting Nurse Association Seeks Hospice Volunteers

Concord Regional Visiting Nurse Association is seeking volunteers to offer companionship and support to terminally ill patients in local nursing care facilities and in homes. The next training session is being held Wednesdays, March 7 to May 2 from 6 to 8 p.m. The deadline to apply for this session is Friday, February 10. Hospice volunteers support care by:

Visiting with patients
Listening to patients
Reading to patients
Giving caregivers a respite break
Cooking meals at the Concord Regional VNA Hospice House
Giving Reiki or massage to patients
Offering administrative support at the Hospice

For more information, call Laurie Brooks at (603) 224-4093 or (800) 924-8620, ext. 2826 or e-mail her at laurie.brooks@crvna.org.

Fisher Cats Fundraiser - Summer 2012 Game

See a baseball game this summer AND help raise funds for the Athletic Committee for Youth. DETAILS

Monthly Health Clinic for Seniors

3rd Wednesdays from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Suggested donation of $10 for services. To schedule an appointment, please call (603) 224-4093. Services offered include Foot Care, Ear Wax Removal, Blood Pressure, Medication Education, Blood Sugar Screening, and Nutritional Counseling. MORE

Special Events

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2012 ~ 6:00 - 8:00 pm

Sign Ups for Football & Cheerleading

Henniker Sign-Ups for 2012 Flag & Tackle Football and Cheerleading will be held February 23rd, 6-8pm at the Grange, 21 Western Ave. Sponsored by the John Stark General Football Association (fees required). MORE

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2012

Comics Workshop with Henniker's own Marek Bennett at Hopkinton Library

COMICS WORKSHOP w/ Marek Bennett @ Hopkinton Town Library (http://hopkintontownlibrary.org/) on Sunday, 26 February, from 4-6pm.

WHATEVER we draw that evening will get published in a special two-hour collectors' edition Workshop Mini-Comic that very evening, even as we draw it! Hope you can join us. -- Marek http://www.marekbennett.com/

SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 2012

Boston Flower Show Bus Trip

SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 2012

Craft Fair / Flea Market

At the Henniker Community Center, 57 Main St., 8:30 AM to 2:00 PM. DETAILS

Ongoing Events

ONGOING

Henniker Youth Athletics

Click here for HYA's website: Baseball, Softball, T-Ball, Basketball, Soccer and more for youth preschool thru middle school.

ONGOING

Looking for Volunteers for Community Center Activities

The Henniker Community Center Activities Committee is always seeking individuals looking to make a difference in the community. The committee gathers together once a month to brainstorm new and inventive ideas while coordinating events that were successful in the past. To learn more about becoming part of this committee please contact Shannon Camara at 428-8192 or at camaras70@ yahoo.com.

ONGOING

Yoga with Traci

Ongoing classes are open for drop-in every week. Mondays @ 6:15 pm & Tuesdays @ 7:30 am or Fridays @ 6:15 pm in the fitness room at Rob Howard's Law Office (Courteous Law). Contact Traci at (603) 748-3030, www.yoginitracy.com, Email yogini_tracy@yahoo.com.

ONGOING

Yoga with David

Ongoing classes are Wednesdays at 6:30 PM at the Henniker Community Center, 57 Main Street. Call David Woodward for more info (603) 464-4255 or dwoodward@nec.edu.

ONGOING

Exercise Program (Senior Center Happenings)

Tuesdays and Fridays at 9:30 AM at White Birch Community Center, 51 Hall Avenue, www.whitebirchcommunitycenter.org, (603) 428-7860

ONGOING

Knit Wits (Knitters) Senior Center Happenings

Wednesdays at 10:00 AM at White Birch Community Center, 51 Hall Avenue, www.whitebirchcommunitycenter.org, (603) 428-7860

ONGOING

Weekly Movies (Senior Center Happenings)

Tuesdays at 1:30 PM at White Birch Community Center, 51 Hall Avenue, www.whitebirchcommunitycenter.org, (603) 428-7860

Submissions: The "Henniker Community Outlook" is an online publication of the Town of Henniker Selectmen's office. It is essentially a list of upcoming community events. To post something here, please e-mail it to webmaster@henniker.org. Photos are always welcome, however no commercial advertising please. The Selectmen's Office reserves the right to omit or edit submissions.

About: The "Outlook" was first started after the 1998 town-wide Community Profile. This was a 3-day event orchestrated by the University of New Hampshire's Cooperative Extension, whereby townspeople took stock of where they were in regards to meeting the desires of the community and developed an action plan for how they wanted to operate in the future. A town-centered newsletter was a winning vote at this Profile, birthing forth a monthly paper that was produced first by a volunteer Communications Committee. Eventually, as volunteers became squeezed for time and funding, the newsletter was published by the Selectmen's Office. It went from being mailed out every month to four times a year with the help of volunteers at White Birch's Senior Center. When the town participated in another Community Profile process in 2009, communications was again brought up, this time with an emphasis on website presence as a way to enhance communications. Due to the 2010 budget cuts, the "Outlook" was no longer printed or mailed. Instead it became a digital version, only available through the town's website, www.henniker.org. In keeping up with the ever-changing advances of technology, the Outlook morphed again in 2011 by becoming embedded into the the town's website - to be updated regularly, rather than four times a year.