Diwali 2021 Celebrations with Hopkinton Community and the Schools

SACH celebrates Diwali with the community and the schools.  

After last year's campaign of #Hopkinton Lights Up As One, SACH decided to dial it up a notch and include the schools in our celebration. We partnered with school clubs and teachers from different schools. 

Celebrations at Middle School and Elmwood 

SACH supplied the schools with paper craft materials and ideas for creating crafts celebrating the festival of lights. SACH also arranged for sweet treats and samosas to be distributed to all school staff, educators and administrators of Elmwood school. While the teachers and staff enjoyed the treats, the students were busy learning about different Diwali traditions and had fun making paper lanterns. 

The Middle School had an amazing turnout and students were decorating the cafeteria for 2 days! They  enjoyed making similar paper crafts, painted work of art representing Diwali traditions and listening to music. Students also shared stories about how their families celebrated Diwali. 

Celebrations with the Community 

SACH celebrated an in-person masked event at Vineyard Church, Hopkinton. It was a simple Meet-n-Greet event open to all residents of Hopkinton who wanted to share the festivities with us. People purchased boxed sweets, savory samosas and clicked a few pictures with us. It was refreshing to finally get everyone together after a long break and meet in-person. 

We thank the community and the schools for supporting us and we also want to thank Sara Watson for generously offering the Vineyard church as the venue for us to celebrate together as a community!