Honoring Issac

Honoring Isaac and Supporting the Phillips Family

In recent months, the Town of New Ipswich has come together in a powerful and compassionate way to support one of our own, a brave young boy named Isaac Phillips, a student in our school district, who courageously battled cancer with strength far beyond his years.

Our community showed love and solidarity by choosing to Go Gold for Isaac, tying yellow ribbons around homes, businesses, trees, and town buildings. It was a simple but deeply meaningful gesture to remind the Phillips family they were not alone in their fight. That Isaac’s courage was seen. That their pain was shared. That their town was behind them.

We are heartbroken to share that Isaac has now passed peacefully, surrounded by love. Though there are no words that can fully express the depth of this loss, there is unity in our mourning.

As we grieve together, those yellow ribbons now take on new meaning. They are no longer just symbols of a fight, they are symbols of remembrance, of community, and of love. Let them fly high in Isaac’s honor! Let them remind us of the light he brought, the bravery he showed, and the bond we share as a town that wraps its arms around one another in both struggle and sorrow.

To the Phillips family, your strength has inspired us. Your pain is our pain. You are not alone now, just as you were never alone then.

We ask our residents to keep their ribbons up and their hearts open. May Isaac’s memory live on through every flutter of gold in the breeze.

Our thoughts and prayers are with the Phillips family.

With love,

-The Town of New Ipswich