Drive successful

PUTNAM — The Project Northeast Food Drive, sponsored by the Daughters of Isabella, held on June 25 brought in $250 worth of nonperishable items and $610 in monetary donations.

 

Brock

promoted

at bank

PUTNAM — Tonya Brock was recently promoted to assistant vice president and branch manager of the Pomfret Office. Tonya has more than 20 years of banking experience and has been with Putnam Bank for 17 years.  

“We are pleased to promote Ms. Brock to the position of assistant vice president,” said Thomas A. Borner, president and CEO of the bank.   “She exemplifies the best of community banking; and it is rewarding to be able to promote from within as the staff develops and grows along with the bank,” added Borner. 

Tonya attended UConn, where she received the Outstanding Academic Achievement Award from the President’s Commission on the Status of Women.  She has a long history of community involvement with numerous charitable organizations and events, including: Past Board Member and Family Services Committee Chair for Habitat for Humanity of Eastern CT, Founding Member and Past Board Member of the Theatre of Northeastern CT, Founding Member and member of the Steering and Grants Committees of the Northeast Chapter of the Community Foundation’s Women & Girls Fund, Top Walker for March of Dimes WalkAmerica, long-time participant in the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life, and a member of the philanthropic singing group Voices, which has raised well over $500,000 for local charitable organizations in the last 15 years. 

 

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Event

The Quinebaug Valley Velo Club at Westview. Courtesy photo.

 

DAYVILLE — Westview Health Care Center’s Sports Medicine Department hosted a free 30 and 15 mile bike ride, lunch and physical tour of their sports medicine department which included high tech equipment demonstrations and Wingate Testing that examined the anaerobic capacity of the members of Quinebaug Valley Velo cycling group. 

After the ride, members arrived back at Westview and enjoyed techniques for a safe workout, running on the AlterG Anti Gravity Treadmill, demonstrations on the Biodex Balance System, Nautilus Freedom Trainer, TRX Suspension System and the Game Ready compression and cold therapy system. Members also experienced golf, football, soccer and baseball on the indoor Multisport Virtual Simulator. 

In 2008, Westview teamed up with Danielson Adventure Sports to create Quinebaug Valley Velo- a cycling club that encourages healthy lifestyles. Since its inception, Westview has remained the main sponsor of the initial program that began with 35 members, ranging in age from 18 to 70 and it now boasts 100 members strong. The club  not only encourages riders to join and enjoy the benefits of fun, fitness, camaraderie and community involvement but it also offers incentives, and discounts from local businesses.

“Westview is proud to be a major sponsor of Quinebaug Valley Velo,” said Westview Administrator David T. Panteleakos. “Being a sponsor fits right into our vision of promoting healthy lifestyles and encouraging intergenerational activities. At Westview, we believe that living a healthy, active and productive lifestyle, at every age, promotes longevity and good mental health.”