Members of Girl Scout Troop 59156 gathered at the Hollis Strawberry Festival to sell handmade bracelets whose proceeds are earmarked for building a library play area and playground improvements at Marguerite's Place, a Nashua nonprofit supporting families experiencing homelessness. Photo by LORETTA JACKSON

Isabelle Wildberger-Murdock, a resident of Hollis and the 15-year-old owner of a business, "Quill by Isabelle — Book Inspired Creations," whose launch was mentored by an entrepreneur class at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), displays some of her handmade creations, products that are literature focused and paired with book counterparts, such as a gift package from her catalog (iCloudPhoto Sharingcloud.com) featuring a Wizard of Oz Cowardly Lion with a rare MinaLima edition hardcover of the book nestled within a wooden basket decorated with a red bow. (Info: quillbyIsabelle@icloud.com) Photo by LORETTA JACKSON

The Sullivan Family of Hollis pauses during the recent Hollis Strawberry Festival to finish their strawberry shortcake with hand-whipped cream beneath some shade trees alongside Monument Square. Photo by LORETTA JACKSON

Hollis Strawberry Festival servers, from left, Julie Kasper, Randall Clark, Rev. Tanya Stormo Rasmussen, pastor of Congregational Church of Hollis, and Carol Birch, co-chair, along with Kimber Harmon, co-chair, Anita Walker and Dot Hyde display some sweet concoctions. Photo by LORETTA JACKSON

Gathered at the Hollis Strawberry Festival beverage table to welcome visitors are some of the event volunteers, foreground left, Andrea Seddon and Faeryn Seddon, members of the Congregational Church of Hollis, seen here with associates, background left, Carol Birch, festival co-chair, and Susan Krupp of the Hollis Woman's Club. Photo by LORETTA JACKSON

Hollis Town Band Director David Bailey thanks the audience for their applause upon completion of a concert of pop tunes, marches and patriotic melodies during the recent Hollis Strawberry Festival. Photo by LORETTA JACKSON

The Hollis-Brookline Robotics Team, FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) Team 1073 — "The Force Team" — and their remotely controlled robot, "Crashout," were featured as exhibitors at the Hollis Strawberry Festival where they displayed applications of science, technology, engineering and math. Photo by LORETTA JACKSON

A sweet, red, juicy portion of a documented 328 quarts of locally grown strawberries awaits a ladle of hand-whipped cream that topped desserts for an estimated 1,000 visitors to the 2026 Hollis Strawberry Festival, an event of June 28 presented at Monument Square in Hollis by the Hollis Town Band and the Congregational Church of Hollis with extensive support from volunteers and local businesses. Photo by LORETTA JACKSON