What: A Storywalk

Who: Barrington Children (ages birth to 5 and their families)

Where: The OWL's (Outdoor & Woodland Learning) Nest located behind the Barrington Early Childhood Learning Center's playground (77 Ramsdell Lane, Barrington, NH 03825)

When: 10am-1pm on Oct 16, 2022 (pre-registration required)

Come enjoy the outdoors and children's literature at the same time. Stroll through the wooded path, enjoy a children's story along the way, and go home with a book! It's free to participate but pre-registration is required, sign up for a start time (a 1 hour window to begin the walk).

The event is free for Barrington families with children up to 5 years old (older siblings are welcome to join in too). It's New England, so please dress for the weather. This event is sponsored by the Barrington School Foundation and the Barrington Early Childhood Learning Center (ECLC).

REGISTRATION LINK

BSF has been selected as the New and Again Thrift Store for Charity's charity this quarter! Come shop at New & Again and support BSF initiatives at the same time.

Thank you New & Again!

Calef's Country Store is donated 10% of sales of White Mountain Pickling Company Pickling Kits sold in August 2022 to the Barrington School Foundation. We are so fortunate to be part of their Community Outreach: Partnering with Purpose Program. Thank you Calef's! We truly appreciate your generosity to us and our community.

Congratulations Jeff Durell! We were honored to present Jeff Durell with the 2022 Excellence In Education Award. Mr. Durell is an inspirational social studies teacher at BMS. He demonstrates enthusiasm, innovation, and a willingness to try the unusual in order to reach students. He takes on extra duties and responsibilities to enhance a positive school climate. Jeff not only finds ways for his students to excel, but his team members as well.

At the June 7th School Board Meeting, we presented him with a plaque and personal check to honor his outstanding efforts. Thank you Jeff for your dedication to Barrington's students and teachers!

Your everyday purchases can support Barrington's students and educators. To align with Barrington's tricentennial celebrations, we hope to get 300 people to select us as their AmazonSmile charity!

It's super easy to set up - and at no extra cost to you, Amazon will donate 0.5% of your eligible purchases back to the Barrington School Foundation.

Using a computer or laptop?

Just start your Amazon shopping at smile.amazon.com (instead of the regular amazon.com) and make "Barrington School District Foundation" your charity of choice. Set it up now at this link ( https://smile.amazon.com/ch/02-0518293 ) and be ready for the next time you shop!

This next part is important... Remember to start at smile.amazon.com every time you shop after you're set-up (otherwise you'll just be shopping at the regular amazon website again - and no proceeds will be sent to charity).

Using a smartphone app to shop?

1. Open the app and find ’Settings’ in the main menu.

(Tap those little lines that look like this: ☰. Then scroll down to "Settings")

2. Tap on ‘AmazonSmile’ and follow the on-screen instructions to turn on AmazonSmile on your phone and search for "Barrington School District Foundation"

Now every time you shop on your app you'll automatically be shopping with AmazonSmile and helping us do our projects that support Barrington's children and educators!

On June 6th we handed off 16 bags of "Summer Essentials" to the End 68 Hours of Hunger Barrington NH crew. End68 does the amazing work of providing food for Barrington children who need it. Each year we collaborate with End68 to get those kiddos some things that bring some fun to their summers. This year's bags included items like sunblock, bug repellent bracelets, and beach balls...and also a bunch of craft materials and ideas for creating their own games. We hope the kiddos have a creative summer!

We would like to thank the Barrington Public Library's Board of Trustees for acquiring award-winning books for the middle school recipients. Also the Great Bay Discovery Center generously donated Osprey Kite Kits for all 16 recipients. Thank you so much!

May 7, 2022 was the Peeper Race and it was such a great time. Our team, the Running Readers, was the largest team with 36 registrants! Thanks to all who participated, volunteered, cheered us on, and made the morning so wonderful!

BSF hosted the Kids' Zone at the 2022 Peeper Race. There were obstacles, ring toss, giant connect 4, and books. It was so wonderful to meet local families and enjoy a chilly spring morning outdoors.

Thank you Barrington Middle School educators for all you do for your students. We hope you enjoy the trail mix and iced coffee we brought in for you. We appreciate how you guide your students on their TRAILS to success!

On January 19th, 2021, we delivered 42 books to BMS, BES, and the ECLC to honor the recipients of the 2019-2020 Excellence in Education (awarded all teachers and staff in the Barrington schools to recognize their extraordinary efforts in the spring of 2020). Classroom teachers were invited to select a book about social justice, diverse perspectives, and inclusion; books were also presented to the school libraries to honor the staff. Twelve generous community members joined BSF to acquire the books, making this a community collaboration to thank our town's amazing educators.

Charlotte Hambucken, super graphic designer, created our logo. Thank you Charlotte for donating your talents to the Barrington School Foundation.