May, 2025: Foxboro Senior Center moving to new location – the end of an era
The end of an era. However, I think that Lorraine Garland, God rest her soul, and Gerry Rodman, God rest his soul — and everyone who help make the senior…
2010 Cable auction to benefit the Doolittle Home is Saturday November 6, 2010
By Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter 10/2010 Just in time for all your holiday shopping — the Doolittle Home auction event is back! Mark your calendars for November…
2009 – The 6th Annual Cable Auction to benefit Doolittle Home will be February 28, 2009
by Robert GillisPublished in the Foxboro Reporter 2/2009 Mark your calendars for February 28, 2009 because the Doolittle Home auction event is finally here! After months of preparation and the…
Foxboro Senior Center Christmas Faire
by Robert Gillis Published in The Foxboro Reporter 11/2003 Recently, I had the pleasure of attending and pitching in a bit at the annual Senior Christmas faire at Council on…
A final toast to Foxboro’s grand dame Betty Friedman
by Robert Gillis Published in The Foxboro Reporter 11/2001 Betty Friedman first contacted me about three years ago. Betty, a senior resident of the Doolittle Home, wrote saying that she…
Foxboro Senior Center Christmas fair
Robert Gillis Published in The Foxboro Reporter November 2000 Every year, it seems like the Christmas sales start earlier, and the decorations are in the stores sooner. The corporations begin…
Support the new Foxboro Senior Center
by Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter, 8/1997 Pay attention, folks; this one’s important. You might see the “Seniors” page in this paper each week and think, “I’m not…
My first Foxboro town meeting – and the senior center vote
by Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter, 5/1997 In the six years I’ve lived in Foxboro, last week was the first time I’ve attended a town meeting. My main…
Seniors benefit rolling in dough after weekend pizza fundraiser
by Robert GillisPublished In the Foxboro Reporter5/1/1997
We’ll all be a senior someday – support the new Foxboro senior center
by Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter, 3/1997 “Dismiss that notion of the ancient senior in a wheelchair with nothing to offer the world anymore. Foxboro’s seniors are a…
Seniors can show you secrets of eternal youth
By Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter,7/1996 It’s no secret to anyone who knows me that I have a great affection for seniors. Taking care of Nana for so…
My very first Reporter Column; Support your seniors!
(After many letters to the editor, I submitted this, my first full-length column to the Reporter. After it ran, I approached editor Jeff Peterson about a regular, bi-weekly column, and…
Letter to The Editor: Elderly Graduate An Inspiration To All
by Robert GillisPublished in the Foxboro ReporterDecember 21, 1995
Letter to the Editor: Residents Urged To Take Action To Support New Senior Center
by Robert GillisPublished in the Foxboro Reporter5/25/1995