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"How to be Mentally Tough in Challenging Times" Online Public Presentation Thursday, April 2nd at 7pm

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Much of life is out of our control. Join us in this session to learn to pay more attention to what you can control- your internal reactions and mental activity. Learn what you can stop doing that accomplishes nothing but to make things worse than they already have to be. Challenging times are stressful. It’s important to acknowledge that. But let’s minimize the self-created and self-inflicted stress.

Session Objectives:
-Grasp that you have control over what goes on inside of your head. If you don’t, then who or what does?

Video: Hopkinton Hangout Hour Episode #5 3-31-2020

By Tom Nappi, News Director

The 5th episode of HCAM's new series "Hopkinton Hangout Hour" took place at 2pm Tuesday, March 31st. The episode featured Tom Nappi talking with Hopkinton Resident, Matt Reardon about the Red for Unity Facebook page and Matt Clark with a Geek Week Episode. Tune in every weekday on HCAM TV (Comcast: Channel 8, Verizon Channel 30) or at our YouTube page page at 2pm!

View Tuesday's episode below!

What we do for each other... on the Hangout Hour 4/1/20

By Tom Nappi, News Director

The 6th episode of HCAM's new series "Hopkinton Hangout Hour" takes place at 2pm Wednesday, April 1st. The first half hour will feature Abbie Rosenberg in a conversation about dealing with stress and the second half of the program will be a discussion about what people are doing to help others during this time. High School teacher Doug Scott will be with us to discuss a community effort to make Medical Face Shields.

Town of Hopkinton and Boston Athletic Association Collaborate to Support St. Vincent’s Hospital

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Hopkinton, MA (March 31, 2020) - Despite the postponement of the 124th Boston
Marathon until September 14, 2020, Hopkinton’s relationship with the Boston Athletic
Association (BAA) continues to benefit the town and the region.

Hopkinton resident Carolyn Jackson, who serves as the CEO at St. Vincent’s Hospital in
Worcester, MA, reached out to members of the Hopkinton Select Board looking for
emergency personal protective equipment (PPE) for her staff. The first group the Select
Board considered was the BAA.

Hopkinton Hangout Hour Episode #5 to take place at 2pm 3/31/2020

By Tom Nappi, News Director

The 5th episode of HCAM's new series "Hopkinton Hangout Hour" takes place at 2pm Tuesday, March 31st. The episode will feature Tom Nappi talking with Hopkinton Resident, Matt Reardon about the Red for Unity Facebook page and Matt Clark with a Geek Week Episode. Tune in on HCAM TV (Comcast: Channel 8, Verizon Channel 30) or at our YouTube page page at 2pm!

Video: Hopkinton Hangout Hour Episode #4 3-30-2020

By Tom Nappi, News Director

The 4th episode of HCAM's new series "Hopkinton Hangout Hour" took place at 2pm Monday March 30th. The episode featured Hopkinton Hillers Varsity Baseball Coach, Stephen Simoes to talk about ways to stay in shape for the season as well as what the spring season future holds. View the episode below!

While we are practice social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic, you can watch us live on HCAM TV as well as our YouTube page with "Hopkinton Hangout" every weekday from 2 until 3pm.

HCAM's Hopkinton Hangout Hour Monday March 30th

By Tom Nappi, News Director

The 4th episode of HCAM's new series "Hopkinton Hangout Hour" takes place at 2pm Monday March 30th. The episode will feature MRC Director, Liisa Jackson talking about nursing and COVID-19 as well as Hopkinton Hillers Varsity Baseball Coach, Stephen Simoes to talk about ways to stay in shape for the season. Tune in on HCAM TV (Comcast: Channel 8, Verizon Channel 30) or at our YouTube page page at 2pm!

Video: HCAM's "Hopkinton Hangout Hour" Episode 3 3/27/2020

By Tom Nappi, News Director

The 3rd episode of our new series "Hopkinton Hangout Hour" took place on Friday (3/27) and featured John Ritz of the Hopkinton Trails Club and Hopkinton based musician, Barbara Kessler. View the episode and more about the show below!

About the Show: While we are practice social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic, you can watch us live on HCAM TV as well as our YouTube page with "Hopkinton Hangout" every weekday from 2 until 3pm.

Hopkinton Youth and Family Services Gift Card Program Update

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Thank you to those that have donated. The gift cards have been put to use. As members of the community have been impacted the needs are increasing! If you are in a place and would like to donate you can place a gift card in an envelope marked Youth and Family Services and drop it in the box outside the town hall door. The mail is being checked twice a day and it will get distributed to the department. The ecards have been working as well! If you should have any questions please feel free to reach out to YC at youthchair@hopkintonma.gov.