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Town of Lexington
Lexington Youth Commission
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Minutes of the meeting held on Thursday, October 9, 2014 at the Lexington DPW
Members Present:
Debbie Hankins, Doug Lucente, Shannon DeGuglielmo, Karen Duprey, Joey
Hankins, Sean Maloney, Janelle Franklin, Vanessa Savage, Mark Solomon, Andrea Michelson,
James Laurenzi, Ben Leibskind, Gillian Goolkasian, Elizabeth Coons, Annie Douvas, John
Mullen, Ilise Martel, Lee Katz, Andrew Thomas, Ryan Buschini, Avery Gehring, Will Thomas
amd Courtney Walsh
Members Absent:
Chris Grant, Thomas Barry, Becca Denning, Shaun McLaughlin, Emma
Berman, Nic Fusco, Rachael Michelson, Joe Lahiff and John Lahiff
1.The Meeting Minutes from the previous meeting were approved by the commission.
2.The candy bags were distributed. Each bag has 40 pieces of candy which are to be
sold at $1 each. The money will be collected at the next meeting. If you were not
present, you can contact Deb about picking up your bag. JOE AND JOHN LAHIFF
GO PICK UP YOUR BAGS AT DEB HANKIN’S.
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3.The Halloween decorating on October 31 was explained. Members who are
attending will meet in the LHS quad at 11:00 and walk up to Brookline Bank in the
center. It will go on from 11:00 until 12:30. Members will be expected to hang up
balloons at different stores that are participating in the Trick-or-Treating. Members
that are attending are: Annie, Andrea, Janelle, Vanessa, James, Avery, Ben and
Elizabeth. Maybes are: Gillian and Ilise. MEMBERS ABSENT – WE ARE IN
NEED OF MORE PEOPLE, CAN YOU ATTEND THIS EVENT? Last year we had
15 people participate, taking over an hour, we currently have 8.
4.The t-shirts and sweatshirts were distributed. If you forgot to pay, please bring the
money to the next meeting. T-shirts are $10 and sweatshirts are $35.
5.We began discussing the Turkey Dinner Drive, the Tree Lighting, and the fundraising
at Ace and Sonoco. The signups for these will be at the next meeting. The Turkey
Dinner Drive will consist of approximately 30 dinners that need to be distributed
around the town. We will need 4 or 5 member who will need to drive. Sean made the
protocol for this very clear: You do not discuss where or who you deliver the dinners
to because of confidentiality issues. The Tree Lighting and the fundraising at Ace and
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Sunoco will take place on December 5 6 and 7 and we will be raising money for
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Lexington families in need. On the 6, we might also participate in a Santa Meet and
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Greet on the 6 where we would sell baked goods or cider. This will be further
discussed next meeting.
6.Please note the location change for next meeting. It will be held in Commons 2 at
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LHS on November 13 at 7:00.
The next meeting will be held in Commons 2 at Lexington High School at 7:00 pm on Thursday,
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November 14, 2014
Respectfully Submitted,
Mark Solomon- Lexington Youth Commission Secretary