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September Community Potluck
August 26, 2026

September Community Potluck

Community Potluck: Tuesday September 1st from 5:30-7:30pm at the Orange County Library (137 W Margaret Ln, Hillsborough, NC 27278) Are you inspired to get involved, but don't know how to start? Have you been working on a project and want to share an update? Come share what you're working on and get to know some cool groups/projects doing cool things in our community! Some examples include: Mesh Core Club, Hillsborough Community Fridge, Hillsborough Action Hub, Milkweed Mutual Aid, Security Wo

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Last minute reminder!
August 15, 2026

Last minute reminder!

REALLY REALLY FREE MARKET TOMORROW SUNDAY August 16th from 12-2pm at Gold Park!

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Image of food and an invitation to this month's community dinner.
August 2, 2026

This Tuesday - Community Dinner!

Join us this Tuesday, August 4th from 5:30-7:30pm at the main branch of the Orange County Public Library (137 W. Margaret Lane, Hillsborough) for a Community Dinner! This time we'll focus on helping with questions about using and configuring phones and tablets. Here are some things we might be able to help you with: * Confusing error messages or apps closing unexpectedly * Setting up and understanding security features * Optimizing privacy settings * Understanding options for backing up da

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This Sunday: Return of the RRFM!
July 17, 2026

This Sunday: Return of the RRFM!

You have things that you no longer need and you like to see people smile. You need things and you like to see people smile. If this describes you, you might be very happy to know that the Hillsborough Really Really Free Market is taking place in Gold Park this Sunday (and EVERY 3rd Sunday of the month) from 12pm-2pm. You might worry that you won't be able to see people smiling because of all the sun. BUT, we will have some tents this time! AND you might find sunglasses or a nice hat to shield

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Community Potluck
June 23, 2026

Community Potluck

Community Potluck at the Library July 7th at 5:30pm! Kids welcome! Come whenever! Stay however long! Bring your grandma! At the Community Dinner, we will share food and drinks as we meet our neighbors. Everyone is welcome! A little while into the event, we'll take time to go around and introduce ourselves, sharing: Skills/expertise we'd like to share with others. Skills we would like to learn Needs we have, that we hope the community might be able to help with After the go-around, we'll take

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Hillsborough Really Really Free Market image
DestacadoJune 13, 2026

Really Really Free Market - 6/21

🎉When: Sunday, June 21, 12pm - 2pm Where: Gold Park, 415 Dimmocks Mill Road, Hillsborough Don't have anything to do on Father's Day? Didn't get your dad a present and want to find something great for him but don't want to spend any money? Don't know what to do with him? Want to ditch him entirely and hang out with friends??? These are all great reasons to attend the Hillsborough Really Really Free Market on Sunday, 6/21! Bring what you no longer need. Take what your neighbors have shared. Fe

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Community Potluck Dinner
May 28, 2026

Community Potluck Dinner

Tuesday June 2nd from 5:30-7:30pm At the Community Potluck, we will share food and drinks as we meet our neighbors. Everyone is welcome! A little while into the event, we'll take time to go around and introduce ourselves, sharing: 1. Skills/expertise we'd like to share with others 2. Skills we would like to learn 3. Needs we have, that we hope the community might be able to help with After the go-around, we'll take some time to share projects and events that we are working on or hoping to

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List of skills and needs shared at a Community Dinner
April 28, 2026

Community Dinner & Really Really Free Market: Practicing Mutual Aid Together

We’re hoping to start a monthly rhythm as a way of practicing together, how to build a community where people can rely on one another. On the first Tuesday of each month, we’ll host a Community Dinner. On the third Sunday, we’ll meet again at the Really Really Free Market (RRFM). We see these as spaces to learn, experiment, and grow into mutual aid, skill-sharing, and collective self-reliance, not as something we already have figured out, but something we’re building together over time. At the

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Side-by-side flyers for the Hillsborough Really Really Free Market and Seed Starting Workshop
April 16, 2026

Sunday Double Feature: Really Really Free Market & Seed Starting Workshop

Join us on Sunday, April 19th for an exciting, outdoor, maybe drizzling but maybe clear, Spring day full of sharing and planting! First up, we have the Hillsborough Really Really Free Market, taking place in Gold Park from 12pm - 2pm. Everything is free! Bring what you want to give away, take what you fancy! Be ready take home anything you bring that isn't taken by the end of the event. Next, from 4-6pm at Bellevue Mills Apartment Community Area, we have a Seed Starting Workshop hosted by our

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Hillsborough Singer-Songwriter Jess Klein performing
April 2, 2026

Community Dinner AND Songwriting Workshop - Next Week!

Hello friends! We have not one but TWO exciting events coming up next week! Community Dinner: Local Project and Needs Edition 📅 Date & Time: Tuesday April 7th, from 5:30pm-7:30pm 📍 Location: Orange County Library Meeting Room, 137 W Margaret Ln, Hillsborough 🍽️ What to bring: Yourself, maybe a dish to share We'd love to gather for another community dinner - we thought we'd theme this iteration the Local Project and Needs edition. There are a number of upcoming and ongoing proj

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Free Market is BACK// Mercado Gratis Regresa!
March 9, 2026

Free Market is BACK// Mercado Gratis Regresa!

This Sunday, March 15th the Free Market Returns to the sweet town of Hillsborough. Bring your unwanted items to Gold Park: 415 Dimmocks Mill Rd, Hillsborough, NC 27278 and please take them home if no one takes them! See you Sunday! ¡Este domingo 15 de marzo, El Mercado MUY MUY Gratis regresa al encantador pueblo de Hillsborough! Trae tus objetos no deseados a Gold Park: 415 Dimmocks Mill Rd, Hillsborough, NC 27278  y, por favor, ¡llévatelos a casa si nadie los toma! ¡Nos vemos el d

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