Today’s Events In Foxborough 02035

Sept. 23 – HockomockYMCA Virtual Fitness Classes today.
Sept. 23 – Strength Training at Foxborough Senior Center 8:30 a.m.^*
Sept. 23 – Foxborough Community Garden Offerings 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.^*
Sept. 23 – Foxborough Skate Park Is Open.**
Sept. 23 – All Foxborough Recreation Department Playgrounds are open. Maintain Social Distance as required by the State and adhere to trash rules implemented by the Town Of Foxborough.
Sept. 23 – Socially Distant Social Time at Foxborough Senior Center 9:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Sept. 23 – Hearing Clinic at Foxborough Senior Center 10:0 a.m.
Sept. 23 – Foxborough Town Manager Monday Covid-19 Update ~10:00 a.m.*
Sept. 23 – Foxborough Senior Center Walking Club 10:00 a.m.^*
Sept. 23 – Chorus at Foxborough Senior Center 10:00 a.m.^*
Sept. 23 – #NewTradingPost 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.^*
Sept. 23 – Boyden Library in #Downtown_Foxborough is open 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.*
Sept. 23 – Friends Of Boyden Library Last Chapter Sale at Boyden Library.
Sept. 23 – Al Truax Bridge Club at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church 11:00 a.m.^*
Sept. 23 – Family Food Bags at #HockomockYMCA in Foxborough 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Sept. 23 – Colorist Club at Foxborough Senior Center 1:00 p.m.^*
Sept. 23 – The Hate U Give at Foxborough Senior Center 5:00 p.m.
Sept. 23 – End Of Summer Drive Through BBQ at Foxborough Senior Center 5:00 p.m.
Sept. 23 – Skeet & Trap at ISC 5:00 p.m.^*
Sept. 23 – Foxborough Recreation Department Adult Golf 6:00 p.m.
Sept. 23 – Troop 314 Camping Merit Badge Meeting 6:30 p.m.
Sept. 23 – Prayer and Bible Study at Foxboro’ Seventh-Day Adventist Church 7:00 p.m.^*
Sept. 23 – Friends Of Foxborough Recreation Book Club Meeting at Booth 7:00 p.m.
Sept. 23 – Union Church’s Book of James Bible Study via Zoom.us 7:00 p.m.*
Sept. 23 – Geeks Who Drink Trivia! at @WormtownBrewery 7:00 p.m.^*
Sept. 23 – 9 Ball APA Pool League at VFW 7:00 p.m.^*
Sept. 23 – UUFoxborough Mindfulness Group Meeting 7:00 p.m.*
Sept. 23 – #NERevolution vs. Montreal Impact at #GilletteStadium on #Route1_Foxborough 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 23 – Jurassic Quest Drive-Thru at Patriot Place ends 9/27/20.* **
Sept. 23 – Foxborough Houses Of Worship Virtual Worship Services & Meetings**
Sept. 23 – ShopFoxborough’s Who is the best jeweler? Who has the best pizza? & best sub? & best chili polls.***
Sept. 23 – Covid-19 Daily Download.*
Sept. 23 – Plan to do some shopping downtown, Chestnut Green, Route 1, Route 106, Route 140, Bradlees Plaza, Foxfield Plaza/Forbes Crossing, and other locations in Foxborough and grab a bite to eat at a local restaurant or get a meal to go: http://business.02035.org, https://planning.02035.org/businesses.htm, & https://twitter.com/02035org/lists/businesses-in-foxborough.

* Check with venues before proceeding.

Helping Hands

Now – Volunteers wanted by #FoxboroughVets for three Memorial Squares on the common in #Downtown_Foxborough.
All Year – Foxborough Discretionary Fund (35 Neponset Avenue/P.O. Box 636) is collecting non-perishables for folks in Foxborough. Monetary donations are welcome; food donations are being accepted on Tuesdays from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Now – Food Drive & Donation Bins at @HockomockYMCA 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.*
Now – Food Drive & Donation Bins at @HockomockYMCA (67 Mechanic Street, Foxborough MA 02035) 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.*
Now – Fifth Annual Fill The Foxborough Pet Pantry is accepting donations of pet food, kitty litter, and pet supplies. Pet food accepted is dry pet food in unopened bags weighing 10 pounds or less and canned food.
Now – Volunteers wanted to help pack food boxes for Massachusetts Military Support Foundation in four-hour shifts from 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. at Supply Chains Solutions/Foxboro’ Terminals, 208 North Street, Foxborough, MA 02035. *

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Fun Stuff & Interesting Information

Today

Sept. 23 – #Celtics at Heat 8:30 p.m.
Sept. 17 – Sept. 23 – Constitution Week.^*
Sept. 23 – Today is Checkers Day.
Sept. 23 – A time capsule, to be opened in 6939, was buried at World’s Fair in New York City (capsule contained a woman’s hat, man’s pipe and 1,100′ of microfilm) on this day in 1938.* *^{* *}
Sept. 23 – On September 23, 1845, the first baseball team (Knickerbocker Base Ball Club) organized and adopted a code of rules and regulations.^**
Sept. 23 – Some newspapers published President Lincoln’s Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation on September 23, 1862.^*
Sept. 23 – On September 23, 1879, Richard S. Rhodes received a patent (# 219,828) on for an improvement in Audiphones.^*
Sept. 23 – Earl Ovington became the first air mail pilot on September 23, 1911.^*
Sept. 23 – Roland Garros was the first to fly over the Mediterranean Sea on September 23, 1913.^*
Sept. 23 – The KKK held a recruiting drive at Mechanic’s Hall in Worcester, Mass., on September 23, 1923.^*
Sept. 23 – Tom Brady took over as quarterback for the Patriots on September 23, 2001.*^*
Sept. 23 – Henry Kessler (@HenryKessler4) scored his first MLS career goal at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough during the #NERevolution vs. Montreal Impact match on September 23, 2020,*
Sept. 23 – On Saturday, September 23, 2017, 19,303 attended the #NERevolution vs. Toronto FC match at #GilletteStadium in Foxborough. New England Revolution won 2-1. Explore and learn more about our borough past and present at http://history.02035.org.
Sept. 23 – If you want to go for a walk, try one of these places: *
Sept. 23 – If you’re searching for a destination or looking for a recreation spot or water body in Foxborough, try one of these places: https://www.02035.org/residents.htm.

This Week

Sept. 1 – Sept. 30 – Yellow flags around the common in #downtown_Foxborough for Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. #DannysWarriors
Sept. 21 – Foxborough Music Association, Foxborough Youth Football And Cheer-leading, and Jaycees are both selling Foxborough Masks.
Sept. 21 – Help our local businesses: do some shopping and get some food from a local venue: http://business.02035.org.
Sept. 20 – Sept. 26 – National Farm Safety and Health Week. This year’s theme is “Every Farmer Counts”.^*
Sept. 18 – MassDPH Daily Covid-19 Dashboard.*
Sept. 16 – MassDPH Weekly Covid-19 Public Health Report.*

Foxborough:

* Total Case Count 160

* Total Case Count (Last 14 Days) “8”

* Average Daily Incidence Rate per 100,000 (Last 14 days) “3.2”%

* Relative Change in Case Counts “Lower”

September 2020 & Ongoing

Ongoing – On-line Fun Stuff*
Ongoing – Open or Closed?
Sept. 15 – Sept. 30 – UN General Assembly 75th session in NY. This year’s theme is “The Future We Want, the UN We Need: Reaffirming our Collective Commitment to Multilateralism”. *
Sept. 15 – Oct. 15 – National Hispanic Heritage Month.^*
Sept. 1 – Sept. 30 – September is National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month.^*
Sept. 1 – Sept. 30 – September is National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month.^*
Sept. 1 – Sept. 30 – September is National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.^**
Sept. 1 – Sept. 30 – September is National Wilderness Month.^**
Sept. 1 – Sept. 30 – September is National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month.^*
Sept. 1 – Sept. 30 – September is National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month.^*
Sept. 1 – Sept. 30 – September is National Preparedness Month.^**
Sept. 1 – Sept. 30 – September is National Potato Month.^*
Sept. – Submit Comments to the Massachusetts Reopening Advisory Board *
Sept. 1 – 30 – #Foxborough_MA Compost Site is Open For The Season.^*
Sept. 1 – 30 – Find Dining Deals at #ChickieFlynns, #Twenty8Food, #Subway, #DAngelo, #Skipjacks, #99Restaurants, #Menchies_PPlace, #CupcakeCharlies, #OliveAndMint, #JakeNJOES, #Skipjacks, #SushiMadness, #BarLouie, #CBSSportingClub, #DaviosFox, & more in Foxborough today.^*
Sept. 1 – 30 – Register for classes at Orpheum, Hunakai Studio, Elite Sports, Skating Academy, Personal Best Karate, CrossfitTorque, Answer Is Fitness, Cheer Factor, Classical Ballet Academy, Elite Dance Studio, The Pilates Place, Vortex Yoga, FireflyYogaMA, Pure Barre, Mindful Arts, RBI Academy, Extreme Challenge, Sports Center, Foxborough Recreation Department, WOW!, Gold’s Gym, Ace Archers, and more!^*
Sept. 1 – 30 – Find more weather and storm information for Foxborough via http://www.02035.org/residents.htm
Sept. 1 – 30 – Looking for a place to cool off in Foxborough? Visit Residents.^*
Sept. 1 – 30 – Information About Hunting Season in Massachusetts.^*
Apr. 6 – Nov. – Foxborough Compost Site is OPEN Mondays-Saturdays (except holidays) 7:30 a.m. – 3:45 p.m.
Ongoing – Foxborough Fundraisers*
Jan. 15 – May 1 – Open Burn season in Massachusetts ends 5/1/2020.^*
Sept. 1 – 30 – Find more weather and storm information for Foxborough via http://blog.02035.org/residents
Sept. 1 – 30 – If you’re looking for a place to walk or play, try one of these places: Fields, water bodies, and more.