Wed. May 5
Art Exhibit
POMFRET --- The Northeastern CT Art Guild will hold a Vanilla Bean Art Guild Exhibit Live through May 31 during café hours. 20% of purchase will be donated to the Friends of the Pomfret Library! www.artguildne.org
Sat. May 8
Pop-Up Putnam
PUTNAM --- The Pop-Up Putnam open-air merchant and artisan series will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 8, June 26, July 24 and Aug. 21 in outdoor locations in Rotary Park and along Main Street with additions including entertainment and creative highlights.
Plant/Bake Sale
BROOKLYN --- The Federated Church of Christ at the intersection of routes 6 and 169 will hold a Mother’s Day Plant and Bake Sale from 9 a.m. to noon.
Sat. May 22
Celebrate Spring
WOODSTOCK --- The Palmer Arboretum will present Celebrate Spring from 1 to 4 p.m. The free event includes tours, bird watching, birdhouse making, painting with Elaine Turner and NE Art Guild and a kids’ scavenger’s hunt. Register: https://form.jotform.com/210594569831161
Rabies Clinic
DANIELSON --- Pet Pals Northeast, a local animal welfare organization, is holding a low cost rabies clinic from 2 to 3 p.m. May 22 at the Quinebaug Valley Veterinary Hospital, on Rt. 12 on the Danielson/Plainfield town line. $15 cash per animal. Pre-registration and appointment is required. No walk-ins. 860-317-1720.
Sat. June 5
Food Drive
POMFRET --- The Pomfret Proprietors will be hosting a monthly collection of non-perishables, the first Saturday of each month, from 9 to 11 a.m. at the Pomfret Senior Center. Looking for: Granola bars, breakfast bars, cereal, pasta, soup, crackers, chips, tuna fish, juice, canned vegetables, (shampoo, soap, razors, wipes, diapers for all ages, Kleenex, toilet paper and laundry supplies. Volunteers and organizations needed to help. VisitPomfret.com
Foodshare
PUTNAM --- A free Foodshare will be held at 9 a.m. at the Putnam Middle School. This is a drive-thru, masks required. Free to all. 21-pound boxes of produce. Presented by the Danielson Veterans Coffeehouse, American Legion Post 13, the Putnam VFW Post 1523 and the town of Putnam.
Sun. June 6
Poetry Series
WOODSTOCK --- Four free poetry readings will be held at Roseland Park’s outdoor amphitheater. This series will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. June 6, July 25, Aug. 15 and Sept. 26. These readings are for people ages 14 and up. Wine will be served. Folding chairs or camp chairs are recommended. Besides featured readers there will be an open mic segment at each event as time allows.
Fri. June 12
Golf Tournament
KILLINGLY --- The Killingly-Brooklyn Rotary’s 28th annual Nick Haines Memorial Golf Tournament will be held at Connecticut National Golf Course. Benefits local charities. For info: 860-230-3530.
Sat. June 19
Foodshare
PUTNAM --- A free Foodshare will be held at 9 a.m. at the Putnam Middle School. This is a drive-thru, masks required. Free to all. To be distributed: 21-pound boxes of produce. Presented by the Danielson Veterans Coffeehouse, American Legion Post 13, the Putnam VFW Post 1523 and the town of Putnam.
Sat. June 26
Pop-Up Putnam
PUTNAM --- The Pop-Up Putnam open-air merchant and artisan series will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in outdoor locations in Rotary Park and along Main Street with additions including entertainment and creative highlights.
Fri. July 2
Red, White, Blue Celebration
KILLINGLY --- The Killingly Parks and Recreation Department will present the Killingly Red, White & Blue Celebration and Fireworks from 6 to 9:30 p.m. at Owen Bell Park. Whiskey Boulevard will entertain from 7 to 9:15 p.m.
Sat. July 3
Food Drive
POMFRET --- The Pomfret Proprietors will be hosting a monthly collection of non-perishables, the first Saturday of each month, from 9 to 11 a.m. at the Pomfret Senior Center. Looking for items such as: Granola bars, breakfast bars, cereal, pasta, soup, crackers, chips, tuna fish, juice, canned vegetables, (shampoo, soap, razors, wipes, diapers for all ages, Kleenex, toilet paper and laundry supplies. Also looking for volunteers and organizations to help. VisitPomfret.com
Sat. July 10
Foodshare
PUTNAM --- A free Foodshare will be held at 9 a.m. at the Putnam Middle School. This is a drive-thru, masks required. Free to all. To be distributed: 21-pound boxes of produce. Presented by the Danielson Veterans Coffeehouse, American Legion Post 13, the Putnam VFW Post 1523 and the town of Putnam.
Sat. July 24
Pop-Up Putnam
PUTNAM --- The Pop-Up Putnam open-air merchant and artisan series will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in outdoor locations in Rotary Park and along Main Street with additions including entertainment and creative highlights.
Foodshare
PUTNAM --- A free Foodshare will be held at 9 a.m. at the Putnam Middle School. This is a drive-thru, masks required. Free to all. To be distributed: 21-pound boxes of produce. Presented by the Danielson Veterans Coffeehouse, American Legion Post 13, the Putnam VFW Post 1523 and the town of Putnam.
Sun. July 25
Poetry Series
WOODSTOCK --- Four free poetry readings will be held at Roseland Park’s outdoor amphitheater. This series will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. July 25, Aug. 15 and Sept. 26. These readings are for people ages 14 and up. Wine will be served. Folding chairs or camp chairs are recommended. Besides featured readers there will be an open mic segment at each event as time allows.
Fri. Aug. 6
Rotary Golf Tourney
PUTNAM --- The Putnam Rotary Club will host the Ronald P. Coderre Golf Tournament fund-raiser at the Connecticut National Golf Club.
Sat. Aug. 7
Foodshare
PUTNAM --- A free Foodshare will be held at 9 a.m. at the Putnam Middle School. This is a drive-thru, masks required. Free to all. To be distributed: 21-pound boxes of produce. Presented by the Danielson Veterans Coffeehouse, American Legion Post 13, the Putnam VFW Post 1523 and the town of Putnam.
Sun. Aug. 15
Poetry Series
WOODSTOCK --- Four free poetry readings will be held at Roseland Park’s outdoor amphitheater. This series will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. Aug. 15 and Sept. 26. These readings are for people ages 14 and up. Wine will be served. Folding chairs or camp chairs are recommended. Besides featured readers there will be an open mic segment at each event as time allows.
Thur. Aug. 19
Bike Night
KILLINGLY --- The Killingly Parks and Recreation Department will present Killingly Bike Night downtown. Rain date Aug. 25. Benefits the Killingly-Brooklyn Rotary Club, TEEG and the Killingly Parks and Recreation Department.
Sat. Aug. 21
Pop-Up Putnam
PUTNAM --- The Pop-Up Putnam open-air merchant and artisan series will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in outdoor locations in Rotary Park and along Main Street with additions including entertainment and creative highlights.
Foodshare
PUTNAM --- A free Foodshare will be held at 9 a.m. at the Putnam Middle School. This is a drive-thru, masks required. Free to all. To be distributed: 21-pound boxes of produce. Presented by the Danielson Veterans Coffeehouse, American Legion Post 13, the Putnam VFW Post 1523 and the town of Putnam.
Sun. Aug. 22
Pluck-a-Duck
PUTNAM --- The Putnam Business Association’s fund-raiser, Pluck-a-Duck will be held today at a secret location. For info, contact the Putnam Business Association.
Fri. Sept. 10
Golf Classic
PUTNAM --- Day Kimball Healthcare will hold its Day Kimball Hospital Centreville Bank Golf Classic starting at 7:45 a.m. and 1 p.m. at Connecticut National Golf Club. Benefit: Day Kimball Hospital. More Info:daykimball.org/golfclassic
Sun. Sept. 26
Poetry Series
WOODSTOCK --- Four free poetry readings will be held at Roseland Park’s outdoor amphitheater. This series will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. These readings are for people ages 14 and up. Wine will be served. Folding chairs or camp chairs are recommended. Besides featured readers there will be an open mic segment at each event as time allows.
Sun. Oct. 3
Canines for Cancer Care
BROOKLYN --- Day Kimball Healthcare will hold Canines for Cancer Care at 11 a.m. at the Brooklyn Fairgrounds. Benefit: Northeast CT Cancer Fund of DKH. More Info:daykimball.org/canines
Sat. Nov. 6
Dueling Pianos
PUTNAM --- Day Kimball Healthcare will present Dueling Pianos Presented By Foxwoods Resort Casino at 7 p.m. at Connecticut National Golf Club. Benefit: Day Kimball Healthcare At Home. More Info:daykimball.org/pianos
Sun. Dec. 5
Hospice Tree
Day Kimball Healthcare will present Hospice Tree of Life Ceremonies at 5 p.m. at locations around northeastern Connecticut. Benefit: Hospice & Palliative Care of NE CT. More Info:daykimball.org/treeoflife
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Interact Club member Emily St. Martin hoses off a car from on high.
Soap turned into
water buffalo
By Linda Lemmon
Town Crier Editor
It was like transforming ethereal soap bubbles into the tangible — water buffalo and bees.
The Putnam Rotary Club’s Interact Club, for its international project this year, decided that a car wash, strategically placed at the finish of winter, would be an excellent fund-raiser for its International Heifer project. The project converts donations into animals, insects and seeds that help those in need halfway around the world help themselves.
The trifecta of Rotary workers — the Interact Club, the Putnam Rotary Club’s Rotaract Club and a couple Rotary Club advisors — raised $525 in three hours washing cars. They didn’t set a price; instead they asked customers to donate.
The Rotary Club thanked Rotarian Amanda Kelly and the Hale YMCA Youth and Family Center for hosting/providing the venue for the April 24 fund-raiser.
Interactors voted to use the $525 to buy one water buffalo, trees and garden seeds, four flocks of chicks and two bee hives.
Interact Advisor Roberta Rocchetti said Rotary International “encourages Interact to do at least one international project each year.” Last year, she said, “we used the money we had earned at the 2019 Putnam car show and combined with the Putnam Rotary Club to assist in (former Rotary Club President Richard Naumann’s) clean water project in Ecuador.”
Past Putnam Rotary Club Interact Clubs had contributed to International Heifer, Rocchetti said, but this small, but hard-working current club really made it happen, and in three short hours. She said, “We were very excited to earn $525 in three hours by washing cars. The Rotaract Club had a team and the Interact club had a team so we were able to wash a lot of cars in a short period of time. They worked well together.”
Interact President Brayden Cutler said:” Thank you Kevin Davis and Rotaract members. Our car wash was a success because of your help.”
Interact members who took part include: Cutler, Ethan Staples, Emma Braithwaite, Laylah Chavez, Abby St.Martin, Emily St.Martin plus Rotary advisors Marcy Dawley and Rocchetti. Rotaract members included: Kevin Davis, Quinebaug Valley Regional Rotaract Club president; Elle-Jordyn Goslin Tayler Shea (also representing NOW), Megan Berkery, Kelli O’Brien, and Douglas Henry. Also helping was a QVRR guest, Matt Sanchas.
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On list
POMFRET — Four local students were named to the Pomfret School honor list for the spring 2020 term: Kellen Horst of Pomfret, ’22; Angelo Rovero of N. Grosvenordale, ’23; Zachary Stolarek of Pomfret Center, ’21; Brooke Zahansky of Pomfret Center, ’22.
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Vaccine clinic –
new hours
PUTNAM — Day Kimball Hospital’s (DKH) COVID-19 vaccination clinics will be open from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays at Day Kimball Hospital. Walk-ins accepted. No appointments needed but appointments can also be made in advance online.
The clinics are currently offering the J&J single-dose COVID-19 vaccine. The Moderna COVID-19 vaccine will be available for second-dose individuals only. Under the clinics’ new operating hours, those who are scheduled to return to the hospital for their second dose on either a Wednesday or a Friday should instead return the next business day that the clinic is open.
Since its vaccination efforts began in December 2020, Day Kimball Healthcare has administered approximately 30,000 doses to Connecticut residents. DKH officials continue to encourage vaccination as the best defense against the virus that causes COVID-19.
For info: www.daykimball.org/coronavirus.
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