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Sponsored by Orange County Parent Child Center (OCPCC) Play Group

Join us for a morning of hands-on fun with nature-based activities, arts & crafts, and sensory exploration. Story time with Brookfield librarian, Laura Rochat, starts at 11am! All ages are welcome and encouraged to join us. A snack will be provided. 

For more information, please email Shelby at Shelby@orangecountypcc.org or call OCPCC at 802-685-2264.

Community Cart

The OCPCC Community Cart is a mobile food shelf and diaper bank. Staff travel to towns throughout Orange County, providing free food and diapers to those in the community. There is no income or other requirements to access the Community Cart, simply stop by and 'shop' for what you would like. Items will vary depending on what OCPCC receives from their community partners. They typically have a variety of produce, shelf stable items, dairy, eggs, meats, and more.

In the Diaper Bank, sizes 2-5 are regularly available.  Occasionally,  newborn, size 1, size 6, pull-ups, and wipes are available.

Calling all introverts! A departure from the traditional book club where folks read the same book and there’s mandatory discussion about it, Silent Book Club invites folks to bring and read whatever they want quietly and independently. We’ll read for 45 minutes, followed by 15 minutes of (optional!) social time. Join us for a relaxed and low-pressure way to socialize with fellow book lovers.

On August 14, 6:30-8:00pm Rich Doolen, Emergency Management Shelter Group Director, will be giving a talk about how to prepare in the event of a community emergency. He will describe the role of the Brookfield Shelter group before and during an emergency as well as what we would need to consider and do in an emergency.

Celebrated Vermont Filmmaker Jay Craven brings his most recent film “Lost Nation” to Brookfield.  It is a Revolutionary era tale involving the stories of both the Green Mountain boy Ethan Allen and a once enslaved poet Lucy Prince.  Jim Lowe of the Times-Argus calls the film a “dramatic and riveting adventure” which is “beautifully filmed” as the stories of the protagonists “parallel–and collide dramatically”. Lowe notes, “The storytelling is irresistible, thanks to consistently fine portrayals and Craven’s excellent direction”. Don’t miss this special event!