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During the coldest weather months (November through April) our League fields a team to provide and serve the meal at the Interfaith Emergency Winter Shelter in downtown Northampton. Please consider joining us! Especially since the composition of our team varies each month, there are a variety of ways to contribute. Contact Cynthia at digeronimo@comcast.net to express your interest or for more information.

During the coldest weather months (November through April) our League fields a team to provide and serve the meal at the Safe Passage emergency overnight shelter in downtown Northampton. Please consider joining us! Especially since the composition of our team varies each month, there are a variety of ways to contribute. Contact Cynthia at digeronimo@comcast.net to express your interest or for more information.

During the coldest weather months (November through April) our League fields a team to provide and serve the meal at the Interfaith Emergency Winter Shelter in downtown Northampton. Please consider joining us! Especially since the composition of our team varies each month, there are a variety of ways to contribute. Contact Cynthia at digeronimo@comcast.net to express your interest or for more information.

Municipal Elections held state wide. Your vote makes a difference!

The Daily Hampshire Gazette, League of Women Voters, WHMP and Easthampton Media are teaming up to sponsor a forum for the candidates at JFK Middle School in the Community Room starting at 6:30pm.

The Daily Hampshire Gazette, League of Women Voters and Easthampton Media are teaming
up to sponsor a forum for the mayoral candidates at Easthampton High School
Reception to follow at Eastworks on Pleasant Street in Room 160.

The next board meeting of the League of Women Voters of the Northampton Area will be on Wednesday, October 4, 2017 at the home of Nancy Polan, 10 Pine Meadow Rd., Southampton, Ma. The board will meet from 7-9 p.m.

On Saturday, September 16 between 10 a.m. and noon, Northampton will celebrate Citizenship Day in the Coolidge Room of Forbes Library. Yvonne Freccero, Northampton League member, will be one
of the presenters. You are invited to attend. The Mayor of Northampton initiated this event – he particularly wants to welcome all new citizens of Northampton.
Constitution Day and Citizenship Day is celebrated each year on Sept. 17 on the anniversary of the signing of the Constitution in 1787. Congress first highlighted the significance of U.S. citizenship in 1940 when
it designated the third Sunday in May as “I am an American Day.” In 1952, Congress shifted the date to Sept. 17 and renamed it “Citizenship Day.” Congress changed the designation of this day to “Constitution
Day and Citizenship Day” in 2004.
For several years, on the 4th of July, the Northampton League has helped new citizens register to vote. We hope to see some of them as well as League members at Forbes Library for the celebration.

The book sale is will be held on Saturday, September 23 at Smith Vocational and Agricultural High School, Locust St. Northampton. The sale is from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. Early birds can pay $10 to begin shopping at 8 a.m. Books are generally one or two dollars. There is a section of rare and unusual books.