HomeMy WebLinkAboutJanuary 2020We
9 East Creek Rd.
Nantucket, MA 02554
508.228.0462
January 2020
Volume 3, Issue 1
OUR ISLAND HOME
Monthly Newsletter
Inside This Issue:
• Holidays Update
• Resident
Portraiture
• Donations
Highlights:
1. Resident Quote
2. A Resident’s
Reminiscence
about Growing up
on Nantucket
3. Upcoming Events
4. Feasibility Study
Holidays Update
It was a wonderful holiday season at Our
Island Home! Below, please enjoy pictures
of us loving the Nantucket Ballet School’s
performance of the Nutcracker and the
Annual Friends and Family Christmas
party. A huge thank you to the Friends of
Our Island Home and all that donated
toward Christmas presents, our dietary
staff for the amazing food, the Victorian
Carolers and Santa (Jack Bulger) and his Elf
(Neil Brennan) for making it our most
spectacular Christmas party yet! Our
facility was decorated beautifully thanks to
the efforts of Donna King (our fantastic
night nurse) and Caroline Cole Designs.
Resident Portraiture
Local Nantucket photographer
Barbara Clarke is offering her
portraiture services free of
charge to OIH residents. If you
would like to schedule group or
individual portraits for your
friend or family residing at OIH,
please contact Taylor Hilst at
thilst@nantucket-ma.gov to
schedule an appointment.
We
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9 East Creek Rd
Nantucket, MA 02554
PHONE:
508.228.0462
FAX:
508.228.6875
E-MAIL:
Brett Lennerton
Administrator
blennerton@nantucket-
ma.gov
Reminiscing about growing up on Nantucket:
fishing for herring with Paul Bennet
Paul was a year ahead of me in school and we
hunted fished together all the time.
We’d fish for herring out at first bridge with a
dip nets the tide came in.
We used to have so much fun!
We’d turn the dip net inside out, get bendy
sticks to keep the bag open
and tie it off to make a trap.
We’d belly crawl on the bank with a flashlight,
hear them and run ‘em up.
Worked every time!
Then we’d cut the tail and collect the spawn.
$3/quart is what we’d get.
So we’d get about 10 quarts of spawn which
meant $30, a lot of money back then…
-Mousey
We kept some for home.
Mom used to roll the spawn in cornmeal and
cook in hot grease.
Family Council:
Wednesday, January 15th, 10 am.
Early Childhood Playgroup:
Facilitated by Susan Richards of
Nantucket Community School,
Monday mornings at 10:30 am.
Leadership Explorers:
This wonderful group of middle
schoolers will be visiting with our
residents at 12:30 pm on
Wednesday, January 22nd.
Boys and Girls Club:
The NBGC is coming for fun and
games with our residents on
Thursday, January 23rd at 4pm!
Upcoming Live Musical Talent:
Graeme Durovich: violin soloist
performance on January 2nd.
Mollie Glazer: classical piano on
January 6th, 13th and 27th.
Steve Tornovish: guitar, harmonica
and maybe some karaoke on
January 15th and 30th!
Susan Berman: brings us her sea-
worth tunes on January 21st and
28th!
Jim Sulzer: classical guitar on January
15th and 29th.
All music beings at 4pm in the OIH
living room unless otherwise stated.
The potential for a new OIH on the
current site: The team at LWDA is
working with the Town of
Nantucket and stakeholders on a
feasibility study for future options
for Our Island Home. For more
information, see current FAQs, and
have the option to submit your
own inquiry or question, please go
to the following web page
https://oih.carrd.co/
Your input, opinion and questions
are important to ensure a
comprehensive, successful next
step is developed!
Upcoming Events
Resident
Quote of the
Month
“We had a great
Christmas here
this year.”
-Gladys S
We’re on the Web!
See us at:
www.nantucket-
ma.gov
Check out Our Island Home’s entry in the Whaling
Museum’s Festival of Trees: “Our Island Artists”!
Donations:
We are very grateful to the following
businesses and individuals for their
generous donations: Penny Dey, The
Union Lodge, Thomas and Lee Anne
Richard, Jason Perkins Construction Inc.,
Sandra Flavin, Susan Berman, Santos
Rubbish, Laura Wasserman and Ian
Golding, and Colleen and Jeffry Clopeck.
Your generosity hugely improves the
quality of life at OIH!
Decorating the OIH art class tree for the
Whaling Museum’s Festival of Trees.
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