Happy Thanksgiving!
We hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving spent with family and friends this week. All of us on Team Velis have much to be grateful for this year, but nothing is more important than the privilege of spending the holiday surrounded by our loved ones, especially while so many men and women of our U.S. military, both abroad and here at home, like Senator Velis are deployed and away from their own.
As the Senator continues his deployment, all of us on Team Velis are working hard on behalf of the Hampden and Hampshire District and, of course, carrying on the Senator’s annual holiday traditions. Dating back to his years serving the City of Westfield as State Representative, the Senator has joined the Forum House each year to serve Thanksgiving meals. On Tuesday, Mark from our team was at the Forum House to carry on that tradition and to catch up with community members.
Today is Small Business Saturday! This is a wonderful chance to support the local businesses that invest in our communities while you check off your holiday shopping lists. No matter the time of year all of us on Team Velis love to shop from local businesses throughout the year and we will absolutely be popping into a few stores owned by our friends and neighbors today.
Speaking of the holiday season, some of our office hours have been moved around in the month of December to accommodate all the different holidays that we will be celebrating. Next week, we will be hosting office hours at the Agawam Council on Aging from 11:00AM to 12:00PM on Monday December 1st and at the Southampton Council on Aging on Wednesday December 3rd from 9:30AM to 10:30AM.
 If you are unable to make office hours or if you have any questions about the changes to some community’s regularly scheduled office hours this month please do not hesitate to contact us by email,  john.velis@masenate.gov, by phone, (413) 572-3920, and online at senatorjohnvelis.com.   
Sincerely,  
Team Velis